Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-10-15

/ Gentle men:-Pulsuau 70 the proVls'
ions IF section 1879, Wisconsin statutes
| relating to county aid for bridges aDo
particularly to chapter 397, laws OF t9os
| we the undersigned town board or sup
ervisors of the town of Pennington, VI
las county. Wisconsin. respectfully Pc
tition and show that at a special town
meeting of said town of Harrington.
Villas County, held on the l4th DAY o.
! August. 1909, the qualified electors OF
said town of Pennington voted TO pulld
bridge across the Big St. German
river in section 30, township 40 north,
| range s east: that the above described
place is holly within the said town OF
Farmin gton and at the special Town
meeting and election the electors OF
said town appropriated the sum OF
$3.50 for the payment of one hail the
cost of construction Of said bridge: that
the estimated cost Of construction OF
said bridge is the sum of 81. 10000
Petitioners further show that the as
sessed valuation of all of the taXaole
property of the said town of Farming
ton as equalized by the county board
for the year 1908 was the sum OF Spz4o'-
10000, which said costs exceeds one
fifth of one per centum of said total val
uation of the taxable property OF salo
town as appears from the equalization
of valuations made by said county ooard
for the said year 1908. PetltloheFs
further show that the said town OF
Pennington has a total valuation OF
less than 100000 according to the iaSb
assessment as equalized by the county
board.
Petitioners further allege that all
the sums appropriated TO date Tor !he
building o. repair of bridges IN Whlch
the county is required to appropriate
money for is less than one mill on the
dollar on the equalized valuation OF
property in said county of Villas.
Your petitioners further allege and
show to your honorable body that the
building and completion of said bridge
will be a continuation and opening up
of the county road leading from Eagle
River to ArbOr Vitae.
Wherefore. your petitioners respect
fully pray that the county board OF
supervisors of Villas county approprl-
ate the sum of S1250.00 being one half
of the estimatsd cost OF construction or
said bridge and cause the same to be
levied upon all of the taxable property
of said county, which said sum with
the amount appropriated by said town
of Pennington be sufficient to de1ray
the expense of constructing said bridge
so petitioned for: and that such money
when collected and upon the certlhcate
of the county treasurer stating that the
money produced bv such levy has come
into his hands. The chairman OF the
county board and the county clerk
whenever the said town board of the
town of Pennington and the commits
sioners hereinafter appointed shall no.
tify them that the bridge has been
completed and accepted; shall issue and
deliver to the contractor by whom the
said bridge is built a county order for
the proportionate cost of building such
bridge due from the county of Villas
Dated this 10th day Of Aug 1909
G. H JACKSON.
JAMES PEDDYCOART.
FRED HESSEN.
Town board of supervisors of the
town Of Pennington.
State of Wisconsin,
Villas County.
G. Fl. Jackson, Fred
Hessen, and James Peddycoart, each
being first duly sworn on oath, says
that he is one of the members of the
Town board of supervisors of the town
of Pennington, Villas county, Wiscon
sin; that the foregoing and attached
petition is made for the purpose of fill
ing the same with the County board of
supervisors of Villas county. Wisconsin
requesting the said board to appropri
ate and cause to be levied on all Of the
taxable property of said Villas county
the sum of Sl25000 as County aid to
said town for the building of bridge
in said town described in said petition
that he has read the said petition and
knows the contents Thereof. and that
the same is true of his own knowledge.
G. H. JACKSON.
JAMES PEDDYCOART.
FRED HESSEN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of August, 1909.
AMOS RADCLIFFE,
Notary Public in and for Villas coun-
ty, Wisconsin,
On motion Petition No l was grant
ed, all members voting aye.
RESOLUTION NO. 2.
Resolution No. offered by supervi-
sor G. Fl. jackson.
Whereas, the town board of supervi-
sors of the town of Pennington, pur-
suant to the provisions of section 1916
Wisconsin statutes, relating to county
aid for bridges, and particularly to
chapter 397 laws of 1909, have filed
with the county board of supervisors of
Villas county, Wisconsin, their petition
setting forth among other things that
at special town meeting of the said
town of Pennington, held on the 14th
day of August, 1909 the qualified
electors of the said town of Pennington
voted to build bridge across the Big
ST. German river in section 30, town
ship 40 north, range s east; that the
above described place is wholly within
No. of Name Natur
claim OF Claimant clair
II. {. Miller, ink and rubt
s. 6