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ANNUAL AJIEETING OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD
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The meeting was called to order at 10 A. M. by Chairman Squires.
The following members answered roll call: Nohl, Pease, Alcott, Irish,
Johnson, Monson, Erickson, Art Hanson, Unseth, Arnold, Desparois, A. G. Johnson,
Pristash, Provost, Herman Hanson, Schultz, C. 0. Nelson, Maryland, Mihalak, Anderson,
Wallin, Rowley, Hougas, Ness, Williams, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight, H. J. S. Hanson,
R. J. Nelson, Kasmar.ek,, Rivers, Ambly, Olsen, Squires. Total 35. Two absent.
Moved by Nohl and duly seconded that the Board dispense with the reading
of the minutea of the May meeting and that they be approved as recorded in the County
Board Journal and published. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors, duly assembled
in regular session this 14th day of November, 1939, that the salary of the County High-
way Commissioner be and the same is hereby set at Twenty-seven Hundred Dollars ($2700.00)
per annum, for the terra commencing January 1, 1.940,. payable monthly in twelve (12.) equal
payments on the last day of each month.
Geo. B. Williams
Russell E. Rowley
C. 0. Nelson
BAYFIELD COUNTY HIGHWAY C01011ITTEE
Moved by Williams and seconded by Irish to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following application was read:
Bayfield County Board of Supervisors
Gentlemen:
November 1.4, 1939
I wish to make application for the position of County Highway
Commissioner for the ensuing term.
Respectfully submitted,
H. B. Curry
Moved by Nohl and seconded by Arnold that the County Clerk be instructed
to cast a unanimous ballot for H. B. Curry as Highway Commissioner for the ensuing
terra. Motion carried.
The County Clerk cast the unanimous ballot as directed and the Chair declared
Curry duly elected.
The following communication was read:
CITY OF WASHBURN
Office of City Clerk
Washburn, Wisconsin
Nov. 14, 1939
Action of the Common Council Nov. 6th, 1939
Mayor Thompson appointed Hans Ambly as Supervisor of the Third ward in place
of Carl Thorson, (resigned). It was moved by T. A. Rivers, seconded by Ben R. Rude that
the appointed of Hans Ambly as. Supervisor of the Third Ward be confirmed. Motion carried.
Hans Ambly was sworn into office by the City Clerk Nov. 6th,.1939,
A• I. Lien, City Clerk
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Moved by Rowley and seconded by C. 0. Nelson to seat Hans Ambly as a member
of the County Board, representing the Third Ward of the City of Washburn. Motion
carried.
The Chair appointed Unseth and,Arnold as tellers.
The Board proceeded with the election of a member of'the Highway Committee
to represent District No. 1.
The result of the first ballot was as follows:
R. J. Nelson 2.0
Rowley 14
Fiege 1
Total 35
The Chair declared Nelson duly elected.
Mr. Rude arrived at this time.
The Board proceeded with the election of a member of the Highway Committee
for District No. 2..
Bernard
The Chair appointed/Johnson and Irish as tellers.
The result of the first ballot was:
Williams 12
Nohl 11
Arnold 5
Art Hanson 3
Wallin 1
Monson 1
Anderson 1
Pease 1
Rowley 1
Total 36
No ma,j ority.
The result of the second ballot was:.
Williams
14
Nohl
10
Arnold
5
Art Hanson
5
Pease
1
Anderson
1
Total
36
No majority.
The result of the third ballot was:
Williams
17
Nohl
.12.
Arnold
4
Art Hanson
2'
Ande rs on
1
Total -.
36
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No majority.
The result of the fourth ballot was:
Vi l l i ams 19
Nohl 13
Arnold 2,
Hanson 2
Total 36
The Chair declared Williams duly elected.
The Board proceeded with the election of a member of the Highway Committee
for District No. 3.
The result of the first ballot was:
C. 0. Nelson 15
Hougas 9
Pease 6
Anderson 5
Maryland 1
Total 36
No majority.
H. C. Anderson stated that he wished to withdraw as a candidate.
The result of the second ballot was:
C. 0. Nelson 18
Hougas 13
Pease 4
Maryland 1
Total 36
No majority:
The result of the third ballot was:
C. 0. Nelson 17
Hougas 16
Pease 3
Total 36
No majority.
The result of the fourth ballot was:
Nelson 19
Hougas 16
Pease 1
Total 36
The Chair declared Nelson duly elected.
The Board proceeded with the election of a Janitor. Applications on file
were as follows:
Magnus Larson
31
Oscar Iverson
2
Clarence Zanto
1
Albert Begin
2
Total
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The Chair declared Larson duly elected.
The Chair appointed Rude and Unseth as members of the Pension Committee.
Moved by Wallin and seconded by Knight to confirm the appointments of Rude
and Unseth. 19otion carried.
The Chair appointed A. E. Swanson and H. J. S. Hanson as members of the
Relief Committee.
1,,10ved by Williams and seconded by Arnold to confirm the appointments of
Swanson and Hanson. 140tion carried.
The Chair appointed Mr. Alcott to act as a member of the Pension Committee
instead of the Chairman of the Board. The ordinance creating the Pension Department
provides that the Chairman of the Board shall act as one member. The Chairman so
informed the Board and asked if it would have any objection to 1dr. Alcott's serving
instead of the Chairman on the Pension Committee. No objection was made.
The following re.solution was read:
WHEREAS, there is some mature merchantable timber on the County owned lands
which are not under the State Forest Crop Law and the location of the lands is such that
they are not suitable for agriculture,
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the forestry Committee of the Bayfield County
Board, together with the Chairman of the town in which the land is located, be and it
is hereby authorized to sell the forest cover wherever and whenever it may deem it
advisable.
C. D. Arnold
i1.2oved by Arnold and seconded by Ness to adopt the foregoing resolution.
1,Zoved by Alcott and seconded by Pristash to amend the foregoing resolution)
to include buildings, motion to amend carried. Resolution as amended was then -carried.
I,loved by Unseth and seconded by H. J. S. Hanson to accept and place on file
the report of the Pension Director. v/otion carried.
111oved by Nohl and seconded by R. J. Nelson to accept and place on file the
report of the County Nurse. lJotion carried.
The following communication was:read:
THE SALVATION ARIvff
623 N. Fourth Street
1vlilwaukee, Wis.
Mr. Ludwig Tranmal,
Dear Sir:
October 3rd, 1939
Bayfield County Clerk
Washburn, Wisconsin
re: MARTHA WASHINGTON HOME AND MATERNITY HOSPITAL
6304 Cedar Street, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
It is our pleasure to write you again regarding the above Institution,
whose
doors are ever open to
erring
and unfortunate girls.
Here is
an Institution
which
is unquestionably one
of the
finest Institutions in
the State.
It is all its
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name implies - HOME and HOSPITAL.
Each year a large number of unmarried girl mothers (some of them in their
teens) find shelter here. Certain Counties in Wisconsin make a yearly appropriation
to.this Institution, the amounts ranging from $100.00 to $300.00.
Martha Washington Home and Hospital does not serve PMwaukee County alone.
Applications come to us. -from Counties all over the State. Last year 154 unmarried
mothers were given care. Here is a question to face: `Where would a girl in your
Township or County go, needing such help?" The answer is: "Martha Washington Home and
Hospital"' as relatives and friends desire to protect, shield and shelter such a one.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
Would you be kind enough to read this letter to your County Board Members
at its next meeting with the hope that your Supervisors will give "sympathetic considera-
tion" to a work which must "carry, on", and needs their support?
If you desire to write me a personal line regarding this matter, I would
greatly appreciate it.
Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours to Help Humanity,
Brigadier Wm. H. Fox
DIVISIONAL C 018iANDER
Moved by Schultz and seconded by Arnold to receipt the foregoing communication
and place on file. Motion carried.
The following petition was read:
TO THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
Gentlemen:
I hereby offer the sum of Five Hundred Sixty and no/100 ($560.00) Dollars
for the following described lands:
NE SE, Sec. 12-45-9
SW SE, fr It It It
SE SE, f8 44 PF it
SW NW) tr 35-45-9
NE SW, " It it It
NW MIT, It it It It
SW NE, �" 36-45-9
SIGNED:
C . E. STONE
Moved by Wallin and seconded by H. J. S. Hanson to refer the foregoing
petition to the Forestry Committee. Motion carried.
