River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1905-12-14

sary.
tention of our representative in the mex
legislature be called to the necessity fol
such legislation, and that they be urged
| to secure the passage of law authoriz
ing counties to purchase, own and hold
abstract books, if it should be found thai
the public records already provided for
are not suitable for the economical fur
| nishing Of abstracts, and that it be made
/ the duty of the register of deeds in each
| county to furnish abstracts to the public
at price to be fixed by the law.
Dated November %. 1905.
j. G.. PRICHARD.
/ S. MCDONALD
/ FRED DECKER,
Committee.
On motion of Sup. Johnson the Board
now proceeded to the election of a
Poor Agent in place of W. w. Walls
ingham, whose term now expires.
w. w. Walsingham was reelected
Poor Agent for a term of three years.
Sup Brown moved that the County
Superintendent of Schools shall make
] arrangement with parties in different
parts OF the County to keep Harvey's
School Registers for sale, and that he
shall notify the district clerks where
such registers may be obtained Mo-
ton carried
Sup. Swanson offered the following
resolution authorizing the purchase of
new mimeograph, which was accept
ed and adopted:
Ellsworth, Wis, Nov % 1906
Resolved, that the sum of Twenty-Five
Dollars be and is hereby appropriated for
tary Monograph for use in the county
offices and that the old No Monograph
is to be exchanged in part payment for
the same.
Sup. Moody presented this resolution
and the same was on motion accepted
and adopted:
Resolved, That the County Agent be
and hereby is instructed to purchase a
new typewriter for the use of the county
officers, excepting the county judge,
and the old typewriter now in use in
these offices be exchanged for the new
one on the best terms possible.
The resolution providing for a tax
levy for highway purposes which was
introduced this forenoon, and made
special order for this time, was on mo-
ton accepted and adopted by calling
for ayes and nays as follows:
Ayes: Fitzgerald, Swanson, Sprig-
gle, Corcoran, Scott, Brown, Foley,
Severance, Fox, Decker, Prichard, Mar
tin, Manion (13).
Nays: Johnson, Shanks, Bliesner,
Guiser, Finn, Gilmore, Moody, McNas-
sar, Mcdonald, Chinook, TAFT and
Bailey (12).
RESOLUTION
Providing for the Levy of a Tax for Pur-
pose of Repairing Certain Highways in
Pierce County.
upon the taxable property of the County
of Pierce as the same appears upon the
assessment rolls of said county for the
year 1905 the sum of Two Thousand Dol
lars for the purpose of expanding money
in the repair of parts of certain high
ways hereinafter designated without
adopting such roads as county roads or
assuming any liability for any injury
And for the purpose of making con-
tracts for such repairs and providing for
the proper expenditure Of the moneys
raised by such taxes the persons herein
after named are appointed as road COM
missioners with powers to let contracts
for making such repairs or if in their
judgment it is deemed best to perform
the work without letting a contract there
for to hire the required labor and pur-
chase all needed material and to oversee
the work needed to be done, each COM
missioner so named to have full power to
act independently in relation to the work
designated as his portion.
Such road commissioners to perform all
of their duties in all respects as provided
by section 1909 of the Wisconsin Statutes
of 1898 and subject to all the restrictions
and provisions thereof.
And the parts of highways to be re.
paired under the provisions of this reso-
luton are hereby designated as follows:
1st. That part of the Range Line Road
so called lying between section 10 in the
town of Spring Lake and section 13 in the
town of Gilman for which the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars is hereby ap-
propriated to be expended thereon, and S.
Brown is hereby appointed as road COM
missioner. to perform gil acts necessary to
provide for making such repairs and ex-
pending such appropriation.
End. That part of said Range Line
Road lying between section Z and Is in
the town of Rock Elm and sections II
and IL in the town of Ell PaSo for which
the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars
is hereby appropriated and E. J. Fitz-
gerald is hereby appointed as a road
commissioner to perform all acts neces-
sary to provide for the repairing of such
highway and expanding such appropria-
ton.
3rd That part of said Range Line
Road lying between section 80 in the town
of Union and section 25 in the town of
Salem known as the HerbiSon hill and
| for which the sum of two hundred and
| fifty dollars is hereby appropriated and
w. j. Foley is hereby appointed as road
| commissioner to perform all acts neces-
| sary to provide for the repairing of such
| highway and the expenditure of such
appropriation.
4th A part of a highway in the town
| of Maiden Rock being about 100 rods of
| road in section 16 town "a range 16 lying
| east of Rush River for which the sum of
two hundred dollars is hereby appropri-
ated, and J. G. Prichard is appointed as
road commissioner to provide for the re-
| pairing of such road and expanding such
| appropriation thereon.
| 5th. That part of the Maiden Rock and
| Red Wing road on section in the town
| of Isabelle for which the sum of one hun
dred and fifty dollars is hereby appropri-
ated and w. d. Spriggle is hereby ap-
| pointed a road commissioner to perform
| all acts necessary to provide for the re-
pairing of such highway and expanding
such appropriation therefor
| 6th That part of the Esdaile and Red
| Wing road in the town of Hartland ly-
| for he