Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1916-05-05
CD. BOARD MEETS
BUSINESS OF MAY SESSION
QUICKLY DEsPATcHED.-IN
SESSION TWO DAYS
AID TEST OF RECLAMATION LAW
Will Raise Piers of Dewey Bridge
East End of County Road Sys-
tenn Changed

At the opening session of the spe-
cial May meeting of the county board
at the courthouse Tuesday afternoon,
j. c. Stubbs, of Weyerhaeuser, was
unanimously reelected as chairman
of the board Supervisor A. F. Helm,
of Tony, was reelected vice-chair-
man.
An adjournment was carried to z
o'clock p. m, following the reading
of resolution number one, presented
by c. S. Arnold, to-Wit: That begin
ming with the year 1916, there be
held annually at the courthouse in
the city of Ladysmith, on day fixed
by the county clerk, a convention of
the town and village clerks of Rusk
county for the purpose of conference
and instruction, and that the clerks
in attendance be paid out of the
county treasury the same mileage
and per diem allowed the members
Of the County Board of Supervisors
At the opening of the evening ses-
sion the chairman read his appoint
ment of committees as follows
Equalization Supervisors Helm,
HotZ, Hand, Serley and Kassela.
Finance and Taxation-Superyso
Jacobs, Carnachan and Jacobs.
Justice and Constable Supervisors
Riegel, Dukerschein and Schimberg.
Sheriff and Coroner-Superviso
Triplett, Ever and Mitchell.
Audit and Settlement Supervisors
Coon, Van Patter and Ballou.
Town Organization = Supervisors
Hamilton, Winters and Tomczak.
Building and Grounds-Superviso
Ballou, Schmidt, Flechtner Hatha-
way and Arnold.
Illegal Certificates : Supervisors
Cox, Winters and Apker.
Printing and Superyis-
ors Streater, Ballou and Stanton.
Miscellaneous Supervisors Brain
erd, Cox and Triplett.
Development Supervisors Apker,
Carnachan and Arnold.
Poor Farm-Supervisor Manley,
Van Patter and Butcher.
County Fair-Supervisors Hand,
Schafer and Hotz.
Per Diem-Supervisors Tomczak,
Riegel and Dukerschein.
County Agricultural Committee
Supervisors Schmidt, Coon and Helm.
The resignation of U. G. Blood, Of
Ingram, as member of the County
Board of Reclamation was rejected
and a vote Of confidence was extend
ed to Mr.. Blood, who stated in his
resignation that objections has been
made to his appointment on the rcc
lamation board due to his being pres
ident of the Ingram State Bank.
The resolution directing tho racla-
nation board to investigate the suffi-
cheney, the practicability, desirable
ity and probable cost of reclining
several pieces of land as described
in the petitions filed in the office
of the county clerk, and any other
matters pertaining to the security o.
the loan pursuant to Chapter TIA
Laws of 1918, now Section 697-60 of
the Wisconsin Statutes, was carried.
The sum of $500 was appropriated
to the Rusk County Agricultural So
ciety for the purpose of promoting
the annual fair of the county in
1916.
1t was moved and adopted that all
telephone tolls accruing through the
county Jail and the office of the
sheriff be paid by the sheriff and
included in his bill accompanied by
bills and receipts of the telephone eX-
change and that the auditing commit
tee check them intelligently The
average telephone toll of the county
Jail and the sheriff's office amounts
to Sc month.
Through r9SuN uJlon lhlrouuceu ny
Supervisor Streater, the sum of $500
was appropriated to the Rusk Coun-
ty Development association for the
purpose of aiding them in testing the
validity of the laws concerning the
reclamation project and that a levy
be made for the same and an order
be drawn in their favor when the
same shall be needed to pay fer such
expense.
A change was made in the trunk
line system adopted by the county
board in that part of the road be