The following petition was read:
Oct. 3, 1939
Bayfield County Board of Supervisors
Washburn, Wisconsin
Gentlemen:
Re: SW SE, Sec. 8-49-4
.Under date of June 30, 1934 the above land was acquired by the City of Washburn
from.Bayfield County. Said sale was authorized by the County Board and is recorded in
Journal 7 page 208 of County Board record. In accordance with an agreement between the
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November 14, 1939
city of Washburn and the Town of Bayview a reservation was written into the deed with
regard to the timber thereon. We therefore petition your honorable body to authorize
and direct the County Clerk to issue proper and necessary papers to withdraw the res-
triction. We make this reque.st for the reason that we have recently purchased forty
acres from Bayfield County and have exchanged it for the above description by and with
the approval of the City Council of the City of Washburn.
Yours very truly,
Arthur W. Potter
Moved by Rivers and seconded by Olson to grant the foregoing petition.
Motion carried.
Moved by Nohl and duly seconded to adjourn until 1:30 P. M. FJlotion carried.
1ileeting called to order at 1:30 P. M. by Chairman Squires.
The following members answered roll call: Nohl, Pease, Alcott, Irish,
Johnson, Monson, Erickson, Art Hanson, Unseth, Arnold, Desparois, A. G. Johnson,
Pristash, Provost, Herman Hanson, Schultz, C. 0. Nelson, Maryland, ialihalak, Anderson,
Wallin, Rowley, Hougas, Ness, Williams, Hogstrom, Fiege, Knight, H. J. S. Hanson, R. I
Nelson, Kasmarek, Rivers, Ambly, Olsen, Squires. Total 35. Two absent.
The following report was read:
TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF BAYFIELD COUNTY:
Gentlemen:
past year:
tVe beg to submit the following as our report on Building and Grounds for the
COURT HOUSE.
This report will not cover particulars on completion of the Vault Annex,
which will be the subject of another report.
Some expense was necessary in connection with the floor in the Sheriff's
office which, at the present time, appears to be in good condition except that we have
been instructed by the Industrial Commission to change the location of register from
the point in the floor to the wall to comply with state law.
The offices of the Pension Director, Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds
have been cleaned, painted and varnished. 1rVe have to report, however, that considerable
expense was necessary in the Register of Deed's office on account of plastering the
ceiling which was loose. After plastering, the walls were painted as well as the floor
scraped and varnished.
In our report of the previous year, we called y6ur attention to the fact that
our expenditures were considerably short of the amount set aside in the budget, which
would necessitate consideration in the 1939 budget and which will take carp of this
extra expense entailed in the Register's office.
The sewer leading from the Court House to Fifth Street has been replaced by
soil pipe sewer properly corked which should eliminate repetition of former trouble of
blocking by tree roots. This should necessitate about $22.5.00 expenditures.
JAIL
The Jail, after close inspection, appears in good condition. The roofs of
the Jail and Residence referred to -in our former report have been put in good condition
at an expense of about $100.'
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the roof.
CENTRAL HEATING PLANT
This building is in first class condition after a few minor repairs on
SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE
This building is in good repair.
Vie need not tell you that with the exception of the Central Heating Plant
and Garage, all the buildings are at least forty-five years old and from time to
time will need close inspection, attention and some expense.
Our budget has been carefully figured over and has been submitted to the
Finance Committee for consideration.
Respectfully submitted:
T. A. Rivers
E. K. Olsen
Joe Kasmarek
BUILDING & GROUNDS COMMITTEE
Moved by Alcott and seconded by A. C. Hanson to receive the foregoing report
and place on file. IVlotion carried.
Moved by Fiege and seconded by H. C. Anderson that the County Board make a
field inspection trip through the County on November 15. Motion carried.
. The following report was read:
TO THE HONORABLE COUNTY BOARD OF BAYFIELD COUNTY:
We, the undersigned Committee on Sheriff, Justices and Constable Bills
hereby submit the following report:
We went over the Judges' and Justicefs records and found them correct as
follows: E. C. Hart, First Municipal Judge, $1,695.21; Second Municipal Judge, P. J.
Savage, $401.16; and Justice of the Peace, L. K. Blanchard, $16.96.
The Sheriff's Committee disallowed the Justice of the Peace's report and
allowed him $8.00.
The Sheriff's Committee recommends the Sheriff's Budget at $6300.00,Outlay
$400 for trade-in on new car.
County.
We recommend an appropriation of $2500 for Municipal Courts of Bayfield
We recommend $75.00 for clerical help in Judge Hart's office.
Signed:
Andrew Pristash
Carl E. Erickson
M. F. Monson
Committee on Sheriff, Justices and Constable
Bills
Moved by Nohl and seconded by Hogstrom to accept the foregoing report and
place on file. Motion carried.
The following communication was read:
ANNUAL 1'.EETING OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD
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June 8, 1939
Mr. S. E. Squires
Mason, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Squires:
In absence of a county board meeting, you are hereby notified in accordance
with Section 19.01 (dd) that the following surety bonds have been filed in our office:
R. L. Schindler, County Service Officer, National Surety Corporation, bond
$1500.00. His oath was taken on T,,Zay 4, 1939;
Emerson C. Hart, Municipal Qludge, Fidelity and Deposit Company, bond $1,000.00.
His oath of office was taken May 1, 1939.-
The above bonds have been approved by the district attorney and recorded in the
office of the Register of Deeds in compliance with the Wisconsin Statute covering the same,
Yours very truly,
Ludwig Tranmal,
Bayfield County Clerk
Moved by Wallin and seconded.by Pease to receive the foregoing communication
and place on file. iaotion carried.
The following communication was read:
STATE HIGHWAY COT+ 19SSION OF WISCONSIN
Madison, Wisconsin
Mr. Ludwig F. Tranmal
Dear Sir:
County Clerk, Bayfield County
Washburn, Wisconsin
October 31, 1939
SUBJECT: Estimated Highway Allotments for 1940.,
Section 84.03, Wisconsin Statutes.
Pursuant to Section 84.04 of the Statutes, you are hereby no-tified of the
following estimated allotments to your county for highway work under the provisions of
subsections (2) and (3) of Section 84.03 of the Statutes. The estimated allotments are
as follows:
1. Section 84.03 (2). The sum of ti360,435.21 for the improvement of the
County Trunk Highway System.
2. Section 84.03 (3) & (4). The sum of $116,342.03 for the improvement of
the State Trunk Highway System, allocated as follows:
For the retirement of county highway bonds, $4,200.00
Previously allotted for construction on U. S. Highway No. 63,
the Ashland-Hayward-Trego Road, $34,000.00
For construction on U. S. Highway No. 2, the Superior -Ashland
Road, $43,000.00
For construction on State Trunk Highway No. 13, the Bayfield-
Cornucopia Road, $35,000.00
As a reserve for future allocation, $142.03
3:. Section 84.03 (3) from unexpended allotments of previous years for the
improvement of the State Trunk Highway System,. allocated as follows:
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For construction on U. S. Highway No. 2, the Superior -Ashland
Road, $25,000.00
The determination are tentative and the amounts cannot be definitely
determined until after the close of the fiscal year, which is June 30, 1940.
Very'truly yours,
STATE HIGHWAY C01/11ISSION OF WISCONSIN
By Thos. J. Pattison,
Secretary
'TvTBB-1v1L
CC - DE#8, H.B. Curry
Moved by Arnold and seconded by Rowley to receipt the foregoing communication
and place on file. lotion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS: The undersigned special committee, appointed as per Resolution
adopted by the Bayfield County Board, relative to the adding of a part of State Trunk
Highway Number 112, running West from the Junction with State Trunk Highway Number 63
thru Benoit and thence North to United States Highway Number 2, as a part of the County
Trunk Highway system, has been duly inspected by the undersigned Committee on the
i
date hereof and we recommend as follo-vTs:
That portion of road known as State Trunk Highway Number 112 beginning at
the Southeast corner of Section Thirty six, To.rrnship.Forty-seven North, Range Six
West (S.E.Cor. 36-47-6'), thence west thru Benoit, thence north to United States
Highway Number 2., a distance of Three and one Half Miles (3.5), be adopted as a part
of the County Trunk Highway system.
Harvey Irish
Andrew 1-Vlihalak
Art C. Hanson
Dated June 8th, 1939.
Moved by Pris.tash and seconded by Herman Hanson to adopt the foregoing resolu-
tion. Motion carried.
Moved by Unseth and seconded by Hougasto accept. the statistical report of
the County Highway Commissioner and place on file. Motion carried.
The following report was read:
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNTY
HIGHWAY CONMITTEE
BAYFIELD COUNTY
To the Honorable County Board
of Supervisors:
Bayfield County, Wisconsin
November 14, 1939
Gentlemen:
The undersigned Highway Gommittee begs to sub mi;t:the'following report of
Highway work for the past year together with recommend_at:ions``for next year.
The County Highway Commissioner's Financial Report of moneys received and
disbursed during the twelve -months period ending October 31, 1939, shows considerable
cash improvement in the past year.
