Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-01-27
AGAINST THE LAW.

| 11eTe SoeInS TO De IeollDl
throughout central and nor thern Wis
consin, at least, that the present state
highway law is an expensive PROPOSE
tion as well' as very unwieldy. ii
! falls with great force upon the sparsely
settled regions of our commonwealth
and is thereby hinderancs to the
advancement and prosperity of the
northern counties especially. Up in
Rusk county action has been taken tC
| fight the law at the next meeting oi
the legislature. The following are
the resolutions passed by th,, county
board of that county and the Rural
Industrial association which will be
of interest, TO the many i'm our county
WHEREAS, The county board ol
Rusk county, at its last annual session
by unanimous vote passed resolution
No. B, requesting the repeal of the
present highway law in the resolution
following:
Resolution No. 3, offered by super.
yisOrs Blood and Mayou:
WHEREAS, We the county board
of Rusk county, Wis, in annual
session assembled, believing that the
present state highway law, sections
1317M1 to 1317M15, inclusive of the
statutes of Wisconsin as amended by
the legislature of 1913, to be very
detrimental as well as excessively ex-
penSiYe TO the county as a whole, and
believing that the operation of the
law cumbersome, unsatisfactory and
totally failure as whole as a
practical solution OF the highway
problem, feel in the interest of good
roads that its repeal is highly desir-
able; therefore, be it
ReSOtUed, That committee of three
(3) be appointed by the chairman OF
the county board to take up such
matter with other counties to the end
that they might cooperate with the
county board of Rusk county. and tc
take such other steps as they deem
necessary and eXpedient looking tC
the repeal OF said law; and be it
futher
ReSOtUed, That an appropriation OF
not exceeding five hundred dollars be
made out of the general funds of the
county to defray the necessary ex-
pense of such committee. Said com
mittee to continue as such 20 the ad.
journment of the next legislature.
Dec. lst, 1913.
u. G. BLOOD,
w. E. MAYoU.
Resolution adopted Dec. I'd, 1913.
f. Z. Munroe, County Clerk, and
WHEREAS, We the Rural Industrial
association of Rusk county, Wiscon.
sin, in annual meeting assembled at
Bruce, Wisconsin, approve said action
of the county board; therefore, be it
ReSOtued, That the presiden; of this
association appoint a committee O
three to futher the repeal of the sale
state highway law; and, be it further
| ResOtCed, That our officers and mem
bers do ali in their power to assis
said committee and also to cooperate
and aid in the repeal of all SD calleC
commission laws and commissions, 81
many of which have been created b,
recent legislatures much to tina
detriment of the State as whole
greatly increasing taxes Throughout
the State, relegating and PRACTICAL,
eliminating local self-gove rnment
] taking local matters entirely out o
/ local self-government unit action b.
towns, Villages and cities, ant
centralizing the entire Management
of local government in commission a
/ Madison. W. A. BLACKBURN.
Bruce, Wisconsin, Jan. 14th, 1914.
Carried UNANIMOUSLY, and plesiden
/ appointed as such committee, w. A
4 Blackburn of Bruce, Wisconsin; G.. /
HotZ of Hawkins, Wisconsin; and A
+. Kuhlmann of Ingram, Wisconsin