Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-05-29

The chairman ofsupervisors shall be chan
man OF the board OF equalizers, and t6,
town clerk shall be clerk of the board. :
Before proceeding u the transaction Q
any business, the members of such boal,
preseni, shall take and subscribe tie fol
: lowing oath: "You, each Of you, solemn,
Swear that You will review, ansnd an,
correct tie assessment roll OF your town
land justly equalize the value Of real estate
therein, According to your best jndgesnenl
ani discretion, without fear or favor. p
And it shall be the duty Of said board y
Iequalizers. 4
i Isl. To examine the assessment roiIoi
The town, for the purpose of detecting and
correcting all errors in the description Of
lands: -
ID. To supply all commissions Of real Is
tate and the valuation thereof, SO that Tho
real estate in the town shall be placed up
on said roll
81. To ascertain whether the ,yalna;iol
of such piece or parcel Of real estate sci
down Oh said roll bears just relation o.
proportion to the valuation OF othar real
property Of the town; and they nlas in.
crease or diminish the valuation of aaA
piece Or parcel 50 much per centu1n as
may in their opinion be necessary to pro-
duee equitable relation between all tla
valuations of real property in the towIs.
/ SUE h board, at the time of equaliziu2
valuations as last aforesaid, shall co SID
er the complaint Of any person coasilaE~'
ling himself aggtieved by the valuation pun
upon his real or personal property by the
assessor, and shall hear such proofs as the
compliant may desire to submit in support
Of bis complainant,and shall fix such value
upon the property Of the complainant as il
shall appear from the evidence they ought,
under the provisions Of this act, in JUS
tlce and equity to place thereon:
4th. To supply any omissions fron the
roll OF personal property taxable in the
town; aud said board shall consider any
testimony which may be pro1ered tending
TO disclose any personal property taxable in
said town under provisions of this act which
has not been listed; and if it shall appear
that there is such property, and that the
person required by law to list the same
failed TO do so knowingly, aud with de-
sign TO evade the taxation of such proper
Ity, in that case the board Of equalzers shall
place such property upon the rol. at double
the valuation of the same Or similar prop
Eerty when listed by the owner or other
person required by law to list the same :;
but if it shall appear that the failure to
list such property was through ignorance
or inadvertency, then such property shall
be placed upon the roll at the same valu
alton Of the same or similar property duly
listed under the requirements Of this act.
| Sec 90. The mayor and city clerk Of
any city, with the aldermen Of each ward
| thereof, serving as members Of the county
| I(ard Of supervisors for the year, and the
Assessor or assessors Of each ward shall
CONSTITUTE city board of equalzers, and
shall meet at the office of the common
council Of the city, on the day and at the
time named for the meeting Of town boards
Of equalization, and shall proceed in all re-
spects as by the provisions Of the last pre-
ceding section town boards are required to
do, so far as the same are applicable, re-
viewing, correcting and equalizing the as
sessment rolls of the several wards in the
city in the order of their numbers. The
mayor Of the city shall be president Of the
board of equalizers, AMI the city clerk,
clerk of the same.
Sec 81. All changes of assessment rolls,
| by town or city boards of equalization*
shall be duly recorded; of town rolls, the
town clerk ia the records Of the town; of
4 city rolls 10y The city CLERK in the city rec
ords
Sec. %. Tn case of the inability of the
chairman Of the town board Of any town
TO attend the meetings Of the town board
foof equalizers, or Of the aldermen designa
ted In section 90 to attend the meeting Of
the city board, their respective places shall
bssupl lied by some other member of the
HlSwn board Of supervisors or aldermen of
ihe ward, as the case may be; and in case
bf The inability of the town clerk to attend
| as a member of the town board, as afore-
lsaid, clerk to the board may be appointed
ny tuo lllciHOSib tuOicol inCoCHtt dH1 III
case any city clerk shall fail to attend the
meetings of The city board Of his city, it
shall be lawful for his deputy, if there be
4 deputy, permanently serving in his Of
flee, to attend in his place, or if not, then
The board may appoint clerk to the city
board of equallzers.
Sec. 23 When the assessment roll Of
any town or ward SHALL have been received
}corrected, equalized, and completed by tEe
town or city board Of equalizers, AS the
case may be, the clerk OF the town or city,
shall cause a full, fair, and perfect copy pf
the same, setting forth the aggregate nuia-
ter of acres and the aggregate valA
uation thereof, as co. rected by the board
OF eqna!izers, to and the aggregate amount
Of personal property as aforesaid, and the
clerk shall attach thereto a certificate
signed by him, that the same is full, &C
curate, and perfect copy Of the assessment
roll Of the town or ward (naming the same)
as made out by the assessor or. assessors
thereof and revised, corrected and equal
lied bY The town or CITY board of equall-