The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-05-21
TOWN BOARD PROCEEDINGS.


TOWN BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Town Clerk S Office, May 9th, 1903
Special meeting of the Board Of
Supervisors held at the Office Of the
town clerk. May 9th, 1903,
Meeting called to order by the
chairman at 800 D. m.
PRESENT.. T. Yates, chairman
Nose Jerome and Mike Thoreson,
Supervisors.
The following bills were audited
and allowed and the clerk instructed
to draw orders for same
GENERAL FUND.
Name Purpose Amount
Washburn News & Itenlizer print'g II 50
w Ell Il P co street lights...... 395 60
" 8 lights bank building 90
CS Stevens fghtg fire. Never's place o0
Barney Dunn, blowing fire whistles co
Hook and Ladder Co. No 1. run to
Burns and Anderson's fire 80 90
Nelson Hose 90, No 3 run to Burns
and Andersons fire.. ....... 90
Probert Hose Co run to Burns and
Anderson's fire............. 80 90
Central Hose Co run to Burns and
Andersonss fire. .......... 10 90
Total ...... -. S504 55
POOR FUND.
II G Mertens services Mrs. Moody 90
J r Mitchell, room rent, board and
treatment, James Greaves.. 10 90
Total......... S26 90
It was moved and seconded that
$1,000 90 be appropriated towards
identifying the cemetery. Motion
carried.
It was moved and seconded that
DR.. FL. @. Mertens bids IF $3.50 for
treating the town poor, and that the
treatment of small pox cases not to
exceed price paid last year, be ac-
cepted Motion carried.
The following resolution was upon
motion adopted:
RESOLVED, by the town board of
supervisors of the town Of Wash
burn, that H. G. Mertens be and he
is hereby appointed Health Officer of
the unincorporated village of Wash
burn at a salary of 500 per year.
This appointment to continue during
the pleasure of the Board of Super
visors. Signed,
MIKE THoREsoN.
Upon motion being made the
Board of Supervisors organized
themselves into q Board of health.
R. A. Herring was appointed secre-
tary Of said board.
RESOLVED, by the Board of Slper-
visors of the town of Washpurn, that
Town Treasurer-elect Nels Lee, be
notified to file bond at the office of
the town clerk on or before May 9th,
1903, or the office will be declared
vacant. Signed.
NOSE JEROME.
The following resolution was pre-
sented by Chairman Yates and up
on motion adopted:
WHEREAS, the town has received
an offer OF Five Thousand Dollars for
the building known as the Bank OF
Washburn building, therefore be il
RESOLVED, that the town clerk be
instructed to call for bids. for the
sale Of said building, same to be
opened June 1st, 1903. The board
reserving the right to reject any and
all bids. Signed,
FRED I. YATES.
There being no further business
upon motion the board Adjourned un-
til Saturday evening, May 10th, 1903
R. A. Herring,
Town Clerk.
There is more Catarrh in this sec
tion Of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years it was supposed to be
incurable. For d great many years
doctors pronounced it local disease
and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly falling to cure with
local treatment, prounced it incur
able. Science has proven catarrh to
be a constitutional disease and there
fore requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured by F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. It is
taken internally in doses from ten
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