River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-24

Sup. TAFT moved to reconsider reso-
luton offered this forenoon, in regard
to compensation for Sundays. Motion
carried by the following ayes and nays:
Ayes: Manion, Murphy, Giebler, Con-
dit, Peterson, Carpenter, Gilmore. Her
bison, Lord, Fox, Martin, McNassar.
Dill, Mcdonald, Chinook, TAFT and
and Kline, (I7). Nays: Larson, Fitz-
gerald, Richards, Swanson, Guiser. Oh
son, Bergseng, White, (S).
| Sup. Larson moved that the resolu-
ton just reconsidered be accepted and
adopted. Motion lost
On motion Board adjourned until
tomorrow morning at o'clock
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 70.
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Full Board present. Journal read and
approved.
Committee on Roads and Bridges
reported on resolutions asking bridge
aid for towns of Ell Paso and Spring
Lake.
Sup. Larson moved that the report
| of the committee be accepted and
| adopted. Sup. Fitzgerald moved the
amendment to lay the report on the
table. Amendment lost The original
motion carried, and the report was
accepted and adopted.
REPORT
OF the Committee on Roads and Bridges
In reverence to the resolutions offered
requesting certain aid from the County.
To the Honorable, the County Board of
Supervisors of Pierce County
Your Committee on Roads and Bridges,
to whom was referred the resolution offered
by Supervisor Peterson and that of Super
FITZGERALD he Of vhi
for aid to repair damages to a bridge approach
caused by flood. and the latter asking an
proaches to bridge recently erected in the
town of Ell Paso, would respectfully report,
That they have had the matter under
sideration and beg leave to submit their con-
| illusions as follows:
First, we find no precedent in any former
action of the County Board to granting either
of these requests: that the damages suffered
| by Spring Lake are such as have been common
to most of the towns, and that, as far as we
ment for such accidents;
That we do not find at the Board has found
1T advisable to grant for building approaches
| to bridges, any further than have been included
| in the original appropriations;
That we fear, that if beginning is made
| in making appropriations of this nature, that
| may open the way in the future for increased
demands which may prove injurious to the
| interests of the county and even to the towns
now asking these appropriations.
| And we would call the attention of the Board
| to the fact that an appropriation of this kind
would not come within the rule of requiring
the levy to be made upon the towns only. as
in case of bridges, but that such sum would fall
| upon the cities and villages, as well the
towns, and that this might lead to demands
county in expense and difficulty in the future.
| We therefore recommend that such resolu-
| tons be laid upon the table.
Dated November 18th, 1908
W. III. Guiser,
o. T. Bergseng,
q. T. Giebler,
Committee Roads and Bridges.
Committee on Equalization was pre-
sented, and the same was on motion of
Sup. Fitzgerald laid over till o'clock
this afternoon.
S. w. Pollard, of the Children's Home
| Society, addressed the Board at this
time, in the interest of said Society.
On motion Board adjourned until 2
o'clock this afternoon.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
| Board convened at the hour fixed.
| All members answered to roll call
The minutes of this forenoon session was
read and approved.
Sup. Mcdonald offered the following
resolution, which was on motion accept
ed and adopted.
Prescribing Method Of Disbursing
Appropriations.
| Whereas, it is desirable to conduct the fnan-
cial business of the County in SUCH manner
| as to enable clear statement of its finances
| to be made at any time:
| Resolved, That all payments of any appro-
priations made by the County Board shall
eScent where other methods are nrescrbed
| by law; and that all purchases made under
such appropriations shall be made by the County
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the officers or employees for whom such purchases
Provided, however, that this shall not apply
| to purchases made by the County Superinten-
| dent of Schools, or expenses incurred by him
| under the provisions of Chapter sI8, Laws
s. Mcdonald.
This resolution presented by Sup.
Peterson was accepted and adopted.
RESOLUTION
Appropriating Money to aid the Chill
dren's Home Society of Wisconsin
Resolved, That there is hereby appropri-
ated to the Children's Home Society of Wis
consin the sum of Fifty Dollars. and that the
| Chairman of the Board and the County Clerk
are hereby authorized to issue an order for
| the payment of the same
introduced by Supervisor Peterson.
The following resolution was on mo-
ton accepted and adopted.
RESOLUTION
Requiring the County Supervisor of AS
sessments to require more accurate re-
turns of the Amount of Acres in the Sew
era1 Towns, Villages and Cities.
Whereas, the total number of acres of land,
as reported by the assessors of the several
towns, villages and cities of the county varies
in number from year to year, as given in their
reports,
Resolved, that the Supervisor Of Assessments
of Pierce County shall require all assessors
to give the correct totals of the number OF
acres in their respective assessment districts.
and also the total number of acres that
exempt by law from taxation, and that the
clerks of the several cities, villages and towns
shall carefully compare the number Of acres
given by the assessors with the maps of such
places and correct any errors found, as far as
practicable from such examination.
Theodore Swanson.
The Finance Committee presented
their report, and the same was on mo-
ton accepted and adopted, together
with the County Treasurer's annual
report Following are the reports.
COUNTY TREASURES
Annual Report for 1908.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors OF
Pierce County:
|. Thee. Tobias, Jr.. Treasurer of said Pierce
County would respectfully submit to your
consideration the following report of finances