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Given under our hands at Madison, this fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.
(Signed) EBEN PECK, SIMEON MILLS, Commissioners.
R. L. REAM, Clerk of Board of County Commissioners.
Tuesday, August 20, 1839, the following persons presented their bonds with security, which were approved of and filed in the Clerk's office, to wit :
Adam Smith, as Collector ; George Vroman, as Assessor ; William N. Seymour, as Asses- sor ; William N. Seymour, as District Surveyor ; Mahlon Blaker, as Assessor.
Saturday, August 24, 1839 .- This day a duplicate of the assessment roll completed and placed in the hands of the Collector, containing precept under seal, and the amount of the assessment handed to the County Treasurer, it being two thousand nine hundred and seventy- four dollars, seventy-one cents and nine mills.
R. L. REAM, Clerk.
Monday, September 30, 1839 .- At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Dane County, held at the Commissioner's office in Madison, present Simeon Mills and Jeremiah Lycan, two of said Commissioners.
Ordered, That, according to the act entitled "an act to provide for the destruction of wolves," three dollars to be allowed as a bounty on each and every wolf scalp, but no charge will be allowed for affidavit or certificate of the same.
Ordered, That, according to the provisions of the act entitled " an act for assessing and col- lecting county revenue," the county of Dane be divided into three districts, as follows, to wit : Townships 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, of Ranges 6 and 7, and townships 8 and 9, of Range 8, constitute district No. 1.
That townships 5, 6 and 7, of Range 8, and townships 5, 6, and 7, 8, and 9, of Ranges 9, and townships 5, 6, and 7, of Range No. 10, constitute district No. 2.
And that townships No. 8 and 9, of Range 10, and townships 5; 6, 7, 8 and 9, of Ranges No. 11 and 12, constitute district No. 3.
Ordered, That district No. 1 be assigned to Mahlon Blaker.
Ordered, That district No. 2 be assigned to William N. Seymour.
Ordered, That district No. 3 be assigned to George Vroman, for the purpose of making the assessment for the year 1840.
Ordered, That the Clerk of the board, notify the Assessors of their assignment of districts, and furnish them with blank assessment forms.
Board adjourned until to-morrow at 9 o'clock A. M.
Tuesday, October 1, 1839 .- Board not meeting pursuant to adjournment, adjourned by the Wednesday, October 2, 1839 .- Board not meeting pursuant of adjournment, adjourned by the Clerk until to-morrow at 9 o'clock A. M.
, Thursday, October 3, 1839 .- Board met. Present Eben Peck and Jeremiah Lycan, Esqs. Ordered, That the order passed on Monday last in relation to wolf scalps, be so amended that one dollar only be allowed on each and every wolf scalp as a bounty.
Board adjourned until Saturday, October 5, 9 o'clock A. M.
Saturday, October 5, 1839 .- Board met pursuant to adjournment, present Eben Peck, Simeon Mills and Jeremiah Lycan, Esqs.
Ordered, That John Stoner, County Treasurer, be required to appropriate and apply the first moneys that may come into his hands for county purposes, in payment of order No. 55, drawn in favor of S. Mills, for money by him advanced in the purchase of books and stationery for the use of the county.
Ordered, That John Stoner, County Treasurer, be required to appropriate and apply the first moneys that come into his hands for county purposes (after paying order No. 55), in pay- ment of order No. 56, drawn in favor of S. L. Rood, in payment of books and stationery pur- chased for the use of the county.
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Adjourned until Tuesday, October 8, at 8 o'clock A. M.
Tuesday, October 8, 1839 .- Board met pursuant to adjournment. Present : Eben Peck and Simeon Mills.
Ordered, That the Commissioners accept of lot No. 10, in block No. 113, donated by Messrs. Pritchette & Mason as the property of the county,. and that the jail be erected thereon. Ordered, That the contract made with N. T. Parkinson for the building of the jail be extended until December 1, 1839.
Adjourned until meeting in course.
