Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-05-09
County Beard Proceedings.
Eagle River, Wis.
April 20, 1919.

GQRlC 1bAbOlg 1Os
April %, 1919.
County Board met on the above
date pursuant to call of the Clerk as
follows:
Eagle River, Wis, April g.. '19.
To John Hanson, Town Arbor Vitae.
To Geo. DobbS, CoUoyer
To Frank Carter, Eagle River.
To John r. Powell, Pennington.
To VIM. Selves, Flambeau.
To Henry Rath. +" Lincoln.
To c. M. Christensen. Phelps
To Fred Meloy, Plum Lake.
TO M. M. Connors. 8 Pressure Isle.
To Chas. A. Bent. State Line.
To VIM. Saltenberger, Washington.
Pursuant to adjournment of Dec,
5. 1918, you are hereby notified that a
Special Meeting of the County Board
of Supervisors of Villas County, will
be held at the Office of the county
clerk in the village of Eagle River on
Tuesday April 20, 1919, at 3 O'Clock
p. M. for the purpose of disposing OF
unfinished business, auditing claims
and for any other business that may
come before said board
Dated at Eagle River this 9th day
of April, 1919.
FRANK HONsOWETZ, County Clerk.
By MARY HoUG, Deputy Co. Clerk.
Pursuant to the fore going notice
the County Board of Supervisors OF
Villas county convened at the county
clerks Office in the courthouse in the
village of Eagle River on Tuesday,
April 20, 1919 at 800 p. m. Meeting
called to order by Chairman @. NJ.
Christensen, All members were
present.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read and approved.
Chairman Christensen appointed
Hunter Case, of Phelps, and Truman
Aldrich, of Arbor Vitae to succeed
themselves as members of the County
Board of Education.
Resolution No. l offered by Super
visor M. M. ConnOrs.
Resolution No. l.
Whereas, Section 700 Wisconsin
Statutes for 1917 provides anon G
other things that The Sheriff, Clerk
of the Circuit Court, Register of
Deeds, County Treasurer. Register of
Probate and County Clerk shall keep
their offices open during the usual
business hours each day Sundays and
legal holidays excepted, and
Whereas, it has become the recog-
nized custom throughout the state
to consider the business day on Sat-
urday to end at twelve o'clock noon
during the summer months.
Now therefore be it resolved by the
county board of supervisors that it
is the sense of this board that the
above enumerated county officers are
justified in following the above re-
ferfed t. custom and we do hereby
approve such action on the part Of
such officers of Villas county.
Dated April 20, 1918.
Signed NJ. M. Commons, Supervisor.
On motion the foregoing Resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted.
On motion Board adjourned until
8 O'Clock a. N. April 80, 1919.
Eagle River, Wis. April 80, 1919.
Pursuant to adjournment Board of
Supervisors met at the county clerks
office. Called to order by Chairman
Christensen all members present.
On motion the reports of the
County Clerk, County Treasurer,
Register of Deeds and Clerk of Cir
cult Court were accepted and or
dered placed on file.
Resolution No. 2. offered by Super
visor Frank w. Carter.
Resolution No. 2.
Resolved by the County Board OF
Supervisors that there is hereby
transferred from the General Fund
to the Soldiers Relief Fund. the
further sum of Three Hundred Dol
lars, it having developed that the
sum heretofore transferred by reso-
luton is insufficient.
Dated April 30, 1919.
Signed FRANK w. CARTER, Sup'vsr.
On motion the foregoing resolu-
tion was adopted.
Resolution No. 3. offered by Frank
w. Carter.
Resolution No. 3.
Resolved by the county board of
supervisors that the county clerk and
the county treasurer be and they are
hereby authorized and directed to
transfer from the General Fund to
the Farmers Pure Seed Fund the
further sum not to exceed Two
Thousand Dollars, IF REQUIRED,
to be used temporarily and as a re-
volving fund, and which sum is TO be
retransferred again to the General
Fund.
Dated April 80, 1919.
Signed FRANK w. CARTER, Sup'vsr.
On motion the foregoing resolution
was adopted.
Moved and carried that Geo.
Dobbs be appointed to succeed Peter
Hedeen on Pure Seed Committee.
Motion made and carried that the
Janitor's salary be raised TO $4,000
per month, beginning with May sal
airy.
Resolution No. 4 offered by Frank
w. Carter.
Resolution No. 4.
Whereas, the special Committee
heretofore appointed to investigate
secure and rent suitable rooms for
the County Judge and for the Mu-
nicipal Judge, and which special
committee is made up of Supervisors
John r. Powell, John e. Hanson,
and Frank w. Carter, and
Whereas, said special committee
did on the 18th day of December,
1918, enter into a lease with Ewald
Brothers for the rental of four der
tain rooms in the Ewald Brothers
building to be used by the County
Judge and the Municipal Judge, at a
monthly rental of twenty-five dol
lars per month, and which lease con-
tains suitable provisions safeguard
ing the interests of Villas county, a
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