Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-01-27
Notice Of Special Town Meeting.

Notice j. hereby given to the electors
oil the town OF Eagle river, in the
county OF Villas and ate OF w scOnstn,
tha a special Town meeting Will De
helu iii SAID town, at the town hall ID
Tie villa OF Eagle klve'. on the 81, h
day OF January. a ID 1902, Tor the par
D Sc OF votlug at the hour OF LW.Ive
O'Clock, noon, on Sid day. at said
M citing ON the following resolution to-
wit:
WHEREAS, the electors of the town
OF Eagle River, Wisconsin, at SPECIAL
Town Meeting, helu at the town hail IL
said town, on the 10Th day OF October,
A. d. 1900, voted to Construct bridge
across the Eagle river, at the loot Of
Railroad street, in said town, county
and state, at an estimated cost OF seven
thousand (S10UO.UU) dollars, and that
at said special town meeting, the board
OF SUPERVISORS OF said town, were au-
thOrlzed and mp.Wered to bO row,
and did borrow ON the State OF Wis
consin, sufficient sum OF money to pay
one half Of the estimated cost o, said
bridge, and that ar ct annual tax
was levled upon all the taxable proper
tN in SAID town, to pay sucn debt and
interest as 1t would tall due,
THAT WHEREAS, Section 1919 Re
vised statutes OF The sta e OF WiscOn-
sin provides IN part as fOl oWs to-Wlt:
'Whr never any Town Board shall file
its petition with the prop coun y
board setting forth the a tia, SAID
tow n has vOLed to construct or repair
any brigde wholly or parity within such
town, designating as II ar as may be
the loca ion OF such bridge, and lurtller
stating thai such Town has prOVlded
Tor the pay ment OF one hall OF the cost
OF such construction or re palrs ana that
cost OF each briuge or the repairs VI
each hriuge exceeds one lourtn oil one
per centum VI all taxable property IA
SAID town according 10 It's last equal
izcd vaIua iOn, the said county BOARD
shall appropriate The other ohe-haif OF
such cost and cause such m TO be
levied upnn the taxable properly or tue
county a. Will Win The amount prOVl-
ded by said town, be sufficient Odelray
the expense or erecting or repairing
each BRUCE SO peLltioneI tor, anu Such
money when Collected shall be paid out
ON the order of The chairman ut the
county board and county clerk when
ever said t,.Wn shall notify them that
The work has been completed and ac-
cepted *""~*'
AND THAT WHEREAS, the cost OF the
construction or SAID bridge, eXceeuS
one fourth OF Que ., r centum OF all the
the taxable properly Oh said Town ac-
cOrIIng to lis iast equailZed Variation,
aud that On the 18th Gay OF November,
\ ID. 1900, at the annual meeting OF
saiu DO I'd vi sup~rvlsurs OF SAID Vllao
county said town 10y It's p oper officers,
llIeu It's petition with sa1u board Oh SUI
perv1surs, setting lortn the TACT that
AID town had voted to construct Said
bridge, DEL hating the location OF he
same, anu that SAID town nad prov q ID
Tor The payment Ut on -na1 OF ht C1SJ
OF such constructions, auu that tue cost
OF SAID bridge eXceeued one lour'h OF
une per cpnIum OF all Gile GaXaDle pro-
,Jt ltI Wltnln SAD town according % It's
iaSU equanz5d valuation, anu request
my tue county board OF Supervisors to
levy the sum OF lhlrGy-hye hundred
S3JUU COS dollars, one-ha1T the cost OF
such brld se; Gnat ealu county board OF
supervisors at said annual meeting,
acMng upon saiu prtlulOn, LEVIED The
sum OF Two Thousand [S-OOO.UU) dollars
Tor us one half or the COST Lne cOnsGruc-
tiOu OF said bridge, refusing anu neg
lect ne to levy the furUh@r sum OF FL
teen Hundred (Sl00U.0O dollars as Pc
t,tlOAeu by said town; that at the an
nuaI meeting OF SAID county board Oh
oupervlSDrS IN tue year 1901 the SAID
town by It's proper Officers petltloned
said county board Or sdpe. vloOrs to
make a levy of SAID sum OF rliteen Hun
ured (SI5QU.0O) dollars, that salu BOARD
vi su, elvis rs OF said Villas county, aL
SAID meeting, did, by vote Oh the
members VI said board, refuse and neg
lect to make said levy as peLltiOueu Tor
by said Town,
Now THEREFORE,, be it resolved by
the electors or SAID town, tnat the
board Oh supervi oro of The Said town OF
Eagle klver, and their Successors IN
office, be ana they are hereby author
red, instructed aud directed to lnstl-
tute aud prosecute, Tor and on behalf
aud in the name OF said town, an actIOn
to compel the4cOunty board OF supervl-
sorS Oh said Villas county to make alexy
ol said sum or tIILeen Hundred $1,000.
dollars a, petit,oned for by SAID town,
anu as provided tor by said Section 1919
Revised statutes OF the state OF WlScon-
sin; AID they are further authorized
and empo~ cred TO employ counsel Tor
and on uehall OF said town to prosecute
said action"
"A request of such meeting having
been duty made to me in wiring,
signed by twelve qualified voters aud
el+ ctors of said t,wn, specifying as
aforesaid the object tor winch such
Town Me, ting Is to be he'd. The
meeting Will De opened at The hour OF
Twelve O'CLOCK n ,on of said day.
Dated at Eagle River, Villas county,
WISCONSIN,, Jan. 10 1902.
JOHN, Ola MOND,
Town Clerk of the town OF Eagle
River, wisconsin.