Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-12-30

Moved and carried that the High
way Commissioner and Highway Com
mittee be authorized to attend the
Road School.
Chairman instructed Clerk to Write
Mr. Dahlberg, Superintendent OF
Children's Home Society, that the
financial condition of the County does
not permit them to give any aid to
his institution.
Board took a recess until l:3O
o'clock p. m. Met at 1:30 p. m.
RESOLUTION No. 2.
Resolved by the, county board OF
supervisors of Villas County that Res
olution No. 10 adopted November II,
1920, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Resolved by the county board OF
supervisors of Villas County that from
after this date Villas County shall pay
a bounty for the destruction of the fol
lowing named birds and animals killed
within Villas County the amounts set
forth below as follows:
For killing any mature fox or
any fox observation-disclosures. $500
For killing any mature wolf or
coyote at any time---..--------.-------- 1000
For killing any wolf or coyote
cub between the first day of
March and the first day of
November next following. 500
For killing any woodchuck, at
any time --.------.-------.----- .25
For killing any blue heron, at
any time.-.-..-.-.... .25
For killing any crow at any
time lib
Dated this Sth day of December,
1921.
JOHN E. HANSON
Supervisor
On motion the foregoing resolution
was adopted.
RESOLUTION No. s.
Whereas, under the present law,
state trunk highway construction is
now financed by three units, the fed
eral government, the state, and coun-
ties, each paying one-third, the states
one-third being raised by a general
county tax, each of the counties one
third being raised by a general prop
erty tax.
Whereas, we believe that the load
ing of the states share of this fund
on general property tax and e.peci-
ally the requirement that the counties
shall raise an equal amount by a
general property tax is unjust and has
become burden to many counties in
the state;
Whereas, we are thorough believers
in good roads but believe that the bur-
den of constructing and maintaining
those roads should be borne by those
most benefited, the owners of auto
mobiles and trucks. Today the 10000
miles of town highways are built and
maintained by a general property tax.
We believe that the burden of the
construction and maintenance of the
1900 miles of state trunk highways
and the 1900 miles Of county trunk
highways should, instead of being put
on the shoulders of the general prop
erty taxpayer, be placed on motor
vehicles The motor vehicle has Great
ed the demand for good roads and is
getting the benefit from them and
hence the owner should pay a larger
part of the bill.
Whereas, at present no less than
20 per cent of the motor vehicles reg
istered each year are not assessed
for local tax urposes and it a con-
servativei estimate that thirty per cent
offset their personal property tax
against their income tax and pay no
personal tax on automobiles. Practi-
cally every farmer pays a personal
property tax.
Therefore, be it resolved, by the
County Board of Supervisors of Villas
County that this board go on record
as favoring law along the lines of
the Highway Appropriation bill known
as 465-S which was defeated in the
closing days of the last session of the
legislature. We realize that there
were some features of this bill which
could be eliminated without injury to
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