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The Maintenance of the State Trunk Highway System, including oiling and snow
removal is the sole responsibility of the State Highway Commission of Wisconsin.
(Section 84.07). The County, in performing the actual work, does so only as directed
and only to the extent authorized by the State Highway Commission. Due to the present
uncertainty of State finances no definite information is available at this time as to
next year's 1aintenance Program. However, unless conditions change, indications
point to a very drastically reduced oiling and graveling program for next year. It
is possible that the State will.also curtail snow removal operations on the State
Trunk Highway System. this 'Winter.
The Construction Program on the State Trunk Highway System, involving the
relocation, grading and paving of about 152 miles on U. S. #2, #63 and State Trunk
Highway #112, has been completed except for some minor finishing operations. This
work which has been in progress for the last two years has been carried on without
County Highway Bond Issue of any kind.
The State Highway Commission of Wisconsin pursuant to Section 64.04 of the
statutes, has notified the County Board, try letter to the County Clerk, dated October
31, of the estimated. Highway allotments for 1940. This Committee approves.of the
allotments therein made and will introduce a separate resolution providing for their
adoption by the Board.
The State Aid funds due Bayfield County annually•on July lst each year for
the improvement of the County Trunk Highway System has been changed by recent legis-
lation (Bill ff9-A, Chapter #42 Laws of 1939, Section 84.03, Sub -section 2') as follows:
A $500,000.-00 increase was made in the annual appropriation to the County Trunk High-
way System in the State; pro -rated back to the various counties on the same basis as
previously used, plus $65..00 per mile of County Trunk Highways. This change increases
the County Trunk allotment, in this County, $16,660.41, or 36%..
The Bayfield County Board has made no tax levy for County Trunk Highways
for several years past and this Committee does not at this time, recommend any.
Another recent legislative change affecting County Trunk Highway finances
is Bill 317-A, Chapter 286 Laws of 1939, amending Section 82.03 of the statutes, per-
mitting the payment of the cost of County Highway Administration and Traffic Officer
from the County Trunk Highway allotment. Therefore, this Committee does not recommend
any appropriation in the County budget this Fall for either County Highway Adminis-
tration or Traffic Officer. This eliminates, from the County Board Budget, all
appropriations of any kind for Highways other than the Bond Interest and Principal
which will be fully retired in another two years.
We recommend that the County Traffic Officer be continued and we will intro-
duce a separate resolution providing therefor. We find that in this work..a total of
seventy-five arrests have been made this year, of which three were suspended sentences.
The arrests resulted in two hundred. days served in Jail; the collection of fines in
the amounts of $987.81; the revoking of four driver's licenses; 185 warning cards for
light violations were issued and 200 warning cards for other violations.
The County Highway Committee is constructing a storage garage at Iron River
as a W. P. A. Project, at an estimated cost, to the County, of approximately $15,000.00.
The Department has sufficient funds to pay for the County's share of the cost of this
building without requesting appropriations from.the County Board..
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The Maintenance of the County Trunk Highway System, including snow removal,
has been carried on as usual. If the State makes a reduction in snow removal
service on the State Trunk Highway System this Winter, a similar reduction in snow
removal service should probably also be made in the County Trunk snow removal Program..
The oiling of the County Trunk Highway System recommended a year ago
has been completed, with the exception of County Trunk trEtt from Ino to Mason, a
distance of twelve miles. Three miles of grading on this road.was done from Ino
South, instead of oiling, at the request of the three interested Towns. Additional
gravel on this new grading will be needed next year. This Committee recommends that
the oiling of the County Trunk Highway System be continued next year, insofar as
available funds will permit.
The State Aid Funds for the improvement of the Town Highways, paid by the
State to each Town and expended by the Town Boards subject to the Supervision and,
the approval of the County Highway Committee, has been increased by Chapter 42, Laws
of 1939, from $50.00 per mile to $65.00 per mile or 30%.
In connection with the above work, the County Highway'Department has sup-
plied equipment, when available, to about twenty towns for snow removal this past
Winter, to the extent of about $20,000.00. Also Patrol or Maintenance equipment to
about fifteen towns to the extent of approximately $5000.00 and grading and graveling
equipment in about nineteen towns to the extent of approximately $16,000.00. Of the
town grading done this year, approximately $8,500.00 was done on W. P. A. projects--.,
in seven towns, paid for by W. P. A. in road oil instead of cash; which was satis-
factory to the County this past Season.
Payment for the above type of work by the various towns to the County
should be made during the current year in which the work is done, although somewhat
closer regulation of credit will undoubtedly be necessary.
Snow removal on the Township Highways is quite a troublesome problem for
both the Townships and the County. The sole responsibility for snow removal, on
these roads, rests with each individual Town.
The County Highway Department owns the following snow removal equipment:
9 - 2:to 3 Ton Trucks with V or Blade Plows
4 - Power Patrols with V-Plows and Wings.
4 - Heavy Duty Four -Wheel Drive Trucks with V-Plows and Wings
2 - 40 Horse Power Tractors with V-Plows
2 - 60 Horse Power Tractors with V-Plows:
2 - 85 Horse Power Tractors with V-Plows
The County keeps the above equipment located at various points in the
County as required by the work to be done. This equipment is reasonably sufficient
for the three hundred.(300) miles of State and County roads in the County. It is
clearly insufficient to plow all of the Town roads in addition to the State and
County roads as rapidly as the various Towns would like to have the work done. The
County is not warranted in investing the large sums of money necessary to purchase
additional equipment for the use of the Towns, without a more definite understanding
on the part of the Towns as to how much of that cost they should pay.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD
November 14, 1939
The road. matters discussed in this rather brief report, covering the
State, County and Town Highways affect almost everyone in the County and this
Committee requests your serious consideration and help in carrying on a fair and
reasonable program for everyone concerned.
The various resolutions required,to properly authorize and direct the
above program and. policy, will as usual, be separately filed and placed before the
Board by this Committee and we recommend their approval.
Respectfully submitted,
Geo. B. Williams
C. 0. Nelson
Russell Rowley
COUNTY HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
MITTEE
Moved.by Nohl and seconded by H. J. S. Hanson to accept the foregoing report
and place on file. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:: -
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors, duly assembled
in regular session this 14th day of November, 1939, that the public highways of
Bayfield County be patroled and policed under the general powers granted the Bayfield
County Board by Section 59.07, Sub -section (11)'of the Wisconsin Statutes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the County Highway Committee of Bayfield County
be authorized and directed to employ one (1) Special Highway Patrolman, under the
provisions of Section 82.07 Sub -section (1). Such Special Highway Patrolman shall
furnish a Bond in the amount of $1,000.00 to indemnify the County for any and all
claims arising out of the performance of his duties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the salary, bond, transportation, actual and
necessary expenses of such Special Highway Patrolman shall be paid from the County
Highway Administration Fund, as provided by Section 1.46 of the Bayfield County
Traffic Ordinance.
Geo. B. Williams
C. 0. Nelson
Russell. E. Rowley
BAYFIELD COUNTY HIGHWAY C OIVZTITTEE
Dated - November 14, 1939
Moved by R. J. Nelson and seconded by Wallin to adopt the foregoing reso-
lution. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
STATE & COUNTY AID CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE
DURING THE CALENDAR Y'E'AR 1940
SECTION I. The County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County, Wisconsin,
regularly assembled, does hereby ordain that such funds as may be made available to
the county for highway work in the year 1940 under ..the provisions of Section 20.49
and Chapters 83 and 84 of the Statutes and the additional sums herein appropriated
shall be .expended as hereinafter set forth:
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SECTION II.
COUNTY.TRUNK HIGHWAY ALLOTIZ01M,
11=REAS: The State
Highway
Commission has notified
-the County Clerk that
a sum of
money estimated to
be Sixty
thousand four hundred thirty-five and 21/100 Dollars ($60,435.21) will become
available at the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940,'under the provisions
of subsection (4) of Section 20.49 and subsection (2) of Section 84.03 of the
statutes, for the improvement of the county trunk highway system in the county, but
that its exact amount will not be known until after June 30, 1940,
BE IT RESOLVED: That the County Highway Committee is authorized and
directed to expend the said sum to match and supplement Federal Aid for construction,
right of bray, and other costs on any Federal projects located on the County Trunk
Highway System of said county which are not recovered from Federal funds, and to
expend any balance not required for such purpose for the improvement of the said
County Trunk Highway System during 1940 in the following manner, to -wit:
For administration, Maintenance, Snow Removal, or Improvement of the
County Trunk Highway System, under the direction of the County Highway Committee.
