River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-12-19

would therefore respectfully recon-
mend that the County Board appropri-
ate such sum as is required by Section
! 1919 to be paid by the County as aid
to said town of Union in defraying the
| expenses of erecting said bridge.
Dated this 18th day of Nov, 1918.
FRED SMITH,
w. H. RICHARDS,
BEN. ANDERSON
County State Road and Bridge Com.
REPORT OF BRIDGE COMMITS
SIONERS.
To the Honorable County Board of Su-
pervisors of Pierce County, Wiscon-
sin:
I, the undersigned, County Bridge
Commissioner appointed by the Chair
lp1an of the County Board pursuant to
Subsection of section 1919 of Wiscon-
town board of the Town of Hartland
| in letting, inspecting and acceptance of
the work Of building a bridge within
said town and located on the State
Road between sections rs and &c, in
said town, and known as the Silas
Johnson bridge, do hereby respectfully
Town of Hartland built the bridge by
day labor, and that the cost of build
ing said bridge was $413.5S.
| further report that said bridge has
been completed according to the speci-
fications furnished by the State Bridge
Engineer and adopted by them and
that | met with the town board of said
town on the 14th day of Nov, 1918.
and accepted the work of building said
bridge.
would therefore, respectfully rec
Ommend that the County Board appro-
pirate such sum as is required by sec
ton 1319 to be paid by the county as
aid to said town of Hartland in de-
fraying the expenses of erecting said
Dated this 18th day of Nov 1918
LLOYD TOMBLESON,
County Bridge Commissioner.
Proposal for County depositing for
the ensuing year, from Farmers and
Merchants State Bank of River Falls,
was presented. and said proposal was
copied and said bank was designated
as county depository for the ensuing
year.
CHANTS STATE BANK FOR COUN-
TY DEPOSITORY 1919.
To the Honorable County Board, Pierce
County, Wisconsin:
The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank of River Falls, Pierce County,
Wisconsin, a corporation duly organ
lied and existing under the laws of the
State of Wisconsin, hereby proposes
to act as depository for the County
funds for the ensuing year upon the
following terms and conditions to-wit
10 pay interest at the rate of three
and one--half per cent per annum on
daily balances and that such interest
will be computed and credited to the
County at the end of each month and
that such deposits will be subject to
check at all times on demand
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
By G. w. CHINOOK, President
Communications from State High
ferred to Committee on Roads and
Bridges.
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
County Board of Pierce County,
Ellsworth, Wisconsin.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the provisions of
Section 1914 of the Wisconsin Statutes
you are hereby notified that Pierce
County is allotted from the Joint fed
eral and state funds available for the
state trunk highway construction in
Wisconsin in the fiscal year commence
ing July 1, 1919, the sum of Sill S4674
:, me JOINT fund available $1,O2O,55256
Is Is allotted to the several counties one
third on the basis of area; one-third
on the basis Of public highway mile
age; and one-thlrd on the basis of val
uation. The area of said county is
I:O49O99Eo of the total area of Wiscon-
sin, the mileage of public highways is
1.596447%0 of the total mileage, and the
valuation is 0.836913% of the total val
uatiOn; therefore said county will re-
ceiVe 1.160816% of the above fund
which is the sum above given.
The amount allotted to your county
from
the sum herein allotted and in several
cases there will be no construction in
county in 1919 under the State Trunk
Highway Law. The allotment for con-
Struct1On determined upon for your
county is covered by second letter of
even date. Some counties herein noti-
fed of funds available have already
received their full portion Of federal
and state aid until July 1, 1921. This
letter is simply a legal notice of funds
available under the federal and state
trunk highway enactments for the ifs
cal year, and bears no relation to the
contemplated expenditures in said
year.
Our Bulletin Number gives the full
text of the State Trunk Highway Law,
and in connection with Pamphlet Num-
Der 6 will make the features of the
State Trunk Highway law readily I'M
derStandable.
Yours very sincerely,
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION,
By w. o. HOTCHKISS,
Secretary.
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION.
Madison, November 1, 1918.
Mr.. Ole J. Hohle, County Clerk,
Ellsworth, Wis.
Dear Sir:
In accordance with the provisions of
subsection of section 1317-M-8 of the
Pierce County is entitled to receive
from the appropriation for state aid
for highways available for distri bution
in 1919, the sum of $6,569.77. The val
uation of your county as equalized by
the State Tax Commission for 1913 is
.836913%o of the total valuation of all
the counties in the state. Your county
is entitled to receive this same per-
centage of the total state highway ap-
preparation available for. distribution
for 1919 construction, which appropri-
alton is $785,000 for 1919
The distribution of the above amount
($6,569.77) available from the state for
state. aid road and bridge constru &C.
your county board at the November
session. The method of legal distribu-
ton is thoroughly covered in Chapter
$50, Laws Of 1917, found in the Wis
consin Law Supplement. a leaflet COW
ering this Chapter and other changes
made by the Legislature Of 1917 has
been furnished the County Clerk, and
it is believed that a careful perusa1 of
this leaflet will make clear the present
state and federal aid road statutes and
the necessary action by the county
boards to comply with them.
1t may be stated, that in accordance
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