River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-11-27

the foregoing report is correct and true to
the best of his knowledge and belief
j w HANCOCK,
Co Clerk.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
l4th day of Nov, 1879 I. B WHITE,
Notary Public
Sup. Walsingham presented the re-
port Of the Committee on Appropria-
tons for roads and bridges as follows,
to-wit:
To the Hon. the County Board of the Coun-
ty of Pierce:
We, your Committee on County Appro-
priatIons for roads and bridges, beg leave to
make the following report, and would re-
commend thai the following order and de-
termination be inside by the said County
Board, as follows, to-wit:
1t is hereby ordered and determined by
the County Board Of the County Of Pierce
that appropriations be made to the sever al
towns hereinafter named, and in the sums
hereinafter set forth and for the purposes
therein designated:
To the Town of El Paso the sum of $500
for the purpose of building bridge across
Rush River in section 50 in said town.
To the town Of Union the sum of $3.50 for
the purpose of building bridges III said
town.
To the town of Maiden Rock the sum of
$3.50 for the purpose of building bridges in
said town.
To the town of Hartland the sum Of 800
TO assist the sand town TO build bridge near
the village Of Esdaile in said town.
To the town of Oak Grove the sum of 500
q, 10. tod hn nd Ruff
alo state road in the said town.
To the town of Salem the sum of 5000 for
the purpose of building bridges across Rush
River in Section 33 in sal town.
To the town of Trenton the sum of 500 to
build bridge on south east ID of Section 8 Of
town "a, town of Trenton.
To the town of Spring Lake the sum Of
500 for the purpose OF building and repair
ing bridges in said town.
To the town Of Gilman the sum of S10C
| for the purpose of building bridges in said
| town
To town of Diamond Bluff the sum of Sl0C
for the purpose of building bridges in said
| town.
To the town of Isabelle the sum OF $50 for
the purpose Of building bridge in said town
| Said money to be expended under the di
rection of the several town boards in favor
/
| Dated, Ellsworth, Nov. l4th, 1878.
JAMES wAEs.SsHAM oO nra, On aP pPr
| w. H. TAYLOR, } roads q bridge
Sup Dill moved to lay the report OF
the table Lost Sup Bailey moved
that consideration of the report be
made special order for Saturday
morning A NJ Carried Sup Hutch.
inson submitted the following: Your
committee to investigate illegal taxes
of j Brownlee in the town of Ellis,
worth, respectfully recommend that
said Brownles pay one-half of the tax
as it stands on the sale records in the
offices of Co Treasurer and Co Clerk
anb that the balance be charged back
to the town of Ellsworth Carried
Sup. Martin moved that the action
of the Board at the afternoon session
fixing the price to be paid for boarding
the prisoners at $3.50 per week be re
scinded. Carried. Sup. Martin then
moved that the price be fixed at $500
per week. Carried. Sup. Bailey of
fered the following:
Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board If
| hereby instructed to contract with the X
| W. Lewis, present Register of Deeds. for
the full compiling and completing of a tract
| index book agreeably to Chapter 81, Sec
| 1862, Revised Statutes, if he can so do fol
| the sum of three hundred dollars. to be full
payment for the same, and there is hereby
appropriated the said sum of three hundred
dollars to be used for said service wher
| rendered.
On motion of Sup. Stirratt the reso-
luton was adopted The bills for SER
vices of Supts. of Poor for the past
year were then presented and allowed
IN full. Sup. Dill offered the follow
ing:
| Resolved by the County Board of Super
vlsors of Pierce Co. ]. w. Hancock is hereby
| constituted the County agent of Pierce Coun
| ty, as provided in Section 1913, Revised
| Statutes of 1878, and that he is hereby In
structed to settle with the Poor House keep
er at the end of every three months in accor.
dance with the terms OF contract with said
| Poor House keeper for the weekly board OF
paupers, and to draw orders on the Co.
Treasury for payment of the same.
Adopted. The following order was
then unanimously adopted:
The County Board of Supervisors of the
County of Pierce do order and determine as
follows, to-wit: That the sum of 1854 so
State tax be and the sum is hereby levied
| on all the taxable property IN Pierce Coun.
ty, Wis, for the year 1879. That the sum
of S23S3 SO County School tax be and the
same is hereby levied on all the taxable
property in Pierce County, Wis, for the
year 1879, according to the amount Of School
Fund Income apportioned to each town and
city in Pierce County for the year 1879. by
the Superintendent of Public instruction.
The the sum of 81, 300, County tax, in
Guiding County Superintendent salary, be
and the same is hereby levied on all the
taxable property of Pierce County, Wis, for
the year 1879. That there be charged back
to the several towns the amounts shown in
the repeat of the County Treasurer to be due
from each town respectively on account OF
illegal taxes, amounting in the whole to
1878 81, and that the County Clerk inclnde
the same in the levy for Co. Taxes.
Tabular Statement of Takes levid for the
year 1879.