SECTION III. STATE TRUNK HIGHWAY ALLOTIJENT. VJHEREA.S: The State Highway
Commission has estimated that the sum of One hundred sixteen thousand three hundred
forty-two and 03/100 Dollars ($116,342.03) will become available at the end of the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, under subsection (4) of Section 20.49 and sub-.
sections (3) & (4).of Section 84.03, as state aid for the improvement of the State
Trunk Highway System in the county in accordance.with the provisions of Chapter 84
of .the Statutes, but that its exact amount will not be known until after June 30,
1940.
BE IT RESOLVED: That the said sum shall be expended in the following
manner, to wit:
1. The sum of Four thousand two hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($4,200.00)
for the retirement of county highway bonds maturing in 1940.
2. Such sum of this allotment, together with any unexpended balance from
previous allotments, as may be required on any Federal projects in this county to
match Federal Aid and/or to pay the cost of right -of way, preliminary engineering,
and other items not recovered from Federal funds.
3. Any balance not otherwise required for the purpose hereinbefore pro-
vided shall be expended on the following improvements, to wit:
(a) The sum of forty-three thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($43,000.00) for
the improvement by grading and draining of U. S. Highway No. 2 beginning at Iron River
and extending easterly as far as the said sum will construct.
(b) The sum of thirty-five thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($35,000.00) for
the improvement by grading, draining, gravel surfacing & bituminous treatment of
State Trunk Highway No. 13 beginning at Bayfield and extending northwesterly as far
as the said sum will construct.
V'=REAS, There is an unexpended balance from allotments of previous years
of approximately twenty-five thousand and 00/100 Dollars (,$25,000.00).
BE IT RESOLVED, That such portion of said sum not otherwise required for
Federal projects shall be expended on the, following improvements, to wit:
(a) The sum of twenty-five thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2.5,000.00) for
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November 14, 1939
the improvement by grading and draining of U. S. Highway No. 2 beginning at Iron
River and extending easterly as far as the said. sum will construct.
SECTION IV. WHEREAS: The various highway activities, for which pro-
vision is made in this resolution are continuous from year to year, and the exact
cost of any work cannot be known at the time of making the appropriation therefor;
this Board does hereby direct that any balance remaining in any appropriation for a
specific highway improvement after the same shall have been completed, may be used
by the County Highway Committee to make up any deficit that may occur in any other
improvement of the same class for which provision is herein made, and any balances
remaining at the end of the year in any highway fund shall remain and be available
for the same purpose in the ensuing year, and any deficit in any highway fund at the
end of the year shall be paid from the next appropriation made for the same purpose,
and
1:=REAS: The exact amount of the funds.'that will become available for
highway purposes in the County under Section 20.49 of the Statutes will not be known
until after,June 30, 1940, at which time correct figures will be submitted by the
State Highway Commission, the County Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to
make payments oniaccount of the improvements to be made with such'funds, as herein -
before authorized from any funds in the county treasury that are not required for
the purposes for which appropriated prior to August 1, 1940; and to reimburse such funds
in the county treasury from the sums received under Section 20.49 of the Statutes.
The County Clerk is hereby directed to levy the taxes named in Section VI hereof in
the county tax levy, and to levy the special benefit assessments made in Section VII
hereof as special charges against the respective municipalities therein named as
provided by law, and the County Highway Committee and the County Highway Commissioner
are hereby directed to carry out the highway construction and maintenance for which
provision is herein made, in the manner provided by law, and to sell, rent, or pur-
chase Highway Equipment, and to employ such patrolmen, laborers, and foremen, as.they
may deem necessary for such purpose.
SIGNED:
Geo. B. Williams
C. 0. Nelson
Russell E. Rowley
Dated November 14, 1939.
Moved by -Rowley and seconded by 1.2aryland to adopt the foregoing resolu-
tion. 11otion carried. J
The following resolution iTas read:
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ADVANCE OR TRANSFER
OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS IN BAYFIELD COUNTY
WHEREAS: Federal Funds have been allotted to Wisconsin for the improve-
ment of highways to be allocated for expenditure by the State Highway Commission
with the concurrence of the Federal Works Agency', Public Roads Administration, and
it is desired to take advantage of every opportunity to secure the expenditure of
a portion of such funds in this county, and
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WHEREAS funds must be provided by the state or counties to match the
federal funds allotted and/or to pay the cost of items which are not recovered
from federal funds, and
?AIHEREAS other, emergencies frequently arise making necessary or desirable
the allocation or transfer of funds to or between other construction projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to provide for promptly making available the
funds necessary for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and to avoid the delay and
expense incident to calling a special meeting of this board for such purpose,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Highway Committee, with the approval of
the -State Highway Commission, is hereby authorized to transfer to or between any
construction projects in this county any funds allotted to this county by the state
under the provisions of Section 20.49 (4) and 84.03 and previously allocated by this
board to any other project, or remaining unallocated in reserve.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the State Highway Commission be and is hereby
petitioned to advance, pursuant to Section 84.03 (5) of the Statutes, upon the filing
of a request therefor by the County Highway Committee of this County, such sums as
may be required and are not otherwise available, for the purposes hereinbefore
mentioned on any construction projects in this county, with the understanding that
such advance will be deducted from future allotments to this county for state trunk
highway construction under Section 84.03 (3) of the Statutes.
Resolution presented by:
Geo. B. Williams
C. 0. Nelson
Russell E. Rowley
Moved by H. C. Anderson and seconded by Unseth to adopt the foregoing
resolution. Motion carried.
Radloff :
The Chair declared a five minute recess.
The following report of the Children's County Board was.read by Mrs.
BAYFIELD COUNTY CHILDREN'S REPORT OF 1939
From November 1938 to November 1939.
MR. CHAIRIJIAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD: -
The Bayfield County Children's Board consists of five members - Krs.
Alpha E. Radloff, Cable, Chairman; I'drs. Ellen S. Anderson, Ashland, Secretary;
Mrs. T,Zargaret Christopherson, Washburn, I. L. Alcott, Bayfield, and S. E. Squires,
Mason;
Mrs. Anderson, who has served the Board as Secretary since its organiza-
tion in 1932, moved to Ashland -County in April, 1939. Because of the change in
residence she resigned from the Board in May. The Juvenile Department of the State,
Board of Control, who appointed Mirs. Anderson to this work, allowed her to continue
until January, 1940, when someone else will be appointed to take her place.
Our regular monthly meetings have been attended by the Board members,
Judge Axelberg, County Judge, Pension Director and D. C. A. worker, District Attorney,
County Nurse, Superintendent of County Schools, together with an advisory committee
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November 14, 1939
which consists of Tubs. Francis Ryan, Bayfield, Ljrs. John Sannes, Bartsdale, and
T,lrs. 11,2. Doyle, Washburn. The advisory committee has assisted much with their fine
co-operation.
Eight years ago we started our work with the Countyts neglected or depen-
dent, feeble-minded, illegitimate and physically handicapped children. In our
effort to minister to these unfortunate children we have acquired much information
concerning existing conditions in the homes and environments which are largely
responsible for the misery and unhappiness involved. In doing this work the Board
has not gone out of its way to learn of the cases handled. These cases have been
called to the attention of the Board directly by people in various communities, or
Town Chairmen. Many have come through the Juvenile Court.
One illustration where the Juvenile Court of Ashland County removed six
children from one home comai.tting them directly to our Board. These children came
from a broken home - one boy had been apprehended by the police and was headed for
the Boy's Reformatory. The father is a resident of Bayfield County and the Mother
of Ashland County. As the children take the legal settlement of the father, the
burden of their care legally fell on Bayfield County. These children range from.
eight to seventeen years. The oldest child was placed with the paternal grand-
mother - the father willingly assuming the responsibility for her care. The alimony
which formerly went to the mother will 'now go the county to assist in paying for the
children. After a drive of 227.miles in one day and fourteen hours work four of the
children were placed in -as fine foster homes as anyone would wish for their own
children.
Since November, 1938, seventeen new cases, involving 43 children have been
handled by the Board. This does not include many cases which were brought to our
attention and which were given some time. The seventeen cases have required many
hours of work.
Our foster home program has been most gratifying. The adjustments which
some of these unfortunate, neglected or delinquent children have made is beyond our
expectations.
During the year 35 children were cared for in foster homes - 25 foster
homes were used -board was paid by the County for 34 children, and one free home was
used. One of the above cases is an orphan girl who has been cared for by the County
since 1931. Through the efforts of the Children's Board she now holds a position
in Chicago, and is making good. Three of the above cases have been adopted thus
relieving the County of the financial responsibility. Another adoption is pending
and will be completed this month. In connection with our foster home program we
want to mention one unusual case - that of a diabetic girl eight years of age. This
girl is one of a family of eight children. Through Miss Dillon, County Nurse, this
case was brought to our attention. Miss Dillon has been in close touch with this
family for several years, and a sum of ton dollars per month was being paid to the
family by the Town for special diet. Miss Dillon and the Town Chairman realized
that the child was not getting any benefit from the money expended, as the family
failed to co-operate with the Doctor or Nurse. The child grew rapidly worse until
it was very evident that she could not live unless removed from her home. It was
a difficult task to find a proper foster home which would be competent and willing
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to care for such a child adequately. Such a home.was found and the child is much
improved in health and attends school every day.
