River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-12-19

and between sections seven, eighteen ana
nineteen and thirty, Town Of Spring
Lake, and sections thirteen, twenty-four
and twenty-five in the Town OF Gilman.
Also part of the above mentioned
range line road lying between sections 10
and 80 in the Town of Union and sections
"A and Is in the Town of Salem
Also a part of said highway leading
from Village of Spring Valley 10 the VII
lage of Maiden Rock. lying IN the Town
OF Maiden Rock between sections l and
in township "a of range 10.
Also part of the highway leading
from the Town of Martell in the Village
Of Spring Valley, described as follows:
Tat part thereof included between the
east line of the Town of Gilman and the
west line of section eleven in said town,
and being on the south line of sections
II and u IN said town, except that por-
ton of such highway runs IN a diagonal
direction through the southeTly part OF
said section twelve.
District Number Two:
That part of the highway leading from
lssdaile TO Bay City which lies in sec
tions Is and 50 in the Town of Hartland
and section of the Town of Isabelle.
That part of the stage line road, run
ming north from Hager City to Ellsworth
which lies in sections 80 and 26 in the
Town of Trenton.
That part of the highway in the Town
OF Diamond Bluff known as the upper
road above the railroad, running south
east from the Village of Diamond Bluff
Trenton south of the Nero school house
That part of the road leading from.
River Falls to Martell following what Is
called the, South Fork Road, comprised
between the City of River Falls and the
town line of the Town of Martell between.
the Towns of River Falls and Martell.
That part of the River Falls and Pres
colt Road lying between the south line or
the City of River Falls and the north
line of section u IN the Town of Clifton
Resolved, ihdt ...r........ ,..............-
are hereby appointed as Road Commits
sioners have charge of the highways
hereinbefore designated in the Towns Of
Spring Lake Gilman, Rock Elm, Ell Paso,
Salem, Union and Maiden Rock which
territory shall be known and designated
for the purposes herein mentioned as
highway District Number One.
..........and .............. .,,.........
are hereby appointed as Road Commits
sioners to have charge of the highways
hereinbefore designated in the Towns az
River Falls, Martell Oak Grove, Clifton
Ellsworth, Trimbelle, Diamond Bluff
Trenton, Hartland and Isabelle, which
territory shall be known and designated
for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned
as Highway District Number Two
Such Commissioners shall, within the
limits of their respective districts, have
fun power to determine the manner in
which such roads shall be repaired and
the moneys appropriated for such repairs
be expended and they may let contracts
in the name of the county for the doing
OF such work, or they may provide for
doing the same by laborers employed by
them and working under their direction
as may be deemed most for the
beneht of the county. Provided, however,
that they shall not expend in any one
locality more than the amount appro-
priated for such place.
Such Commissioners shall, within their
| respective districts have full power to
audit the accounts of parties performing
work and labor under their direction or
who may have entered into contract to
do such work and such commissioners
may pay such persons by warrant drawn
on the County Treasurer therefor, which
warrants shall be signed by both of the
commissioners of such districts and shall
on their face designate distinctly the
place where such work had been done;
provided, however, that no claim for any
work done under any contract is let by
them or which may be let by the County
Board for the repairs of such highways
shall be audited or paid until a commit
tee of three to be appointed by the
Chairman of the County Board and of
whom one shall be the supervisor of the
town in which such work was done, shall
have viewed the same and reported that
such work has been done in all respects
according to the contract.
A copy or duplicate of all contracts en-
tered into by such road commissioners
shall be filed in the office of the County
Clerk and such commissioners shall also
report to the County Treasurer the
amount due or to become due on all la
shall be unlawful for him to pay any
moneys upon the warrants of such road
commissioners exceeding the amount ap-
propriated therefor.
Such commissioners shall keep full and
accurate accounts of the matters under
their charge and of all moneys expended
by them and they shall make full report
of all their acts performed under the
provisions of this resolution to the next
annual meeting of this board Such re-
port shall show in detail as far as prac-
ucable, the amount expended in each To-
caltty for making culverts, grading,
graveling, ditching, matchmaking and
otherwise improving such highways and
also the length of the parts of highways
so improved by them.
Each commissioner so appointed shall
give bond to the county in the sum of
two hundred dollars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of official duty as
required by section 1909 of the Revised
Statutes of Wisconsin.
They shall each receive the sum of
two dollars per day for each day actually
and nee essarily occupied in the perform
ance of their duties which sum shall be
audited and paid out of the county high
way tax.
Report Of Auditing Committee was on
motion accepted and adopted.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Pierce County, Wisconsin:
Your auditing committee beg leave to
report and submit the following schedule
of accounts against the county, which we
have audited. We recommend that the
claims therein mentioned, and set forth
be allowed as indicated therein, and as
marked allowed by us in the below
Schedule, which is part of this report.
Dated this 10Th day of November, 1901.
JNO. p. OLSON,
N. H. johnson,
VIM. A. KAY,