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

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Z and shall choose one of their number as
moderator, and the ciofk of the county
!, board of supervisors shall be clerk Of said
j board. Said board shall equalize the val
! nations of real estate in the several towns
and wards ia their county, according to the
provisions of chapter fifteen Of Revised
4 Statutes, pertaining to the equalization of
; q sessments by the county board OF super
I Yisors.
+ Sec. rs. Each clerk of tie board of SUI
4 penisoF, shall, on or before the I'd Mon
4 day Of October, annually, make out and
4 transfnit to the Secretary Of State, an ab.
iSstsac Of all real property of each town,
l1fcty and sillage in his county, in which he
shall set forth.
lst The number 8! acres, inclusive Of
yii!age lots;
al. The aggregate value Of all such
.ifeal property, other than village aud city
iots, as returned by the several assessors of
lis county, inc udins all additions which
] shal have been made thereto, agreeably
I toy he provisions of this act
~ 81 The aggregate valuation of real
property of each village and city Of his
leo lnsfy, as returned BY thu assessors, in
lcIuding such additions as shall have been
4 made thereto; and each of the said clerks
4 slRll, at the same time, transmit to the
Sec tary of State, the aggregate value of
hh the personal property in his county, in~
1Fuding such additions as shall have been
| thereto, in accordance with the provisions
Of this act. sa.-.,.u.,se
Il Sec %. The members Of the State
Senate in connection with tie Secretary
sf Safe, shall form State Board Of
! Equalization, and the State Board thus
co situated shall perform the duties d.
volving upon them, as such State Board Of
Equalization as such time during the an
nual session of the Legislature, as ma
jority O. such Board may determine. And
each having taken an oath, honestly and
impartially, to the best of his knowledge
and ability, so far as the duty Cevolves
upon aim, to equalize the valuation Of real
property among the several counties, towns,
cities and villages of the State, &C ording
to the rules prescribed by this act for val
uing and equalizng the value Of real prop
erty. The Secretary of State shall lay be-
fore said Board the abstracts of real prop
erty transmitted to him from the several
counties, and the said board shall proceed
to equaIize the valuation of such real prop
erty, in manner following, to-wit:
LIST. They shall add to the aggregate
valuation of every county, which they be-
Iieve to be valued below the verage valu
alton Of other counties, such per centum as
will raise the same to the average valuation
Of all the counties of the State, according
to the actual value Of each as compared
with other counties.
2nd. They shall deduct from the aggre-
gate valuation of every county. which they
believe to be valued above the average
valuation of other counties, such per cent
am, 10 each case, as will reduce the same
to the average valuation of all the counties
Of the State according to tho actual value
of each as co impaired with other counties.
Sec o. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Secretary of State, Immediately after the
State board of equalization shall have
completed their labors, to transmit to the
clerk of the board Of supervisors of each
county of the State, a statement OF the per
centum to be added to or deducted from
the real property of his county, and the
said clerk shall forthwith proceed to add
or deduct from each parcel Of real property
in bis county, the required per centum ON
the valuation thereof, as the same shall
stand after having been equalized by the
county board Of EQUALIZATION; and the val
uation Of real property as it shall stand al
tel having been thus eq ualized by theS'ate
board, shall form the basis on which taxes
shall be levied.
Sec. %. When the Secretary of the
State shall have ascertained the aggregate
valuation of all the taxable property OF the
State, he shall proceed to apportion the
State taxes among the several counties 50
that each county shall pay such proportion
of said State taxes, as the aggregate yalu-
a ton Of all the taxable property Of such
county, bears to the aggregated valuation
OF all the taxable property in the State
And the Secretary of State shall transmit
copy of such apportionment, daily GER
tilted, to the clerk Of the board Of super
visors of each county Of the State, on or
before the first day of October, annually.
Sec. %. The present State board of
equalization shall equalize and apportion
the taxes among the several counties for
1.-THE present year, in manner now provided
Nv law, and shall base such equalization
and apportionment upon the returns last
made to them by the several counties.
Sec. 80. lin order that the provisions Of
this law may be made to apply to the
present year, the time for the annual as
scssment for the year eighteen hundred
aud fifty eight, is hereby extended for not
hexceeding forty days from and after the
time now fixed by law; Provided, That
after the year eighteen hundred and nifty
eight. the time for such annual assessment
ment shall be the same as now provided 10
the Revised Statutes.
! Sec. 81. All acts OF parts Of acts super
seded by or conflicting with the provisions
Of this act are hereby repealed.
Go % Tbis act shall take effect and