Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18
SPECIAL SESSION OF COUNTY BOARD.
County Clerks Official Minutes of Proceed
Ings Held May 2, 3 and 4.

County Clerks Official Minutes of Proceed
Ings Held May 2, 3 and 4.
Moved and seconded that chairman
appoint committee Of three, if it be
necessary, to go before the state board
of equalization at Madison Motion
carried
Chairman appointed as such COM
mittee Supervisors c. S. Vedder, L.
NJ. Nash, Fred Schultz.
District Attorney d. D. Conway
stated to the board that the county
order received from Oneida county had
been sent to bank for collection and
had been protested, and asked board
for authority to inStigate suit against
Oneida county.
Moved and seconded that district
attorney be instructed to instigate
suit against Oneida county for order
that has been protested. Carried
The following petition was presented
by Supervisor John Freidel:
To the Honorable Board of Super
yiSorS of the County of Wood, WiScOn-
sin: The petition of the undersigned
represents, that they are the town
board Of supervisors Of the town Of
Marshfeld in the county of Wood in
the state of Wisconsin.
That the said town Of MarShtield at
the annual town meeting held in and
for the said town on the 4th day Of
April, A ID. 1899, voted to construct
in said town two bridges, viz: One on
the section line between sections %
and "A across Mill creek and will cost
in the neighbOrhOOd of $4,000, the
said bridge being condemned: and the
other on the town line between section
II in the tWOn Of MarShtield and sec
tiOn 10 in the town of Auburndale in
said county, across Mill creek being
on that part of the highway which
the town of MarShtield is obliged to
maintain). This is an old bridge. The
town of Marshfield has to keep five
bridges in repair across Mil creek.
That the cost of construction Of
each of said bridges will exceed one
!. quarter of one per cent OF all the tax
| able property in said town according
: to the last equalized valuation.
That the said town has provided for
ne payment of One-half of the cost
said construction of said bridges,
wing appropriated the sum of five
ldred dollars for that purpose.
Te, therefore, pray that the county
'rd of said Wood county shall ap-
oriate the other half of such cost
appoint commissioners as provided
yction 1919 of the Revised Stat
of the state of Wisconsin.
I'd April %, 1899.
JOHN FRIEDEL,
-. ~ JOHN IIEINZER,
,e uoN VIM. OHM,
,o8ueN isorS of the Town of MarShtield,
,aM h'l County, Wisconsin.
snoA committee on roads, bridges
osAAo Iculture, to whom the foregO-
paW' ,ttion was referred, made the
i syn sohuc; .; report:
Nooa II committee on roads, bridges
an, eNs Couture, would recommend
that ny half, or a sum not to exceed
$250.,oNN2 appropriated for the con-
structl&N of the bridge on section line
between sections % and "A town of
MarShtield.
JOHN juno.
G.. w. BROWN.
AUG. MOERKE,
e. e. RAMSDELL,
Committee on Roads, Bridges and
Agriculture.
Moved and seconded that recon-
mendation of committee be adopted.
Roll called and vote resulted as
follows:
Ayes-Moerke, Schultz, Cochran,
Nash, Goggins, E. p. Arpin, Boetcher,
Wheelan, Heron, Christensen,
Specht, Mechler, Tremmel, Strong,
Nedder, Juno, Friedel, Stuhser,
Hooper, Bennett, Brown, Zero, Ward,
Zelm, Reimer, McTavish, Ramsdell,
Worlund, Knuteson, Jackson, JOS. Il.
Arpin, Long. Total 32.
Noes-None.
Clerk called to the attention of the
board that there were two bills in
favor of town of NeSper that has beer
ordered paid by the board but that
orders had never been issued for same
Moved and seconded that clerk anC
chairman issue the orders due town OF
Nesper, one for $4,000 and one fol
S362 81. Motion carried
Moved that if no objections the re
ports Of following committees be
adopted. Carried.
Supervisor B. r. GOggins, chairman
of committee on printing and station
cry, read the following report:
To the Board of Supervisors 0
Wood County, Wisconsin-Gentlemen
Your committee On~Printing and Sta
tionery, to whom was referred tn
following CLAIMS, would respectful
report that we have had the sam
under consideration, and, after a care
full examination of allitemS cOntaine
therein. recommend that the seyera
amounts as set forth in this report b
allowed each claimant respectively
to wit:
NAME OF CLAIMANT WHAT FOR. SS,