R. L. REAM, Clerk.
Wednesday, October 16, 1839 .- James S. Alban having complied with the law in relation to fences, by giving bond, license is this day granted him in words and figures as follows, to wit :
To all to whom these presents may come, greeting :
Know ye that James S. Alban, having complied with the act entitled " An act to regulate fences," approved March 6, 1839, is hereby licensed to keep a ferry across Wisconsin River, from Sec. 7, Town 9, Range 7, to a point directly opposite, on Prairie du Sac, for three years from the date hereof; he is to provide and keep good and sufficient boats for the accommodation of passengers and teams, said ferry to be kept open from sunrise in the morning until sunset at night. Rates of ferrying established.
(Signed) SIMEON MILLS, Commissioners. EBEN PECK, R. L. REAM, Clerk.
Monday, November 11, 1839 .- A meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Dane County, held at the Commissioners' office ; present, Eben Peck and Simeon Mills, Esqs. Ordered, That John Stoner be appointed School Inspector, to fill the vacancy of John Catlin, and the Clerk notify him of his appointment. Satisfactory evidence having been established that Sec. No. 5, in Township No. 7, of Range 10 east, has been unreasonably taxed, it is therefore ordered that $11 and 25 cents of the same be remitted, and that the Collector be credited in settlement for the amount.
Saturday, December 24, 1839 .- License has this day been granted to William T. Herling to keep a tavern for one year, he having complied with the law in relation to taverns and gro- ceries. License has this day been granted to Lloyd & Nichols to keep a grocery for one year from the 1st day of December, 1839.
COUNTY BOARD FROM 1840 TO 1880.
The members of the Board of Commissioners from 1840 to 1846 inclusive, were : 1840-41, Simeon Mills,* Eben Peck, Prescott Brigham ; 1842, Prescott Brigham, Horace W. Potter, P. W. Matts ; 1843, William D. Daggett, William A. Wheeler, Solomon Shafer ; 1844, W. A. Wheeler, A. W. Dickinson, W. H. Hubbard ; } 1845, E. Brigham, L. S. Augur, William A. Webb; 1846, William A. Wheeler, J. R. Larkin, L. Stone.
The Board of Commissioners was, by a law of 1846, changed to a Board of Supervisors, made up of the Chairman from each town in the county. This law was as follows :
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE FORM OF GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTY OF DANE.
Be it Enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin :
SECTION 1 .- That the act entitled an act to provide for the government of the several towns in this Territory, and for the Revision of County Government, approved February 18, 1841, and other acts amendatory thereto, now in force, shall be in force and take effect in the County of Dane on and after the first Tuesday of April next.
SEC 2 .- The first town meeting to be held in said county shall be held at the places hereinafter designated in the several towns on the first Tuesday of April next, and it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners of said county, at least twenty days prior to said day of election, to place in the hands of the
* The person whose name is first given in each year was Chairman.
+ Resigned, and B. F. Collins appointed.
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Sheriff of said county three written notices, to be posted up in each town of said county, specifying the time when and place where said town meeting is to be held for the election of town officers, and the said Sheriff shall post up said notices in three of the most public places in each town at least fifteen days previous to said election.
SEC. 3 .- At the time and place of holding such town meeting, the electors present shall, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 12 M., organize such meeting by choosing a Moderator and Clerk to conduct such meeting, and there- after, such meeting shall, in all respects, be conducted in the manner provided by the acts and amendatory acts men- tioned in the first section of this act.
SEC. 4 .- That the official duties, and liabilities of the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, and Treas- urer, now in office in said county, shall extend to the expiration of the present year ; Provided, the said Clerk shall file with the Treasurer of said county, on or before the first Tuesday of April hext, a bond, to be approved by seid Treasurer in conformity with the acts now in force relative to Clerks of the Board of Supervisors ; And Provided, also, the said Treasurer shall, on the day of the first meeting of said County Board of Supervisors, give bond to the said Board of Supervisors of said county, in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned act and the act amend- . atory thereto ; in default of which, in either case, the Board of Supervisors shall appoint some other suitable person to discharge the duties of said officers, respectively, until others are duly elected and qualified.
SEC. 5 .- That Township 5 north, of Range 10 east, shall constitute a separate town by the name of Rutland, and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Sereno W. Graves.
SEC. 6 .- That Townships 5 and 6 north, of Range 9 east, and Township 6 north, of Range 10 east, shall con- stitute a separate town by the name of Rome ; and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of William Quivey.
