Title: Lanark (Portage County, Wis.: Town). Clerk and Treasurer: Records
Inclusive Dates: 1858-1994

Creator:

• Lanark (Portage County, Wis.: Town). Clerk and Treasurer

Call Number: Portage Series 77

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (16 volumes)

Repository:

Housed at the Nelis R. Kampenga University Archives & Area Research Center, Learning Resources Center, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Clerk, 1858-1994, and the Treasurer, 1883-1952, of the Town of Lanark, Portage County, Wisconsin, including general record books, election records, highway records, and treasurer's record books.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-port0077

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

 ↑ Bookmark this ↑

The most comprehensive documentation of the town government is found in the Board of Supervisors proceedings and Town meeting minutes sections of the Clerk's general record books. Other information in the Clerk's general record books typically includes a register of orders drawn on the Town Treasurer showing order number and amount, date of issue, and purpose of payment; account of receipts and expenditures showing date and amount, by whom paid, from what account or to whom paid, and purpose; register and oaths of town officers; treasurer's bonds; index of chattel mortgages; apportionment of school taxes; and descriptions of school districts in the township. Volume [1] contains primarily highway orders, 1858-1869; and school district boundary alterations, 1869-1946. Volume [7] contains financial information, 1933-1942 and meeting minutes, 1933-1967.

The records of general (federal, state and county offices) and town elections, 1870-1902, includes lists of eligible voters, names of the inspectors of the election and their oaths, statements of votes (number of votes received by candidates for various offices), and certificates of election stating the winner's name.

The volume of highway records, 1870-1880, shows names of the overseers of highways, the boundaries of road districts, road warrants, and highway tax lists. The Treasurer's books, 1883-1952, contain the accounts allowed by the board and records of the school districts treasurers' reports. The Treasurer's books may duplicate financial information in the Clerk's books.

Portage Series 77	Clerk's record books
	General
Volume   [1]	1858-1946, Highways and Schools
Volume   [2]	1870-1886
Volume   [3]	1885-1897
Volume   [4]	1896-1924
Volume   [5]	1923-1959
Volume   [6]	1933-1967
Volume   [7]	1940-1967, Finance Book
Volume   [16]	1968-1994
	Election records
	General election record
Volume   [8]	1870-1881
Volume   [9]	1884-1900
	Town election record
Volume   [10]	1870-1884
Volume   [11]	1885-1902
Volume   [12]	Highway records, 1870-1880
	Treasurer's records
Volume   [13]	1883-1932, Cancellation book
Volume   [14]	1900-1932
Volume   [15]	1932-1952