Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-05-13
AN ORDINANCE.
no. 81.

No 6.
Detaching certain territory from the Town OF
Eagle River in Villas county, Wisconsin, ana
creating the Town of Washington in said
county.
The County Board OF Supervisors of the
County of Villas do ordain as follows:
Section l., That the following described
territory, being part OF the town OF Eagle
River in Villas county, Wisconsin, is hereby
detached from the town OF Eagle River, to-
wit: All OF sections one %, two CD, three
(3), ten (10), eleven (11), twelve (12)/ and
thirteen OBJ, all OF section fourteen GA eX-
cepting government lot number four "a of
said section, all of section fifteen (15) ex-
cepting government lot number tive 90 OF
said section, government lots one Cd. two
(2) and OBJ OF section twenty three (23),
government lot number four a. of section
twenty-four (24), government lot number
nine CD OF section twenty-five 600 and
govel nment lots number three (3) and four a.
of section thirty-Six (36) OF township forty
(40) north, OF range ten (I0) east and all OF
ownship forty (4O) north, of range eleven
CID east excepting government lot number
one I'D of section thirty (30) and government
lot number one (1) of section thirty-one (31)
of said township and range, in said town,
county and state and said territory SO de-
tached shall hereafter constitute a new town
to be known as and called the Town OF
Washington And it is hereby determined
that the territory above described and cree
ted into the Town of Washington contains
a population of more than one hundred and
twenty-five inhabitants more than twenty
five OF whom have been actual electors OF
this state and residents within the territory
of such new Town of Washington for six
months or more last past; and that said town
OF Eagle River. alter division, has real estate
valued at the last preceding assessment at
one hundred thousand dollars 100000. 00)
or more, and fifty qualified voters residents
therein at the time OF the division,
Section 2. The first town meeting OF the
said town of Washington shall be held at the
school house situated on the southwest quar-
ter of the northw est quarter OF section eleven
Cd of township forty (4O) north OF range
ten (10) east and known as and called the
Mayo school in said town on the first Tues
day of April, A. u. 191 ., and such town meet
ing shall be held and conducted az is provided
by the laws OF the state of Wisconsin in case
OF new to WINS.
Section 3. 1t is hereby determined that the
total assessment OF the town OF Eagle River
according to the assessment roll for the year
1913 being the last assessment, is the sum OF
one million one hundred forty-one thousand
three hundred and ninety dollars (Sl ,l41,
$4,000 and that the assessment of The terri
tory detached to form the town OF Wash
ingtOn according to the said assessment is
the sum OF one hundred forty-SeVen thousand
six hundred and twenty dollars (SI47 500. O0.)
1t is hereby determined that the value of the
territory so detached Is twelve and 93-10O
per cent OF the territory of the entire town d
Eagle River according to the said last ASSESS
ment.
Section d. 1t is hereby determined that
the +o tai Indebtedness of the town of Eagle
River exceeds the total credits of the town of
Eagle River in the sum OF thirty thousand
dollars (S30,00O. 00).
Secti0n 5, It is further determined that of
the indebtedness of the town OF Eagle River
the sum OF three thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine dollars (S3,81s,o0) is chargeable
to the said town of Washngto
Section g. The county clerk shall. imme-
diately after the passage OF this ordinance,
cause a plat and record thereof to be made
specifying the names and boundaries of the
towns affected by. this ordinances and as
changed thereby, which plat and record shall
be kept in the Office of such clerk as provided
by law.
The county clerk shall Immediately cause
this ordinance to be published in one or more
OF the newspapers published in this county;
and such clerk shall procure and distribute
copies of such papers to the several town
clerks who shall file the same In their respee-
tive Offices. The county clerk shall also send
to the secretary of state a certified copy of
this ordinance.
Section z. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage
and publication.
Introduced and passed this ID tn day of May.
1914,
W. A. BRADFORD
Countersigned; County Clerk.
n. M EMMoNs, Chairman
County Board of SUPERVISORS