HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board of Supervisors - Minutes - 8/2/1938SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BAYF IELD COUNTY BOARD
Meeting called to order at 10 A. M. by Chairman Squires.
The following members answered roll call: Nohl, Smith, Alcott, Irish, Tohnson,
Monson, Buckley, Art Hanson, Unseth, Arnold, Desparois, Mineau, Pristash, Sigurd Swanson,
Kerr, Schultz, C. 0. Nelson, Maryland, Mihalak, Anderson, Wallin, Rowley, Hougas , Nyberg,
Williams, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight, H.J.S. Hanson, R. S. Nelson, Kasmarek, Rivers, Thoreson,
Olsen, A.E. Swanson, Rude, Squires. Total 37.
The following communication was read and ordered placed on file:
July 29, 1938
Mr. Ludwig Tranmal
County Clerk
Washburn, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Tranmal:
I+1lr. Earl Anderson, who was elected a supervisor at the last spring election,
was appointed as Chairman to fill the vacancy caused by Carl Bystrom's resignation.
Mr. Hilmar Hansen was appointed supervisor in Mr. Anderson's place.
Yours very truly,
Wald.on Orberg,
Town Clerk, Port Wing
Moved by Nohl and seconded by Hougas to dispense with the reading of the
minutes of the County Board Meeting of May 3 and 4, 1938, and that they be approved
of as published. Motion carried.
The reading of the petition for a special meeting of the County Board was,
upon motion by Williams and seconded by Arnold, duly dispensed with and ordered placed
on file.
The call was as f ollows:
July 25, 1938
Mr. Ludwig Tranmal
County Clerk
Washburn, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Tranmal:
We, the undersigned members of the Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County,
Wisconsin, hereby request that a special meeting of the said Board of Supervisors be
held at the Court House in the City of Washburn, Wisconsin, at 10 o'clock A. M. on
Tuesday, August 2, 1938, for the purpose of considering and acting upon the following
questions:
(1). To continue on the county system of poor relief, hire a relief
director and provide funds for same;
(2). To go off the county system of poor relief;
(3). To borrow money,
(4). To authorize, sale oT lands to the Northern Pacific Railway
Company;
(5). For consideration of claims against the County;
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(6). To authorize appeal from decision or decisions of the Wisconsin
Industrial Commission in relief cases;
(7). To forbid use of damsite grounds in Section 19, Township 44 North,
of Range 9 West, for park or .camping purposes;
(8). To authorize exchange of County -owned lands with N. E. Ledin in
Section 34, Township 47 North, of Range 8 West;
(9). To authorize options of County -owned lands to the United States
Forest Service;
(10). For the transaction of any other business that may legally come
before the County Board at said special meeting.
Yours very truly,
Nohl, Smith, Alcott, Irish, Johnson,
Monson, Buckley, Art Hanson, Unseth,
Arnold, Desparois, Mineau, Maryland,
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Sigurd Swanson, Kerr, Schultz, C.O. Nelson,
Mihalak, Anderson, Wallin, Rowley,
Hougas, Nyberg, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight,
H.J.S. Hanson, R. T. Nelson, Thoreson,
Olsen, Rude, Squires.
In answer to the call, the County Clerk sent out the following
notice:
Dear County Board Member:
The undersigned having been duly petitioned in accordance with the Wisconsin
Statutes to call a special meeting of the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County,
Wisconsin, you will, therefore, please take notice that the Bayfield County Board of
Supervisors will meet at the Courthouse in the City of Washburn on Tuesday forenoon,
August 2, 1938, at 10 o'clock for the purpose of transacting such business as may legally
come before the Board.
Yours very truly,
Ludwig Tranmal,
Bayfield County Clerk
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Resolution regarding relief adopted by the Bayfield ,
County Board of Supervisors on November 17, 1933, and recorded in Volume 7 on page 181,
Journal of County Board Proceedings,,and. said Resolution as amended by County Board in
special session on February 12, 1934, and recorded in Volume 7, on page 192 of Journal
of County Board Proceedings,
BE HEREBY REPEALED in accordance with Section 49.16 of the Wisconsin Statutes
and that the system of relief be the entire responsibility of the various towns, cities
and villages within Bayfield County.
I. L. Alcott, W. G. Nohl,
S. E. Squires, D. S. Knight,
C. 0. Nelson, R. F. C. Schultz
Moved by Arnold and seconded by Williams to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Roll call was as follows:
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AYES: Nohl, Smith, Alcott, Irish, Johnson, Monson, Buckley, Art Hanson,
Unseth, Arnold, Desparois, Pristash, Sigurd Swanson, Kerr, Schultz,--C': 0. Nelson,
Maryland, Mihalak, Anderson, Wallin, Hougas, Nyberg, Williams, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight,
H.J.S. Hanson, R. J. Nelson„ Kasmarek, Olsen, A. E. Swanson, Squires. Total 32
Total 5.