SEC. 7 .- That Townships 5 and 6 north, of Range 12 east, shall constitute a separate town by the name of Albion ; and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Jesse Saunders.
SEC. 8 .- That Town[ship] 5 north, of Range 11 east, shall constitute a separate town by the name of Dunkirk ; and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Mr. Lyons.
SEC. 9 .- That Townships 8 and 9 north, of Ranges 11 and 12 east, shall constitute a separate town by the name of Sun Prairie ; and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of John A. Peckham.
SEC. 10 .- That all of the remaining townships in said county shall constitute a separate town by the name of Madison ; and the first town meeting shall be held at the Madison Hotel, in the village of Madison : Provided, That the Supervisors of said town may establish one or more precincts in said town for the purpose of opening the polls at the general election, and in said precincts the Supervisors shall appoint Judges of Elections, and the votes shall be canvassed and returns theroof made in like manner as from the several towns in the county.
SEC. 11 .- That the several towns set off and organized by this act shall each be entitled to and enjoy all the rights and privileges which are granted by law to the other towns of this Territory.
SEC. 12 .- All laws in force of a general or local nature contravening any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 13 .- The three Supervisors of the town of Madison shall each be entitled to a seat in the County Board of Supervisors, and to have a vote in the transactions of county business.
Approved February 2, 1846.
By one of the sections of the " Act to provide for the government of the several towns" in the Territory, passed February 18, 1841, and referred to in the above act as being "now in force " and to " take effect in the county of Dane," it is made the duty of the person chosen Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the town, to attend to the annual meeting of the Board of Supervisors of the County ..
The first session of the Board of Supervisors was held on Monday, the 14th of September, 1846. The members of that year and of those following, down to and including the year 1861, were :
1846-47-William C. Wells, Chairman ; Ed Campbell, James R. Larkin, S. Head, A. Barlow, J. Lawrence, R. Boyce (William Quivey acted as substitute for Mr. Boyce, during his sickness, until January 4, 1847).
1847-48-W. C. Wells, Chairman; H. L. Bush, W. H. H. Coon (Deputy for William Mayhew till January 3, 1848), R. Worden, L. Farnum, D. M. Holt, R. Boyce, D. Tipple, W. A. Pierce, R. Atwood, C. M. Nichols, J. Vroman, J. Sanders, W. M. Mayhew, W. Boyce.
1848-49-George Anderson, Chairman; C. Maxon, W. W. Patrick, E. Brigham, A. Keyes, B. Haney, A. Harris, G. E. Cowen, D. C. Miller, R. P. Rawson (resigned, O. B. Moore elected), J. Vroman, W. C. Wells, C. Lum, T. T. Whittlesey, J. Webb, A. Salsbury, D. Wheeler, J. Lawrence, S. R. Ayers, J. M. Babcock (deceased, P. Rider appointed), M. Nash, S. Taylor, C. M. Nichols, B. B. Freeman.
1849-50-Berry Haney, Chairman ; J. J. Clark, William H. Clark, E. Brigham, Charles Drakeley, George O. Babcock, O. B. Moore, S. R. Ayers, L. S. Augar, J. M. Matts, A. Sals- bury, J. Lawrence, B. Fairchild, D. Codey, William Barrus, A. A. Boyce, N. P. Spaulding, M.
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Mallory, W. Brown, D. Thomas, G. E. Cowen (resigned, J. Blake appointed), R. Brown, A. E. Adsitt, J. Nelson, William C. Rood, O. Cook, D. Wheeler, J. Harlow, Charles H. Bird.
1850-51-William M. Colladay, Chairman ; I. S. Brown, J. Bowman, G. D. Neal (re- signed, D. M. Stillman appointed), J. L. Lewis (substitute for N. H. Dryden during his sick - ness), W. W. Patrick, R. Brown, M. S. Foster, J. W. Thomas, G. O. Babcock, H. L. Foster, Wm. M. Colladay, S. Oziah, C. Reeve, H. W. Yager, W. N. Seymour, L. Purmer, C. Lum, J. M. Matts (resigned, N. J. Tompkins appointed), William Dudley, J. Phillips, Z. Gilbert, T. M. Warren, E. Isham, R. Winston, P. Munger, C. H. Bird, A. A. Boyce, W. Barrus, T. R. Hill, N. P. Spaulding, D. E. Emery.
