Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-06-05
THREE MORE WARDS
LADYSMITH WILL NOW HAVE
BETTER REPRESENTATION
ON COUNTY BOARD
POPULATION OF CITY OVER 5000
Will Give One Representative or
County Board for Each 500 of
Population

It has been a fact often comment
ed On that Ladysmith had by fal
the least representation on the coun
ty board, in proportion to population
of any part of the county In spite
of a very large increase in pOpula
tiOn, the representation has remained
the same as when the city was first
organized in 1905 with three wards.
Therefore, the city council intends
to re-district the city, making six
wards instead of three, and the pro-
posed ordinance, appended hereto,
has been introduced and will prob
ably be passed at the next meeting
of the council.
With six wards, Ladysmith will
have one representative on the coun-
ty board for each 500 people, con-
servative representation.
A population of over 5000 is shown
by a census of the city just con-
cluded under the supervision of Rev.
G. H. Sanders, the exact figure be-
ing 3,016. This shows an increase of
664 over the census of 1910, when
the population was 1852.
The proposed ordinance is as fol-
lows:
Ward Ordinance
The council of the city of Lady
smith ordains, that that part of the
city charter relating to wards, num-
bers of wards, and boundaries OF
wards, to-wit: That pursuant to the
resolution so adopted on the 9Th
day of February, 1905, it was pro-
vided that said village of Ladysmith,
when Incorporated, pursuant to the
provisions of chapter 40a of the Wis
consin Statutes of 1898, should con-
tain three wards, and that the bound
aries of each ward should be as fol-
lows, to-wit:
For the first ward: Beginning at
the southwest corner of section
three, township "a, range 6, thence
running east along the south section
line of sections and for one and
one-half miles to north and south
quarter line in section 2, thence
north along said quarter line to the
right of way of the Minneapolis, St.
Paul C Sault Ste. Marie Railway,
thence westerly along the right of
way of said railway, to the section
line between sections and 4 thence
south along said section line to the
place of beginning, being all that
portion of the village of Ladysmith
lying south of the right of way OF
said railroad.
For the second ward: Beginning at
point where the east and west
quarter line intersects the north and
south section line between sections
33 and "a, township 80, range west,
thence east along said quarter line
for one-half mile to the north and
south quarter line of section "a,
thence south along said north and
south quarter line in said section
and section to the right of way
CT the Minneapolis, st. Paul and
Sault Ste. Marie Railway, thence
westerly along said right of way to
the section line between sections
and 4 thence north along said line
to place of beginning being all the
territory within the limits of said
village of Ladysmith, being and ly
ing north of the right of way of the
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste
Marie Railway and west of the nortl
and south quarter line of section
and "a.
For the third ward: Beginning a
the center of section "a township 95
range 6 west, thence east along tn
east and west quarter line of sec
ton "a and 35 to center of section
35. thence south along the north an
south quarter line in said section t
the right of way of the Minneapolis
St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Raj
way, thence westerly along the righ
of way of said railway to the mort
and south quarter line and the qua
ter line in section 8, thence mort
along said quarter line and tn
quarter line in section "a to tn
place of beginning being all the te
ritory within the limits of the vi
lage of Ladysmith being and lyir
north of the right of way of tt
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault st
Marie Railway and east of the mort
and south quarter line in sectie