Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-05-23
County Board Proceedings.
Eagle River, Wisconsin.
May l, 1923.


Of Villas County, being a majority
Of said members, request you to
call special meeting of the
county board to meet at the coun-
ty clerks office in the court house
at the Villageof Eagle River, on
Wednesday,, the 9Th day of May
1923, at 9 o'clock A. NJ, for the
purpose Of disposing Of unfnish.
ed business, auditing claims, anc
any other business that may prop
erly come before said board at
this time. Geo. D. Richards, Frank
Laundrie, Geo. c. Dobbs, John
Benson, j. H. Hunter, Fred MeIoy
R. A. Jones and O. E. Bowen.
To John Hanson, chairman OF
the town of Arbor Vitae.
To George Dobbs, chairman OF
the town of Conover.
To r. A. Jones, chairman OF
the town of Cloverland.
To Frank Hall, Supervisor of the
village of Eagle River.
To J. H. Hunter, chairman OF
the town Of Pennington.
To VIM. Selves, chairman of the
town Of Flambeau.
To o. E. Bowen, chairman of
the town of Lincoln.
To K. Martin Thompson, chair
main of the town of Phelps.
To Fred Mccoy, chairman of the
town Of Plum Lake.
To Geo. D. Richards, chairman
Of the town of Presque Isle.
To John Benson, chairman of
the town Of State Line.
To VIM. Saltenberger, chairman
of the town Of Washington.
To Frank Laundrie, chairman of
the town of Winchester.
To you, and each Of you, notice
is hereby given, that pursuant to
request, a meeting of the county
board Of supervisors Of Villas Coun-
ty, Wisconsin, will be held at the
court house in the village of Eagle
River Wednesday, May 9th, 1928
at o'clock a. m. for the purpose
of disposing Of unfinished bust
ness, auditing claims, and for any
other business that may properly
come before said board.
Signed, Mary Hong, County Clerk
The board met at nine o'clock
Called to order by the chairman;
roll call by clerk. All members
present except Supervisors Selves
Hall and Hanson. Moved and car.
ried to adjourn until 1870 p. m.
May 9th, 1923
Board met at 1870 p. m. Al
members present. Minutes of pre-
vious meeting read, approved anc
accepted.
Resolution No. 1.
Whereas Subsection /. of Sec.
ton 1914 of the Statutes of 1925
provides among ohter things, that
the Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Regis
ter of Deeds, County Treasurer
Register of Probate, and County
Clerk shall keep such offices open
during the usual business hours
each day Sundays and legal holi.
days excepted, and except that the
County Board of each county may
permit such officers to close their
offices on Saturday afternoons for
such time as the county board
may direct. and
Whereas it has become the rec
ognized custom throughout the
State to consider the usual bus
ines day on Saturday to close at
Il o'clock noon during the sum
mer months,
Now Therefore be it Resolved
by the county board of Supervis-
ors that it is the sense of this
board that the above enumerated
county officers are justified in fol
lowing the above referred to Gus
tom and we do hereby approve
such action on the part of such
officers of Villas County.
Dated May 9th, 1923.
Signed, John Benson, Supervisor.
Resolution No. 2,
Resolved by the County Board
of Supervisors that the County
Clerk and County Treasurer are
hereby authorized and directed to
transfer from any monies belong
ing to the Highway Fund to be
known as the Highway Commits
sioner's Fund, in an amount not
to exceed $4,000, to be used by
the Highway Commissioner to pay
the bills against Villas County for
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