1851-52 -- C. Lum, Chairman; A. Burdick, T. Haney, M. Ripley, J. Bowman, N. J. Tompkins, C. Reeve, D. Davidson, H. Van Orman, T. Arland, D. C. Miller, A. E. Adsit, O. B. Moore, J. Gott, J. Keenan, L. J. Farwell (R. T. Davis to fill vacancy), W. Gammon, J. W. Thornton, W. Dudley (J. Devine to fill vacancy), H. C. Chandler, Z. Gilbert, T. M. War- ren, E. Isham, W. Beardsley, R. N. Ashmore, A. Bailey, A. Henry, I. Mann, J. Collins, E. Grover, D. E. Emery.
1852-53-E. Isham, Chairman; J. II. Potter, R. W. Davison, T. Steele, R. D. Frost, J. Bowman, J. R. Rutter, A. E. Adsit, J. Keenan, J. Webb, W. Gammons, I. M. Bennett, H. C. Chandler, J. Bronte, W. Beardsley, H. Childs, C. Flower, W. Barrus, I. Mann, O. M. Cross, J. Collins, D. E. Emery, A. Smith, R. Brown, H. Van Orman, J. Steele, O. E. McIntyre, C. Barnard, P. Dunning (Mr. Warren to fill vacancy), H. J. Jackson, R. Richards, Mr. Thompson.
1853-54-Calvin Barnard, Chairman ; J. J. Clark, Thomas Barber, Richard D. Frost, Thomas Steele, Daniel Pickett, John .Vroman, Orien B. Hazeltine, Nathan G. Van Horn, W. R. Taylor, William F. Baker, James Steele, A. E. Adsit, William M. Colladay, John Keenan, J. T. Marston, Sardine Muzzy, Elisha Bailey, O. H. Mallette, C. P. Moseley, D. Wheeler, J. Chandler, R. Richards, E. Isham, J. P. McPherson, G. O. Babcock, W. A. Pierce, A. White, D. K. Butler, M. Reade, O. M. Cross, D. E. Emery, J. Mosher.
1854-55-William R. Taylor, Chairman; J. M. Wood, Thomas Barber, Levi E. Thomp- son, R. D. Frost, E. Brigham, Daniel Pickett, E. Grover, Jr., G. Dow, J. Read, J. Steele, A. E. Adsit, J. Mosher, William M. Colladay, S. W. Field, J. H. Lewis, L. Hatch, E. Bailey, O. H. Mallette, C. P. Moseley, B. F. Denson, Z. Gilbert, J. Chandler, C. W. Waterbury, H. Bigelow, R. Blackburn, William Beardsley, C. Flower, J. Beath, J. Poyner, J. Collins, J. C. Pinney, G. Van Gaasbeck.
1855-56-William M. Colladay, Chairman ; E. Sherman, J. W. Ford, L. E. Thompson, J. R. Hiestand, T. Steele, William A. Fields, N. G. Van Horn, H. Catlin, J. Read, A. G. Hadder, L. Knudson, C. Barnard, S. W. Field, H. J. Hill, M. D. Currier, W. Gammons, O. H. Mullette, I. M. Bennett, B. F. Denson, J. A. Johnson, J. La Follette, C. M. Waterbury, S. W. Graves, A. Malone, George Johnson, R. T. Cameron, J. Beath, J. Poyner, L. Ryan, E. Combs, G. H. Van Gaasbeck, E. Grover, Jr., O. M. Palmer.
1856-57-W. M. Colladay, Chairman ; E. Sherman, C. Laughlin, J. B. Sweat, J. R. Hiestand, T. Steele, W. A. Fields, D. B. Crandall, A. Norman, J. Bryan, A. G. Hadder, A. E. Adsit, J. Allen, S. Nye, H. J. Hill, A. E. Brooks, N. B. Van Slyke, A. S. Wood, S. M. Van Bergen, H. S. Clark, W. Gammons, P. W. Matts, E. W. Dwight, A. Sanderson, J. L. Lewis, Z. Gilbert, T. M. Warren, S. W. Graves, J. P. McPherson, W. Beardsley, C. Bailey, J. Cald- well, W. D. Stanley, S. B. Coryell, M. O'Malley, J. W. Helden, A. A. Huntington, C. G. Lewis, G. Bjornson, H. Jones.
