Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-05-04

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sci. When new district is formed,
= in whole or in part. from one or more dis
tficts possessed of school house, or entl-
tied TO other property, the town superih'
lendent, at the time Of forming such new
district, shall ascertain and determine tie
proportion of the value of the school house
and other property justly due TO such new
district.
CO. Such proportion shall be asccr-
tained and determined, according TO the
value of the taxable property of the res
peclivo parts of such former district, at the
time OF the division, by the best evidence
in the power of the town superintendent;
and such amount of any debt due from the
former district, which would have been
charge upon the new had it remained in
the former district, shall be deducted from
such proportion.
90. Such proportion, when ascer-
tanned shall be raised and collected, with
fees for collection, by the district board of
the district retaining the school house or
other property of the former district, upon
the taxable property of their district, in the
same manner as if tie same had been au-
thorized by vote Of their district for the
building of school house, and when col.
lectcd. shall be paid TO the treasurer Of tile
new district, to be applied towards procur
ing a school house for such district; and the
money so paid TO the new district. shall be
allowed to The credit Of the taxable proper
ty taken from the former district, in reduc-
ton of any tax that may be imposed on
eoid tay 10 tho IL ut
for the building of a school house.
s "a. Whenever it shall be necessary
TO form district from two or more adjoin-
ing towns, the superintendents Of such adj
Joining towns shall meet together, and form
such district, and deliver the notice of such
formation TO a taxable inhabitanl of such
district, whose duty it shall be TO serve such
notice as provided in the second section of
this chapter, and the clerk OF the district so
formed shall make such report TO the super
perinlendent of each such adjoining town,
Of such part Of said district as may be sit
uate in such town, as is prescribed in The
thlrtieth section of this chapter; and any
district so formed; may be altered or regu-
lated by the superintendent of such adjoin-
ing towns as may be deemed necessary;
Provided, however, That the decision APP.
peaed from shall be operative until the state
superintendent shall reverse or change the
same.
65. Any person conceiving himself
aggrieved, in consequence of any decision
made by any school district meeting, or by
the town superintendent, in forming or al
tering, or refusing to form or alter any
school district; or concerning any other mat
ter under the provisions OF this Oh" Oter,
may appeal TO the state superintendent who
is hereby authorized and required to exam-
inc and decide the same, and such decision
shall be final and conclusive.
O. the assessment and collection of school
district tdreS.
&C. All taxes raised and collected in
any school district, Tor any of the purposes
authorized by the provisions of this chap
t3r, except when otherwise provided, shall
be assessed on the same kind of property
rs taxes for town and county purposes are
assessed.
s 81. The clerk of each school district
in making out any tax list, shall enter there
in the names Of all persons, liable to pay a
school dlstricttaX i'll such district, the amount
of personal property 10 be taxed 10 each
such person, and description of all the tax
able real estate in such district, and he shall
set opposite to each description of taxable
property the valuation Of the same and the
amount Of tax charged upon such property,
and to each PERSON respectively; such de-
scrIPtion and valuation o! taxable property
shall be ascerlalncd 50 far as possible from
The last assessment roll of the town.
rs. Whenever any real estate in any
school district shall not have been separate.
~ valued in the assessment roll of the town
and the valuation OF such real estate cannot
be definitely ascertaincd from such assess
ment roll, the district board of such district
shall estimate the value of the same, in pro-
portion to the valuation affixed in said as
sessment roll TO the whole tract Of which
such lot or piece of land forms part.
60. Whenever Il school district en-
braces part of more than one town, the
town supermendents of the towns so in
part embraced, upon application of any
three persons liable TO pay taxes in such
district, shall proceed to enquire and deter>
mine whether the valuations of taxable pro-
perry IN the assessment rolls of such towns
are Just, as compared with each other in
respect to such district, and if considered
not To be SO, they shall determine the
relative proportion of taxes to he assess
cd upon the real estate of the parts OF
such district SO lying in different towns;and
any tax thereafter to be raised in such dis
trict, shall be apportioned and assessed nc
cording TO such determination, until the
same shall be altered upon like application
and determination rs before mentioned; and
IN case where two superintendent cannot
agree as to such valuation, they shall sum-
mon n superintendent from an adjoining
town, who SHALL unite in such inquiry and
determination.
70. The warrant annexed to any tax
list shall be under the hand of the clerk OF
the district, and shall command the treasur-
er of such district to collect from each of
the taxable persons and corporations named
IN such tax list, and of the owners of the
real estate described therein, the several
sums set opposite TO The persons and corpo-