Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1850-03-08

hbt their meeting as such when disbaI ded, wnic
compaEl hall be differed and governed by
ter own Dy laws be not inconsi,ten with the
llws OF tits stat or with the ordinances and reg
uIatons OF the city; and shall be formed only bv
Voluntary enlistment; every member of each com
pany in said city shall be exempt from serving on
jlri $ and from poll work and military duty, ex
&C t in IA Sc of war; invasion or instruction and
whoneyer member of fire, hook and ladder
blckean hose company shall have served thcre-
in ten years he shall be entitled TO q discharge
signed By the mayor, and shall thereafter be ex-
empt as aforesaid.
SEC. 30. The said city council shall have
power TO pass ordinances imposing penalties a.
gainst the owners and masters OF vessels or the
yes els themselves for any Wilful and malicious
injuries done by their vessels or vessel 10 any
Of the bridges or Publ ic docks, ard to enforce the
same IN an action Of debt and By imprisonment
as in the case o! other ordinances, and for every
sach injury said vessel or craft shall be able in
an action by warrant in the name OF the CITY for
all such damage and injury, 10 be enforced ac-
cording to the provisions O.. San act to provide
for the collection Of demands against boats and
vessels" in the Revised Statutes.
Sac. 81. The mayor Of said city is hereby
declared 10 be eX-otticio supervisor, aud as such
is hereby empowered 10 meet with and actin the
county board of supervisors in the same manner,
and with the same rights and powers as is or
may by law be prescribed and exercised by 9TH
er members Of said county board. In case OF
the absence or inability to act of the mayor then
the city council shall select from their own num-
Der on member 10 meet wiki and act in the said
county beard.
Sec. 80. The said city council shall have
power and authority to lay out new highways,
streets, alleys a1d public walks, and to vacate
such highways, streets, alleys and pubic walks
as in their opinion Shall not be Of public util-
Iy TO regulate, grade. pave and i'm, rove streets,
avenues lanes and alleys, and TO extend open
and widen the same; and notice of the passage
by the city council of order for laying out, va
eating, changing or altering said highways,
streets, alleys and walks shall be given by pub
fishing notice of said order in some newspaper
printed in kcnosha immediately after the passage
Of the order aforesaid; and if any person shall
claim damages by reason of the laying out of
or yacatng, changing or altering thereof, ard
shall file his notice of such claim in writing with
the clerk within ten days after the order for lay
ing out, racating or altering shall have been
made by tie city council, the council Shall cause
the damage, if any over and above the benefit ac-
cruiug thereby to such claimant, to be assessed
by Jury as horein provided
expiration Of ten days after the making and en-
tor.ng of any order for the opening and LAYING
ont, extending or vacating any highway, street,
alley or public walk, cause to be summoned SIX
good and lawful freeholders, inhabitants Of said
city (and not directly Interested who being first
duly sworn for that purpose shall take into
consideration the necessity Of the laying out, O.
pening and extending such street: the said Jury
shall also take into consd ration as we'll the BEN
eft as the injury which may accrue, and csti-
mate and assess the damage which would be sus-
tanned by reason of the laying out, opening, cx-
tending or wiicning of any street, avenue, alley
or pubic walk as aforesaid, and shall moreover
estimate the amount which other property shall
be benefited thereby, all Of which shall be with
ia six days returned 10 the city council under
their hands and seals, and the property so bene-
fitted and assessed Shall be liable for the pay
mcnt Of the same, and the same shall be lien
on such property and be collected in the same
manner as annual taxes are collected and paya-
bic, and the rcsiIur, if any, snail be paid out
of the city treasury on account of the ward
Were such improvement shall be made.
SEC. 81. The city council shall have power
to caus' to be graded, gravcled and paved the
side walks on any street or part ola street with
in said city, and TO levy and collect special tax
Oh the lots and laud, bounding and AUDITING
on such street or side walk or near thereto, in
proportion TO the fronts or size of such lots re-
spectively, for the purpose Of defraying the cost
OF the same in addition to he ordinary TAX au-
thorized by this act to be levied and collected in
he same manner as annual taxes are collected,
and it shall be the duty of the city council to
provide by ordinance for the assessing, corrcc-
ton and equalization of such special tax: and
the property so assessed shall be liable for the
payment OF the same; and in case any tax mem
TONED in this md the preceding section shall
BE- returned delinquent, the proceedings for the
sale of the lots CT land return ID shall in all re-
spects be the same as in cases of delinquency in
the payment of the annual city taxes, with the
addition of like interest, cost and pe1aty.
Sec. 50. The said city council shall have
power to cause the streets, highways, lanes, al
Ieys, COm.lonS, and market places of said city,
to be kept in repair, and may cause the same to
be graded and otherwise improved, as the inter
est of the city may require, and shall Law eX-
elusive power of appointing street supervisors,
within the limits Of said city, and prescribing
their several duties; and the city council shan
have power to cause the public streets, lan,s,
alleys, highways and public grounds that now
exist within the limits of said city, to be survey
ed, described, and permanently marked On pit
thereof TO be recorded by the clerk in 4 book 70
be Kept by nm Tor mat purpose, IN Wiilctl BOOK
shall also be recorded a plat of any new street,
lane, or alley which may hereafter be establish
ed by the city council under the provisions Of
this act, and also any change or alterations in
any of the streets. lanes or alleys; and such sur
vey and record shall be thereafter conclusive ey-
idence of the position and limits Of such street,
lane, alley 0. highway.
SEC 81. There shall BE- two days wo'k
performed annually on highways, streets, aad
alleys by each mails person who By the laws Of
the State is subject to perform highway WORK.
such person to perform such labor within to
ward where he re.id s, under tie direction f
such street commissioners or sup. ryi5ors as
the city counci! may appoint; but any such PSF
son may at his option pay at rate of setent
five cents per day fer every day he may c -
bound to labor, and in default ct the payment e
such money, or the performance Of such labor
the street commissioners or supervisors mag g.
for ar d collect srca money By an acton Of d,H,
in the name OF the city Of Keno ho. VIII EiE
rcr cent. damages on the SAM. o-otucr HIt3
cost of suit before the mayor Of the ci'E, or any
Justice of the peace; ard in all such cases C
process shall b. by warrant, and no say q e%@-
cution upon any Judgment rendered Oh sacA 4r.-
shall! be TAX or allowed provdaj, ho@rr-f,
that the city council afal havs 7oT.g 70 crl'r
said work laid ont upon any icai leading ont Of
said CITY and not within tie city limits.
Sc. 81. F.. the Isc ar Q 0 acy d Is. against