Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-12-01
ANNUAL MEETING G.
COUNTY BOARD WINDS UP ITS
BUSINESS IN RECORD
TIME
TWO MORE TOWNS ARE CREATED
County Board Will Hereafter Have
Thirty-five Members, Un-
til More Are Added

The county board of supervisors
of Rusk county convened Monday for
the annual fall Session, finished up
the business that came before it and
adjourned Tuesday night.
In winding up the business of the
fall session in two days the board
made a record for this county and
possibly for the state, and still moth
ing was left undone.
The usual routine reports of Off
GERS and committees were read and
acted upon and we will only briefly
sketch the matters that are likely
to interest our readers until such
time as we can give them the min
utes of the sessions in full.
The salary of the county highway
commissioner was again fixed at
$1,500 Although a spirited fight was
expected over this office, Phil Koch
ler, the present incumbent, was re-
elected, receiving "a votes out Of 30.
H. w. True, A. F. Helm and ]. A.
Schmidt were elected members of the
committee on common schools for 3
years.
A total tax of $105, ,076.2S was lev
led against the county for state,
school and county taxes, as follows:
$32,669.98 for state and charges,
SIS, ,156.3O for school taxes, and $57,
250 for county tax.
A two-mill tax, amounting to $27,
0S5.11, was also assessed against the
county for roads.
A resolution was adopted that the
two bridges over the Jump river in
the town of Marshall, being on what
are known as state and county roads,
be taken over by the county and kept
UP as county bridges.
The sum of $4,000. was on resolu-
tion appropriated to defray the cost
of settlement for the Dewey bridge
and other bridge expenses.
A change was authorized in the
county highway at Beldenville, be-
tween this city and Bruce. The high
way will continue south a quarter
OF a mile past the Beebe corner,
thence west to the bridge over the
Chippewa river.
An appropriation of $500 was made
to the Rusk County Agricultural So
ciety as aid for the county fair.
The Glen Flora State Bank was
added to the list of county deposit
tories.
The county clerk was authorized
to purchase a new typewriter for the
county superintendent of schools.
For the expense incurred by the
Rusk county booth at the state po-
tato show at EauClaire, $50 was ap-
propriated, and $40 was voted for the
purchase of a projection lantern for
the use of the county agricultural
agent.
Two new towns were created and
there will hereafter be thirty--five
members on the county board. The
town of Cedar Rapids was created
by taking township sc ~, R. West
from the town of True. The town of
South Fork was created from the
town of Hawkins, taking the town
ship occupying the extreme north
east corner of the county, T. 36 N,
Range 8 West.
The sentiment of the board was
very strongly against the law now on
the statutes known as the one-buck
law, pronounced by many sportsmen
as the greatest farce ever enacted
into law and that is taking in a
lot of territory. This sentiment of
the board was expressed by mem
orializing the legislature to repeal
the one buck law, and establish a
shorter open season, Is days, Or pass
a law doing away entirely with the
hunting of deer for couple of years