The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-07-20
County Board Proceedings.


Office of the County Clerk, of said
county, on Monday, the third day of
June, 1889, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, pursuant to call of County Clerk
The Board was called to order by
Chairman Mclean.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing was read and adopted.
Resolutions introduced by Spauld-
ing, Marion, Ed. Johnson, lloollhan
and Mclean for appropriations for
improving roads in their respective
| towns, were referred to the Committee
, on roads and bridges.
Resolutions by II. ID. Missingham
/ for appropriations for improving Ham
mond, Stinson and Belknap avenues
were referred to Committee on roads
and bridges.
The special Committee appointed to
look over the Poor Farm asked for
further time in which to make their
report. Same was granted.
Committee on claims made par
| tIal report and recommended the fol
| lowing:
Claim No. $50, O. w. Olson, to be al
lowed in full.
Claim No 326, Thoe. B. Smith 81 Co.,
to be allowed i'll full.
! Claim No. 327, f. L. Gauvreau, to be
allowed at $l5 instead of $40.
Claim No. 32S, J. b. French, to be al
! lowed in full.
Claim No. 800, Geo. ID. Barnard & Co,
to be allowed in full.
| Claim No. 331, W Z. Chandler, to be
allowed in full.
! Claim No. So, Christ Hanson, to be
allowed in full.
J I,f, IL I TO hn oil
| lowed at SIT instead of $3.50.
| Claim No. 334, +. III. Marion, to be al
/ lowed at Sl24i.
The report of the Committee was
adopted and claims allowed according
| to same with exceptions of No. 327 of
| +. T. Gauvareau which was laid on the
| table till some further meeting. The
| Chairman and Clerk were authorized
| to issue and sign orders for the follow
| ing claims and charge them to the
| special fund: Claims No. 32S, $50, 49,,
3333, 334.
The Clerk was ordered to send draft
to State Land Office and take order for
same.
The claim of the Ashland Land
Office was referred to Committee on
taxes and Hiram Hayes as special
member of that Committee.
Adjourned until l 80 p. m.
The Board met again at l:30 p. IN.
All members present.
The petition for books from f. V.
Mundy, Register of Deeds, was refer
red to Committee on public grounds
and buildings.
The petition from the County Clerk
for copy of indexes for tax sales of
lands and the petition from the Clerk
of Court for judgment index was re-
ferred to special Committee consist
ing of III. Hayes, Geo. III. Walker and
o. w. Olson.
The following resolution by r. B.
Mclean was adopted:
RESOLVED, BY the County Board of
Douglas county that the county Treas
urer is hereby instructed to turn over
to the county Clerk, tax certificates of
1889 belonging to Douglas county.
On motion it was adopted that the
matter of cancellation of tax certif-
| Gates on account of tax receipt filed
and on account Of not being properly
advertised be referred to Committee
on taxes.
AS the Committee on roads and
bridges did not have their report ready
the matter referred to same Com
mittee was taken up by the full Board
and acted upon as follows:
The petitions from Spaulding and
! others introduced at the previous
session were not acted upon as they
| were covered by resolutions intro
duced at this session.
The following, introduced by II. D.
| MeSSingham, was adopted.
| WHEREAS, the following road or
| part of road in the county of Douglas
is main Travelled highway to-wlt
| Hammond avenue from st. Louis bay
| to intersection with north line of the
Town of Superior in said county,
RESOLVED, that 81 800 be and the
same is hereby appropriated for the
! purpose of eXpendlng the same on re-
pairs of said described highway. Pro
| adopted as county highway and the
appropriation is made without assum-
ing any responsibility on the part of
the said county for any injury caused
by any insuffency or want of repair in
said highway above described.
BY Spaulding:
WHEREAS, the following described
roads or part of roads in the county of
| Douglas are main travelled highways
| tO-wit:
/. St Croix road from South line of
Sec. 81, TIP. As, r. IA to North line OF
TIP. 46, r. l3.
=. Road on North line of Sec. Is
and Is, TIP. As, r. Is two miles in
length.
3. Extension of Hammond avenue
South from city limits of City of SD
perlor to Nemadji bridge in Sec. II,
TIP IS, r. A.
RESOLVED, that 81 900 be, and the
same is hereby appropriated for re-
pairs of the first described highways
That the sum of $500 be and the
same is hereby appropriated for re-
pairs of the second deScI ibed highway
That the sum of 5000 be, and the
same is hereby appropriated for re-
pairs of the third of said described
highways.
Pr0rjded, That said highways nor any
or either of them are not hereby
adopted as county highways and the
appropriation is made without assum-
ing any responsibility on the part of
said county for any injury caused or to
be caused by any insutliciency or want
OF repairs in said described highways.
Supervisor Messingham moved to
amend the resolution by making the
appropriation for the St. Croix road
$500 instead of $1,000
The amendment was carried by the
following vote:
Ayes-Hayes, Olson, Messingham,
Nils Johnson, Walker and Burdette.
Nayes-McLean, Spaulding, Ed.
Johnson, Marian and 1oollham.
The resolution was then put upon
Its passage and carried by 10 to i. r..
b. Mclean voting in the negative.
BY Messingham:
WHEREAS, the following road or
part of road in the county of douglas
Is a main travelled highway to-wit:
Stinson avenue from West I'd street