The board of commissioners ordered James H. Knowlton to put and keep the court house in repair and make improvements to it and the public square.

The evidence

• “Richardson became the contractor, and in January 1842 the building was raised and eovercd; and in December of the same year, agreeably to contract, the building was so far completed that it could be used for county purposes. It was subsequently fully completed by James Chamberlain, Ot The care bestowed upon the new, and eminently exalted court house may be learned from the Honorable: agent employed to repair and furnish it.— In the proceedings of the board of commissioners, under date of Sept. 1843, is found this minute: " Ordered that James H. Knowlton be authorized to put and keep the court house in repair, and make shutters to the windows of the Register's office, and the office of the clerk of the district court, to pur-. chase an armed chair for the Judge, and arrange the jury seats in proper order, and also to clear tha public square of any rubbish or improper thing that may be found thereon, and also to puta railing of posts and scantling, (one:rail) around the front of the court house."”

  1856-history-of-rock-county/25-city-of-janesville.md, PDF p. 179 / book p. 161

  Guernsey, Orrin, and Josiah F. Willard, editors. History of Rock County, and Transactions of the Rock County Agricultural Society and Mechanics' Institute. Janesville, Wis.: William M. Doty & Brother, 1856. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871593.

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