Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-01-18
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 RiYer, on the 3Oth
day of January, A ID, 1902, for the pur-
pose of voting at yhe/ hour of twelve
O'Clock, noon, onL Iid day, at said
/ wit:
WHEREAS, the electors of the town
of Eagle River, wisconsin, at special
Town Meeting, held at the town hall in
| said town, on the Goth day of October,
A. D. 1900, voted to construct bridge
across the Eagle river, at the foot Of
Railroad street, in said town, county
and state, at an estimated cost Of Seven
Thousand (S70O0OO) 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, d 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, Section 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 fact that said
| town has voted to construct or repair
any brigde wholly or partly within such
town, designating 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 repairs and that
cost of each bridge or the repairs Of
each bridge exceeds one fourth OF one
per centum of all taxable property in
said town according to it's last equal
lied valuation, the said county board
shall appropriate the other One-half OF
such cost and cause such sum to be
levied upon the taxable property of the
county as will with the amount provi-
ded by said town, be sufficient TO defray
the expense of erecting or repairing
each bridge so petltiOned for, and 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 per centum OF all the
the taxable property of said town ac-
cording to it's last equalized valuation,
and that on the 9th day of November,
A. d. 1900, at the annual meeting OF
said board Of supervisors of said Villas
county, said town by it's proper officers,
filed it's petition with said board of su-
pervisors, setting forth the fact that
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, and that the cost
of said bridge exceeded one fourth of
one per centum of all the taxable pro-
perty within said town according TO it's
last equaliz7d valuation, and request
ing the county board of supervisors to
levy the sum of Thirtytive hundred
| $500 00) dollars, one-half the cost Of
such bridge: that said county board Of
| supervisors at said annual meeting.
acting upon said petition, leyi0d the
| sum Of Two Thousand $4,000. 00} dollars
| for its one half Of the cost the cCnstruc-
| ton of said bridge, refusing ana neg
/ L
teen Hundred (815O0.00) dollars as pc
titioned by said town; that at the an
nual meeting Of said county board of
supervisors in the year 1901 the said
town by its proper officers petitioned
said county board of supervisors to
make levy of said sum of Fifteen Hun
dred (S1500.0 0) dollars, that said board
of supervisors of said Villas county, at
said meeting, did, by a vote of the
members of said board, refuse and neg
lect to make said levy as petitioned for
by said town,
! Now THEREFORE, be it resolved by
the electors of said town, that 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 a leXv
of said sum of Fifteen Hundred $500. \
| dollars as petitioned for by said town,
and as provided for by said Section 1919
! Revised Statutes of the state of wiscon-
! SIM and they are further authorized
and empowered to employ counsel for
/ and on behalf of said town to prosecute
said action.
A 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 which 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 tho town of Eagle
I River wisconsin