1857-58 .- P. W. Matts, Chairman ; G. W. McDongal, Charles Laughlin, S. H. Vedder, R. D. Frost, T. Steele, W. A. Field, C. G. Lewis, I. Brown, W. R. Taylor, J. Bryan, W. J. Welch, W. H. Miller, E. H. Lacy, O. B. Moore, J. Keenan, H. J. Hill, A. E. Brooks, N. B. Van Slyke, C. C. Mayers, S. M. Van Bergen, C. Lum, E. Bailey, R. Boyce, B. F. Denson, J. Chandler, J. A. Johnson, J. Pauly, S. Axtell, J. P. McPherson, Williamn Beardsley, L. H.
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Pearsons, J. C. Steele, W. D. Stanley, J. Beath, J. Kershaw, J. W. Helden, A. A. Hunting- ton, H. M. Warner.
1858-59-J. Beath, Chairman ; G. W. McDougal, C. Laughlin, J. Greening, R. D. Frost, E. Dale, W. A. Field, C. G. Lewis, N. G. Van Horn, W. R. Taylor, J. M. Haney, R. Bower, W. H. Miller, E. E. Roberts, O. E. McIntyre, J. Keenan, W. D. Bird, T. Heeran, D. J. Pow- ers (resigned, E. S. Oakley appointed), J. G. Griffin, T. Kinney, C. Lum, J. B. Colton, P. W. Matts, M. Wolf, B. F. Denson, N. Randall, J. A. Johnson, S. W. Graves, C. M. Waterbury, O. B. Hazeltine, J. P. McPherson, J. Wiessenborn, L. H. Pearsons, J. C. Steele, D. K. Brit- ton, C. H. Arnold, S. H. Sabine, A. Sawyer.
1859-60-A. M. Hanchett, Chairman ; G. F. Lawton, O. Kerl, W. A. Webb, S. F. Lighthizier, N. H. Dryden, E. Crowell, E. Grover, Jr., J. T. Crandall, M. E. Emerson, J. M. Haney, W. Dunlap, A. E. Adsit, E. E. Roberts, A. L. Beebe, J. E. Mann, T. Reynolds, A. Sherwin, E. S. Oakley, D. Clark, C. Fairchild, L. A. Lincoln, J. B. Colton, P. W. Matts, M. Colby, O. B. Daley, H. M. La Follette, F. B. Ames, C. E. Loveland, F. Ritchie, R. Black- burn, R. Ford, C. Flower, G. Beatty, J. Beath, H. Cramer, W. Keefe, A. H. Pinney, A. Sawyer.
1860-61-T. Reynolds, Chairman ; L. O. Humphrey, J. W. Ford, H. M. Warner, S. F. Lighthizier, E. Dale, Isaac Adams, C. G. Lewis, W. D. Potter, C. Drakeley, J. M. Haney, W. Dunlap, L. Torgerson, C. Barnard, A. L. Beebe, J. Keenan, J. Zehnphenning, J. T. Bayer, J. Byrne, J. B. Stickney (O. Park substitute during the sickness of Mr. Stickney), A. M. Hanchett, E. Bailey, J. M. Matts, E. W. Dwight, Mr. Sanderson, G. Tollefson, F. B. Ames, S. W. Graves, F. Ritchie, H. Stevens, S. T. F. Ward, C. Flower, G. Beatty, W. Charleton, H. Cramer, J. Tierney, I. N. DeForest, L. G. Shephard, J. M. Gile, F. C. Festner.
1861-62-J. P. McPherson, Chairman ; L. O. Humphrey, J. Bunnagel, O. B. Hazeltine, J. L. Davison, T. Haney, R. W. Davison, A. D. Goodrich, D. B. Crandall, W. R. Taylor, T. Murphy, A. J. Luce, L. Torgerson, H. H. Giles (resigned ; W. M. Key appointed), W. M. Colladay, J. Keenan, H. A. Tenney, F. O'Bryan, J. W. Sumner, D. Clark, T. Kinney, G. T. Whitney, E. Bailey, P. W. Matts, J. D. Tipple, J. Jones, G. Bjornson, W. Chandler, Z. Gil- bert, H. A. Colburn, F. Ritchie, R. Ford, C. Flower, G. Beatty, W. Charleton (resigned, J. Beath appointed), H. Cramer, H. J. Benson, I. N. DeForest (resigned, J. M. Miller appointed), W. H. Slater, Mr. McBride.
