Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-09-28
Dated this 9Th day of Sept, 1917.

On motion resolution NJ. was
adopted; All members voting aye =.
The Chairman. Chas III, Kamke,
declared the meeting informal for a
meeting of the County Council Of De-
ense,.
Meeting called to order by the
tChairman.
RESOLUTION No.
RESOLUTION NO. 6 introduced b.
Supervisor John r. Powell, Chairman
OF the Villas COUNTY COUNCIL
OF DEFENSE.
WHEREAS the Villas County Coun-
Gil OF Defense is composed OF the
members OF the County Board of Sup
ervisors OF Villas ConnJy, the same i'll
dlviduals composing both bodies, and
| WHEREAS Geo. e. O'COnnOr, OF
Eagle River, Villas County, Wisconsin,
has appeared before the County Coun-
Gil OF Defense and the Board OF Super
visors OF Villas County and has pre-
sented figures showing that there is
in Villas county, in round numbers,
about ll4,9I5.29 acres of SO-called
Forestry Lands held and controlled
tIOth IN detail in the report OF the
| filed as special referee of the Supreme
Court in the matter of State OF Wis
consin, ex rel. Walter e. Owen. At
torney General VS.. John S. Donald,
| Secretary OF State and In Re: Wau-
sau Investment Company, ct al. petit
| TONERS, copy OF which reports OH tile
| in the Supreme Court, and in the
offices OF the county clerks Of Villas,
| Oneida, Forest and Iron counties, ana
WHEREAS it appears further
from said report that there is, in
round numbers, in Oneida county
about IS, IOo.Oo acres, and in iron
county about 6,S56.2l acres, and in
Forest county about 1,917.64 acres, and
i'll Douglas county about $685. acres
OF the said so-called forestry Lands
and in all there are within the above
mentioned tive counties about l6O, $50.
81 acres of land of like character, pur-
chased by the State Board OF Forestry
for Forestry y purposes, exclusive
OF other lands owned and neld by the
State OF Wisconsin, and
WHEREAS this board is informed
a special session OF the Wisconsin
Legislature will be called and held
during the month OF November, 1917,
ana,
WHEREAS the County Board Of
Supervisors and the County Council
of Defense OF Villas County, deem it TO
be Tor the best interests OF the State
OF Wisconsin. and to promote the set
Element of said lands and to promote
agriculture that said lands be placed
Oh the market as State Homestead
lands and that this be done as soon us
possible,
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T RE
SOLVED BY the County Board OF
Supervisors and the County Council
OF Defense OF Villas County, Wiscon-
sin, thai Hon. X. l.. Phlnpp, Cover
nor OF Wisconsin, be requested to in
clude in the call Tor the proposed
special session OF The legislature the
n1aJLer Oh legislation covering the
ABOVE deserted lands and their set
JleInenG under Il State Homestead law,
and
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that, i'll tine event. OF a special session
OF the legislature being called, the
legislature be requested to pass a
State homestead law uAner the terms
of which these so-called : Forestry
lan0S may lie entered, improved and
cultivated as farms, and j
BE IL tUKIhhk kESOLVD
| thai the county clerk be and he is
| HEREBY directed to mail TO Hon. Il. l..
Philipp, Governor Of Wisconsin, to-
! the State CounciI OF Defense, and TO
! the county clerks Oh Forest, Oneida,
| lrOIi and DugiaS counties copies OF
TINS resolution with the request that
said State Council Of Defense ana the,
county boards OF supervisors OF Forest
Oneida, Iron and Douglas counties
cooperate with the Governor, the
legislature and Villas County i'll draft
ing aid securing Tie passage OF a.
State Homestead Land Law which
will most fully protect The interest OF
the State and promote the settlement
and development OF these SO-called
:" Forestry !, lands.
Dated at Eagle River, Villas County
| Wisconsin, TINS 9TH day of Sept, 1914
| Signed JOHN h. PowELL,x
Supervlsor and Chairman OF the Villas
County Council or Defense.
Un moLlon duly MACE and seconded
the above resolution was unanimously
adopted All members being present
ana VoJlllg . AYE
/ Attest ALFRED HoUG.
County Clerk.
! An ORDIN ANIL. mo- Ole
Detdching from the Town OF Lin
coin, in the County OF Villas, State OF
w isconsin, certain territory and at
taching the same TO the Town of
Washington in said county and state.
THECOUNTY BOARD OF SUP
ERVlSORS OF THE COUNTY OF
Villas, IN TIE STATE OF Wis
fCONSlN, Do ORDAlN AS FOL
/ LOWS:
SECTION l.. That the following
described territory, being part Of the
| Town of Lincoln in Villas County,
| Wisconsin, to-wit; Government Lots
Numbered Five s. and Six (6 in
Section Numbered Twenty-three l23);
the Southeast Quarter SCI OF the
| Northeast Quarter NE4) the North
west Quarter { NW4 OF The south
/ xxroct flIlart.or { SW1 y the SQllt1h west