Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-03-02

lection of the same.
Sec. 10. That the board shall cause TO
be summoned six good and lawful men,
freeholders and inhabitant Of said village,
not directly interested, y ho being first du-
ly sworn for tina: purpose shall quire into
and take into consideration as well the benC-
fits as advantages that may accrue land esti-
mate and assess the damages that would 9
sustained by reason Of the oyening and ex'
tension and widening Of any street, avenue
lane, or alley; and shall moreover estimate
the amount which other persons shall be
benefited thereby, and shall contribute to
wards compromising the persons injured;
all Of which shall be returned 10 the board
oc trustees under their hands and seals.-
And the person or persons who shall lie
| benefited and so assessed, shall pay the
in such manner as shall be provided, anG
the residue if any should be pad out OF the
town treasury.
Sec. IL. That the said trustees shall,
between the first Monday Of April and the
first Monday Of June in each year, deter,
NINE the amount Of tax to be assessed and
collected the current year, and all ordin-
ances shall, within len days after they are
passed be published in a newspaper print
ed in said village and posted up in three
Of the most public places in the same. And
the said president and trustees shall, at the
expiration of each year, cause to be made
out and published the receipts and expen-
ditures Of the prece ling year.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty Of the
president und trustees to cause to be made
out duplicate Of taxes, charging each in
dlyldual therein an amount or tax in pro-
portion TO the unimproyed real estate OF
such individual within said village which
duplicate shall be signed by the president
and recorder and delivered 70 the marshal
or such other person as shall be appointed
collector, whose duty ii shall be TO collect
the same in the manner provided for
the collection Of county taxes, except
| in cases Of such sale Of real estate the
purchaser shall be entitled to deed OF
conveyance in fee simple, at the expira-
ton Of two years from the sale thereof, I'M
less the person or persons interested thero-
in shall, on or before the said time, pay
to such purchaser, ordepost with the trea-
surer Of the village for his use, the origin
al purchase money and all taxes which
shall have accrued and been paid by the
said purchaser together with interest at the
rate of fifty per cent per annum on all
such sums.
Sec. l3. The said board Of trustees
shall have power to assess on each and
every male nhabitant above the age Of 81
years,and under the age Of fifty years, re-
sident within said village, two days labor,
or in lieu thereof such sum Of money.
not exceeding two dollars per day, on the
roads or streets aforesaid, under the direc-
ton Of such persons as they may appoint
annually; and they may appropriate such
other sum raised on the taxable property,
as they think necessary for the purpose
/ aforesaid. That the trustees of each ward
may order any surplus moneys which may
be raised in their respective wards tie be
laid out on any road within the county,
leading to or from said village.
Sec. Ii. 1t shall be the duty Of The re-
corder, on or before the first day of April
annually to register the voters in said vii
lage, and ID give to the clerk Of each ward
certified copy Of the registered vcters in
said ward the recorder shall receive such
| fees for his services as the ordinance of
said corporation shall prescribe, but the
president and trustees shall receive no Pc
cuniary compensation.
Sec. Is. That upon the application oftho
| owners Of two thirds Of the estate of any
street or parts of street, it shall and may
| be lawful for the board Of trustees to levy
and collect special tax on the owners of
the lots on such street, or part of street,
according to their respective parts, for the
purpose Of grading or paving the said walks
| on the said street.
SEC. l6. If any person shall feel himself
aggrieved by means Of any ordinance pass
| ed by the said trustees, on presentation 10
the recorder Of u petition, signed by at least
thirty electors, praying the call OF a gene
ra! meeting Of the inhabitants TO take into
consideration the propriety Of such ordi-
nance, then it shall be the duty otthe said
recorder to give notice by posting up no.
tees in four Of the most public places in
said village, requiring the voters Of said
village 10 meet at such place to be desig-
mated by the SAID trustees and then and
there by ballot determine whether such or
dlnance shall be carried into effect; and If
a majority Of the voters present shall de-
termine in favor of said ordinance, then
shall the same stand as the law Of the VII
lage, and if majority shall vote against
the ordinance, then the same shall be an
nuled and go for naught. Such petition
shall be presented TO the recorder within
ten days from the first publication Of said
ordinance, otherwise no notice shall be ia
ken Of the same.
SEo.17. Itshall require the vote offvo Of
said trustees to pass any ordinance.
SEC. IS. The trustees OF each ward |