NAYS: Mineau, Rowley, Rivers, Thoreson, Rude./ Motion carried.
Moved by Williams and seconded by Nohl that the Relief Committee be in -
strutted to continue their activity in trying to secure' Federal warehouse for sur
plus commodities. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Bayfield County in special session
assembled this 2nd day of August, 1938, that the County of Bayfield borrow a sum of
money under and by virtue of authority invested in it by Section 67.12 of the
Statutes for 1937, at. a rate of interest not to exceed 4 percent per annum, the
amount of said loan to be determined by the County Clerk, County Treasurer and
Chairman of the County Board at such times and in such amounts as the need arises,
not to exceed, however, the sum of Seventy Thousand Dollars, such sum to be repaid
in any event not later than the 30th day of August, following the next tax levy; said
money to be borrowed and used for the purpose of paying current expenses of the County,
such as, salaries, care of county charges, and prisoners, expenses of maintaining the
courts, and other necessary and current expenses, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk and Chairman of the County
Board hereby are authorized to execute and deliver the promissory note of said County
to evidence said loan.
There is hereby levied on all taxable property of Bayfield County the sum of
$70,000.00, together with such additional sum as shall be required to pay the interest
on said sum at the agreed rate to -the time of repayment of said loan, said sum to be
placed on the next tax roll and collected as other taxes are collected.
S. E. Squires
Moved by Knight and seconded by R. J. Nelson to adopt the foregoing
resolution. Roll call was as follows:
AYES: Nohl, Smith, Alcott, Irish, Johnson, Monson, Buckley, Unseth, Arnold,
Desparois, Mineau, Sigurd Swanson, Kerr, Schultz, C. 0. Nelson, Maryland, Mihalak,
Anderson, Wallin, Rowley, Hougas, Nyberg, Williams, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight, H. J. S.
Total
Hanson, R. J. Nelson, Kasmarek, Rivers, Thoreson, Olsen, A. E. Swanson, Rude, Squires./ 35
Total 2.:,
NAYS: Art Hanson, Pristash./ Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, Bayfield County is the owner of the following described real estate,
to -wit.
Southwest quarter (S?N2) of Northeast Quarter (NE-1) , Southeast Quarter (SEA)
of Northeast Quarter(NEQ), Southeast Quarter (SEI) of Northwest Quarter
(NW4), Northeast Quarter (NE-1) of Southwest Quarter (SU ), Northeast
Quarter (NE4) of Southeast Quarter (SE-), and Northwest Quarter (NW4) of
Southeast Quarter (SE4), all in Section Ten (10), Township Forty-seven (47)
North, Range Eight (8) West, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, except Northern
Pacific Railway Compan s right of way over the Northeast Quarter (NE ) of
the Southeast Quarter O(SE4) of said Section Ten (10),
and
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71HEREAS, the Northern Pacific Railway Company,.a corporation, has offered
to purchase the said described lands from Bayfield County for the sum of One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000), to be paid upon delivery of a deed of conveyance to said described
lands, and also to pay the costs of an action to quiet title to said lands;'arid
WHEREAS, it is for the best interests of said Bayfield County that said offer
be accepted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield
County, Wisconsin, that the following described real estate, to -wit:
Southwest Quarter (SW�) of Northeast Quarter (NE4), Southeast Quarter (SE-1)
of Northeast QuarterNE4), Southeast Quarter (SE-1) of Northwest Quarter
(NWI ), Northeast Quarter (NE-1) of Southwest Quarter (SW4), Northeast Quarter
(NE4) of Southeast Quarter (SE4), and Northwest Quarter (NW4) of Southeast
Quarter (SE4), all in Section Ten (10),.Township Forty-seven (47) North,
Range Eight (8) West, in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, except Northern Pacific
Railway Company's right of way over the Northeast Quarter (NE4) of the South-
east Quarter (SE-1) of said Section Ten (10),
be sold and conveyed to the Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, for the
sum of One Thousand Dollars (1,000).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the District Attorney be, and he hereby is,
authorized and directed to quiet the title to said described lands by an action in the
Circuit Court for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, and any action heretofore commenced by
the District Attorney to quiet title to said lands is hereby ratified and confirmed,
and that upon completion of said proceedings the County Clerk do make, execute and
deliver to Northern Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, a deed to said described
lands upon receipt of the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) and satisfactory evidence
that the costs of quieting title to said lands have been fully paid.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Clerk be, and he hereby is, directed
to withdraw said described lands as forest crop lands under the provisions of Section
77 of the Wisconsin Statutes, and he is hereby authorized and directed to take such
action or proceedings as may be necessary to effect such withdrawal.