Children, you know, are forced to be somebody's guest, if they have no
home of their own where they can receive the necessary equipment to prepare them for
life. Then it is our duty and privilege to step in, and, if possible, find the
home where they can grow into useful men and women.
In our work it is not only necessary to make the investigation, in each
case, but it is also important that a record be kept of these cases. This involves
the help of a stenographer. In the past we have imposed upon the good nature of
various departments for.this help, and very often the opportune time for a member
of the Board is not the opportune time for the stenographer. Any suggestion from
the County Board as to hoiT this difficulty can be removed will be greatly appreciated.
w-e wish to thank the County Board for their co-operation and financial
support which. has enabled us to carry on our program. The late David Starr Jordan
once said, "There,is nothing in all the world so important as children, nothing so
interesting. If ever you wish to go in for some f orra of philanthropy, if every you
wish to be of any real use in the world, do something for children. If the great
army of philanthropists ever exterminate sin and pestilence, ever work out race
salvation, it will be because a little child has led."
Alpha E. Radloff, Chairman
Ellen S. Anderson, Sec'y.
Moved by H. J. S. Hanson and seconded by Pristash to accept the foregoing
report and place on file and that the County Board give a rising vote of thanks to
the Children's County Board. Motion carried.
I-jjr. William Rohlf, Supervisor of Assessments, appeared before the Board
and gave an oral report of his work on valuations.
The following resolution was read:
TO THE HONORABLE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD:
Be it hereby resolved that the following table of valuations covering Real
and Personal Property as compiled by the Supervisor of Assessments, be and is hereby
adopted as the equalized valuation of the taxing districts of Bayfield County for the
year 1939:
DISTRICT
Barksdale, Town
Barnes
Bayfield
Bayview
Bell
Cable
Clover
Delta
Drummond
Eileen
Hughes
AGGREGATE RL+ C OIRAENDED
FULL VALUE
2.,096.040
427.560
280,1' 95
247,625
175,855
3701830
249,705
196,580
4351460
599,955
12:2)375
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DISTRICT AGGREGATE RECOMMENDED
FULL VALUE
Iron River, Town, 407,665
Kelly 'p 4717350
Keystone rr 31974.00
Lincoln 'r 294192.5
T,4ason 431,195
Namekagon 56.3,880
Orienta :r 227,620
Oulu T* 544,770
Pilsen °T 1987955
Port Wing pE 469, 665
Pratt t* 351,875
Russell F' . 1392150
Tripp 210,95.0
Washburn rr 28'5,145
Cable, Village 166,030
Ida son " 104,170
Bayfield, City 612,630
Washburn ,r. 995,625
County Total 11,999,180
W . G .. Nohl
L. D. Pease
0. H. Hogstrom
H. T. Hougas
R. F. C. Schultz.
S. E. Squires
FINANCE & EQUALIZ.ATION COMMITITEE
Dated this 8th day of November, 1939.
Moved by Alcott and seconded by Hougas to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
RESOLVED: Wherein commercial fishing is one of the most important occupa-
tions and pursuits in Bayfield County, directly or indirectly affecting practically
all of the people of said County, and
WHEREAS, Conservation Commission Order #F-405 will result in putting out of
business large numbers of the commercial fishermen, not only in Bayfield County, but
all along the south shore of Lake Superior by reason of the fact that said order makes
useless a large part of the equipment and because the cost of replacing said equipment
in a short space of time is prohibitive, and for the further reason that said order
places a closed season on certain species and methods of fishing from.April 1'st. to
September 1st of each year, leaving only the months of September, October and November
during which any fishing can be done for such species and by such methods, in as much
as the lake is frozen over from December until April of each year,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Bayfield, in annual session assembled this 14th day of November, 1939, that said
board go on record as being opposed.to any such far-reaching order and that the con-
servation commission and the governor be,, and they are, hereby requested to rescind
such order in full as the same applies to the water of Lake Superior within the juris-
diction of the State of Wisconsin, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of the resolution be forwarded by the
County Clerk to the governor and each member of the State Conservation Commission.
PRESENTED BY:
Carl E. Erickson
Moved by Erickson and seconded by A.-C. Hanson to adopt the foregoing
resolution. Motion carried.
The following report was read:.
REPORT OF SPECIAL COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY C OIVDIIITTEE
At the last meeting of the County Board, this Committee was assigned the
job of presenting to the -Annual Meeting, some kind of a feasible plan or program for
the uniform maintenance, snow removal and improvement of the present Township Highways
in Bayfield County.
The undersigned Committee respectfully begs to report as follows:
There are 1552.89.miles of Township Highways in the various towns at the
present time. Of this mileage the Towns, this season, have some sort of organized
maintenance or team patroling on approximately 900 miles; 11 of the towns do this
work with their own town -owned equipment; 9 with County equipment, and 5 with teams.
12.Towns in the County have Town Road Superintendents; 13 do not.
The approximate cost of such work for the twelve months period ending July
1, this year was 1$64,000.00.
This past season the Towns also plowed snow on approximately 800 miles of
these town roads; in 15 of the tou ns the snow removal was performed with County equip -
went entirely; in 10 towns with town -owned equipment, supplemented at times with heavy
County equipment; 3 towns in the County done snow plowing only in the spring of the
year. 13 Towns in the County having been in the habit of plowing private drive -ways
under various arrangements; 12 Towns have not. Snow removal on the above basis, this
past season cost the Towns approximately $33,000.00.
This past construction season the various towns have graded, gravelled and
installed culverts on approximately 75 miles of Town road.. 2.0 towns in the County
owned some kind of machinery or equipment; 5 do not.
A rather hurried inventory of the above equipment would indicate an estimated
present value of approximately $35,000.00. Very little of this town -owned equipment
appears to be entirely paid for at this time.
The condition of the Town Highway Funds, as of the date of this report,
appear to vary a great deal as follows: no debts and no anticipation against future
gas tax in only two towns; good, with few debts, and little anticipation against future
gas tax in six towns; fair in 13 towns, and in very poor condition in four towns. In
the above statement this Committee is referring to the financial condition of the Town
ANNUAL METING OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD'
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Highway Funds only.
During the twelve months period ending June 30, 1939, the various towns in
the County received in gas tax $76,406.27; levied in real estate property taxes at their
Annual Spring meetings in 1939, $9,417.47; transferred from Income Tax to Town Highway
Funds $4500; placed motor vehicle privilege tax funds in the Highway Fund to the extent
of $1789.99; received in the various funds from other sources $307.33; making total
cash receipts of $92,421.16, as is more fully shown on the attached schedule.
During the same period of time the towns spent $116,273.13 on the 1552.89
miles of town highways approximately $64,500.00 for maintenance, culverts, grading and
gravelling; $33,000.00 for. snow removal; $10,400.00 in sponsors, contributions on W.P.A.
Projects, and an estimated $84.00.00 in depreciation on town owned equipment., as is more
fully shown on the attached schedule. Both receipts and expenditures shown on the
schedules are cash items only (except for estimated depreciation on equipment) and make
no attempt to estimate either cost or value received for work done on Town Highways by
other programs.
The above cash receipts and cash expenditures are shown by towns, inasmuch as
they are very interesting and clearly indicate that the towns in the County, as a whole,
spent nearly $40,000..00 more than they received from the gas tax, or more than 50% over
and above the gas tax receipts for a twelve month period ending June 30, 1939.
EXPENDITURES - TOWN HIGHWAYS
JULY 1, 1938 to JUNE 30, 1939
BAYFIELD COUNTY
NAM, OF TOWN ROAD WORK SNOW REMOVAL W. P. A. ESTIMATED TOTAL
SPONSORS DEPRECIATION ON
CONTRIBUTION EQUIPTjMNT
Barksdale
6803.63
3374.2.9
Barnes
2580.04
1630.54
Bayfield
1689.18
1454.57
710.95
Bayview
2096.00
12.38.04
1259.92.
Bell
2298.51
432.96
402- 27
Cable
192.0.52
968.03
48.18
Clover
2974.63
1437.22
860.78
Delta
3683.90
1074.59
668.55
Drummond
3730.43
2100.4.5
72.6.46
Eileen
3695.24
1730.17
1001.32:
Hughes
2373.54
713.85
21.68
Iron River
1822..88
2109.76
198.87
Kelly
2514.72
1339.04
894.16
Keystone
1067.10
1442.54
763.90
Lincoln
2910.30
14.73.56
167.95
Mason
1402.40
1635.83
890.2.3
Namakagon
2,513.68
1190.75
Orienta
1771.15
614.59
159.82.
