This contains the records of the Town of Lake. Town Agencies include the Assessor,
Town Attorney, Town Board, Town Clerk, Fire Department, Health Department, Board of
Recreation, Treasurer, and Waterworks; also includes the 1939 Building Code
Ordinance and the 1941 Civil Service Manual. Various bound volumes are included as
well, such as the Town Clerk’s Deferred Special Assessments, which lists the type of
improvements such as sidewalks, curbs and gutters, water mains, and roads. The
Treasurer’s Report contains reports, journal entries, Recreation Department payroll,
bank accounts, and a budget breakdown including disbursements for withholding tax,
general expenses, director’s salaries, insurance, youth canteen, women’s chorus,
square dancing, baseball, boys and girls gym, summer playground and movies, band and
boat building.
The Quarter Section Atlas is comprised of 4 volumes. Volume 7 is an undated quarter
section atlas. Volume 8 is a plat book prepared by Frank Halliday from the records
of The Milwaukee Abstract and Title Company, dated June 3, 1915. Volume 9 is the
official quarter sectional atlas of the Town of Lake drawn and compiled from the
records of Milwaukee County by Steinhagen & Steinhagen, Civil Engineers, 1931.
Volume 10 is a plat book of the Town of Lake prepared under the direction of C.M.
Sommers, County Treasurer. While this volume is not dated, Mr. Sommers served as
County Treasurer from 1933 to 1938. There is an index map located in the front of
each volume.
The Consolidation Files hold financial and administrative records on the
incorporation of St. Francis (1951) and the consolidation of the Town of Lake with
the City of Milwaukee (1954). The Litigation Files contain papers of lawsuits and
investigations related to rubbish disposal and junk yards (1920-1951); railroad
crossings (1939-1940, 1953); locomotives whistling (1939-1940); water and bus
service (1941, 1948-1949); and recovery of monies received by former Town Clerk,
W.J. Barbeau (1936). The collection also contains miscellaneous maps and
photographs.
