The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-04-14

County Clerk.
A JOINT meeting of the county road
ervisors for the county Of Baraga
was duly held in the Court Room in
the Village Of L'Anse on Friday,
March 81, A. d. 1922.
The following named commissions
ers and supervisors from the differ
ent townships were present:
Commissioners Martin Cosgrove of
Baraga and August Hutula of Cow
ington. Absent, none.
Supervisors Ernest Nelson, Arvon;
DR.. r. s. Bucklant. Baraga; Patrick
F.. Tracy, Covington; Harold E. Mil
sen, L'Anse; and Peter A. Alexander,
Spur. Absent, none.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman of Board Of Supervisors
Patrick F. Tracy.
On motion of Nilsen supported by
Alexander and declared carried by
the vote following that Baraga coun-
ty enter into the following contract
with the State Highway Department
to raise two mill tax each year to
pay the Indebtedness that the County
Of Baraga still owes on State Trunk
Line Road No. Is or Federal Aid
Road No. 8 as shown on the records
of the State Highway Department.
CONTRACT
This agreement made this 31st day
of March A. d. 1922 by and between
the State Highway Commissioner Of
the State Of Michigan, party of the
first part, and the County of Baraga
by their Board of County Road Com
missicners and their Board of Super
visors, party of the second part.
Witnessest, that whereas q certain
road in the said County of Baraga
lis q trun:, line road and subject as
such to Improvement and mainten-
ance in accordance with the provis-
ions of Act 19 of Public Acts of Mich
Iigan for the year 1919, as amended,
said road being specifically designat-
ed as State Trunk Line Road No. Is
or Federal Aid Road No. as shown
on the records of the State Highway
Department, and
Whereas most of the Improvement
provided for on said Federal Aid Pro-
ject No. 8 has been completed and a
portion Of the same being now in the
process of construction and near COM
pletion and the cost thereof is to be
borne by the State Of Michigan and
the County Of Baraga. in accordance
with the provisions of said Act 10,
and
Whereas the County Of Baraga is
unable to pay their just portion Of
the expense Of the construction of said
Federal Aid Project No. 8, in accord
ance with the provisions Of said Act
10, and desires to avail themselves
of the provisions of Section 6 Of said
act whereby they may pay their just
proportion for the construction and
improvement Of said road on the in
stallment plan,
Il is therefore hereby expressly un-
derstood and agreed by and between
the parties hereto that the County of
Baraga shall raise and collect by tax
alton the sum of two mills on each
dollar Of assessed valuation Of said
county according to. the assessment
roll of the last preceding year and
shall pay the same to the State High
way Department each year until the
| full sum due as Baraga County's por-
l ton of the cost of construction, to-
pether with interest at the rate Of
l5cS per annum ON all deferred pay-
ments until the same shall Be fully
paid.
In Witness Whereof the parties
Ihereunto have set their, hands the day
and year first above written
Frank #. Rogers,
State Highway Commissioner.
Baraga County
By: AUGUST Hutula,
Martin Cosgrovey
Board County Road Commissioners.
BY: Ernest Nelsqp,
Romulus B Huckland,
Harold ). NilGen,
Peter a. Alexonder.
Patrick \. IEaoy,
Doard n ouporvisozs.
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