Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-07-19

the local authorities of the town of
Flambeau, including the sale Of said
lands and the issue of tax certificates
bv said county treasurer, are illegal
and void for reasons going to the
ground work of said tax, and
Whereas the Chippewa 8 Flam-
beau improvement Company have
heretofore, to-Wit: on the 10Th day Of
June, 1918, commenced an action
in the Circuit Court Of Villas county
to cancel and set aside the above de-
scribed tax certificates
Now Therefore Be 1t Resolved by
the county board of supervisors Of
Villas county, Wisconsin, that the
district attorney be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to enter into
stipulation with the Chippewa &
Flambeau improvement Company,
the plaintiff in said action, for the
dismissal Of said action, without
costs to Villas county, as an adjust
ment and settlement of the issue in
volyed in said action, and that when
said stipulation is so signed and filed
in the Office of the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court, the above described above
tax certificates be and they are here
| by cancelled and anulled and de-
clared void and
Be It Further Resolved that the
amount of the tax so returned delin
quent, as herein set forth, by the
town treasurer of the said town of
Flambeau, be charged back by the
proper officers of Villas county to the
said town of Flambeau.
Dated this 10th day of June, 1918.
Signed VIM. Selves,
Supervisor.
On motion the foregoing resolution
was adopted all members voting aye.
Moved and carried that the pur-
chasing agent be instructed to COM
municate with furnace manufacture
ers and get prices with the view OF
replacing the old furnace at the
court house.
Moved and carried that the board
| take a recess until l:30 p. m.
County Board called to order at 1880
| %. m, by Chairman BackstrOm.
Resolution No. 3.
Offered by Supervisor Fred Meloy.
Whereas at the annual meeting OF
the board of supervisors of Villas
county. held on the 18th day of Feb
ruary. 1918, the county board, for the
purpose of providing revolving fund
| to enable the farmers of Villas COun-
ty to secure a sufficient supply OF
pure seed for the growing season OF
1918, appropriated the sum OF Six
Hundred Dollars, to be used by the
county agricultural Committee and
the county Agricultural Representa-
tive in purchasing pure seed and dis
tribnting the same to the farmers OF
Villas County, and
/ WHEREAS the demand for such
pure seed was SO great that said sum
of Six Hundred Dollars was not Suffi-
cient to provide the necessary work
ing fund and upon consultations be.
tween the County Agricultural Com
mittee, the County Agricultural Rep
resentatiye and the members OF this
board, the County Treasurer were in.
structed to draw and issue an add.
/ tional county order for the further
sum of One Thousand Dollars to in
crease the said revolving fund to the
sum of Sixteen Hundred Dollars
NOW BE 1T RESOLVED by the
county board of supervisors OF Villas
County, in meeting duly assembled,
that the action of the county clerk,
the county treasurer, the County Ag-
riculture Committee and the County
Agricultural Representative hereto
fore had in administering said revolV
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