S. E. SQUIRES
,Moved by Hougas and seconded by A. C. Hanson to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, the Conservation Committee of the Bayfield County Board of Super-
visors has received a quit claim deed from Michael Hughes to the following described
land:
Starting from -the - S. W. 1/8 corner of Section 18 and the N. W.'1/8 corner
Section 19, T 44 R 9 W, a course was run S 8 degrees -00' W a distance of
120 feet to the point of beginning', thence N 90 degrees -00' E a distance
350 feet, thence S 6 degrees - 30, E a distance of 200 feet, thence S 90
degrees -00' W a distance of 350 feet, thence N.6 degrees - 301 a distance
of 200 feet to the point of beginning, enclosing an area of approximately
1.63 acres,
for the purpose of building a combination dam, town bridge and boatway on and over the
thoroughfare between the Upper and Middle Eau Claire Lake, and
WHEREAS, this quit claim deed was received.by Bayfield County for a nominal
consideration for the sum of One ($1,00) Dollar, and
WHEREAS, the Conservation Committee agreed that part of the consideration
was on condition that the above land would not be used for a public campsite,
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NOW THEREFORE, in view of the foregoing facts, we hereby resolve that the
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public be barred from use of any of the above land for public parking or campsite
purposes, and
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Mr. Michael Hughes be furnished with a
certified copy of this resolution for his record.
H. C. Fiege
L. A. Mineau
Wilbur Smith
Vic® C. Wallin
S. E. Squires
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD
Alcoved by Mineau and seconded by Smith to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried, unanimously.
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County,
Wisconsin that a certain option executed —on August 2,( 1937 for and on behalf of
Bayfield County, Wisconsin by Ludwig Tranmal, County Clerk of said County, agreeing
to sell and convey to United States of America at a price of.$2.05 per acre the
following described lands situated in said Bayfield County, Wisconsin, to -wit:
TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 5 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 32 Section 34
SW:1j7NW4......... 40.00 acres SW4 SW- ........ 40.00 acres
TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 3 Section 14
NE4SE4.........40.00 acres SW4SW4......... 40.00 acres
TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 18 Section 19
NE4NE4.........40.00 acres SWISE4.......... 40.00 acres
TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST OF THE .4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 12 Section 30
NE4NE14......... 40.00 acres NW4 NEI........ 40.00 acres
TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 8 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 6
NW4S,t..... .... 36.20 acres
S'JiT4SWg......... 37.00 acres
SE4SW4......... 40.00 acres
be and the same is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed and the County Clerk of
said County is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver in the name of
Bayfield County, Wisconsin a deed of conveyance to the United States of America of
all the right, title, claim, interest and demand of Bayfield County in and to said
lands, the net acreage to be so conveyed by Bayfield County, Wisconsin to United
States of America being 433.20 acres, more or less, for a total consideration of
$888.06. The abstract work to be done by and at the expense of the Unites States.
C. D. Arnold
Motion duly made and seconded to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
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BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County, Wisconsin
that a certain option executed. on September 30, 1935 for and on behalf of Bayfield County,
Wisconsin by Ludwig Tranmal, County Clerk of said County, agreeing to sell and. convey to
United States of America at a price of $1.40 per acre the following described lands
situated in said Bayfield County, Wisconsin, to -wit:
TOWNSHIP 47 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 11
NW4 NE-1 40.00 acres
NE4 NW! 40.00 "
NW4 NW4 40.00 "
TOWNSHIP 48 NORTH, RANGE 5 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 6
MT
NE4
44.63 acres
SW4
NEI
40.00" 't
40.00 4t
SE4
SR
40.00 tt
NW4
SEt
SW4
SEt
40.00 `t
TOWNSHIP 48 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 19
NE- NE-1 4 40.00 acres
NW NE4 40.00 '•
SW NE4 40.00 tt
SE4 NE4 40.00
TOWNSHIP 48 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 3
NW4
NW-1
36.82 acres
SW1
NW
40.00 acres
40.00
SEA
SWl
acres
SW4
SE4
40.00.acres
Section 4
SW-1- NWT- 40.00 acres
NE1 SEt 40.00 M
Section 6
NW4
NE4 39.12 acres
Section 10
NET
Nw1 40.00 acres
NW4
NW4 40.00 "
TOWNSHIP 49 NORTH, RANGE 5 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL_ MERIDIAN
Section 19
. NET, NVV4
40.00 acres
TOIrTNS.HIE 49 NORTH, RANGE 6 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 27
NE-
SE-1
40.00 acres
NN14
SE4
40.00 "
SW-1
SE-1
40.00 "
SE-1
1
SE-41
40.00
Section 30
NE4 NW-1 4 40.00 acres
W2 NW4. 62.61 tt
SE. NW4 40.00 "
TOWNSHIP 49 NORTH, RANGE 7 WEST OF THE 4TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN
Section 29
NE4 .
