Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-05-19
County Board Proceedings.

County Board Proceedings.
Resolution No. 2 was then offered
BY supervisor Francis Breest.
~ Resolution No. 2.
Resolution No. 2 offered by Super
visor Francis Breest.
Resolved by the County Board of
Supervisors of the county of Villas
that we believe it TO be for the best
interests of the county to grant the
petition of the Ross Lum Der conSpkly
for an adjustment OF the unjust. 1le>
gal and inequitable taxes ckayged
against the northeast quarter of the
southwest quarter and the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter of
section eighteen, township forty
north of range eight east and the
some is hereby granted and the
county clerk and the county treasurer
is hereby instructed TO make a
computation of the amount of taxes
to be paid on said described landss for
the years 1905, 1906 and 19O7epgetk Fer
with interest from the date wtfeR said
taxes become due and poyablepat the
rate of seven per centum per annum
and upon receipt of said sums to can
eel the tax certificates outstanding
against said described lands for the
taxes for said years and issue to Ross
Lumber Company tax redemption re-
ceipts for said amounts in lieu OF the
amounts which would otherwise be
due had the promise and adjust
ment not been made and to charge
back to the proper towns the difference
between said amounts.
Dated May 9th, 1909.
ma. FRANCES BREEsT.
On motion resolution No. 2 was
adopted. all members voting aye. 90
Pc. ition No. 2. = I
To the honorable, the county board
of supervisors of Villas county, sk6te
of Wisconsin.
Observation-Disclosures to the pro-
visions of section 1919 of the Wisoon-
sin statutes of 1898, and acts amenda-
tory thereof, we the undersigned
town board of supervisors of the
town of Conover, Villas county, Wis,
respectfully petition and show that at
the annual town meeting of the town
of Conover, held in the school house
in the village of Conover, in said
town, on the 9th day of April, 1909,
the qualified electofy of said town of
Conover voted t6 build a bridge
across the Cssfn river, wholly within
said town, and at the place described
as follows to-wit:-On the section
line between sections three (3) and
ten (10l in township forty one (4I
N. of range ten 10) east, in said
town of Conover, estimated cost
$1,UO0.00 and al the same time and
place provided for the payment of one
half of the cost of construction of
said bridge and made an appropria-
ton and levied tax therefor.
Petitioners further shoy that the
assessed valuation of all ,fhevtaxable
property of the said toySfof Conever
as eoualized for the year 1908, being
the last equalized valuation, was the
sum of $l13, SIT. 90 and that the. cost
of said bridge will be the sum of
100000 which said costs exceeds one
eighth of one per cenGum of all the
taxable property of said town OF Con
over, according to its last equalized
valuation. i
Wherefore these petitioners respect
fully pray that the county hpafd of
supervisors of Villas county. appro-
pirate the sum of $500.O0<<being the
one-half of the cost ~ said bridge.
and cause to be levied upon all the
taxable property of said county the
sum of 5000. 90, which sum will with
the amount provided by said town of
Conover. be sufficient to defray the
expenses of constructing said bridge
so petitioned for and that such money
when collected, shall pc paid out on
the order of the chairman OF the
county board and ~sbc c9unty clerk
whenever the said tom ksdfd of the
town of Conover> sdd The commission
ers hereafter TO be appointed shall
notify them Tat the bridge has been
compleied,aA accepted.
G. H. BLoHM.
THEo. CHRIsTIANsoN.
- HANS HANSON.
Town board of supervisors for town
of Conover, Wisconsin.
On motion petition No. was
adopted. All members voting aye.
- Resolution Nos
Resolution No. 8 offered by super
visor G. H. jackson.
Whereas the town board of super
visors of the town of Conover In pur-
suance to the provisions of section
1919 of the Wisconsin statutes, of
1898, and acts >-amendatory thereof.
have filed With BE county board of
Supervisors /of/yilas county their
petition setting forth among other
things, that the electors of,sthe town
ofConover, Villas county, Wisconsin,
in annual town meeting assembled at
the school house in the village. of
Conover in said town on the 9Th day