Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-18

, Supervisor Goggins moved that thi.
Board refuse to entertain bill No
l49 Of Jacob Adler for digging pau
/ per grave.
Carried
On motion of Supervisor Hooper,
the report and recommendations OF
the Committee were adopted with
the exception of the Jacob Adler
Claim, No. 149
RESOLUTION NO 10.
By Mr. Hasbrouck:
RESOLVED, That, the State High
way Commission be requested, au-
! thOrized and empowered to take
/ charge of the work and make all ne
cessary arrangements to insure
the proper construction and main
tenance of highways and bridges
built within Wood County with State
/ Aid
On motion of Supervisor Hasbrouck
| Resolution No. 10 was unanimously a
dopted on roll call.
RESOLUTION NO. IL.
By Mr. Worlund
/ RESOLVED: That. Wood coun-
| ty shall pay the sum of SO Is per
| cent and that each town petitioning
/ for aid for State Highways shall pay
| SO Is per cent, of the total costs Of
| improving the said state highways
so petitioned for, and that Wood
county shall pay the sum of 40 per
| cent and each town applying, the
sum of 40 per cent of the total cost
of construction of all bridges in
which aid is applied for under the
provisions of Chapter 337 OF the laws
of 1911.
On motion of Supervisor Worlund,
Resolution No. II was adopted, all
members present voting in the affir-
native on roll call.
A form of resolution was read pro-
viding for the appointment of cora
mittee to purchase the necessary road
building machinery and appropriating
certain amount of money for that
purpose
Supervisor Lewis moved that the
sum of $1500.00 for the purpose of
purchasing road building machinery
be inserted in the blank of the reso-
luton just read.
Supervisor Hooper moved and a
mendment to the above motion by
making the amount 100000.
The amendment was carried
The original motion as amended
was carried.
Supervisor Worlund now introduc-
ed the following resolution with the
amount inserted and moved the a
dOptiOn of same
RESOLUTION NO. II.
By Mr. Worlund:
RESOLVED: THAT, a committee o.
three members of this Board be APP
pose of buying or renting for the
County such machinery as they deem
necessary for the construction and
in the County Of Wood, the same to
be paid for out of the County Road
Fund of Wood county, and not to eX-
coed 100000.
Resolution No. II was adopted
Chairman Bennett appointed as
such committee: Simon WorIund,
]. w. Lewis and p. ]. Krause.
On motion the Board adjourned I'M
til Wednesday at 1000 a. m.
Wednesday, November 22nd, 1O:-
90 a. IA.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment and was called to order by the
Chairman.
The Clerk called The roll, all
members present.
The reading of the journal Of the
previous meeting was on motion dis
pensed with.
RESOLUTION NO. 13.
By Mr.. Deming:
WHEREAS, The Agricultural De
partment of the University of Wis
consin is DESTROYS of locating an Ag
gricultural Experiment Station upon
a clay loan soil, and as location
for the same the representatives Of
said department have expressed a
preference for the north half of the
northwest quarter of Section TWEEN
ty7two (22) in township twenty-five
(25) north of range three CD east
in Wood county, being in the town
of Marshfield and close to the Wood
County Insane Asylum, and of which
the northwest quarter of the north
west quarter of said section, twenty
two (22) is now a part Of the Wood
County Insane Asylum Farm,
AND WHEREAS: The northeast
quarter of the northwest quarter of
said section twenty-five (22) and the
northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter of section fifteen (15) in
SdlQ JOWuSuIp twenty-five tGoJ uOI III
of range three 90 east can now be
purchased for the aggregate sum Of
Eighty-five hundred dollars and is
now under option at that price.
AND WHEREAS: The location of
such Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton would be of great benefit to
Wood county in the operation Of the
Insane Asylum farm and to the agri-
cultural interests in general.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RE
SOLVED, by the County Board of
Supervisors of Wood county, that
the Chairman and Clerk of said
Board be and hereby are authorized
to purchase the Northeast quarter
Of the northwest quarter Of section
twenty-five (22) and the Northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of
section fifteen (15) both in town
ship twenty-five north of range
three 90 east in Wood county, Wis
consin, at not to exceed eighty five
hundred dollars, and to transfer by
proper conveyance to the State Of
Wisconsin, the north half Of the north
west quarter of said section twenty
two (22) in township twenty-five (25)
north Of range three 80 east in Wood
county, Wisconsin, for use as an
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