NE'
NE4
NEB
NW4
NW-1
4
Section 32
NW717 SW4
Section 36
NE4
NE-1
NW-1 4
NE4
S'rl4
NEB
SE4
NE4
40.00 acres
40.00 "
40.00 "
40.00 "
40.00 '*
40.00
40.00 acres
40.00 acres
40.00 "
40.00
40.00 tt
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NE4 SE-1 40.00 "
NW4 SE4 40.00 "
SW-1 SE4 40.00
SE4 SE4 40.00 "
be and the same is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed and the County Clerk of
said County is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver in the name of
Bayfield County, Wisconsin a deed of conveyance to the United States of America of
all the right, title, claim, interest and demand of Bayfield County in and to said
lands, the net acreage to be so conveyed by Bayfield County, Wisconsin to United
States of America being 1783.18 acres, for a total consideration of $2,496.45. The
abstract work to be done by and at the expense of the United States.
C. D. Arnold
Moved by A. C. Hanson and seconded by C. 0. Nelson to adopt the foregoing
resolution. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, the Town of Delta desires to construct a town highway on the
township line between township 46 north of range 6 west and township 46 north of
range 7 west, and
WHEREAS, Bayfield. County owns the west half of the northwest quarter of
Section 18, Township 46 north, of Range 7 West and the northeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of Section 24, Township 46 north, of Range 7 west,
THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the County Clerk be authorized and
directed to issue a right of way release to a strip of land 33 feet along the west
side and extending from the north line to the south line along the west side of
the west half of the northwest of Section 18, Township 46 north, of Range 6 west,
and a strip of land 33 feet wide extending from the north line to the south line on
the east side of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 24, Town-
ship 46 north, of Range 7 west, for the consideration of One ($1.00) Dollar.
Art C. Hanson
Moved by Pristash and seconded by Arnold to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The foregoing resolution was read:
WHEREAS, Bayfield County is the owner of the northeast quarter of the
southeast quarter of Section 6, Township 45 north, of Range 5 west, situated in the
town of Lincoln, and
WHEREAS, it is a part of Bibon swamp practically inundated at the present
time and in dry seasons practically one-half is under water, and
WHEREAS, there is little or no forest coverage and it is covered by brush,
therefore, in view of the foregoing facts,
WE HEREBY RESOLVE that the County Clerk be authorized and instructed to
issue a quit claim deed to Frank Dahl who now owns the forty of land adjoining it on
the north side and that the consideration for the northeast quarter of the southeast
quarter of Section 6, Township 45 north, of Range 5 west, be the sum of Thirty-seven
and 60/100 ($37.60) Dollars, which is the amount of tax plus interest accumulated to
date.
Sigurd Swanson
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Moved by A. C. Hanson and seconded by Pristash to adopt the foregoing
resolution. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, the County Board Committee in Charge of Sale of Tax Deed Property
sold the building on the North Half of Lots 17 and 18 of Block 49 of the Townsite of
Washburn to Allen Morris, high bidder, on May 24, 1938, for the sum of Sixty ($60.00)
Dollars, and
WHEREAS, in wrecking the same, he found that the building had been gutted
by fire and the salvage thereupon did not exceed fifteen hundred boardfeet of lumber,
with only part salvage of the sills, and
WHEREAS, he is desirous of purchasing a lot upon which to build;'namely,
Lot 2, Block 63, Townsite of Washburn, and
WHEREAS, the Committee in Charge of Sale of Tax Deed Property set a sales
price of $50 on said lot, therefore, in view of the foregoing facts,
WE HEREBY RESOLVE that the County Clerk be authorized and directed to issue
a quit claim deed to Lot 2, Block 63, Townsite of Washburn, to Allen Morris, for the
sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars.
J. A. Rivers
Moved by Rivers and seconded by A. E. Swanson to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, a Resolution was adopted by the County Board;of Bayfield County on
May 3, 1938 and recorded in Volume 8, page 9, Journal of County Board Proceedings,
authorizing the exchange of Lots 15 and 16 of Block 49 of the original Townsite of
?Washburn to the City of Washburn for the excess delinquent tax account of said City of
Washburn, and
WHEREAS, through an oversight, the consideration was omitted from the
resolution,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the consideration be the amount of tax plus
fees and penalties accumulated against said property up until May 3, 1938, and that
the County Clerk be and he is hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver
to said city of Washburn a deed to said lots and to charge the same on the books of said
county against the excess delinquent account of said city of Washburn.
T. A. Rivers
Moved by Rivers and seconded by Olsen to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
Moved by Arnold and seconded by Hougas to adjourn until 1:30 P. M.
Motion carried.