Oulu
332.7.99
1930.24
Pilsen
1486.63
1099.14
Port tying
2424.20
635..90
Pratt
2419.93
1010.82
110.50
1368.00
11545.92.
1300.00
5510.58
1368.00
5222.70
4593.96
257..00
3390.74
792..70
3729.43
560.00
5832.63
50.00
5477.04
150.00
6707.34
642:6..73
31.09.07
312.2.7
4443.78
4747.92
50.00 3323.54
4.551.81
50.00 3978..46
3704.43
2545.56
5258.23
2585.77
306.0.10
547.2.E 4088.51
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W. P. A. ESTIMATED
SPONSORS DEPRECIATION ON
NAME OF TO ^R•1 ROAD ',,TORK SNO1,Y REMOVAL CONTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT
Russell 896.06 300.33
Tripp 3689.20 233.15
Washburn 2487.92, 1740.15
TOTALS 64579.78 32910.51
REVENUE FROr,2
NAME OF TOWN STATE
105.03 1585.00
1402.04
10392.61 8390.23
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR TOWN HIGHWAYS.
JULY 1, 1938 to JUNE 30, 1939
BAYFIE-'LD COUNTY
GENERAL
PROPERTY INCOME
TAIL TAX
MOTOR
VEHICLE
TOTAL
2886.42
3922.35
5630.11
116273.13
VILEGE OTHER
TAX SOURCES TOTAL
Barksdale
4684.27
4500.00 276.34
9460.61
Barnes
4980.50
500.00
5480.50
Bayfield
3139.50
538.42
3677.92
Bayview
2803.60
2803.60
Bell
1717.00
1017.47
2734.47
Cable
2476.00
1500.00
3976.00
Clover
3930.00-
3930.00
Delta
3504.00
200.00
.3704.00
Drummond
7021.50
171.33 7192.83
Eileen
2266.50
1000.00
340.23
3606.73
Hughes
3810.00
3810.00
Iron River
2786.00
800.00
3586.00
Kelly
1991.00
1991.00
Keystone
1367.50
1700.00
3067.50
Lincoln
2224.50
2224.50
Mason
2117.50
700.00
2817.50
Namakagon
21281.00
2281.00
Orienta
2674.50
2674.50
Oulu
2.990.00
1000.00
3990.00
Pilsen
1538.00
1538.00
port Wing '
2560.50
- 2560.50
Pratt
4033.50
4033.50
Russell
1844.50
1844.50
Tripp
2964.00
1000.00
3964.00
Washburn
4701.00
635.00
136.00 5472.00
TOTAL 76406.37 9417.47 4500.00 $ 1789.99 307.33 $92421.16
It also appears that the various towns incurred current indebtedness for
work done in connection with their town highways that they expect to repay from future
gas tax allotments due March 1, 1940.
The Towns will owe on town -owned equipment next March 1, provided no addi-
tional machinery is purchased by the towns between now and March 1, an estimated
$22,000.00. The Bayfield County Highway Department estimates that approximately $25,000
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in credits will be extended to various towns by next March lst; beside an estimated
�$10,000.00 of Bank Loans and help -up current bills will apparently be accumulated by
March lst, making up a probable total of $57,000 of current debts that the various
towns expect to retire from gas tax to be received next March. This amounts to more
than one-half of all the money due the Towns next spring, and if paid will seriously
reduce available money for next season's work.
There are eighteen towns in the County that spent more on their town roads,
ending June 30, than they will receive in gas taxes next March; seven that spent less.
If the present rate of expense continues many Town Highway Funds are going to.be in
serious condition in a short time.
In view of the serious financial condition of many town highway funds, it
is the opinion of this Committee that the amount of credit extended by the County
Highway Department to the various towns for work done, must in many cases be reduced.
There are thirteen towns in this County having town highways in the Federal
Forest Area that receive supplemental aid from the Federal Forest Service on not less
than 250 miles of town highways within the area. There are also four towns in the
County where County Forest Units, soil conditions and a dwindling number of actual
settlers make present road allotments ample. The other eight towns in the County have.
no such cheerful factors in connection with their Town road problems.
Bayfield County is a very large County, the second largest in the State,
with some very thickly settled farming communities; some very sparsely settled so-
called`sand barrens, and some widely separated lake regions. The cost of providing
satisfactory local highways, naturally, must vary a great deal. Town Highways in
the thickly settled areas being largely on heavy clay soils cost several times as
much a mile for maintenance, snow removal, bridges and improvements as many roads
in other sections of the County. The distribution of Town highway money at a future
rate of $65.00 per mile per torn, in this County particularly, is a very unsatisfactory
and unequalled method of opportioning town highway money., The peculiar geography of.
this County makes this fact much more important and hard to overcome than in the
average county in this State.
From all of the above, it is apparent that there is a real need for some
definite plan to maintain, plow snow and`improve in a uniform way all the town high-
ways in the County. Such a plan should provide, first of all, satisfactory main-
tenance for about eight months of the year, from about Tfarch 1, to November 1.
This Committee believes that sufficient Patrol Sections should be provided, so that
patrolmen operating a power -patrol could cover the entire'system about once a week,
probably somewhat more often than that on the 900 miles of town roads now receiving
some patrol maintenance and somewhat less than that, on the other 650 miles. A power -
patrol can blade a round trip on about 15 miles of road per day, or about 90 miles
per week; making necessary about 12 patrol sections in the County, working steadily,
which, with some part-time help in the sway of men, teams, trucks, when necessary,
should provide very much better maintenance than these same roads are now receiving
at an estimated cost of $35,000.00 per year.
The second most necessary highway service on local roads is snow removal.
Last winter the 23 towns in the County that plowed snow, spent about $33,000.00 on
about 1100 miles of town roads. Probably the mileage snowplowed should be increased
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somewhat, so,that a reasonable attempt is made to let out in the winter time most all
of the actual rural residents, probably requiring about 900 miles of snotiplowing for
the 25 towns in the County.
In the opinion of this Committee to insure sufficient equipment for this
work, it would be necessary to provide about twice as many light trucks or power-.
patrol plows as Summer sections, or about 2.4 or 25 units located in all the various
towns in the County, supplemented when required by about 19 heavy trucks or tractor
plows kept available at three convenient points in the County. The cost of snow
removal, calculated on the above basis, could be conservatively estimated at $30,000.00
to $35,000.00 annually. On that basis, maintenance and snow removal each year would
require about two-thirds of the $100,000.00 available next year for local roads from
the gas tax in this County. The balance, or about 30 to $35,000.00 would be available
for the improvement of town highways under the above outlined program recommended by
this Committee.
It is.the studied conclusion of this Committee that the above plan would,
over a period of five or six years, provide much improved uniform local roads, and in
the meantime, provide better maintenance and snow removal at no cost to the towns,
other than the gas tax that they are now receiving from the State. The Motor Vehicle
Privilege tax and all other forms of State Aids or incomes except the gas tax would
remain in the towns and would not be affected by this program.
The necessary funds with which to carry out the above outlined program can
be secured from the gas tax, without real estate property taxes on the part of either
the towns or the County "only'* if all of the present town highways in the County are
adopted as County Trunk Highways under the provisions of Sub -section (6) of Section
83.01 of the Statutes. Such action would require the approval of the State Highway
Commission.
This Committee is opposed to any plan of turning over to the County only
the main travelled roads, such as Mail Routes, School Bus Routes, etc., which now
cost the towns more than $65.00 per mile per year without also turning over to the
County the less expensive town roads that can be kept up for less than ti465.00 per
mile per year. This Committee is opposed to any plan, resolution or action designed
to benefit only one or two communities in the County -at the expense of the balance
of the County, or at the expense of the present County Trunk Highway System, or any
plan that permits highway funds to be used for other purposes. In case any of the
above plans were adopted, the County might very soon find itself in much the same
position financially as in 1920, 21 and 2.2, when the County Board bonded the County
for -highway improvements three different times to the extent of $181,000; $9,000 of
which has not yet been retired; besides depriving the present County Trunk Highway
___System of the funds.they need very badly.
The above program recommended by this Committee would make impossible the
use of town highway funds for other purposes by any -town, would discourage the opening
up of new roads from gas tax funds; would stop the direct purchase of machinery and
equipment from town gas tax funds; would probably decrease the use of hand or team
labor, and increase the use of machine work on town roads; would probably cause con-
siderably rearrangement in present methods of carrying on Town road work and in the
present manner of allotting and expending Town Highway Funds, and should be entered
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into only with the clear understanding that the above changes are desirable by the
Public as a whole as well as the County Board. If the above program is put in
operation it will require the investment on the.part of the County of .considerable
money in equipment, organization, etc., which is now the sole responsibility of each
individual Town and the County should be protected against change for a sufficient
period of time to retire the investment necessary.