The Board first met under the law providing for the government of the county by District Representation, on the 13th day of January, 1862.
1862-63-First District, W. M. Colladay ; Second, J. Douglas ; Third, Otto Kerl; Fourth, E. Dale; Fifth, P. H. Turner. Mr. Colladay, Chairman.
1864-65-First District, F. B. Ames ; Second, J. E. Hidden ; Third, Otto Kerl; Fourth, M. Colby ; Fifth, H. J. Hill. Mr. Colby, Chairman.
1866-67-First District, F. B. Ames ; Second, O. W. Thornton; Third, Mansfield Arries ; Fourth, M. Colby ; Fifth, Neely Gray (deceased, Timothy Brown appointed). Mr. Ames, Chairman.
1867-First District, F. B. Ames ; Second, O. W. Thornton ; Third, D. Schafer ; Fourth, M. Colby ; Fifth, Timothy Brown. Mr. Ames, Chairman.
1868-First District, F. B. Ames; Second, O. W. Thornton ; Third, D. Schafer; Fourth, D. L. Daley ; Fifth, Timothy Brown. Mr. Ames, Chairman.
1869-First District, W. M. Colladay ; Second, O. W. Thornton ; Third, M. Arries; Fourth, D. L. Daley (resigned, W. C. B. Weltzin substituted) ; Fifth, H. J. Hill. Mr. Thorn- ton, Chairman.
1870, ending March 24-First District, W. M. Colladay; Second, H. D. Goodnow; Third, O. B. Hazeltine ; Fourth, L. M. Anderson ; Fifth, H. J. Hill. Mr. Hill, Chairman.
Commencing May 23, 1870. The Board met under the Town System of Representa- tion.
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1870-71 .- J. P. McPherson, Chairman ; L. O. Humphrey, J. C. Fischer, J. Adams, R. D. Frost, J. Mitchell, R. D. Freeman, S. H. Hall, J. E. Johnson, T. Black, T. Murphy, H. H. Brereton, K. O. Heimdall, W. H. Watson, W. T. McConnell, W. D. Bird, H. J. Hill, T. C. Bourke, W. T. Leitch, J. M. Bowman, C. G. Mayers, S. Moulton, W. H. Porter, E. Bailey, J. Lyle, J. S. Jackson, L. M. Anderson, S. Helland (resigned, Mr. Glenhus appointed), W. Seamonson, J. Brosmer, C. E. Loveland, W. Beardsley, F. Allen, C. Pond, W. H. Chandler, J. Ollis, J. H. Steaman, G. Beatty, W. Woodward, E. A. Spencer, J. Phillips.
1871-72 .- W. H. Chandler, Chairman ; O. S. Head, H. Keller, J. Mckenzie, A. Morton, O. Hanson, I. W. Haner, S. H. Hall, W. B. West, W. R. Taylor, T. Murphy, H. H. Brereton, A. E. Adsit, R. S. Allen, O. B. Moore, J. Travis, E. E. Bryant, T. C. Bourke, C. H. Billings, A. Herfurth, J. Miller, S. Moulton, W. H. Porter, W. Ankitell, J. W. Norton, P. Baldwin, L. M. Anderson, W. C. B. Weltzin, W. Seamonson, J. Brosmer, S. Divall, J. P. McPherson, N. Martin, J. Norris, C. Pond, J. Ollis, J. Stewart, S. Caldwell, J. H. Tierney, E. A. Spencer, G. Weeks.
1872-73 .- E. A. Spencer, Chairman ; W. Short, F. Schuman, J. Mckenzie, S. F. Lighthizier, O. Hanson, A. Chipman, T. S. Phillips, J. E. Johnson, W. R. Taylor, R. Burns, 0. Chipman, P. B. Grinde, G. B. Moore, R. S. Allen, Abel Dunning, P. Barry, M. B. French, C. H. Billings, H. Christoffers, L. D. Stone, S. Moulton (resigned, Mr. Clifford appointed), W. H. Porter, W. Gammons, J. Seeley, P. Baldwin, L. M. Anderson, W. C. B. Weltzin, W. Seamonson, M. Theisen, M. Johnson, N. Martin, J. Norris, C. Pond, J. Gibbons, J. Ollis, J. Stewart, S. Caldwell,. J. H. Tierney, J. Johnson, S. Divall.
