Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-23
Proceedings Of Co. Board Of
Supervisors, Iron Co.

/ Adjourned annual meeting of County
Board March 18th, 1918.
/ The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment; meeting called to order by chair
man Reid. On roll call, White, Reid,
/ Olmstead, Olson, Evenson, Geshel, Han
nula, Simon, Meade and Schaus answered
present; Sherman and Clark absent
/ A petition, signed by forty-five resident
freeholders of the territory under con-
sideration, praying that the boundary
/ lines of town organizations as fixed by
ordinance adopted by the county board at
a session of said board held on Febru-
airy 18th, 1918, be changed, was presented
to the board. The petitioners were rep
resented by Attorney Ruggles, who ad-
dressed the board on the question. Ac-
( ton on the above petition was deferred
until the afternoon session.
/ The board took up the question of
County-State highway maintenance I'M
der station patrol system.
| Moved by Olmstead and supported by
Schaus, that the men selected as patrol
men under the patrol system of highway
maintenance together with the county
foremen on county highway construction
work, be and are hereby directed to at
tend a road school to be held in the city
of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, upon a date to
be named later; that the per diem wage
and necessary expense of the said patrol
men and foremen in attending the said
road school shall be paid for by iron
County on claims the payment of which
shall be authorized by the county high
way commissioner and chairman of COM
mittee on county and state aid highways.
Motion carried.
A bid for the filing of the sink-hole In
the county highway near to the village
of Mercer, was opened and read
On motion of Meade, supported by
EVenson, the opening of bids for the fill
ing of the above described Sink-hole was
deferred until later hour and Mr.. Har.
per was advised that he would be per
mitted to submit another bid if he so
desired.
The board took a recess until 100
o'clock p. m. AT 100 o'clock D. m. the
board re-convened with the same men,
bers present
Bids from banks, offering interest on
daily balances for deposit of Iron county
funds, was presented to the board and
opened Bids were received from the
Saxon State Bank of Saxon, Wisconsin,
the First National Bank of Superior,
Wisconsin, and the Superior State Bank
of Superior, Wisconsin. Moved by Simon
and supported by Evenson, that the bid
submitted by the Saxon State Bank of
Saxon, Wisconsin, as a depository for
Iron county funds from May LIST, 1918, to
December 3lst, 1918, is the best and high
est bid received; that the said Saxon
State Bank be and is hereby designated
as the the depository of Iron county funds
for the period named, subject to the APP
prevail of our committee on county funds
depository; that the county treasurer be
and is hereby directed to, on and after
the first day of May, 1918, upon the
written order of the said committee on
county funds depository, deposit in and
use the said Saxon State Bank as the
regular and legal depository for all county
funds from and after the said first day of
May. Motion carried.
Petition of forty-hve freeholders and
residents of territory of which the boun-
dairy town organization lines are unsatis-
factory was again taken up.
Moved by Simon and supported by
Geshell that action on the petition of
treeholders of the towns of Cary and
klmball, praying for a reconsideration
by the county board of certain ordinan-
ces adopted by the county board on the
18th day of February, 1918, changing
the boundary lines of the above named !
towns, be and is hereby laid over until /
the next meeting of the county board of
supervisors. Motion carried.
The following claims were presented /
to the county board and by the board /
referred to the Committee on Finance
and Printing.
No. Name of claimant for amt