Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-02-13

Plans for surveys made up to jan
uary 1, 1914, will be furnished free
of cost by the state highway COM
mission as heretofore, but surveys
and plans made by this commission
after January 1st, will have to be
paid for in part by the counties or
funds will not be available for pur-
poses which this Commission must
meet. Owing to this condition it will
be necessary for the counties to pay
at the following rates for surveys,
in addition to furnishing the unskilled
labor and stakes, if they desire to
have surveys made by the Commits
sion:
For surveys in towns outside OF
incorporated cities and villages $40
per mile.
For surveys in incorporated vii
lagos, SIS per mile.
For surveys in cities under 5000,
$40 per mile.
The above sums represent only
part of the cost to the Commission
of these surveys, especially in COM
plicated cases, but surveys will be
made at the above uniform rates no
matter what the complexity or time
taken. We have found the surveys
made by the Commissioners engi-
neers more satisfactory and complete
than those made by others and cost
less.
If a county does not desire that
| the Commission make the surveys,
| it may engage any one to make them
provided they are furnished complete
| in accordance with the standards OF
| this Commission, and the Commits
sion will be very. glad to instruct
the surveyor selected as to it's meth
DDS of doing work so that the plans
will be uniform.
If, however, the county desires the
commission to continue making sur
veys in the county, it will be nee
essary for it to pass the following
resolution:
Be it Resolved, by the County
| Board Of County that the
County Clerk request the State High
| way Commission to make all surveys
| for state aid construction in........
County at the rates named in the
State Highway Commissioners let
ter of November /, 1913.
The County Clerk is directed to
pay into the state treasury the
amount Of any bills submitted from
time to time by the State Highway
| Commission upon it's certification of
the amount of survey in each gov
| ing payments to the state treasurer
that 'the amounts are paid into the
state treasury as an appropriation
for road purposes by. ...... County
and that the amount of the appro-
priation paid is to be used by the
State Highway Commission for the
|
| County,
| There is hereby appropriated from
the general fund an amount sufficient
to pay the cost to the county of
such surveys.
| The above method is necessary due
to the fact that the State Highway
Commission cannot accept money for
services rendered unless paid into
the state treasury for a specific pur-
pose, in which case the State High
| way Commission can use it for that
purpose. 1t would be we'll to have
the County Highway Commissioner
| in each county estimate the amount
| made in the county before January,
1915, and to have the full amount
necessary provided for in the levy of
the County Board.
The failure of a county board to
either provide for surveys by others
or to pass a resolution similar to the
above will simply mean that surveys
for next years work Or work the
| following year will not be made, as
money will not be available either
from the state or from the county,
and construction will, therefore, be
impossible.
Yours very truly,
Wisconsin Highway Commission.
By A. r. HIRST,
State Highway Engineer.
Supervisor Helm moved that The
resolution be laid on the table.
Motion carried.
To the Honorable Board of Supervis5s
ors of Rusk County, Wisconsin,:
Gentlemen: May We ask if you
have Humane Society in your coun-
ty? If not we earnestly urge you to
organize one at this session.