The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-08

The sale Of the bonds for the raising
of funds to complete the construction
Of all the state roads in the town Of
Pleasant Prairie, which was set for
next Monday, win probably not take
place and it looks now as If the COM
petion of the portion of the Sheridan
Road in the town of Pleasant Prairie
which was expected to come this year,
will be indefinitely postponed, as this
morning Attorney Robert Verne Baker,
representing property owners of the
town, announced that he would tomor
row appeal to one Of the local court
commissioners for temporary injunc-
tion to enjoin the officials of the
county from selling the bonds on Mon
day or at any time until the legality Of
the election by which the bonds were
issued had been passed on by the
courts Of the county and the state.
The formal notice for the sale
of the bonds was given out some time
ago and this late minute appeal to the
courts came as something of surprise
to the officials interested in the COM
pletion of the road work.
The complaint on which the injunc-
tion is to be sought is made by Patrick
III. Tobin and John Mahoney, both
former officials of the town Of Pleasant
Prairie. They have protested against
She proposed bond issue ever since the
election was held, but they made no
formal protest when the report of the
bond resolution was made to the County
Board of Kenosha county at the last
November session and in absence of the
protest the County Board directed that
county bonds be issued to pay the pro
portion of the cost of the roads properly
assessed against the county. The pro-
testing property owners seek the in
junction ON the grounds that the cleo
ton was by viva voce vote. 1t is
held by their attorney that this form
Of ballot does not meet the demand of
the statutes and that as the amount to
be raised by the bond issue was in
excess of five thousand dollars that it
was necessary for the town board to
have a regular election with the polls
of the election open from sunrise to
sunset and the question plainly stated
to be voted ON printed ballot,
Before the town board of Pleasant
Prairie called the special election on
primary day of last year, the matter
was laid befoe the members of the
Wisconsin Highway Commission and
the commission caused notices for the
election to be drawn. Later the mat
tor was submitted to Attorney General
owen at Madison and he gave a writ
ten opinion in regard to 1t, in which
he held that the town board had met
all legal requirements in voting on the
bond issues. The attorney for the
protesting Pleasant Prairie men holds
that the attorney general is in error
and that they propose to submit the
questions to the court The action viii
he brought in the Circuit Court and il
is probable that the hearing on the
injunction viii be taken up some time
next week. Tt is not thought possible
that a decision could be secured previ
Gus to the day set for the sale Of
the bonds.
The county highway committee hat
made every possible provision to pro
ceed with the work Of constructing The
Dads. Cement for the work had beer
purchased, but with the understanding
4l,4 ia onn+rac+ co,,ld Ia oaoaa1lad :,
case there should be any appeal to tn,
court ON the validity Of the bond issue
The decision Of the property owner
to fight the issue of the bonds will com
as great disappointment to man,
people in the town who have been IN
terested in the road problem and I
many people in other towns who hay
teen for years lighting for the IN