Larrabee Town

Larrabee Town

Township 25, Range 14, was taken from Bear Creek, and made a seperate town by the name of Larrabee ; the first town meeting to be held at the school house in District No. 2, of Bear Creek.

Poor House And Farm

It was decided that the question of the purchase of a Poor Farm, and the erection of a Poor House, would be submitted to the voters at the town meetings in 1861.

County Jail

- At a special meeting of the Board, held April 10, 1867, a contract for building a County Jail was let to S. R. Sherwin and R. R. Roberts, for the sum of $7,725.

At the November meeting, 1869, a vote was ordered taken through the County at the Spring election, on the question of purchasing a Poor Farm.

Mukwa Goes Back A New Fence Around Court House Square

November 18, 1873, the Poor House Building Committee reported that James Meiklejohn had offered a donation of $1,000 provided the building was completed within two years, according to a plan of Royal Green ; and that they had accepted the offer of Mr. Meiklejohn, and had let the work. They further recommended an additional appropriation of $2,000, to complete the said building. The report was adopted.

By resolution, an appropriation of $50 was made ''for the purpose of purchasing a cane for James Meiklejohn, as a testimonial for the gift of $1,000 and forty acres of land to the County." All voted aye, except Taylor.

In 1878 the hospital, created and organized by action of the Board in 1875, was reorganized for the purpose of a County Insane Asylum, according to the Revised Statutes.

A Witty Mkmber

"Whereas, The radical inability of the inhabitants of said village, and a conspiracy entered into and existing betvxreen the City of New London and the Towns of Dupont and Matteson, to monopolize all matters of litigation, and to retain all finable subjects within the limits of their respective corporations, except when the County Board is in session, thus cutting off all sources of revenue; therefore,

^'Resolved, That $500 be appropriated by this Board to bridge the deficiency existing between the treasury of said village and a liquidation of said indebtedness."

In 1880 the Board voted $15,000 to build a Court House, $3,000 of it to be raised by taxation, the balance to come out of funds from the sale of County lands, and out of donations. The City of Waupaca was to raise $7,000, and the Court House was to be completed before January 1, 1882. The building commissioners were J. W. Bingham, W. A. Weisbrod, and A. S. McDonald.

The Chairman and Clerk of the Board were authorized to borrow $10,000 to settle County indebtedness for btiilding the Court House, and to issue bonds bearing 8 per cent, interest. A direct tax was to be levied in 1883 to pay such indebtedness and interest.

County Insane Asylum

An ordinance was passed for the building of a County Insane Asylum ; the site to consist of not less than 160 acres, and to be within three miles of the Court House.

The Asylum was to be built during 1887. The County was to issue bonds for the sum required, not to exceed $30,000, the whole to be paid in eight years, with 7 per cent, interest. The ordinance passed by a vote of 16 to 15. At a special meeting, April 27, 1887, the said ordinance was repealed, and a committee appointed to take the preliminary steps towards a settlement with the contractors for their damages sustained by reason of said repeal. Supervisors F. M. Guernsey, I. M. Deming, and D. Wafler were appointed as such committee. June 11, 1887, at a special meeting of the Board, said ordinance was again repealed.

In November, 1887, doubts being entertained about the legality of the special meetings ^when action had been had in reference to the County Asylum, the ordinance of 1886 was again repealed.