Meeting called to order at 1;30 P. M. by Chairman Squires. The following
members answered roll call: Nohl, Smith, Alcott, Irish, Johnson, Monson, Buckley, Art
Hanson, Unseth,,Arnold, Desparois, Mineau, Pristash, Sigurd Swanson, Kerr, Schultz,
C. 0. Nelson, Maryland, Mihalak, Anderson, Wallin, Rowley, Hougas, Nyberg, Williams,
Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight, H.J.S. Hanson, R. J. Nelson, Kasmarek, Rivers, Thoreson, Olsen,
A. E. Swanson, Rude and Squires. Total 37.
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The following communication was read:
Madison
June 9, 1938
Mr. Ludwig Tranmal
Bayfield County Courthouse
Washburn, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Tranmal:
SUBJECT: Proposed State Trunk Highway
Change No. 320
U. S. Highway No. 2
Ashland and Bayfield Counties
The above change involving the rerouting of U. S. Highway No. 2 in
Ashland and Bayfield Counties in accordance with a decision of the State Highway
Commission of April 30, 1938 has been approved by the County Board of Bayfield
County, but was disapproved by the County Board of Ashland County.
The change therefore is not. effective.
Yours very truly,
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
By Thos. J. Pattison, Secretary
Moved by Rude and seconded by Williams that the foregoing communication
be received and placed on file. Motion carried.
The following communication and resolution of the State Highway Commission
were read:
Madison
July 23, 1938
Mr. Ludwig Tranmal
County Clerk, Bayfield County
Washburn, Wisconsin
Mr. Geo. B. Williams, Chairman
Bayfield County Highway Committee
Cable, Wisconsin
Gentlemen:
SUBJECT: Division Job No. 8647,
Iron River -Ashland Road,
Bayfield County
Relocation Order.
It having been deemed necessary for the proper improvement of a state trunk
highway to relocate or widen a portion thereof, a plat showing the old and the new
locations and a copy of the order of the State Highway Commission are hereby filed with
each of you, as required by law.
Very truly yours,
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
By Thos. J. Pattison, Secretary
DIVISION JOB NO. 8647, IRON -RIVER- ASHLAND ROAD, U. S. Highway No. 2 and
STATE TRUNK Highway No. 112, Bayfield County, Relocation Order.
A resolution was presented to the Commission by the Secretary as follows:
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Due to the proposed construction of the above named project which extends along
a state trunk highway known as U. S. Highway No. 2, and along State Trunk Highway No.
112, as located in the state trunk highway layout of 1923, or subsequently located in
accordance with the Statutes, from a point approximately 750 feet west of the center
of Section. 17, Township 47 North, Range 5 West, thence northeasterly to a point 1320
feet east and 296.6 feet south of the center of Section 35, Township 48 North, Range
5 West, it becomes necessary for the proper construction and improvement of said U. S.
Highway No. 2 and State Trunk Highway No. 112 to make certain relocations and to secure
certain additional right of way. A plat of the said relocations and the right of way to
be acquired, marked, "Plat of Right of Way Required, Division Job.No. 8647, Iron River -
Ashland Road, U.S.H. No. 2 & S.T.H. No. 112, Bayfield County,'' was presented, the same
being sheets Nos. 4 and 5 of the plans for said Division Job No. 6647.
THEREFORE, BE IT FOUND AND DETERMINED that the alignment shown on the plat
marked, 'Plat of Right of Way Required., Division Job No. 8647, Iron River -Ashland Road,
U.S.H. No. 2 & S.T.H. No. 112, Bayfield County," be approved; that the state trunk high-
way be and hereby is changed and relocated in accordance with said plat by authority
granted the Commission under Section 83.08 of the Statutes; that the relocations shown
thereon be ordered; that the state trunk highway as laid out by the Legislative Committee
and the Highway Commission in 1923, or as subsequently located, between the limits shown
on said plat, be and hereby is discontinued; that said state trunk highway be officially
located as shown on the attached plat; that it is necessary to take for highway purposes,
in order to carry out said improvement, the land within the limits of said highway as
relocated and shown on said plat; that the State Highway Engineer be directed to order
the construction of said Division Job No. 8647 along the alignment shown on the said
plat and secure the right of way necessary for such construction in the manner provided
by law for the acquirement of right of way in such cases. All previous actions of the
Commission or other authority which conflict herewith are hereby rescinded.
It was moved and seconded that the resolution be adopted. Carried.
The Secretary of the State Highway Commission does hereby certify that the
foregoing is a correct copy of the order of the said Commission in the said matter made
at its meeting held July 21, 1938, and that the attached plat is a correct copy of the
plat named in the order.
Copies of the said order and plat are hereby filed with the County Clerk and
with the county highway committee of Bayfield County, in order that the said committee
may negotiate for and obtain an easement, conveyance or deed from the owners of the land
required for and of the premises to be affected by such change and make provisions for
such change within 90 days as required by law.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
By Thos. T. Pattison, Secretary
Moved by A. C. Hanson and seconded by Hougas to accept and approve the fore-
going communication and State Highway Commission Resolution. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS: The Attached Conveyance of _Lands describes a parcel of County Owned
land required for highway purposes due to the proposed Ashland Jct. relocation of U. S.
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Highway No. 2 and State Trunk Highway No. 112 in Bayfield County, Division Job No. 8647.
