Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-03-17
Villas County Tax Payers Association
- Formed.
Report Of Proceedings, and comment by
nonresident taxpayer.

| Inc Villas county taxpayers ASSO
citation meeting met according to cal
at the Court House, Wednesday after
noon at 3 o'clock. A permanent or
ganization was soon formed and the
| proceedings of the meeting follows
The name of this Association shall
| be '"Tne Villas County Tax Payers
Association
Any man who pays taxes on prop
erty situated. in Villas. County may
/ become a member of this Association.
The fee for membership Shall be fifty
cents for each forty acres of land. one
dollar for each hundred dollars Of
taxes paid on personal property, or
city or village property, with min
imum fee for membership of one
dollar.
There shall be a President and two
Vice presidents, and Treasurer, TO
be elected by majority of she men,
bership Of this Association, such Off
GERS TO hold for the term of one year.
The President shall be a member ex-
officio O. the Board ofDirectors-.
The Board Of Directors. shall con-
sist of one member Of this Associa-
tion for each Town, and four naeM-
bers at large. Vacancies in the
Board of Directors shall be filled by
the Board
That Board of Directors. shall be
empowered to employ an. executive
Secretary, who shall devote his entire
time to she work of the Association,
to be employed at a yearly salary to
be Spaid monthly, not to exceed
$500. 90 per year, and expenses. when
away from home.
The Board of Directors shall appoint
an Executive Committee consisting
of the Executive Secretary and two
members Of the Board in any one
year.
No salary shall be paid to any 9TH
Ger except the executive Secretary;
the Board of Directors shall be paid
their actual expenses incurred in
attending not more than two
meetings Of said Board: the mem
bers of the Executive Committee
shall be paid their actual expense
incurred in discharge of their duties.
The entire management OF the
business of the Association to be in
the hands of the Board of Directors.
We the undersigned taxpayers Of Villas
County. Wisconsin, hereby become members
of the Villas County Taxpayers Association
and agree to pay the treasurer upon demand
annually, during the life of such membership,
ffty cents per forty acres Of land, one dollar
for each hundred dollare Of tax ON personal
property, or city or village property, with a
minimum fee for membership Of one dollar:
Yale Land Company. w. Y. Dennis, 532
Mcknight Building: Johu T, Nichols. Erwin
R. Frissell, 30l-3 Andrus Building; Geo T.
Albert, Security Bank Building: George F.
Blossom Chamber of Commerce Building,
Minneapolis, Mimi; A. w. Sanborn, Ashland
Wis: Finn LAWYER Alex Higgins. D. Graham.
S. W. Smith, Strong 6SManley, Geo. E. O'Con-
nor Chas Blanquart, J. T. Nemacheck, Austin
Bent, P. j. Gaffney, G. Fl. Wiegand. D, O.
Menefee. w C. Arnold John Zimpelmann
Hilbert Jonker Geo. Foster, w. B. Raymond
Sanborn Company. Eagle River: Geo. H.
Jackson Pennington; Louis L. Denton, Con-
over; Geo. J. stellar, Ed Preston, Donaldson;
q NJ. Christianson, HI. j. Mack. Phelps: j. H
Hunter. George Vandervoort Sayner: Den
mis- Pauquette Woodruff.
The following officers We're elected:
Finn Lawler President
Geo. T. Halbert, Vice-President
Chas Kamke,
w, G. Arnold, Treasurer
Board of Directors as follows
Town of Presque Isle, Charles Backstrom
Arbor Vitae, Charles Faulkner
Flambeau Roy Buck,
Plum Lake john Oliver
Pennington Geo. jackson,
state Line Geo. Stellar,
Conover Louis L. Denton,
Phelps Charles Hazen,
Washington VIM. Saltenberger,
Lincoln VIM Adams.
Eagle River f. J. Strong.
For Board of Directors at large:
F. l. Carpenter
g. F. Sanborn
Wy. Dennis,
John F. Nichols
The large number of taxpayers present from
all parts of the County as well as many from
outside the county and state and the harmon
ions spirit shown by all was convincing evil
dence that the subject of the meeting had