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

hESOLU1ION
Providing for appointment of a Specia
I COMMITTEES to consider the Petition o.
Certain Freeholders of the Towns o.
! Martell and Gilman requesting the va
cation or a certain portion of a High.
way in said towns.
Whereas a petition has been presented
I to the County Board of Pierce County
signed by more than thirty resident free.
| holders of such county. fifteen Of whom
at least reside in the Town of Martel
and fifteen of whom reside in the Towr
OF Gilman. praying that a certain high.
way running into each of said towns be
discontinued, such highway being de-
scrlbed in such petition as follows, towit
That portion of a highway extendinS
! through the town of Martell and along
and near the town line between the
towns of Martell and Gilman in said
! lows. to-wit:
| Commencing at the quarter post in the
North line of Section 25 thence East on
the section line $3.50 chains to right bank
| OF Rush River, thence north 10 degrees
| east 522 chains to a stake, thence north
| z degrees west 1850 chains across Rush
River to a post set on left bank at end
| of bridge across said river.
| Resolved by the County Board of SUI
pervisors of Pierce County That such Pc
tition be referred to a committee of three
| members Of this Board consisting OF
Supervisors Fitzgerald, Brown and
| Severance, who shall act for this Board
| in all matters relating to the matters
prayed for in such petition. Such COM
mittee shall have power to give notice OF
the time and place of meeting, to hear
)and determine such application and to
examine such highway at the time and
place fixed for such meeting, and 1t shall
have all the powers to act upon such pc
tition specified in Section 1902 of the Wis
consin Statutes and 1T shall have the
further power to determine whether or
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make out and file an order stating the
determination of such committee, and II
it shall determine to discontinue such
highway to ascertain the damages as
provided in section 1903 of the Wisconsin
Statutes.
Such committee shall make due report
of it's action upon such petition to the
County Board at its next session.
Schedule bills Nos. 81 and 3S were
referred to the Board by the Auditing
Committee and said bills were referred
to the Committee on Illegal Taxes.
Report of Special Committee on
County Officers Salaries was accepted
and adopted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON SAL
ARIES.
To the Honorable the County Board OF
Supervisors of Pierce County:
Your committee to whom was referred
the matter of the salaries of the county
officers respectfully report:
That we have had the same under con-
sideration and recommend that the SAL
aries of the county officers remain un-
changed.
DAVID SCOTT
E. j. FITZGERALD,
G. w. CHINOOK,
Committee.
Sup. Prichard moved that a special
committee of three members of this
Board be appointed to investigate the
matter of charges for making abstracts.
Motion carried and the chairman APP
pointed as such committee Sups. Prich-
ard, Mcdonald and Decker.
On motion Sups. Bailey Corcoran
and Fox were appointed a special COM
mittee to investigate and report what
cities and villages in the county are
exempted from payment of special
bridge tax under the new law.
Board adjourned until o'clock to-
morrow morning.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
All members present, except Sup. Muir
ply, who was serving as. a juror
Journal read and approved.
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR PUB
LEGATION OF PROCEEDINGS OF
PRESENT SESSION OF THE
COUNTY BOARD.
Resolved that the County Clerk be and
he hereby is authorized to make arrange
ments with the newspapers of the County
for the publishing of the proceedings of
the County Board at this session. Such
publication until otherwise ordered, to
comprise the printing of the proceedings
in pamphlet form t. the number of two
hundred (20O copies and also the printing
and furnishing of a. sufficient number of
newspaper in the county with sufficient
number of such supplements for one
weeks issue of such paper.
The County Clerk is authorized after
receiving proposals for such printing, to
accept such one as he may deem most
favorable to the County, all things con-
sidered.
Also that it is the desire of the County
Board that the notices of tax sales be so
published as to come to the notice of as
many persons interested therein as pos
sible.
Sup Fitzgerald offered the following
resolution and the same was adopted:
Resolved, That the Court House Build
ing Committee be and hereby are author
lied to sell the old Jail cells If in their
judgment a reasonable price can be OBJ
tanned for the same.
S. MCDONALD.
The following resolution was on mo-
ton accepted and adopted:
Ellsworth, Wis, Nov. 20, 1905.
To the County Board of Pierce County:
In accordance with Sec. 704, r. S. OF
Wisconsin, I hereby certify that the sum
of Two Hundred Dollars will be required
for printing postage and stationery in
the office of the County Superintendent of
Schools for the coming year, and / would
recommend that that sum be appropri-
ated for the purpose specified.
GEO. w. WELDON,
Co. Supt. of Schools.