BE IT RESOLVED by The County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County;
assembled in Special Session this second day of August, 1938, that the County Clerk be
and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute the attached conveyance of lands
for highway purposes on behalf of Bayfield County.
Geo. B. Williams
H. J. Hougas
R. J. Nelson
County Highway Committee
Moved by Nohl and seconded by Pristash to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following communication was read:
May 21, 1938
Mr. S. E. Squires
Chairman, Bayfield County Board
Mason, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Squires:
In accordance with Chapter 19 of the Wisconsin Statutes, you are hereby
notified in absence of County Board meeting that Howard J. Fuhrmann has furnished a
surety bond from the Hartford Accident and.Indemnity Company for $1000.00 covering the
Traffic Officer.
Yours very truly,
Ludwig Tranmal, Bayfield County Clerk
Moved by Unseth and seconded by Arnold to receive the foregoing communication
and place on file. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, the present berry season together with large concentration of
people, low humidity and rapidly increasing fire hazard, has increased the fire danger
to a critical degree and on the National Forest Unit in Bayfield County, and
WHEREAS, under these conditions, it is desirable to have three men now in
the employ of the United States Forest Service designated as emergency fire wardens;
namely, Fred Jenkins and Victor Anderson of the Drummond Resettlement Area, and J. P.
Orcutt at Brink's Camp,
THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the State District Fire Ranger be
petitioned to appoint the foregoing men as emergency -fire wardens for Bayfield County,
and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to John E. Hanson, District Fire Warden
at Brule, Wisconsin.
H. C. Fiege
Moved by A. C. Hanson and seconded by Nohl to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, the Bayfield County Fair Committee has been informed that the
former Fair Association has a balance in the Fair treasury remaining over from the
1933.Fair, and
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WHEREAS, this amount of money is the balance left from a County Board appro-
priation covering the deficit of the 1933 Fair and
WHEREAS, this sum of money in reality belongs to Bayfield County;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board instruct the County Clerk and
District Attorney to take such steps as are necessary to reclaim this money, turning same
over to the present County Board Fair Committee.
C. D. Arnold
S. E. Squires
Andrew Mihalak
W. E. Kerr
Ed. Maryland
Moved by Pristash and seconded by Hougas to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, Bayfield County is the owner of the Southwest quarter of the Northwest
quarter of Section 25, Township 49, Range 5 West, situated in the Town of Washburn, and
WHEREAS, it is cut up by the Sioux River.and its tributary creeks, leaving
about three acres of agricultural land, and it is desired for pasture purposes, and
WHEREAS, there is little or no forest coverage and it is covered by brush,
therefore, in view of the foregoing facts,
WE HEREBY RESOLVE that the County Clerk be authorized and instructed to issue
a quit claim deed to A. P. Stone, -who now owns the forty of land adjoining it on the south
side, and that the consideration for the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter of
Section 25, Township 49 North, of Range 5 West, be the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50.00).
Edwin Nyberg
Moved by A. C. Hanson and seconded by H. J. S. Hanson to adopt the foregoing
resolution. Motion carri-i� d.
Moved by Nohl and seconded by Unseth that the County Clerk and County Treasurer
check their records as to delinquent taxes on properties on which rental payments were
certified as being due for the months of May and June, 1937, and if .the taxes are found
to be delinquent, to apply the rental moneys on the taxes. Motion carried.
The following communication and court decision were read:
Mr. W. T. Norlin
Attorney
Washburn, Wisconsin
Miss Elizabeth Hawkes
Attorney
Washburn, Wisconsin
Dear Sir and Madam:
I have made a decision in the.case of Monroe Hanson vs. Bayfield County, etc.,
and herewith enclose a copy thereof to each of you. The original will be forwarded to
the Clerk- of Court for filing, with the other papers -that I have.
L .
I presume the judgment should go against the county should it not, rather than
against the officers also. It is a county obligation and not one of the officers.
Yours very truly, G. N. Risjord
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AT7C�U8, 1938
STATE OF WJISCONSIN: IN CIRCUIT COURT:
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Monroe Hanson,
Plaintiff,
-vs-
Bayfield County, Oscar Bodin,
Ludwig Tranmal and S. E. Squires,
Defendants.
BAYFIELD COUNTY:
DECISION ON AGREED
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The issue submitted to this court in this case on an agreed statement of
facts is therefore one of Law, - as to whether or not a resolution passed by the
County Board of Bayfield County at its annual meeting in November, 1933, and amended
at a special meeting of the Board held on February 12, 1934, is effective to place the
county on a county system of poor relief.
The November resolution is as follows: "Resolved by the County Board of
Bayfield County assembled at the annual meeting thereof this 17th day of November,
1933, that the County go on the County system of unemployment relief for the purpose
of better co-operation with the state and county authorities in charge of such relief,
without in any way affecting the present town system of poor relief which is understood
to be a distinct and separate function from the unemployment relief as now administered."
