HISTORY OF WOOD COUNTY



namely: District No. 1 to be composed of Grand Rapids and Saratoga, District
No. 2 of Centralia, Dexter, Springfield and Lincoln, and District No. 3 of
Seneca,
Sigel and Rudolph, these towns at that time being all that were contained
in the
county. (For their boundaries see Chapter VIII).
   In March, 1870, the supervisor system of county government was resumed
by
the state, each township having its representative on the board. In December,
that year, the board declared itself "in favor of the Town of Remington
taking
such measures as will seem most expedient to obtain a settlement and determina-
tion of the constitutionality of the act of the Legislature attaching said
town and
other territory to the county of Jackson, and to obtain the repeal of said
act, pro-
vided the county shall not be liable for expenses of such action in a sum
exceeding
one hundred dollars.
   In May, 1871, a sum of $500 was appropriated to aid in a survey of the
Wis-
consin Central Railroad through this region; and in July, 1872 the board
declared
itself ready to pay a sum not exceeding $8,000 to the Green Bay and Lake
Pepin
Railway Company "on condition they erect a good and suitable wagon and
foot
bridge between Grand Rapids and Centralia and oblige itself to keep same
in re-
pair forever." Further data in regard to bridge history at above mentioned
local-
ity may be found in the article on Wisconsin Rapids.
   In the spring of 1872 the sheriff's records were burned. Under date of
Jan. 7,
1876, there is an item reading "Ordered to sell county lands at $5 per
40, not
exceeding 80 acres per person." In November, 1879 the county was paying
$2
for wolves' scalps. A Poor Farm was ordered in January, 1885 and work com-
menced on same April 8, 1885. Previous to this the poor had been "boarded
out"
with such families who were willing to take care of them for the remuneration
paid by the county and towns. The records of the board for 1895 make allusion
to a "Beareau of Immigration and General Industries," which was
formed in
November that year, the purpose being to make exhibits at county fairs in
south-
ern Wisconsin and at the State Fair, in order to attract settlers to Wood
County.
   After the year last mentioned the records of the county board deal chiefly
with
matters that are mentioned more or less particularly in other parts of this
history,
such as schools, taxes, the poor house, asylum, jail, national guard, etc.,
and which
need not be here repeated.



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