Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-04-15

court Of record in this state, that every act or
thin req uired by law to be done relating to ass
essins or levying taxes from the election of the
oficels to the completion of the tax stnclusive
has bsen done regular, correct and as requie ed 10y
law.
SEC Is. Immediately after making out the tax
list aforesaid the clerk shall make out a duplicate
copyEhereof to which shall be appended a war
rant signed by the Mayor and Clerk, and sealed
with the corporate seal of said city, directed to
the Treasurer, requiring and commanding him to
collect the taxes and assessment specified in said
duplisate copy of the tax list in the manner pro-
vided by law and said clerk shall on or before the
18th day of November of the said year, as soon
thereafter as practicable deliver the same to the
city Treasurer for collection, and make record
Of said delivery OF the tax list preserved in his
office
SIC. IT, The city Treasurer upon the recent of
such duplicate copy of the tax list, shall proceed
to collect the same in like manner, and shall have
like powers, and be subject to like requirements
liabilities and restrictions as town Treasurers ex
cept as otherwise provided in this act The city
Treasurer shall receive two per cent. fees upon all
taxes paid to him before the first day of January
and five per cent fees upon all taxes collected af
ter that time to be added to the amount of taxes
and collected with the same. and two per cent
upon all other moneys paid into the Treasury
which shall be in full for all service performed
by said Treasurer under this act the ordinances
of the city.
SEE. Is. On or before the 18th day of February
and return TO the Treasurer of Iowa county
list Of all lands and lots upon which the taxes have
no. been paid and shall also settle with and pay
overall moneys properly payabl to said county
Treasurer, IN like manner as now Is, or may here
after he required of town TreaSurcrS. The said
Treasurer shall also by the same time make out
and deliver to the city clerk a list of all dein-
quent personal property taxes for the same year.
The county Treasurer shall add the same interest
penalties or fees to such delinquent returns as al
or bXy " dol linn
frog the several towns.
SIZE 70 The county Treasurer shall sell all de-
linquent lands and lots returned from the city of
Mineral Point at the same time, and in the same
manner as the other delinquent lands are sold in
said county.
SEC. 20. All real estate exempt from taxation
10y the laws of this State, shall be subject to all
Spe5ial taxes for the building of sidewalks and
improvement of streets in front OF the same.
SEC. II. All lands lying within the city limits
nsed or kept for farming purposes, and not divld-
ed and laid out into lot or lots and blocks, and all
ont lots not suoiivil,d and nun nefed by slch
subdivisions shal lie assessed at a moderate cash
value by the acre, and shall not be subject to any
special tax.
SEC. %. All the directions hereby given ex
cept in section nine of this Charter for the assess
ing OF lands and the levying collection and re-
turn of taxes and assessments, shall be deemed
only directing, and no error or informality in the
proceedings Of any of the officers entrusted with
the same not efecting the substantial justice of the
validity of the tax or assessment
CHAPTER VIII
COMMON SCHOOLS
SECTION l. The City Of Mineral Point shall
constitute one School District under the contro
and management of Board of lacation to b,
composed OF the City Superintendent er-oHci0
who shall be President Of tine Board and 0nt
commissioner from eacn Ward to be appointed b,
the Common Council. at their first annual rneetine
/ to hold their Offices for the term of two years
Said commissioners may be removed from ofic,
for official misconduct or wiltul neglect of duty
by the city Council by q of two thirds of thu
members thereof fair hearing having beer
granted before removal
SEC. ,. Said commissioners shall within ter
days after their appointment take the oath of of
fee prescribed by the Constitution of this State
and file the same with the city clerk. At thei
first meeting they may appoint one of their mum
her clerk or If advisable some other person {,
hold his Office during the pleasure OF said Board
who shall receive such compensation as said Boart
may determine. The said commissioners shall re
ceive no compensation for their services.
SEC, 3, The clerk Of said Board shall keep
record of the proceedings thereof and perform
such OF er duties as the Board may prescribe
+ which record or a transcript thereof certified n,
the President and Clerk, shall be received in ali
Courts priaa jucie evidence 0: the facts therein
set forth, and sGcn record and all the books an,
accounts of the said Board shall al all times D,
subject to the inspection of any member thereof
4 SEC 4. The City Council Of the sal city O.
Mineral Point shall have the power and it shall b,
their duty to raise from time to time, by tax upor
the real and personal estate in said CITY. subiec
to taxation in addition to the amount Of schoo
( moneys now or hearatter appraised or provide,
10y law for common schools in said city. such sum.
as may be determined and certified bv the sale
Board of Education TO be necessary and prone
for any or all OF the following purposes: Ist, Tl
purchase, lease or improve sites for school houses
%, To build, purchase, lease, enlarge alter i'm
prove and repair school houses and their out
houses ana appurtenances. Sd, To purchase e..
/ change, improve and repair school apparatus
books, furniture and appenlagcs; but the DoveI
herein granted shall not be deemed to extend Il
the furnishing of class or text books for any scholar
whose parent or guardian shall be able To furnish
the same. Atm, 10 procure fuel and defFaV the
cOutiugeuteXpenses Of the common school. and the
expenses Of the school library of said city, 9Th
70 pay wages of teachers due, after the applica.
ton of the public moneys which may by any law
be appropriated and provide for that purpose
prOriasd hyi0erer, That no tax shall be laid foI
such purposes Ottener than once in each year n0l
pr0Uided also, That the amount to be raised foI
teachers wages and for contingent expenses in
any one year hall in exceed twice the
amount of public IN oneys received during the pre
yIOus year nor less than one-half the amount re.
ceived by said city for school purposes lFom the
income of the school fund.- and that the amount
TO be raised in year for buYing sites and erect
ing and repairing school houses and the anpur
tenances shall not exceed one thousand dollars:
save as excepted in the seventeenth section of this
CD pier
SEC. 8 The City Council shall cause the tax
or tXcs herein provided for, to he levied and col,
lected annually in the same manner as annual
taxes are levied and collected in said city and all
moneys so collected, and all school moneys APP.
proprlated by law to, or provided for said civ
shall be paid to the Treasurer of said city, who
together with the securities upon his bond shall
be accountable therefor, in the same manner as
for other moneys of said city.
SEC. g. Alter this act STALL 90 into operation
the Treasurer of said city, shall not pay out any
moneys in his hands received by the said city
either as school moneys or collected or received
10y virtue Of any provision of this chapter except
ing upon an order drawn upon him ST. ned by the
President and Clerk of said Board Of Education:
and no such order shall be drawn except by vir-
tue OF a resolution of said Board.
SEC. I. The said Board may cause a suit or
suits to he prosecuted in the name of the city of
Mineral Point, upon the official bond of the Treas
urer Of any cOlecLOr of sail CITY for any dc.