Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-12-24


TS65; oil. gasoline, grease. gas. SOLO,
new tires. shock absor Der. repairsl3I-6O:
livery trips $50 washing car twice ?
II days storage during rainy spell $50. 81 s.
No. meals furnished ~ els. ave cost per
meal Is. Is. board at loo per meal ...... 1887 Il
Provisions for the5 eamps............- ASS 0s
Total disbursements ...............S S7. $50 q
Equipment belonging to county: 10 m gasoline
roller No.2 Western jaw type erusher 25 ton port
abe bin with screen. 80 p kerosene tractor,
s5 gasoline ker. tractor. large graders.s dump
WAGONS, sprinkler wagon oil tank on trucks. water
tank on trucks concrete mixers with eng and
side loader 4iron barrels Is heel serapers root
pows. road plows. 5 sets of camp equipr ent
IS canvas cots, ~ eIlyert cores y drag serapers
ALEX RiSToW. Commissioner.
Senator Teasdaie OF Sparta adj
dressed the board briefly.
On motion of Mr. Haugh the board
adjourned till p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Board called 10 order at by Chair
man Eastman, all members respond
ing to roll call: minutes approved.
Ordinances and resolutions were in
troduced by Supervisors Neumanu.
Baglien and kapanke. read and refer
red to committee on roads and bridges
District Attorney Bennett spoke re.
garding the state aid highway law,
proposing a memorial to the legisla-
ture, which was unanimously adopted
by rising vote:
MEMORIAL
The Vernon county board Of supervisors, in
regular Sc ssion Assem- Died. respectfully Dett
tionS the Legislature OF the state. and its thir
ty-three members unanimously represent:
]. That Vernon county favoTs good roads
That the members OF this board unanimouSy
favor good roads and are in sympathy with
the good-roads movement. The members OF
this board hereby express orr appreciation OF
the efforts Of hon. John :. Donatd and others
in endeavOring to bring about u satisfactory
s.'rCem throughout the state.
,. That the socalled state Aid Law" has
not worked satisfactorily. and in common with
the people Of Vernon county. this board unan
lmously condemns the the present law. and
we favor its uncondition repeal or its amend
meut as hereinafter indicated.
3. We condemn the principle of this and
other laws as paternalistic which compel
eoanues. not electing 70 do so. TO pay taxes
for the construction Of roads and bridges "a
other ana remote counties, in the state
4. We condemn the operation OF M present
law ana believe thar liz expenses OF admin.
the people riSinf up against the law, and not
only wiriIs u &c the books, but going to the
extreme and delaying the entire good ROADS
moyementicra generation.
3 W. est eClaliy condemn operation Of this
Law becauS i .akes more money from he tax
PAYERS OF this county than the county receives
ana oecauSg the law carries whit an arbitra
~ nne whl rchy any county not desiring Ia
obtain the s0caned state aid is compelled 10
pay taxes TO benefit other counties. This sys.
TEN necessarily results in extrayagauce.
6 We fail 80 see any state aid in any Law
that takes from the people as whole approx
imateiy 81 and pays them back 65c. retaining
35C for administration.
T. We believe the law should be so amend.
ed that il snail oIrfy be operative in those
counties electing by resolution of their county
board TO come within its provisions and that
no state tax be levied against any county not
electing to come within its provisions for high
way purposes.
$ we believe all automobile license fees
should be paid 10 the county clerk aud retain
ed in ne rouuty where paid for expenditure
on highways.
@ we % not object to the state divcrting a
portion OF the tax received from railroads to
building of wagon roads, TO be known as stale
roads. without levylng any tax Tor the CON
s,ructiop Ofthe same.
10. In lieu OF the so-called state aid law,
In counties electtng not to come within its pro
visions, we favor,and demand the following
(a) No state supervision Of county or town
highways, 90 No state tax for roads or
bridges 10 be levied upon any county in the
state. (c) A compulsory law requiring coun-
ties to elect as a permanent county offlCial. a
county superintendent Of highways. and fix
his salary at not less than 81, 600 per annum,
such ofiicial to be answerable solely to the
county board,
We favor a law to compel each county board
not under the state aid system to levy and
eXpend on its roads an amount OF money each
year fixed by the legislature on the valuation
of each county, as a minimum sum, and as
much additional as the county board may de-
termine.
we favor a law to compel each county board
not acting under the state aid system, to pay
one half the cost of all road improvements
whatsoever. when petitioned by any town,
city (of less ran 5000 population) or vii
lagos TO do so providing the municipality SO
petitioning pays the other halt of such i'm
prOyement and providing that all such eX-
penditureS can only be made upon roads certi-
fed by the county superintendent of high
ways" to be properly located so as 10 be EMIT
led to county aid. and we desire such tax lev
led upon all the property Of every town, city
and village in the county excepting cities with
a population of 5000 or more. The system
thus proposed will compel the expenditure OF
all money raised for road purposes within the
same county where the same is raised and dc
away with the unnecessary expense of state
supervision and administration of the law
H. Attention OF the legislature is again call
ed to our memorial presented at the last ses
sion to the same effect
u. The former memorial having been ig
nored we direct that the county clerk have
sufficient copies of this memorial printed 10
supply all town Chairmen in the state with a
copy and each member Of the legislature and
we request that this matter be brought to the
attention of the Mex legislature by his excel
lency the governor. in the next official mes
sage o the law making body,
49, That the county clerk mail a copy hereof
to each of the oficials nlmed, and preserve all
replies received ny him % be laid before this
board at its next aunua session.
a. That a sum of morley be and hereby is
appropriated SUFFICIENT % carry out the proris
ions hereof
Passed unanimously y rising vote of the
county board of Vernon county this 2ist day
rJ EASTMAN. Chairman
BERLIE MOORE, County Clerk
Report of committee on finance
read and adopted:
Your committee on finance has efiec Sed the
books in the office of clerk of court county
r4f a
them with VOUCHERS. where practicable. We
find the books after some minor corrections
have been made to tally but we do not consid.
err the present system OF accounting sufficient
for an effectnal control
In the superintendent of schools Office we
find the account of the teachers institutes 70
correspond with he vouchers
The treasurer's books nave been compared
with vouchers and with each other, the bank
balances aud cash counted ana everything
found correct and in the most perfect order
We find on his books DELINQUENT personal
property tax for 1911 of S98. 20 that we recon
mend be charged back to the several towns,
according TO law. p. l. BALEY, Chairman
Report of committee on claims read
and adopted and the claims allowed,
all voting in the Affirmative:
Your committee on claims to whom was re.
ferred the following accounts have carefully
examined same and recommend their allow
anCe;
II Shreve sery co purchasing com. IS IS g
II SiIbaugh serv co purchasing conn.,. u
4 Tulioch serv co purchasing com -. 20 d
A Peterson serv road com ............ 20
W Fowell fare for inmates TO state
school. .......................... e.
Henry Wallace. blind .................... 100 u
J / HoIcomb sup for court house ....... ~ o.
Chase Nero Co. aid 70 poor La Fargo. 100 s.
Roy Fox. care Of sick & board. .......... 5 o.
Worrell Mfg Co. sup for Jail ......-... f22 81
Or Pinch, exam Hal Fitch & mi,........ Ol
Inirnatnl Har Co startlHs engine for
Rlstow ......................... 80. Is Or
Russell GraderCo scrapers s plows.... 3l5 Vi
Alex Ristow for rent .. barn for automobile
So, disallOwed. WE. OLDFIELD. Chairman