A subsequent school-district meeting adopted the committee's report recommending the raising of $4,000 for a school building.

The evidence

• “Hobart were appointed a committee to make estimates and plans for a school building, and on December 31, following, they made a report recommending the district to raise $4,000 in five equal installments of $800 each, one of which was to be raised by the levying of a tax the following year, and the rest, $3,200, borrowed at a reasonable rate of interest, payment of the principal and interest to be made by the levying of a tax sufficient to pay the other installments in the following four years. This report was adopted, and, at a subsequent meeting held on December 31, 1849, Messrs. A.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/15-rock-county-ch09-beloit.md, PDF p. 621 / book p. 625

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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