Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-17


bridge across MoccaSin Creek at Days
mill, section ?, township %. range ; E.
Said bridge to cost about S400.
Now therefore since said bridge
would cost more than One-fOurth of l
per cent. of the last valuation of said
town, we. the undersigned, hereby
petition your honorable body to APP
prOpriate One-half the sum of said
cost, same to be paid when accepted
BY the committee on roads and
bridges.
Dated May l, 1900.
MARTIN JACKSON,
AUG. STAKE.
ED. CHRISTENSEN.
On motion petition was referred to
committee on roads and bridges.
The clerk read the following
petition:
To the Honorable the County Board
of Supervisors Of Wood County in the
state of Wisconsin:
We, the undersigned freeholders
and residents of the town of Wood in
the county of Wood and state of
Wisconsin,, hereby reSpec fully petit
tiOn your honorable body to divide the
said town of Wood and by proper
order or ordinance detach all of
sections one ~, two ~, three ~, four
~, five -, six (6), seven (T), eight (S),
nine ~, ten (10), eleven (1D, twelve
az, thirteen (13), fourteen Q4' fifteen
.(15), sixteen Q6), seventeen az,
eighteen (1S), nineteen 40, twenty
coy. twenty-One (21), twenty-five (22),
twenty-three (23), twenty-four (24),
in township No. twenty two (22),
north Of range No. two ~ east and all
of township No. twenty-three (23)
north of range No. two (2) east from
said town of Wood and organize the
said territory SO detached into a new
town to be called the town of Wood
land.
Dated March 6, 1900
Signed by J. Benner, Patrick Joice
and 50 other freehOlderS and residents
of the town of Wood.
Moved and seconded that petition
be referred to committee on town Or
ganization. Motion carried.
Clerk read the following petition:
To The Honorable County Board of
Wood County, WiscOnsin:-Gent
men: Your petitioner would respect
fully request that tax certificates No.
1929, sale 1893, No. 1875, sale of 1892,
and No. 1870, sale of 1896 be cancelled
and the amount paid for the same be
refunded to your petitioner with inte-
rest thereon at 7 per cent. Said GER
titicateS are illegal as your petitioner
believes from the fact that lot 9, block
231 was sold to c. NJ. & ST. P. Ry. Co.
and lot II, block 116 was sold to Port
Edwards & Southeastern r. r. Co.
Respectfully Submitted.
j. P. Book.
Mr.. j. E. Tenney, principal of the
Woodland Industrial school, presented
and read petition from the school to
the county board, which was placed on
file in the county clerks office.
On motion the petition was referred
to the committee on Bureau of Immi
grafton and General Industry.
On motion the board adjourned
until Wednesday, May 2, 1900 at 9
O'Clock a. m.
W. Fl. REEVES,
County Clerk.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1900.
Court House, 9 o'clock a. m.
Board called to order by Chairman
E. p. Arpin.
Roll was called and all members
present excepting Geo. S. Strang.
On motion reading of minutes of
previous meeting was dispensed with.
Supervisor Geo. W. Brown read the
following report: To The HOnOra BILE
Board of Supervisors Of Wood County,
| Observation-Disclosures: We, the
committee on immigration and
| General Industries beg leave to report
on the petition presented to the county
board by J. E. Tenney, asking that
the county board contribute some
thing to the aid of the school. known
as the Woodland Industrial school,
your committee would recommend
that 7the petition be disallowed
| for the reason that in the opinion OF
the committee the county board has
no right to appropriate county money
to any sectarlan school or church.
G. W. Brown
| Ferd PHILLIPS
| JOHN WOLF
| L. WARD
SIMON WORLUND
Moved and seconded that the report
of the committee be accepted.
Motion carried.
Supervisor J. ". Cochran, chairman
of judiciary committee read the
| following report:
To the Board of Supervisors of
Wood County.-Gentlemen; Your
committee on judiciary, to whom was
referred the following claims, would
respectfully.report that after care
full examination of all items coptained
therein, recommend that the several
amounts as set forth in this report be
allowed each claimant respectively,
| tOwit:
Moved and seconded that the
recommendation Of judiciary com
mittee be adopted unless objection is
made. Motion carried.