1873-74 .- W. R. Taylor, Chairman (resigned, P. Baldwin elected) ; G. B. Huntington, F. Schuman, J. Mckenzie, D. Bechtel, O. Hanson, J. M. Haner, A. Smith, S. H. Butler, P. Zander, R. Steele, P. B. Grinde, J. Allen, W. T. McConnell, P. Barry, G. C. Russell, B. M. Minch, J. Rodermund, J. G. Ott, L. D. Stone, G. F. Clifford, J. Hart, W. Gammons, J. Seeley, P. Baldwin, L. M. Anderson, C. Dixon (resigned, Mr. Seamonson appointed), G. T. Mandt, M. Theisen, S. Tusler, M. Johnson (resigned, Mr. Malone appointed), N. Martin, R. S. Allen, F. L. Warner, W. H. Angell, J. Ollis, H. H. Cornwell, S. J. Caldwell, J. H. Tierney, W. Blanchard, J. Phillips.
1874-75 .- G. C. Russell, Chairman ; J. H. Palmiter, W. Stumpf, W. Manwaring, D. Betchel, O. Hanson, A. Chipman, A. Smith, J. E. Johnson, I. Adams, P. Zander, T. Leitch, P. B. Grinde, W. H. Watson, W. Lalor, J. Travis, Thomas C. Bourke, George A. Mason, John George Ott, L. D. Stone, L. Clark, W. H. Porter, W. Gammons (resigned, E. Bailey appointed), J. Lyle, P. Baldwin, L. M. Anderson, E. Pederson, W. Seamonson, P. M. Fabing (resigned, M. Theisen appointed), S. Tusler, M. Johnson, D. Ford, F. Allen, W. H. Slatter, W. H. Angell, R. J. Poyner, J. Stewart, O. M. Helland (resigned, Mr. Blake appointed), J. H. Tierney, D. Crowley, J. Phillips.
1875-76 .- G. C. Russell, Chairman ; J. H. Palmiter, W. Stumpf, W. Manwarring, D. Bechtel, O. Hanson, J. E. Hidden, F. Ritchie, S. E. Billsted, C. Drakeley, H. J. Bolling, T. Leitch, P. B. Grinde, I. E. Wright, J. M. Sampson, J. McWilliams, William Vallender, John N. Jones, Stephen D. Carpenter, A. Sexton, L. Clark, W. H. Porter (W. Knapton, substitute), F. Elver, J. Lyle, P. Baldwin, L. M. Anderson. W. C. B. Weltzin, A. B. Devoe, P. M. Fabing, C. E. Loveland, M. Johnson, D. Ford, J. Norris, T. C. Hayden, C. G. Cross, R. J. Poyner, J. Stewart, A. B. Erbe, J. H. Tierney, D. Crowley (resigned, O. S. Holum appointed), J. Phillips.
1876-77 .- G. C. Russell, Chairman ; J. H. Palmiter, J. C. Fischer, D. D. Logan, D. Bechtel, O. Hanson, J. E. Hidden, F. Ritchie, P. N. Johnson, C. Drakeley, H. J. Bollig, M. L. Boyce, K. O. Heimdall, I. E. Wright, J. M. Sampson, D. L. Van Hoesen, J. Hess, Robert Wootton, Stephen D. Carpenter, J. Nader, J. D. Bradford, L. Clark, W. H. Porter, F. Elver, J. Lyle, P. Baldwin, L. M. Anderson, W. C: B. Weltzin (resigned, O. O. Barton appointed), W. B. Atkinson, P. M. Fabing, C. E. Loveland, M. Johnson, D. Ford, J. C. Chandler (resigned, J. Norris appointed), F. L. Warner, C. G. Cross, R. J. Poyner, H. Hathaway, S. J. Caldwell, J. H. Tierney, H. S. Grinde, J. Phillips.
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