The amendment passed at the special meeting the following February is, as I
see it, an effort to explain and define some of the terms used in the November resolution,
- for the purpose of clarifying its meaning, so that all poor relief was intended to be
covered by the November resolution, except hospitalization relief.
I interpret the agreed statement of facts to assume that all poor relief was
included in the November resolution except hospitalization, when it is stated "Relief,
as the term is herein used, means all public aid furnished in said county other than
hospitalization ." A change from the unit (town, city, etc.) system to a county system,
or vice versa, could only be effected at an annual meeting of the Board, or a special
meeting called for that purpose, under Sec. 49.15 and 16, Statute of 1935, and those
provisions have not been changed since.
According to the minutes of the County Clerk (submitted with the record) the
February meeting was not an adjourned annual meeting, but a special meeting, of the
Board, but its action with reference to the matter here involved was an attempt merely
to define the terms used in the November resolution and to declare the intent of the
Board's action at the annual meeting. The February resolution was probably induced by
the letter of January 18, 1934 from the Industrial Commission to the County Clerk. The
County Board undoubtedly, in passing that resolution of November 1933 and the amendment
in 1934, had two purposes in mind, one to simplify the distribution of relief funds as
suggested by the Industrial Commission, and one to receive funds from the state, aided
by Federal Funds for relief purposes for such funds more convenient distribution through
the relief organization. The board at that time assumed probably that sufficient funds
would be supplied by the state to take care of the relief work of the nature here under
consideration without the county being obliged to furnish any such relief. However,
it turned out that the state funds became insufficient to take care of the relief load,
and the county through its board drew from year to year upon the county general fund to
supplement the state relief fund.
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The relief organization at Washburn would issue orders to relief applicants,
which the merchants, principally in Washburn, would honor and fill, and checks would be
issued to the merchants in payment for these supplies drawn upon the relief fund by the
relief director, such funds being supplemented by the county, as above stated, up to and
including May and June 1937. For those months, the state failed and still has failed to
furnish any funds to meet these orders, and the county considers itself not obligated to
pay those orders. There is in the record submitted to me a document called an indenture,
wherein most of the chairmen of the different town boards agreed with the relief adminis-
tration in Madison .to take care of the poor relief in their town or city, but of course
that has no binding effect, no change from the county system to the unit system could be
made without complying with the statute, 49.16.
The. question submitted to me is the one, stated at the end of the statement of
facts and designated I, namely. "Iffas the res.olution adopted by the County Board in
November. 1933 and amended in February 1934, effective to place the County on the legal
county system of relief?
It is agreed that if the court's answer to this question is in the affirmative,
that judgment should be rendered in favor. -of the plaintiff."
After a"careful consideration of the situation as presented to me, I conclude
that the answer to that question is Yes, the resolution was effective to change from the
unit system to the county system, considering all the facts stated in the statement of
facts and the statement of facts I have inserted, herein, supplementary thereto, gathered
from the resolutions submitted with the statement of facts.
The result is therefore that the plaintiff is entitled to judgment against the
defendant county for the amount of his claim, which is, according to the statement of
facts, $84.01.
Judgment will be entered by the Clerk accordingly.
Dated July 7, 1938.
BY THE COURT:
G. N. RISJORD
Circuit Judge
Moved by RU.de.and seconded by Nohl to accept the foregoing :communication and
decision and place same on file.
Moved by A. C. Hanson and seconded by H. J. S. Hanson to amend the foregoing
motion to read "receive" instead of "accept" and place on file. Motion to amend carried.
Motion as amended was carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, Bayfield County owns the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
of Section twenty-one, Township forty-nine North, of Range eight West, and
WHEREAS, The Town of Orienta wishes this 40 acres of land for gravel pit pur-
poses, and
WHEREAS, The Town of Orienta owns the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter of Section twenty-three, Township forty-nine North, of Range nine West,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the County Treasurer and County Clerk of Bayfield
County, Wisconsin, are hereby authorized and directed to exchange the above described
lands now belonging to the County of Bayfield,,_namely the Southeast Quarter of the North-
east Quarter, of Section 21-49-8, for the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter,
SPEC -OF OF_ THE_ -BAY -IELD CQUNT-Y-_BOARD— __ __
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of Section 23-49-9.
C. 0. Nelson
Moved by Wallin and seconded by A. C. Hanson to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read. -
Be it resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County in a special
session assembled this 2nd day of August, 1938, that the Board go on record as favoring
the passage of a law whereby County Officers will be elected for a four year term in-
stead of a two year term, and be it further resolved, that a copy of this resolution
be sent to the State Senator elect and Assemblyman elect from this District and a
further copy to A. J. Thelan of the Wisconsin Board Association.
C. 0. Nelson
Moved -by Nohl and seconded by Knight to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Moved by Maryland and seconded by Rowley to table the foregoing resolution.
Motion -to table carried.
