Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-03-04
MET LAST FRIDAY EVENING.
Further Steps Taken to Incorporate
Hurley at a Meeting at Court
House Last Friday Evening.

pointed to look after the matter of
incorporating Hurley was held at
the court house last Friday even
ing. The members of the various
committees were present together
with number of interested citi-
zens and business men.
The most important business of
this meeting was the report of the
attorneys who had been asked to
look up the law regarding the mat
ter and suggest the proper method
of procedure. The reports of Attor-
neys A. L. Ruggles and Geo. c.
Foster were placed in the hands of
the committee and filed with the
secretary. AS a result of the find
ings of the attorneys it has been
deemed advisable to proceed to in
corporate Hurley as village rather
than city. When the matter was
first brought up it was thought that
incorporation as a village could not
be done and that to incorporate as
city was the only alternative.
Since the matter has been more
fully Investigated it has been found
that it will be entirely within bounds
to incorporate as village and eff
forts will be directed along that
line.
In Attorney Fosters report to
the committee he recommended
that the following steps be taken
towards such incorporation, the re-
port of Attorney Ruggles being
substantially the same:
First: That not less than FIVE tax
payers, residents of the territory
proposed to be incorporated, shall
cause to be made by practical sur
veyor an accurate survey and map
of the territory intended to be en-
braced within the limits of such
village, showing the courses and
distances of the boundaries and
quantity of land contained therein,
the accuracy of both survey and
map to be verified by the affidavit
of such surveyor written thereon
or annexed thereto.
Second; Such persons shall cause
to be taken an accurate census of
the resident population of such ter
ritory as it may be on some day
not more than ten weeks previous
to the time of making the applica-
ton hereinafter referred to-, ex-
hibiting (giving) the name of every
head of family and the rame of
every person resident in good
faith of such territory on such day
(the day of taking census), and
the lot or quarter section of land on
which he resides, which shall be
verified by the affidavit of the per
son taking the same affixed there
to. Stats. Sec. 855.
Third: Such survey, map and
census when completed and verified
shall be left at the residence or place
of business of some person residing
within such territory and kept there
subject to examination at reason
able hours by every person inter
ested for a period of FIVE weeks
from the giving of notice of appli-
cation as hereinafter mentioned.
Stats. Sec. $50.
Fourth The intending appli-
cants for Incorporation shall give
notice that they will apply on some
day therein specified to the Circuit
Court of the county in which such
territory lies for an order incorpor-
ating such territory as a village by
name to be therein specified, ard
such notice shall describe the boun-
daries of the proposed territory by
courses and distances and specify
the town or towns in which it lies
and state where such survey, map
and census have been left aud may
be examined. Stats. Sec. 857.
Fifth: Such notice shall be print
ed in a newspaper printed within
such territory once III each week
| for six consecutive weeks gevious