River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-12-12
PETITION FROM TOWN OF Ell PASo
FOR BRIDGE AID.

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FOR BRIDGE AID.
To the Honorable the County Board OF
| Pierce County:
! The Town Board of the Town of FL
Paso, in Pierce county, State of Wiscon-
sin, respectfully represents as follows,
| to-wit
That the electors of said town at the
annual town meeting held on the second
! day of April, A. d. 1907, voted to con-
Struct and build a new steel bridge with
abutments across the Rush River, in
said town at the foot of Main street in
the Village of FL PaSo in Section five OF
Township twenty-six of Range sixteen,
to replace the bridge known as the Moran
bridge, which has become unsafe.
That the estimated cost of such bridge
is three thousand dollars. and that said
Town of Ell Paso has provided for the
payment of one-half of the cost of the
construction of said bridge by levying a
tax of fifteen hundred dollars to be used
in the construction of such bridge.
That the cost of said bridge exceeds
one-eighth of one per cent of all the tax
able property in said town according to
the last equalized valuation thereof,
which is $419,6S5 90.
Wherefore, your petitioners pray that
the County Board Of Pierce County, Wis
consin, appropriate the other half, or
fifteen hundred dollars, of the estimated
cost of construction and building such
bridge and cause such sum to be levied
upon the taxable property of said county
as will, with the amount provided by said
town be sufficient to defray the cost of
constructing and building such bridge,
and that said County Board also appoint
q committee duly authorized to act for
said county, in accordance with Section
1919 of the Wisconsin Statutes of 1898 and
acts amendatory thereof and supple
mentary thereto.
Dated November 18th, 1907
r, ]. FITZGERALD,
ISAAC HALVORSON,
b. E. STINER,
Supervisors of said Town NOf El PaSO.
Attest:
L. H. PLACE,
Town Clerk of the Town Of Eel Paso.
On motion Board adjourned until
2 o'clock this afternoon.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment Roll called by the Clerk. All
members present except Chinook,
who was excused.
Journal read and approved
Ellsworth Wis, Nov IA, 'O7.
To the County Board of Supervisors or
Pierce County:
In accordance with Section 7O4, Revised
Statutes of Wisconsin, / hereby certify
that the sum of two hundred dollars will
be required for printing, postage and
stationery in the office of the county SUI
perintendent of schools the coming year.
and would recommend that that sum be
appropriated for the sum specified.
G.. w. WELDON,
Co. Supt. of Schools
Resolution for County Superintend-
ent's Incidental Fund was on motion
accepted and adopted
Ellsworth Nov. IA, 1907
Resolved, that the sum of two hundred
dollars be and the same is hereby APP
propriated for printing, postage and sta
tionery in the office of the county super
intendent of schools for the coming year.
in accordance with Section 7O4 Revised
Statutes of wisconsin, the same to be
paid to the superintendent quarterly.
THEODORE SWANSON.
The following resolution was on
motion of Supt. Heslin laid on the
table.
RESOLUTION
Authorizing the County Clerk to Publish
Election Notices in -Four Newspapers
in the County.
Resolved that the County Clerk be
and he hereby is authorized to publish
all election notices requiring publication
under the provisions Of Section SO Of Wis
consin Statutes as amended by Chapter
563 of Laws of 1907 in four newspapers
published in Pierce county, to be selected
by him.
introduced Dy ,. Brown.
Sup. Severance moved that all
claims against the county shall be
filed with the County Clerk before 2
o'clock Friday afternoon. Motion
carried
On motion of Sup Brown the
Board adjourned until 0 o'clock to-
morrow morning.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Is.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members answered to roll
call.
Journal read and approved.
The following resolution was intro
duced by the Committee on Roads
and Bridges, and was accepted and
adopted.
RESOLUTION BY COMMITTEE ON
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Resolved, by the County Board of
Pierce County, Wisconsin, as follows to-
wit:
ID That the certain highway, herein
after described, laid out by the County
Board of said county, as county road,
year 1876 and recorded in the office OF
the county clerk of said county in Vol
ume "A of Highway Record, on page n,
shall hereafter, to-wit: on the first day of
January, 1908, revert pursuant to Section
1910 of the statutes in this state, to the
sole control of the towns in which said
road is situated, towit: the Towns OF
MarteiI and Gilman, in said county to be
and remain under the sole control of the
proper officers of said towns, and TO be by
them kept in good repair
90 That the county clerk of said coun-
ty be and is hereby instru cted to cause
a written or printed copy Of this resolU-
ton, certified by him to be true copy
thereof, to be filed, as notice that said
road will SO revert at the time specified
therein, in the office Of the town clerk of
each Of said towns Of Martell and Gill
man. not less than thirty days before
the time herein fixed for the reversion of
The road affected by this resolution is
described as follows, to-wit: A highway
four rods in width of which the following
line Of survey is the center: Beginning
at the post at the corner Of Sections %,