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Book Title: History Of Waupaca Co., WI

CHAPTER VII.
MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOABD AT WAUPACA—COUNTY OFFICERS REQUIRED TO HOLD OFFICES
AT WAUPACA—SCANDINAVIA AND FARMINGTON ORGANIZED— JUDICIAL ELECTION— COUNTY SEAT
VOTE—PROHIBITION—ROYALTON AND CALEDONIA ORGANIZED — COURT TO BE HELD AT MUKWA
—JUDGE CATE ELECTED.

  At an adjourned meeting of the County Board, held December 7, 1852, Samuel
Kerr was elected Chairman.

  Members present—Samuel Kerr, Chairman, Embarrass ; W. N. Davis, Mukwa; E. S.
Hammond, Centerville; Charles Beadleston, Lind.

  Members absent—Representatives from Weyauwega and Waupaca.

  At that meeting Township 21, Range 11, was taken from the Town of Lind and
made a separate town, called Dayton; the first town meeting to be held at the
house of Lyman Dayton.

  The Town of Centervillewas assessed at $3,500.

  A tax of one cent on the dollar was voted for County purposes, and two and a
half mills for School purposes.

  The Clerk of the Board and the Register of Deeds were allowed $3.50 for
stationery for their respective offices.

  Amount raised for County and School purposes, $869.36.

  At a special meeting of the County Board of Supervisors of Waupaca County,
held at the Village of Waupaca, April 15, 1853, the folio-wing members were
present:

  Waupaca, E. C. Sessions; Lind, J. J. Jones; Dayton, W. C. Carr; Weyauwega, L.
Bostedo; Mukwa, James Smiley; Centerville, A. P. Jones.

  The representative from Embarrass was absent.

  E. C. Sessions, of the Town of Waupaca, was elected Chairman.

  A motion was carried requiring the Sheriff, Register of Deeds, Clerk of the
Court, and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, to remove their several offices to
the Village of Waupaca.

  The vote on the motion was as follows: Yeas —J. J. Jones, W. C. Carr, A. P.
Jones. Nays—L. Bostedo, James Smiley.

  Gothic Hall was the place designated for holding the Circuit and County Courts.

TOWNS FORMED.

  Township 23, Range 11, and Township 23, Range 12, in the Town of Waupaca, were
set off, to be a seperate town, called Scandinavia; the first town meeting to be
held at the house of Hans J. Eleason.

  Township 22, Range 11, was set off as a seperate town, to be known as
Farmington; the first town meeting to be held at the house of John Fisher.

  A seal for the office of the County Judge was ordered.

  Sections 35 and 36, and the e 1/2 of the se 1/4, and the se 1/4 of the ne 1/4,
of Section 34, in Township 22, Range 12, were taken from the Town of Waupaca,
and added to Lind.

COUNTY SEAT.

  "Resolved, That in the opinion of this Board the votes cast in the several
towns of this County, at the late election for County officers in said County,
for the permanent location of the County seat of said County, were in accordance
with the provisions of the act setting off and organizing the County of Waupaca,
and for other purposes; that said vote was in all respects according to law;
that by the said vote the County seat of Waupaca County is permanently located
at the Village of Waupaca, and that the action of the Board in ordering the
Sheriff, Clerk of the Court, and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to hold their
offices at said village, and the Circuit and County Courts to be held also at
said village, is based upon the belief that such vote was legal, and that
Waupaca is the County seat of Waupaca County."

  After voting down a motion to lay it on the table, the above resolution was
finally passed by the following vote:

  Yeas—J. J. Jones, Carr, A. P. Jones. Nays— Bostedo, Smiley.

  The Board at that meeting accepted the proposal of the citizens of Waupaca to
furnish offices for the different officers -without any charge to the County.

JUDICIAL LEGISLATION.

  By legislative act of February, 1853, Waupaca County was organized for
judicial purposes, and attached to the Third Circuit. The same act ordered an
election, to be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1853, to elect a Sheriff,
Clerk of the Court, and Register of Deeds, who were to bold their offices until
January 1,1855, and a County Judge, to hold his office until January 1, 1854.

JUDICIAL AND COUNTY ELECTION.

  At a special election, field April 5, 1853, the following officers were elected:

  County Judge, S. F. Ware; District Attorney, B. F. Phillips; Sheriff, W. C.
Carr; Clerk of the Court, James Smiley; Register of Deeds, O. E. Dreutzer;
County  Treasurer, Seth Warner; Clerk of the Board, Lucius Taft; County
Surveyor, Ira Sumner; Coroner, M. Chamberlain.

COUNTY SEAT VOTE.

  For Waupaca, 114; for Mukwa, 51; for Centerville, 14; for "Center of Waupaca," 1.

