Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-12-05

crosses the creek between the house of John
L. Jones and Unity Chapel, in said town.
That the estimated cost of said bridge is one
thousand dollars.
That the Town of Wyoming has provided
for the payment OF One-half the cost of con-
struction of said bridge.
That the :ost of constructing said bridge
viii exceed One-eighth of one per cent of all
the taxable property in said town, according
TO the last equalized valuation thereof.
And prays that your honorable board shall
appropriate and levy a sufficient sum to pay
the other half of the cost of constructing said
bridge as provided by law
Dated October IS, 1907.
ALBERT RICHARDSON,
LEWIS kRTTZ
MARTIN LoNGsETH,
Town Board.
\ motion was made and carried that
the reading of the report of the Trus-
tees Of the Asylum and Home be
omitted because it was printed in pam
phlet form. Mr. Knight presented
his report and addressed the Board
relative to same. Moved and carried
that the report be accepted and pub
lished with the proceedings Appro-
priations requested by County Super
intendent of Schools for common
school diploma examinations and
school board conventions were grant
ed Roll call vote on this matter
unanimous
An invitation was extended to the
Board to visit the Asylum Thursday
and accepted.
Moved and carried that a committee
of three be appointed to confer with
the Asylum trustees and Superin-
prOvements at the Asylum Moved
Il -.aI - 4o1- -
p. m.
Chairman called the board to order
at 2 P. m, and announced the fol-
lowing as special committee to con-
fer with the Asylum trustees and Su-
perintendent Perkins relative to the
Improvement OF the Asylum: Messrs
Mundy, Caygill, Cody.
Petition from the Town Of Clyde
regarding the bridge construction
read:
To the Honorable County Board of the
County of Iowa, Wisconsin.
The petition of the Town Board of the Town
of Clyde, in Iowa County, Wisconsin, respect
fully shows:
That under, Pursuant to- and by virtue Of
Chapter S27 of the Laws of 1905 and the Re-
vised Statutes of Wisconsin for 1898, and the
several acts amendatory thereof, and supple
mentary thereto your petitioner, the said
Town Board, did submit by majority Of votes
to a vote of the electors Of said Town of
Clyde at an election specially called for that
purpose the proposition as to whether said
town aid IN purchasing and thereafter forever
maintaining a tree wagon bridge and
across the Wisconsin River at some point in
Section "a, Township 8 North, of Range ,
East, in Iowa County, State Of Wisconsin, to
a point in Section 10, Township s North,
Range ? East. in Richiand County, State of
Wisconsin, subject to the requirements and
conditions IN Chapter 32I aforesaid contained.
That the proposition OF bonding the said
Town of Clyde for 81 100 TO aid in the pur-
chasing of said free bridge was also submit
ted at said special election to the electors of
said town IN the same manner.
That said proposition of aiding in the pur-
chasing OF said bridge and of bonding the sad
town for the of 81, 100 were submitted TO
the electors of said town at gid election spe
cially called for that purpose as provided by
law, by the Town Board, on the 18th day of
October, 1905.
That said Town of Clyde has by majority
Of votes by the electors therein at said special
election voted to purchase said bridge and also
to bond said town for the sum Of s., 100.
That the Lone Rock Bridge Company, which
now owns the bridge which spans the Wiscon-
sin between Iowa and Richland Counties. Wis
conslu, at the point heTeinbefore described
as given TO the Town OF Clyde, in Iowa
| County, and the Village Of Lone Rock, in
Richland County, Wisconsin, jointly, an op-
ton end agreement TO sell said bridge to said
municipalities as provided in said Chapter
327, Tor the sum Of s.. 400.
Ihat the cost OF purchasing said bridge IS
IS, 400.
That the Town of Clyde aforesaid has pro
vided for the payment Of one-foUrth the cost
of such bridge, namely, the sum of 50 100
That the Village Of Lone Rock in Richland
/ County, State of Wisconsin, did on the 2sth
day of October, 1905, vote on the same propo-
sition as set forth in this petition, as appears
more fully from the petition from the said
Village Of Lone Rock. which is hercunto an
nazed, and IS made a part of this petition for
the purpose OF showing a compliance with
/ Chapter 82T aforesaid by said Village Of Lone
J Rock, Of those matters which are required to
+ be alleged in this petition.
That said Village Of Lone Rock has pro
vided for the payment Of one-fourth Of the
I costs Of said bridge. the sum Of S2,Ie0.
/ That this petition is made for the purpose of
/ having the County, Board Of Iowa County,
/ State of Wisconsin, appropriate one-fourth Of
said IS, 500, namely, the sum Of 81, 100, TO be
I levied Upon the taxable property of the said
| County Of Iowa. and such money when col
/ lected TO be paid by said County Of Iowa 70