The various towns in the County received in March this year their town road
money from the State, which should carry them through until next March lst. If the
County were to adopt all town roads at this time, the County money for these same
roads, at $65.00 per mile would not be paid by the State, to the County, until after
July Ist. Some arrangement, by agreement, between the County and Towns covering the
transfer of town -owned equipment to the County should be made, also in some cases,
proper arrangements for the working out or liquidation of accounts due the County by
the Towns as of March 1st,'1940. Both arrangements should be completed between March
1 and July 1, 1940.
To carry out the recommendations of this Committee would require the passage
of a resolution by the County Board, adopting all Town Highways in Bayfield County as
County Trunks, and the approval of that re:solution by the State Highway Commission.
The undersigned Committee will have the above resolution properly drawn and
presented to the County Board at the Annual 1939 Meeting.
Your Committee is mailing this report to each member of the Bayfield County
Board, almost a month before the Annual Meeting, so as to permit ample time for intel-
ligent thought and study on this very important problem.
Respectfully submitted,
R. J. Nelson
S. E. Squires
Ed. Maryland
Ben Rude
H. J. Hougas
SPECIAL COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
Dated October 11, 1939
Moved by Schultz and seconded by Nohl to receive the foregoing report and
place on file. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors,, duly assembled
in regular session this 14th day of November, 1939, that all town highways shown on
the 1939 official town plats filed by the various towns in Bayfield County with the
State Highway Commission of Wisconsin as required by Section 20.49, subsection 8, be
and the same are hereby adopted and added to the County Trunk Highway System of
Bayfield County, in accordance with the provisions of Subsection 6 of Section 83.01
of the Wisconsin Statutes effective February 28th, 1940.
BE IT. FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the location of the County Trunk Highway System
of Bayfield County be and the same is as shown in red on the attached map and that
the mileage of the County Trunk Highway System is and shall be 1687.76 miles as of
the effective date above and until legally changed as provided by Subsection 6 of
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Section 83.01 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this Resolution be contingent upon the pay -
went due July 1, 1940, and annually thereafter, by the State of Wisconsin to Bayfield
County of the State Aid funds available for County Trunk Highways, appropriated by
Subsection 4 of Section 20.49 and apportioned to Bayfield County as provided by
Subsection 2 of Section 64.03 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Bayfield County Highway Committee be and
is hereby authorized, directed, and empowered to make all proper and reasonable arrange-
ments to the best advantage of the County for the highway work herein provided, in-
cluding financial adjustments, transfer of town owned highway machinery and equipment
as may be agreed upon between the County Highway Committee and the various towns of
the County on or before July lst, 1940.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT any previous ordinance, resolution, regulation,
or requirement of the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors conflicting herewith be
and the same is hereby rescinded or repealed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the County Clerk of Bayfield Countybe and is
hereby directed to submit a certified copy of this resolution, with map attached to
the State Highway Commission of Wisconsin for their approval as required by Subsection
6 of Section 83.01 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Dated Nov. 14, 1939.
Submitted by,
R. J. Nelson
Ed. ,Maryland
H. J. Hougas
S. E. Squires.
Ben R. Rude
Moved by Bernard Johnson and seconded by Desparois to table the foregoing
resolution. Roll call was as follows:
AYES: Nohl, Pease, Alcott, Irish, Bernard Johnson, TMOnson, Erickson,
Art Hanson„ Unseth, Desparois, A. G. Johnson, Pristash, Provost, Schultz, C. 0. Nelson,
Anderson, Wallin, Rowley, Williams, Fiege, Knight, H. J. S. Hanson, Kasmarek, Rivers,
Ambly, Olsen. Total 26.
NAYS: Arnold, Herman Hanson, Imaryland, ljii.halak, Hougas, Ness, Hogstrom,
R. J. Nelson, Rude, Squires. Total 10. Motion carried.
The following report was read:
Annual Report of Bayfield County Fair Committee
The following is the financial report of the 1939 Bayfield County Fair as
of October 23, 1939. The total disbursement figure ins approximate inasmuch as there
are one or two outstanding bills yet to pay. Also, the final audit of the books cannot
be completed until all accounts are settled.
Receipts Disbursements
Advertisements v 317.2.9 Advertising p 175.82
i�id -- State 1343.00 Judges 64.50
Aid -- County 2500.00 Officers, salaries 163.54
Collections from Plant 8c equipment 130.32
previous years 57..44
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Receipts
Disbursements
Gate Receipts
450.34
Police, gate,, other help
457.45
Grandstand & bleachers
109.90
Postage, express, freight
34.19
Loans
1000.00
Premiums
1678.75
Space & privileges
251.61
Printing
2.92..25
Exhibitors' Fees
147.00
Rental, of equipment
5.00
Ribbons & badges
4.17
Special acts & features
700.00
Superintendents
321.39
Supplies
70.32
Telephone, telegraph,
water, light & power
139.72
Association dues
7.50
Safety cruiser
28.75
Total Receipts
6176.58
Total Disbursements
4273.67
$1,000.00 was
borrowed from the
County which will be repaid when State
Aid
is received.
Respectfully submitted:
Hayfield Co. Fair Committee
C. D. Arnold, Chr.
S. E. Squires
Nels Ness
Andrew P,,Iihalak
Ed. Maryland
D. L. Brace
R. T. Holvenstot
Moved by Hougas and seconded by Desparois to receive the foregoing report
and place on file. ivIotion carried.
The following communication was read:
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Executive Office
iladison
November 10, 1939
County Board of Bayfield County
Washburn, Wisconsin
Gentlemen:
Realizing that the annual November session of the county boards in the
state of Wisconsin will convene on November 14 and appreciating that you are faced
with grave problems which affect many individuals enjoying old age assistance, blind
pensions, aid to dependent children and other items of expenditures which affect
your budget for the ensuing year, I feel that it is ray duty to give any information
which may be of help to,you at this time.
I appreciate there are many counties which have curtailed their expenses
to minimize the burdens of their local taxpayers and sincerely trust that you will
continue this good work.
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November 14, 1939
The last session of the legislature passed laws whereby the state of
Wisconsin will.pay to the counties in 1939-1940 an amount exceeding that paid in
the previous year by 73,079.000. Of this amount $1,438,980 is an additional aid for
county trunk highways. I naturally expect that the funds will be used to reduce
taxes and desire to call your attention to my statement made at the time of the
signing of bill 9-A, which was as follows:
"Bill 9-A has come to my desk today for signature and I am
signing it because I have been assured by members of the legislature
and county boards that the $5,300,000 that will be paid to the different
towns, cities, villages and counties from gasoline taxes in the next
biennium will give tax relief to the farmer, the city dweller, the working
man and the merchant, in fact all of our people who pay taxes. This will
reduce the taxes on real estate if the spirit of the law is fulfilled."
you are probably aware, at this time, that the state aid for dependent
children for the month of October is approximately 12ti per cent less than the amount
that is justly 'due to your county. This does not mean that the county will not re-
ceive this money. Bill 563-S has been signed by me as Governor, but has not been
published at this time. I, have every reason to feel that it will become the law of
the state of Wisconsin. As soon as it is published, payment of deferred items for
aid to dependent children will be made.
There seems to be some question in the minds of the public whether payments
will be made by the state of all aids for schools, dependent people, pensions and funds
to local units of government. I desire to state, at this time, that the state of
Wisconsin expects,and intends, to pay all aids for schools, dependent persons, pensions,
and payment to units of government, in full,,although it may be possible that some of
the payments may be made on an installment basis.
I know that you appreciate the difficulty in providing funds to finance
the state of Wisconsin and I, likewise, appreciate the financial difficulties of the
counties. With this true, I know that the counties are going to cooperate most
heartily in meeting this problem.
Sincerely appreciating your cooperation, I am
Very truly yours,
Julius P. Heil,
Governor
Moved by H. C. Anderson and seconded by Ness to accept the foregoing
communication and place on file. Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
-VTHEREAS; the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors at a meeting held May 3,
1939, adopted a resolution recorded in Volume 7 of County Board Records, page 150,
authorizing the County Clerk to execute on behalf of the County, a lease to the Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, covering the Northwest Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter ( NTjV TOTE), Section Thirty-six (36), Township Fifty-one (51) North,
of Range -Four (4) 'Test; the terms of said lease to be that said premises will be used
for a 4H Club Forestry Project; said lease to be for a five year period z°rith a provision
that the County shall have the option of -conveying said property to the lessee at the
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end of the five years if progress in forestry has been made during the time of said
lease, and
WHEREAS, the description should Have read the Northeast Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter (NE NE), Section Thirty-six (36), Township Fifty-one (51) North,
of Range Four (4),
NOW, THEREFORE, in view of the foregoing facts, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that
the description be corrected to read the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter
(NE NE), Section Thirty-six (36), Township Fifty-one (51) North, of Range Four (4) West.
