Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-10-15
SPECIAL MEETING HELD TO DIS
CUSS ISSUING OF REFUND
ING BONDS
ADOPT OFFICIAL COUNTY SEAL
Decided That the Troublesome
Dewey Bridge Be Moved TO
Right Angle With
Current

The special meeting of the coun-
ty board convened Monday morning
at II o'clock at the court house with
all members present except Super
visors C. p. Coon, r. H. Rhodes, P.
H. Shafer and j. Riegel.
The motion of Supervisor Schmidt
to have the board visit the site of
the Dewey bridge was lost. A. F..
Helm then moved that the board ad-
journ until 200 p. m. and that the
chairman appoint Supervisors Ballou,
Streater and Stare as a committee
to suggest methods for bonding the
county in order to relieve the tax
situation. The motion carried.
At the opening of the afternoon
session the report of Supervisors
BaIlou, Streater and Stare was placed
before the board, reading as follows:
1--WE, the undersigned committee,
considering means for the raising of
additional funds recommend that a
81, 900 refunding bond issue for meet
ing payments of $1,000 now maturing
be authorized and issued.
Furthermore that all unpaid ex-
be paid out of the balance of the
two until tax levy, and that all for
mer conflicting resolutions of this
board be rescinded."
HARRY BALLOU.
L. C. STREATER.
FRANK STARE
The report of the committee was
adopted. Supervisor Streater's mo-
ton directing the chairman to ap-
point a committee of two to see the
district attorney and have a resolu-
ton ready for bonding the county
and that it be ready at the time of
the annual fall meeting, was adopted
The board also adopted Supervis-
or Streater's following resolution:
BE it resolved, that the county
board of Rusk county adopt a seal
bearing the inscriptions: County
Board of Supervisors, Official Seal,
Rusk County, State of Wisconsin,
That the seal shall be known as the
official seal of the county and to be
kept in the custody Of the county
clerk, to be used by him for all off
cial acts of the county board when
necessary"
Supervisor Ballou moved that the
district attorney be instructed to in
yesti3ate the laws in regard as to
who should build the culvert across
the drainage ditch on the Ladysmith-
Bruce road, and to notify the chair
men of the towns of Flambeau and
Grant. The motion was carried.
Supervisor Helm moved that a sum
not to exceed $50 be appropriated
for a county potato exhibit at Mari
nette in November. Motion carried
with three dissenting votes.
The resolution introduced by Su-
pervisor Helm instructing the Com
missioner of Highways not to do any
grading after Sept. l Of any year on
old or new roads, was adopted.
Supervisor Shafer moved that the
grading crews using the traction en-
Of oh
whenever the weather permits. Mo
tion carried.
the Dewey bridge be moved UP
stream the requisite number of feet
until the span crosses at right ngles
with the current, and that the ex
penditure, therefor, be paid from
appropriations already made at ar
amount not exceeding $4,000 above
the appropriations The motion was
carried with two dissenting votes.
The board adjourned following TIL,
adoption of the report on mileage
and per diem.
In regard to the proposed issuing
of refunding bonds to obviate max
ing an excessively high county levy
1t is by no means due entirely to the
added expense, not anticipated, fount
necessary in the erection of thu
Dewey bridge north of Tony.
The county was bonded for $40,
600 for bridges when the bridge
across the Chippewa north of Bruc'
and the bridge across the Flambea,
in the town of Dewey were author
lied. In addition to the funds raise,