The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-16
County Board Proceedings
Continued from last weekly

visors, Bayfield, County, Wisconsin.
Be it resolved, by the County
Board of Bayfield, County that the
sum of twelve thousand dollars
($I2, OO.OO), is hereby appropriated,
(provded Jointly 100000 by the
town of BarksdaIe and 81 1000 90 by
the county, for the construction OF
the two bridges on the Swamp road
in the town of Barksdale and for the
cons truction Of the road from the
Ashland city limits to the junction
with the present road west OF the
long bridge; seventy two hundred
dollars ($7, 100000 is allotted to pay
the estimated cost of the two bridges
and the State Highway Commission
is hereby petitioned to allot eighteen
hundred dollars ($1, 8O0.OW to pay
the states share of the cost of such
bridges; four thousand eight hun
dred dollars 81, 900.O0) of this sum
is allotted to build the road above
described, and the State Highway
Commission is hereby petitioned
to allot twenty four hundred dollars
az. 400. 0W.to pay the states share
OF the cost of said road. If the road
and bridge fund thus made available
shall exceed the amounts needed to
properly construct the work, any
balance shall be expended as this
board shall later direct.
G. II. Werden.
The following resolution was pre-
sented:
To the Honorable County Board,
Bayfield, County, Wis.
Be it resolved ~ the County
Board of Bay field county, that the
sum of ten thousand dollars ($10, 000)
out of the mill tax already levied Tor
road purposes in 1914, be hereby
appropriated for the permanent
grading and culverting on the coun-
ty system of prospective state high
ways in 1914 and that the State
Highway Commission is hereby
requested to alIot the sum of five
thousa. d dollars ($5, 00W to pay the
states share of the cost of such inn
provements. The sums thus made
available shall be divided between
the towns in the county in the pro-
portion that each town shall vote
sums for certain definite improve
ments in the town, and shall be
spent only on the system OF pros
pective state highways in accordance
with plans for the work prepared by
the State HighwaysCommission. No
town may obtain more than two
thousand dollars $4,000 from this
JOINT fund and all towns must pay at
least one third of the cost of the
work done in the town and before
May 1st, 1914, deposit its fund for
this work in the county treasury.
II the towns in the county shall not
vote a total amount equal TO one
third OF the amount available in the
ioiut fund derived from the county
and state, any balaece remaining in
the fund shall be spent on perma-
nent work as the county board shall
later direct. The county board here.
by relinquishes its assumed duty to
build and maintain all roads in the
county system of prospective state
highways as it finds that this duty
does not belong to it but to the
towns in which such system lies.
each being charged by law with tie
duty of maintaining its roads,
whether they be in the county sys-
tenn or not.
In the spring OF 1914 at the annual
meeting, or at a special meeting
held prior to September 1st, the
towns shall. If they desire county
and state aid iu 1915, vote taxes for
certain improveme is on the county
system of roads in their town, and
the Bayfield, county board agrees to
vote an amount for 1914 equal to
the total amount voted by all the
towns in accordance with the State
aid law (Sections 13l7M.1 to 13l7M-5
inclusive, OF the statutes
c. H. Werden.
At roll call the foregoing resolu
ton was declared lost by the follow
Jag vote: Aye-Galligan. Barnes.
Bartlett, Curry, Morris, M. B., A.
G. Johnson. Ben Holm, Yderstad,
Werdeh. Hans Peterson and Ole
DAHL.
Nay = Flieth, Rogan, Soronen,
Carlson, Pyykola, Erick johnson,
Feldmeier, Townsend. Bogenrief,
Flanders. Davis, Robillard. Bell
Berman, Mertz, Handberg and
Robinson II. Not voting-W. HI.
Nettleton.
Upon motion board adjourned un
ell Ian n m