Signed:
Russell E. Rowley
Iloved_by Rowley and seconded by Rivers to adopt the foregoing resolution.
iviotion carried.
The following resolution was read:
TO THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
�iMFREAS, according to Chapter 45, Section 45.18 of the Wisconsin Statutes,;
it shall be the duty of the county board to make application to the proper authorities
for suitable headstones, as provided by Congress, of deceased war veterans, and
1;1HEREAS, according to Chapter 45, Section 45.18, the expense of setting up
such stones shall be provided by the county board, and
ffHEREAS, the graves of John Iver Wannebo and Edwin Jackson, who are buried
in Woodlawn cemetery in the City of Tashburn, and the grave of Axel Laimere, who is
buried in the Catholic Cemetery in the Town of Bayview, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, are
now unmarked by any Government headstone, and
,1HEREAS, these men are all deceased veterans of the Spanish-American War,.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the County Clerk of Bayfield County be
and he is hereby authorized to make application for three headstones to the Quarter-
master General, P'lunitions Building, Washington, D. C., for the. three above named
Spanish-American ?;Var veterans, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Board of Bayfield County, assembled
in session in the City of Washburn this 14th day of November, 1939, do hereby appro-
priate the sum not to exceed Ten (�10.00) Dollars to defray the expense of electing
three headstones fior the above named Spanish-American :Var veterans.
SIGNED:
Harvey Irish
Dloved by Irish and seconded bar A. C. Hanson.to.adopt the foregoing resolu-
tion. Roll call was as follows:
AYES: Nohl, Pease, Irish, Bernard Johnson, Monson, Erickson, .zrt Hanson
Unseth, Desparois, A. G. Johnson, Pristash, Provost, Herman Hanson, Schultz, C. 0.
Nelson, 1.2aryland, 1'1lihalak, Anderson, Wallin, Rowley, Ness, Hogstrom, Knight, H. J. S.
Hanson, R. J. Nelson, Kasmarek, Rivers, Ambly, Olsen, Rude, Squires. Total 31.
NAYS: None. 12otion carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, at a joint meeting of the sheriff's committee and the health
comrn-ittee of the County Board, it was voted to recommend that the County Board request
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indigent patients to the State General Hospital or to the Orthopedic Hospital,
And Whereas, the problem of transportation has been a growing one and can
best be handled by requiring the patients to secure their own transportation, now
therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County in
annual session assembled this 14th day of November, 1939, that the County Judge be
and he hereby is formally requested not to approve or authorize transportation at
County expense of any patients to the State General.Hospital or Orthopedic Hospital.
PRESENTED BY:
D. S. Knight
Moved by Rude and duly seconded to table the foregoing resolution. Roll
call was as follows:
1
AYES: Johnson, Monson, Erickson, C. 0. Nelson, Mihalak, Rowley, H. J. S.
Hanson, Rivers, Olsen, Rude. Total 10.
NAYS: Nohl, Pease, Art Hanson, Unseth, Desparois, A. G. Johnson, Pristash,
Provost, Herman Hanson, Schultz, i4aryland, Anderson, Wallin, Hougas, Ness, Hogstrom,
Knight, R. J. Nelson, Kasmarek, Ambly, Squires. Total 21. Motion lost.
Moved by Knight and seconded by Wallin to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County in
annual session assembled this 14th day of November, 1939, that the standing finance.
committee of the County Board be and it is hereby empowered and authorized to examine,
settle and allow all current accounts against the County not in excess of five hundred
dollars or anyone such account and when so settled and allowed to authorize the issuance
of county orders therefore.
PRESENTED BY:
S. E. Squires'
Moved by Pease and seconded by Hogstrom to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Moved by Rude and seconded by Ness to table the foregoing resolution. Roll
call was as follows:
AYES: Bernard Johnson, Erickson, Ness, H. J. S. Hanson, Rivers, Rude. Total,6.
NAYS: Nohl, Pease, Irish, 1-,2onson, Art Hanson, Unseth, Desparois, A. G. Johnson,
Pristash, Provost, Herman Hanson, Schultz, C. 0. Nelson, Maryland, Mihalak, Anderson,
'Jallin, Rowley, Hougas, Hogstrom, Knight, R. J. Nelson, Kasmarek, Ambly, Olsen, Squires.
Total 26. Motion to table lost. The original motion to adopt was carried.
The following resolution was read:
WHEREAS, several of the County officers and employees use their automobiles
in carrying on their duties, receiving $30.00 a month for.the use of said automobiles,
and whereas, it appears that there may be some liability on the County by virtue of
the fact that such automobiles are in effect, rented by the County on a monthly basis,
nto,jv therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County in
annual session assembled this 14th day of November 1939 that all such county rented
cars be required to be covered by the owner by public liability and property damage
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insurance so as to relieve the county of any possible liability out of claims arising
through the operation of said automobiles.
PRESENTED BY:
S. E. Squires
Moved by Pease and seconded by Rivers to adopt the foregoing resolution.
Motion carried.
The following resolution was read:
TO THE FINANCE COI-11ITTEE AND TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF BAYFIELD COUNTY:
"JHEREAS, the administrative costs of the Public ?Telfare Department of
Bayfield County are paid for tpait-h state funds, and
WHEREAS, these funds can be used only to cover the payroll, telephone,
stamps and a small amount of stationery, and
WHEREAS, the department requires other office equipment and funds to repair
typewriters, adding machines, etc., and
7-THEREAS, the Public'Welfare Department serves the whole of Bayfield County
and adequate office supplies and equipment are necessary to operate the department,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the members of the P70 committee recormiend
to the County Finance Committee and to the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors that
an appropriation of 44100.00 be made for the purpose of purchasing office supplies and
office equipment for the Public T�'Telfare Department.
RELIEF C OI,/I 1ITTEE
Albert E. Swanson
S. E. Squires
Henry J. S. Hanson
Moved by Pristash and seconded by Rowley to receive the foregoing resolu-
tion and place on file. Motion carried.
The,following resolution was read:
TO THE FINANCE C01.11ITTEE AND TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF BAYFIELD COUNTY:
7�THEREAS, the county building that is being used as a surplus commodity
warehouse is in need of minor repairs to provide adequate heating facilities, and
',`THEREAS, such repairs will improve the appearance'of the building and in-
crease its valuation, and
WHEREAS, the relief committee has inspected the said building and in -
strutted the Public Welfare Director to make the minor repairs, a4d
WHEREAS, the said repairs will cost approximately $90.00,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the relief committee recommends to the
finance committee and to the county board that the board allow an appropriation that
will cover the expenditures of the aforestated repairs.
RELIEF COMMITTEE :
Albert E. Swanson
S. E. Squires
Henry J. S. Hanson
moved by Unseth and seconded by Desparois to receive the foregoing resolu-
tion and place on file. Motion carried.
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The following communication was read:
1VIr. S. E. Squires, Chairman
County Board,
Bayfield County, Wis.
Dear Sir;
In order to maintain and support the following Departments, with heat, light,
telephone service, water etc. we are compelled to request an appropriation from the
County of $400.00a N. Y. A. Department, Farm and Iv11arket Department, Relief Department,
Recreational Department, Farm Resettlement Department.
The City of Washburn is furnishing the Building and Janitor and maintains the
building with repairs and upkeep that costs the City practically $800.00 per year and
we feel that as this is more a County affair that the County should appropriate the
amount requested.
Hoping that you will consider our request and grant the additional amount
that we request. This is a very small increase over the previous appropriation and
under present conditions we do not think that vie aredemanding anything out of reason.
Thanking you I remain
Very truly yours,
A. I. Lien, City Clerk
City of Washburn
Moved by Rude and seconded by Rivers to receive the foregoing communication
and place on file. Motion carried.
Moved by Desparois and seconded by Unseth to adjourn until 9 A. M., November
15. Motion carried.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD
November 15, 1939
All members present except A. E. Swanson.
The County Board made an inspection trip throughout the County which covered
the following: United States Forest .urea; County Forest Unit No. 2; Harbor improvement
work at Cornucopia; Stumping demonstration arranged by the Agricultural Committee and
the County Agent; the Barnes Dam and Bridge; the Resettlement Project in the town of
Drummond; and the proposed damsite in the town of Delta.