  September 5, 1853, C. E. P. Hobart was elected County Judge.

  At an election held November 8, 1853, for State and County officers, the
following were elected, as stated by the Board of Canvassers, November 15, at a
meeting at Mukwa:

  Total number of votes cast, 419. Officers elected: Member of Assembly, David
Scott; County Treasurer, Simon C. Dow; Clerk of the Board, Mellen Chamberlain;
District Attorney, John Fordyce; Clerk of the Court, J. J. Jones; Sheriff, W. G.
Thompson; Coroner, R. Luce; County Surveyor, A. V. Balch; Register of Deeds,
James Smiley.

  At the same election the question of Prohibition came before the voters of the
State. The vote in Waupaca County resulted as follows:

  In favor of Prohibition, 279; against Prohibition, 125; majority in its favor,
154.

  Waupaca County was thus early placed squarely in favor of Prohibition.

THE COUNTY SEAT QUESTION AGAIN.

  Also, at that time, another vote was taken "for the permanent location of the
County seat," resulting as follows:

  For Waupaca Falls, 256; "for all others," 196; majority in favor of Waupaca
Falls, 60.

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD.

  The annual meeting of the County Board for 1853 was held at Mukwa, November 15.

  Members present: Waupaca, E. C. Sessions, Chairman; Lind, J. J. Jones; Dayton,
W. C. Carr; Centerville, A. P. Jones; Weyauwega, L. Bostedo; Mukwa, James
Smiley; Embarrass, Henry Boyden.

  A school tax of $275 was levied; also $1,000 for County purposes.

  The Board ordered the Register to "give Squire Brandy a copy of the Revised
Statutes!"

TOWN OF ROYALTON SET OFF.

  At that meeting Township 22, Range 13, was set apart as a seperate town, to be
called Royalton ; the first town meeting to be held at the house of O. A. Rich.

TOWN OF CALEDONIA SET OFF.

  Township 21, Range 14, was taken from Mukwa, and made a seperate town, to be
called Caledonia; the first town meeting to be held at the house of James McHugh.

ANOTHER COUNTY SEAT RESOLUTION.

  "Resolved, That the vote taken for the permanent location of the County seat,
at the general election last past, was illegal, as no point had been designated
by the Legislature to be voted for, and no notice given to the different towns
in said County that such vote would be taken at that time."

  Said resolution was passed by the following vote:

  Yeas—Bostedo, A. P. Jones, Boyden, Smiley. Nays—Sessions, J. J. Jones, Carr.

  "Resolved, That Mukwa is the County seat, and that all County officers for
Waupaca County are hereby notified and required to hold their offices at said
place."

  The foregoing resolution was carried by the same vote.

  It was further " Resolved, That all action taken by the Board of Supervisors
at their meeting at Waupaca, on the 15th day of April, 1853, concerning the
removal of the County seat from Mukwa to Waupaca, was hasty and without due
consideration, and that all acts, and resolves passed at that meeting, relative
to the removal of said County seat to Waupaca are hereby rescinded."

  Carried by the same vote.

  "Resolved, That James Smiley was duly elected and qualified to the office of
Clerk of the Court, at the election ordered by the Act of the Legislature,
entitled 'An Act to Organize the County of Waupaca for Judicial Purposes,' in
April, 1853."

  Carried.

  It was ordered "That the assessments for 1852, of the Towns of Weyauwega,
Waupaca, Lind, and Centerville, be rescinded."

LARGE SALARIES.

  By vote, the salary of the Clerk of the Board •was fixed at $75 a year, and
that of the District Attorney at $150.

COURT TO BE HELD AT MUKWA.

  " Resolved, That the building known as Miller's Store Building, in the Village
of Mukwa, is hereby provided for the use of the Circuit and County Courts of
this County, and it is hereby directed that the courts of the County hold their
sessions in said building until other buildings are provided."

  "Resolved, That the Clerk of the Board is hereby directed to notify Judge
Larrabee officially of the action of this Board in this matter, and inform him
of the provision."

  Both of the above resolutions were carried by the following vote:

  Yeas—Bostedo, A. P. Jones, Boyden, Smiley. Nays—Sessions, J. J. Jones, Carr.

  It was ordered that the proceedings of the meeting be published in the Oshkosh
Democrat, and the Waupaca Spirit.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF WAUPACA COUNTY, WISCONSIN.

By J. WAKEFIELD,
Historian of Old Settlers' Society of Waupaca County.

WAUPACA, WIS.: D. L. STINCHFIELD,
1890.

COPYRIGHT, 1890, BY J. WAKEFIELD AND D. L. STINCHFIELD.

Printed by D. L. STINCHFIELD, Waupaca, Wis. 
Bound by W. B. CONKEY, Chicago.


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