Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-25
Notice of Special Town Meeting.

Notice is hereby given to the electors
of the town of Eagle River, in the
county of Villas and state of wisconsin,
! that special town meeting will be
| held in said town, at the town hall in
the village of Eagle River, on the Both
day of january, A D. 1902, for the pur-
pose of voting at the hour of twelve
O'Clock, noon, on said day, at said
meeting on the following resolution to-
wit:
WHEREAS, the electors of the town
of Eagle River, wisconsin, at a special
Town Meeting, held at the town hail in
said town, on the 10Th day OF October,
A. ID. 1900, voted to construct a briuge
across the Eagle river, at the foot OF.
railroad street, in said town, county
and state at an estimated cost of Seven
Thousand ($70O0.0O) dollars, and that
at said special town meeting, the board
of supervisors of said town, were au
thorized and empowered to borrow,
and did borrow from the State of Wis
cOnsin, sufficient sum of money to pay
one half of the estimated cost of said
bridge, and that direct annual tax
was levied upon all the taxable proper
ty in said town, to pay such debt and
interest as it would fall due,
THAT WHEREAS, SecUiOn 1919 Re-
vised Statutes of the state of WiscOn-
sin provides in part as follows to-Wit:
whenever any Town Board shall file
it's petition with the proper county
board setting forth the TACT that said
town has voted to construct or repair
any brigde wholly or partly within such
town, esignating as near as may be
the location OF such bridge, and further
| stating that such town has provided
for the payment OF one half of the cost
OF such construction or rel pairs and that
cost OF each bridge or the repairs of
each brIQge exceeds one fourth of one
| per centum OF all taxable property IN
SAID town according to its last equal
lied valuation, the said county board
| shall appropriate the other One-half OF
such cost and cause such IN to be
levied upon the taxable property of the
county a. Will with the amount prOVi-
'tted by said town, be sufficient 10 defray
the expense OF erecting or repairing
each bridge so petltlOned Tor, ana such
money when collected shall be paid out
on the order of the chairman of the
county board and county clerk when
ever said town shall notify them that
the work has been completed and &C
cepted*****''
AND THAT WHEREAS, the cost of the
construction of said bridge, exceeds
one fourth of one PR centum OF all the
the taxabie properly OF said town &C.
cOrding to its last equalZed valuation,
and that ON the 9th day vi November,
A d. 1900, at the annual meeting OF
said board OF suprrv lsoro OF SAID Villas
county, said town by Its proper officers,
| flied its petition with SAID board of su-
IL
said town had voted to construct said
bridge, designating the location of the
same, and that said town had provided
| for The payment of One-haif of the cost
of such construction, auu that the cost
of said bridge exceeded one fourth of
one per centum of all the taxable pro-
perty within said town according 10 it's
last equaliZ9d valuation, and request
ing the county board OF supervisors to
levy The sum OF Ihirty-hve hundred
| (S35OO COZ dollars, One-hat the cost OF
such bridge; That said county board of
supervisors at said annual meeting,
acung upon said petition, levldd the
sum of 1WO Thousand (SZU0O. COZ dollars
for its one half Of the cosU the cOnstruc-
ton OF said bridge, refusing anu neg
lect ng to levy The turthur sum OF Fin
teen Aunured (S1oOU.0OJ dUliars as pc
titlOueu by sa, d town; that at the an
nual meeting Oh said county board OF
supervisor IN tue year 1901 the SAID
town by lis proper officers petltioned
said county board OF supervisors to
make levy OF said sum oil Fifteen Hun
dred (SloOU.OU) collars, that SAID board
vi supervis rs OF said Villas county, at
Said meeting, did, by ID vote OF the
members Of said board, refuse and neg
lect to make said levy as peLitioned for
by said town,
Now THEREFORE, be it resolved by
the electors OF said town, tnat the
board of supervisors of the said town of
Eagle River, and their successors in
office, be and they are hereby author
| lied, instructed and directed to insti-
tute and prosecute, for and on behalf
and in the name of said town, an action
to compel the county board of supervi-
sors of said Villas county to make lexy
of said sum of Fifteen Hundred 1880.
dollars as petitloned for by SAID town,
and as provided for by said Section 1919
Revised Statutes of the state of wiscon-
sin; and they are further authorized
and empowered to employ counsel for
and on behalf OF said town to prosecute
said action.''
request of such meeting having
been duly made to me in writing.
signed by twelve qualified voters and
| electors of said town, specifying as
| aforesaid the object for winch such
Town Meeting is to be held. The
meeting will be opened at the hour of
Twelve O'Clock noon of said day.
Dated at Eagle River, Villas county.
wisconsin, Jan. 10, 1902
JOHN DIAMOND,
Town Clerk of the town of Eagle
River, wisconsin.