Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-11-18
MEETING OF SUPERVISORS.

having completed its labors for the
year 1913 The session has been a
busy, interesting and important one,
that of good roads commanding wise
attention and commendible interest.
/ A cordial invitation was received
from the trustees of the county hos
pital for the board members to visit
the new asylum farm in the town OF
| Stettin for Wednesday, to inspect
the new building thereon which was
accepted. Everything there met
their expectations most satisfactorily
and the purchasing of adjoining
property was regarded as the proper
thing to do and which il vas, recon-
mended that three tracts be pnr-
chased, comprising 270 acres, the
total cost to be $4,000, which report
was accepted and the matter to be
attended to at once
/ Communications from the Wiscon-
sin Highway commission were read,
stating that the county was appor-
toned $685. ,29S for good roads improve
ment and gave particulars as to how
the fund could be distributed to the
towns and villages Also an other
communication on the satisfactory
way of repairing macadam roads.
The report of M. H. Duncan, superin-
dent of the county home and hospital,
in reference to the charges against
the towns, villages and city, read and
adopted. Petitions for the extension
in the towns of Berlin and Maine
were received and referred to the
committee on roads and bridges and
to report at the board meeting in
January.
The forenoon of Wednesdays ses-
sion was partly taken up by John
Donaghue, in explanation of the
State Highway law.
The committee on equalization pre-
sented its report to the county board,
| showing the assessment of the county
of the various townships and vii
lagos and cities to be as follows:
Total personal se,645, 1923. Total
real estate s36, 6,S66,S and the total
of all to be assessed i5,5l2,60l.
The town of Stet jim leads in its
totals of personal property and real
estate, amounting to s1,285, ,254.
Weston comes next and then Kronen-
wetter, Berlin and Wausau.
The total valuation of the city of
Wausau, personal and real estate, is
$12, 2,629.399
The village of Brokaw leads with a
total of S6l7, 1855; next is Abbottsford,
Schofield, Stratford, Colby and Mosi-
nee.
August F. Rapraeger, assessor of
incomes of Marathon county, submit
ted a very elaborate and exhaustive
report to the county board for 1913.
In his address he says that lin this
report you will find an abstract of the
assessments for the entire county as
made by the local assessors in each
assessment district. Opposite each
class of property in another column.
You will find the true value of the
property in each district as fixed by
this oflce.'
Mr.. Rapraeger, by system of COM
putation, covering time of five
years, has fixed true value on real
estate and this he listed to show COM
parisons. He says:
"The common practice of assessing
property on nominal percentage
basis, varying this year all the way
from 35 per cent, to lib per cent, is
again very much in evidence. Section
1850 of the Statutes provinces that
Real property shall be valued by the
assessor from actual view, or from the
best information that the assessor
can practically obtain, at the full
value which could ordinarily be
obtained therefor 1T private sale;' and
Section 1865 of the Statutes provides
that All personal property shall, as
far as practicable, be valued by the
assessor from actual view at its true
value. l am sorry to report, that in
going over the county / have learned
of but a very small number of the
assessors, who were trying to make
an assessment in compliance with the
above requirements. You will have
no difficulty in finding those districts
in this report where good assessment
has been made. Among those districts
who have made marked improve
mentS, and where the assessors have
had the courage to do their sworn
duty are the Town of Texas, which is
assessed at lib per cent; the Town of
| Hewitt, 81 per cent: Knowlton, 50
per cent: WauSau 0per cent: Frank
| fort, 7S per cent, and the Village of
Mosinee, 80 per cent. This applies to
the real estate only. Among those
who have assessed personal property
best are Town Mcmillan, Town
| FranZen: KnowIton and Town Wau-
sau. The fewest omissions occur in
Town Hamburg, while Franzen is
second. Some other districts have
made slight Improvements, and still
| others have made no improvements,
and several have taken step back
| wards"
| Mr.. Raprager called attention to the
fact that he called a meeting of the
assessors last spring and the whole
matter gone over and still, there are
assessors in the county who have
absolutely disregarded the law. In
consequence several towns are being
reaSsessed. And he futher said that
he would apply for reassessement
wherever he thought necessary. He
praised the work of the log and
timber estimator and then made a
strong plea to the board, asking that
they bend all their efforts towards
bringing about just and fair assesse-
ment throughout the county.
Cleveland, Mosinee and HoIton
petitioned for additional appropria-