Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

Section 2. Section of chapter 312
laws of 1901, as amended by chapter 30
laws of 1905, is amended and made sec
ton of the statutes of 1898 to read :: Sec
tion 1311-2. Whenever the supervisors
board of the county in which such town IS
situated, petition setting forth that such
town, in addition to levying the usual hIgh-
way taxes, has voted to cover any main
travelled highway after the same has been
properly graded at the expense OF SAID
town, on plans and grades approved by the
county highway commissioner, and such.
roads have been approved iy
the county highway commissioner when so
graded and prepared, not less than twenty
four feet wide with gravel crushed rock
or clay and gravel or such other material
to depth of not less than four inches and
not less than eight feet in width, and that
said town has provided for the payment OF
one-haf Of the cost of covering said main
travelled highway with gravel, crushed 70 X
or clay and gravel, or such other approved
material the county board shall appropri-
ate the other half of such cost, and cause
such sum to be levied upon all the taxable
property in the county, as will, with the
amount provided for by said town, be SUI
fcient to defray the expense Of covering
said main Travelled highway or highways
designated in said petition
Section 3. There are added to the sta
tutes of 1898 twenty-five new sections to
read Section 1914. No highway shall
be improved under the provisions of SEE
1898, except such highways as shall have
been approved ard designated under the
provisions Of section 1311-10, as prospec-
tive county highways:
Section 1311-5; The county board shall,
atNits next annual session and every three
years thereafter, elect competent person
siOner who shall hold his Office for the
term of three years, subject to removal
from office by the county board by two
thirds vote of all the members elect, on the
ground of incompetency, neglect of duty
or other good cause shown.
Section 1311-6. Any vacancy il such
offio nv rociCr Hon ~,
or other cause shall be filled by the county
board, If in session, and If not in session.
by appointment by the chairman of the
county board. The person so appointed by
the county board shall hold Office until the
expiration of the term; if the person is APP
pointed by the chairman of the county
meeting of the county board.
Section 1911. Such highway commits
sioner shall give bond to the county in such
sum the county board may require to be
approved by the chairman of the county
board.
Section 1311-S. 1. The county board
compensation for the. county, highway
commissioner, which shall be paid out of
the general fund of such county, as the
salaries of county officers are paid.
2. Such compensation shall be fixed by
the county board at not less than two dol
lars and fifty cents per day nor more than
four dollars per day for time actually con-
sumed in the performance of official duty,
which shall be in lieu of services and all
travelling and personal expenses.
3. Nothing herein contained, however,
shall prohibit any county board from fixing
monthly or annual salary in lieu Of such
per diem.
sioner shall exercise general supervision
over all county highways as hereinafter
provided.
Section 1311-1O. The county board
shall, at its next meeting after the passage
and publication of this act, designate a
system of prospective county highways;
such roads when SO designated shall extend
into every town In the county and shall
constitute continuous lines of highway as
nearly as may be practicable Only such
serve the interests Of the general public.
Succeeding county boards may alter or dis
continue any Of such highways or extend
such system, but shall not discontinue any
part of such system which has been I'm
proved and adopted under the provisions Of
this act or which is in process of such
improvement or adoption, without the con
sent Of the town board in which 1t Is stu
ated.
Section bill. The county board
shall cause to be made an outline map Of
such county system of highways, and shall
cause a copy of the same to be placed In
the Office of the county clerk and in the
offices of the various town clerks Of the
county, and shall also deliver a copy, to
the highway commissioner; such map shalI
be corrected from time to time under the
direction of the county board.
Section 1811-12. The several counties
ing of the county board and each year
thereafter, levy a highway tax not to eX-
coed three-fourths of one mill on the oo!-
lar on the assessed valuation, for the pdr-
pose of building county roads under sec
fions 1311-1 and 1912, as provided In
this act, and for the further purpose OF r.,
shall Be added to all special highway taxes
Heretofore levied, and be kept In the fuDd
known as the county highway reserve fund;
separate and distinct from the general
@,-,d do ~
' Section IS11~18 The county treasurer
shall set aside ten per centum Of the
place it in a county highway repair fund
Tor repairing such county highways as may
be adopted under the provisions of this
prohibit any county board from increasing
or diminishing said ten per cent. as thew
may deem necessary from time to time; :,
be Compelled to expend upon county high
ways in any township, from said highway
fund, for construction and repair, more
than two thousand dollars In any one year:
2. Nothing herein shall prevent the
county from repairing or reconstructing
any bridge and making special levy TO
~ Section ctt 1811wib. In case the aggregate
sum to be raised by the county asked for
BY the several towns shall exceed three
fourths Of one mill on the dollar OF the
assessed valuation of any county, then each
town shall share proportionately as TO the
several amounts asked for.
SfS3Sn 1sld Of al COUNTY @f hsRSags
proved under the provisions Of section
fiji and 1917 shall be under the
supervision and control Of the county high
way commissioner and the chairman of the
town In which such work shall be done.
Section 1311-17. The county highway
commissioner and the town-chairman shall
have authority to procure all work to be
done on any such permanently Improved
highway by contract or contracts, OF. other
wise, and may advertise for bids thereon:
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prohibit any town or county from them
selves bidding upon or from performing
such work.
Section 1311-18. The county highway
commissioner and the town chairman may
issue such orders as may be necessary dur
ing the progress of the construction OF such
other expenses of such construction, but
the total amount Of such orders, when such
work shall have been completed, shall not
exceed the sum Of the special highway tax
levied by town and county for the construc-
ton Of such highway. Should the highway
commissioner and town chairman be I'M
able 10 agree as to what orders should be
issued, the matter shall be referred TO the
chairman Of the county board and his sig
nature signed to any such order may pc
taken in lieu of the signature Of either such
town chairman or such county highway
commissioner. The compensation Of the
town chairman for all time devoted By
him to the supervision OF the construction
of any such highway, shall be paid by the
| town.
Section 1311-19. The county highway
commissioner and the chairman OF tie
| Before the annual meeting Of the county
| board q general report giving In detail q
| complete account of expenditures, and shall
file Herewith receipts showing payment for
and shall furnish to the county board such
other Information as such board may re-
| Quire relative to such road.
Section 1311-20. If the county board
| shall find that such highway has been i'm