The following resolution was read:
Be it resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County in a special
session assembled this 2nd day of August, 1938, that the.Board go on record as favoring
the passage of a law whereby County Officers will be elected on a non -partisan basis,
and- be it further, resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the State
Senator elect and Assemblyman elect from this, district and a further copy to A..J.
Thelan of the Wisconsin County Board Association.
C. 0. Nelson
Moved by Williams and seconded by Unseth to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried, unanimously.
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County in
special session assembled this 2nd day of August, 1938 that the County Clerk be
authorized to give a quit claim deed to N. E. Ledin covering the property described as:
That part of Government Lot 5, Sec. 34, Township 47 North of Range 8 Nest, situated
on the west side of the Lake; in exchange for a deed that has been received from N. E.
Ledin to Bayfield County covering "a strip of land fifty (50) feet wide on either side
of the center line of the D. S.S. & A railroad right of way as originally surveyed and
built through government lot No. 5, Section 34, Township 47 North, Range 8 'Plest."
H. C. Fiege
Moved by A. C. Hanson and seconded by Kerr to adopt the foregoing resolution. -
Motion carried.
by Williams
Moved.by Knight and seconded/to lay the bills over until November meeting
for consideration. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Board of Bayfield County, assembled this 2nd day
of August, 1938., that the per diem and mileage be allowed each member of the County
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AUGUST 2. 1938
Board as listed below, and that the Treasurer is hereby ordered to pay such money and the
Chairman and the County Clerk are instructed to issue an order for the total amount of
such items listed below:
NAME
W. G. Nohl
Wilbur Smith
I. L. Alcott
Harvey Irish
Bernard Johnson
M. F. Monson
D. J. Buckley
Art C. Hanson
Arthur Unseth
C. D. Arnold
J. R. Desparois
L. A. Mineau
S. E. Squires
Andrew Pristash
Sigurd Swanson
W. E. Kerr
R. F. C. Schultz
C. 0. Nelson
Ed. Maryland
Andrew Mihalak
Earl Anderson
Vic. C. Wallin
Russell Rowley
H. J. Hougas
Ed. Nyberg
Geo. B. Williams
0. H. Hogstrom
H. C. Fiege
D. S. Knight
H.J.S. Hanson
R. J. Nelson
Joe Kasmarek
J. A. Rivers
Carl Thoreson
Emil K. Olsen
A. E. Swanson
Ben R. Rude
PER DIEM
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4,00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
MILEAGE
$ .96
7.20
1.20
.12
2.40
6.48
3.78
3.60
4.80
2.52
4.50
4.28
2.64
2.26
3.00
3.14
5.76
5.40
5.40
2.28
4.60
3.60
2.22
4.68
.84
6.00
2.88
1.44
1.44
1.44
1.44
.12
.12
COMMITTEE WORK
12.00
8.00
4.00
4.00
8.00
4.00
8.00
4.00
4.00
4.00
8.00
8.00
4.00
8.00
8.00
12.00
12.00
8.00
4.00
12.00
MILEAGE
4.08
3.60
1.20
9.00
3.60
5.28
5.76
5.40
3.60
4.44
0
9.90
2.88
4.32
.36
.24
.12
.36
TOTAL
21.04
22.80
10.40
4.12
6.40
20.96
7.78
7.60
8.80
6.52
25.50
15.88
19.92
6.26
7.00
7.14
19.52
18.80
9.40
6.28
8.80
15.20
18.66
8.68
14.52
22.88
6.88
23.34
16.32
21.76
5.44
16.48
12.36
8.24
4.12
16.48
4.12
S. E. Squires
Moved by Unseth and seconded by Knight to adopt the foregoing resolution. Roll
AYES
call was as follows: / Nohl, Smith, Alcott, Irish, Johnson, Monson, Buckley, Art Hanson,
Unseth, Arnold, Desparois, Mineau, 'Pristash, Sigurd Swanson, Kerr, Schultz, C. 0. Nelson,
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Mihalak, Anderson, Rowley, Hougas, Nyberg, Williams, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight, H. J. S.
Hanson, R. J. Nelson, Kasmarek, Rivers, Thoreson, Olson, A. E. Swanson, Squires. Total 34.
NAYS: none.
/ Motion carried.
Moved by Unseth and seconded by Fiege to adjourn. Roll call was as follows:
AYES: Smith, Johnson, Monson, Buckley, Art Hanson, Unseth, Arnold, Desparois, Pristash,
Sigurd Swanson, Kerr, C. 0. Nelson, Maryland, Mihalak, Anderson, Wallin, Rowley, Hougas,
Nyberg, Williams, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight, H. J. S. Hanson, R. J. Nelson, Kasmarek,
Rivers, Thoreson, Olson, A. E. Swanson, Squires. Total 31.
NAYS: Nohl, Alcott, Irish, Mineau. Total 4. Motion carried.
LD COUNTY CLERK
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