Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-07-01
pervisors of Rusk County. wis.

| following facts:
town, in annual town meeting duly
assembled, on the 9Th day of April,
| 1910, voted to cover certain main
travelled highway in said town with
clay and gravel six inches in depth
and eight feet in width; that said
highway has been properly graded at
| the expense of said town not less
than twenty-four feet wide; that the
building of said highway is to be COM
pleted according to plans and grades
and the approval of the County High
way Commissioner
That the electors of said town
voted a special highway tax of Two
Hundred Dollars, $4,000 for such
purpose, which sums amounts to not
less than one-half mill nor does it
exceed two and one-half mills on the
dollar of the assessed valuation of
said town.
The highway on which said moneys
are to be expended is a portion of
the County highway to be agreed up
on by said Highway Commissioner
and the Chairman of said town.
Wherefore your petitioner prays
that the said Board of Supervisors
will appropriate one-half of the cost
of construction of such highway, to-
wit, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars,
$4,000, according to the provisions
of section 1912 of the Statutes and
acts amendatory thereof.
FRANK CONRATH,
Chairman of the town of Grow
PETITION OF TOWN OF DEWEY.
To the Honorable, the Board of SUI
pervisors of Rusk County, Wis:
The petition of the town of Dewey,
by its duly authorized Chairman, re-
specially shows to this Board the
following facts: That the qualified
electors of said town, in annual meet
ing duly assembled, on the 9Th day
of April, 1910, voted to cover certain
main travelled highway in said town
with crushed rock, six inches in
depth and eight feet in width; that
said highway has been properly grad
ed at the expense of said town not
less than twenty-four wide; that the
plans and grades of said highway
herein described have been approved
by the County Highway Commission
er, and such highway as so graded
has also been approved by the said
Highway Commissioner.
That the electors of said town so
assembled estimated the cost Of put
as aforesaid at the sum of Twelve
Hundred Dollars, ($1200), and voted
special highway tax for such pur-
pose in the sum of Six hundred Dol
lars, ($600), such sum being one-half
of the total cost, which sum amounts
to not less than One-half mill nor
does it exceed two and one-half mills
on the dollar of the assessed Valua-
ton of said town. The highway
above referred to is described as fol
lows, to-Wit: Beginning at the south
east corner of section 80, township
50 north of Range 5 west, in said
town, county and State, thence west
on the section line of said section a
distance of one-quarter of a mile.
Wherefore your petitioner prays
that the said Board Of Supervisors
will appropriate one-half Of the cost
of such highway, to-Wit: the sum of
six hundred dollars, ($60O), according
to the provisions Of section 1912
of the Wisconsin Statutes and acts
amendatory thereof.
Dated May End, 1910.
A. F. HEN,
Chairman of the town Of Dewey.
PETITION TOWN OF WASHINGTON
To the Honorable Board Of Supervis-
ors of the County of Rusk, State of
Wisconsin,:
The petition Of the town OF Wash
ington, by its duly authorized Chair
man, respectfully represents to this
Board that the qualified electors of
said town at it's last annual meeting
voted to raise a tax for the county
road and bridge fund of two mills of
it's taxable property, to-wit: $352.0O,
and to petition the county board for
aid in improving that part of the
county road located in said town,
which county road is shown on the
map described in section 1311pl Of
the Wisconsin Statutes, which road
was adopted by the County Board as
the county road
Wherefore, said town of Washing
ton respectfully petitions this Board
that they shall expend the amount
of such town tax together with an
equal sum from the county road and
bridge fund, being a total of $704.0O,
upon that part of the county road To-
Gated in said town above DESIGNATED