River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-04-06
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ABSTRACT OF MINUTE,

OF the Annual Meeting of the
Town of River Falls held al
Brackets Hall in said town on the
4th day of April 1882.
Inspectors and Clerks sworn.
Polls opened at o'clock a. m.
Order of business read-Voted tC
elect two Constables.
Balloted until II O'Clock noon ad.
iourned to l o'clock p. m.
Polls opened at l O'Clock p. m.
balloted until O'Clock p. m.
Reports of Supervisors and Treas
urer read. The Board among other
things recommended the following APP.
propriations: Incidental expenses, l.
900 dol; Bridge fund, 600 dol; Poor
fund 500 dol. Accepted and adopted
Resolutions were offered and dis
posed of as follows:
ReSoLred, That the Town Board
of the Town of River Falls is ordered
to sell to the highest bidder, the stone
crusher now owned and in possession
of said town provided the said crush
er will sell for saventy-fiye per cent.
of the original cost and if not
sold then said crusher be
properly housed and cared for
by the Town Board. If sold the mon
ey arising from said sale be divided
pro rata among the different road dis
tricts in proportion to the sums as
sessed in the different districts for
the payment of the same.
Moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Carried
Resolred That the Town Laws in
reference to animals running at large
shall be so amended that the keep for
sheep when in the hands of the Pound
master shall be one-tenth that of a
horse or an OK. Carried.
ResoLped, THAT ts75 90 be appropri-
ated to open public highway on sec
ton line from the corner of section
%, 20, 80, and 33, to a point about 80
rods N. w. of the Forestyille school
house. Carried.
ResoEUed, That 5000 be appropri-
ated to macadamize the Ellsworth road
from the east end of work now done
to north line of b. Hutchinson S farm
and between Nels Malberg's house
and south line of Nels Nelson's farm
together with 500 donated by Oak
ley & Hale to be expended under the
direction of the board of Supervisors.
Carried.
ResoEred, THAT 800 be appropri-
ated to gravel the corduroy road be-
yond the Trimbelle River near the
house of G. NJ. Bredahl. Lost.
Resolred, THAT all appropriations
be under the direction of the Board
of Supervisors and expended where
the interests of the town demand and
and not otherwise.
The following is the result of the
ballots:
The whole number votes cast for
Chairman of the board of Supervisors
was 1893. of which J. ID. Putnam re-
ceived 257 and Lyman Healy received
1875.
The whole number of votes cast for
Supervisors was ia of which George
Fortune received 262, e. NJ. Bredahl,
pa, I. I. Glass, l34, Joseph Stephens,
134, scattering, II.
The whole number of votes cast for
Town Clerk was 393 of which w. =.
Knowles received 297, and w. III. San
derson, 90.
The whole number of votes cast for
Treasurer was 3S7 of which G. y.
Reed received 1858, W. S. Ensign, l24.
The whole number of votes cast for
Assessors was 3SS of which Erie
Coggshall received l6l, d. ID. Proctor,
I2T.
The whole number of votes cast for
Justices of the Peace was 1872 of which
w. p. Knowles received 1876, NJ. d.
Proctor, 3S9, J. III. Wilkinson, II, A.
Doe, ito I'll vacancy 233.
The whole number of votes cast for
was 627, of which w. II. |
received 1913. G. w. SALISBURY, |
236. a. Fl. Lord, 122, w. W. Bos-
worth. 90, E. P. Hammond, 81.
Proceeded to ballot for 0yerseers Of |