Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-02-07
Proceedings of the Board
OF Supervisors
Continued from last week.


Resolution providing for Federal,
State and County Aid Contraction and
Maintenance in the calendar year
1919.
The County Board of Supervisors of
Rusk County, regularly assembled.
does hereby Ordain and resolve, and
Section l. Whereas, the State
Highway Commission has notified the
County Clerk that the sum of Nine
Thousand Dollars, ($9000.00) of which
this county must provide One-third,
will be expended in 1919 or as soon as
possible thereafter. under the provis-
ions of Chapter 17j, Laws of 1917, for
Federal and State Aid Road construc-
ton on Il project beginning at, East
County Line and extending along State
Highway Number IA in a westerly di-
rection as far as the money available
will construct this determination is
hereby approved and the sum of Three
Thousand Dollars ($3000.00) is hereby
appropriated to pay the county's share
Of the cost of said construction and
Whereas, the Federal Statute re-
quires that any deficits occurring on
Federal Aid projects must be paid by
the State or it's subdivisions and
&,
provision for payment by the state
the said Board does assume such
deficit and hereby authorizes any
deficit which may occur to be paid by
the County Road and Bridge Commit
tee from the emergency fund hereinaf-
ter provided.
Section 2. Whereas the State High
way Commission has notified the COun-
~ Clerk that the sum of Three Thou
sand Five Hundred Fourteen and 20
100 Dollars ($3514.70) has been allot-
ted to this county under Sections
1311m-1 to 1317m-15 inclusive, of the
Statutes, (the State Aid Law and
Whereas Chapter 556 Laws of 1917,
requires that 80 per cent of the fore
going sum amounting to Seventeen
Hundred and Fifty seven and 35-1OO
Dollars ($175135), together with at
least one and One-half times this
amount of county funds must be eX-
pended on the State Trunk Highway
System lying within the county;
There is hereby appropriated, under
the provisions of Sections 1317m-1 to
1317m-15. inclusive, the sum of Twen-
ty-six Hundred Thirty-six and 3-1O0
Dollars ($2636.03) to meet the first 80
per cent of the State Aid Allotment
to he placed on the State Trunk High
way System thus making available
for this purpose the sum of FOrty-three
Hundred Ninety-three and 3S100 Dol
lars ($43933S, to be expended as fol
lows:
The sum of Thirteen Hundred Nine
ty-three and 3S-100 Dollars ($139S.3S)
for the Improvement by graveling and
surfacing of the State Trunk Highway
System, beginning at the Sc corner,
Section 32-35-6 and extending westerly
as far as the money available will con-
struct.
The sum of Three Thousand Dollars
(S3GO000) for the Improvement by
grading and ditching of the State
Trunk Highway System beginning at
M corner, Section 1915 and extend
ing westerly as far as the money avail
able Will construct.
And the County Board does hereby
determine that the following munich
palities will be benefited by the fed
eral aid and state aid construction on
the State Trunk Highway System here
inbef0re provided for and planned for
1919 under the provisions Of Chapter
10 and 500. Laws of 1917; the towns
Of Hawkins, Richland, True, Dewey.
Grow. Flambeau. Grant Willard,
Th0rnapple, Big Bend, Atlanta, hurry,
StubbS. Strickland, the villages of In
gram. Glen Flora. Tony, Bruce, Weyer-
haeuser; the city Of Ladysmith.
Section 3. Whereas the foregoing
determinations show that the following
municipalities are not benefited by
any improvement on the State Trunk
Highway System hereinbefOre deter
mined upon for the year 1919: the
towns Of RuSk, Wilson. Hubbard BIG
Falls. Cedar Rapids, South Forks
Lawrence. Marshall, Washington the
villages of Conrath, Sheldon. There
fore in accordance with Chapter 55t
of the laws of 1917 the second 80 pei
cent portion Of the State Aid allotted
amounting to Seventeen Hundred FIT
ty-seven and 35-100 Dollars, ($1757.35)
herc;nbcfore Imallotted. is appOrtiOned
among the said unbenefitted municipal
ities in proportion to their assessed val
uati0n as last equaliZed by the County
Board. and county appropriations are
made for each municipality, and taxes
in accordance with the following
schedule: