Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-29
WILL DEED GROUNDS.
Agricultural Society Decides to Turn
Fair Grounds Over to County.


At special meeting of the Marathon
County Agricultural society held last
Wednesday evening, twenty eigh;
members of the society and thirty-siS
members of the county board, the latter
being ex-officio members of the
society, were present. The meeting
was called by the society's secretary
for the purpose of taking action with
reference to safeguarding the title to
the society's fair grounds, that future
action of the society's officers may not
jeoparadize their retention for fair pur-
poses. The following resolution was
offered by j. +. Lamont:
RESOLVED - That the president of
this society be directed to appoint a
committee of three from among the
life members of the society, they to
request the County Board of Supervis-
ors of Marathon county to appoint a
like committee from said County Board
! for the purpose of formulating proper
plans for carrying out the following:
1st. The granting of clear title of
all reel estate now owned by the Mara
thon County Agricultural Society to
Marathon county.
| 2nd. For the leasing for a long term
of years of said real estate to the City
of Wausau for park purposes.
| 3rd. For SO arranging the above
transfers that the interests of this So
ciety may be forever safe-guarded in
the free use of said real estate for fair,
cattle sale or like purnoses
4th. To arrange such consideration
for the transfer that this society will
| be relieved of its present Indebtedness
and that in the future it be burdened
only with the expenses incident to its
work as fair association.
| 9Th. That this committee be directed
to use diligent care to safe guard at all
| points the future of this society and
that it is the expressed intention of
| this resolution to place the title of the
| fair property where it can never be
diverted to individual profit and that
the fair grounds may be used by all
citizens of Marathon county as a place
of recreation under the immediate care
of the authorities of the City of Wau-
sau when not being used by this
society.
9th. That when majority of the
board of directors of this society are
satisfied that the full intent and spirit
of these resolutions have been finally
carried out in the conferences between
the representative committee of this
society, the committee of the County
Board and the city that they direct
the president and secretary of this
society to execute the conveyance
hnrpin ioroyidad for
The majority of those who spoke be-
fore the resolution was put to vote
were in favor of its adoption, while e.
W. Witter and Herman Miller opposed
it. A vote was then taken and the
resolution was passed by vote of 50 to
A committee composed of G. S. Gil
bert, j. +. Lamont and w. f. Lemke
was appointed to confer with commit
tee of the county board, to make the
transfer, in casJ Che county board saw
fit to accept the grounds. On Friday
morning the matter was brought before
the county board and Chairman Beebe
appointed Messrs. H. j. Blanchard HIM
Kronenwetter and Fred Borchardt as
committee to enquire into the feasibility
of accepting the grounds. The COM
mittee reported in favor of taking such
action and the committees report was
adopted and the grounds will be taken
over as soon as deed to the transfer is
made.