Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-18
LAWS OF WISCONSIN
oohsaeS February u, 1864.


| An ACT to authorize towns CUES and inc,,,.
ed villages, to raise money ~ X Tor the ma,
ment OF houn-les to ountesrs for the mIIifs-I,-
service OF tue United states. aud to provide e.
the !-Tr and collection OF the same.
The pvoPI- OF ire state of Hlsco0ou represented
IN ssuare aad assembly, do enacs as follows
section The qualified electors OF each town
city ahd Incorporated village in this state. shall
have power, at any annu al peciaf ting there
OF, 10 vote to raj by tax, such or sums OF
money rs they may deem necessary, to pay bouu.
ties to volunteers. in the service of the United
States, who may have emitted, or shall hereafter
enlist, and become credited to such town CITY or
village upon its quota under any call OF the PIesi-
dent of tue Quilted States, heretofore made or
which may be hereafter made, for volunteers for
the military service f the United states or for thu
purpose of giving aid to the families OF volunteers
or of drafted men mustered into the service OF the
United states of this state pro0tded, that such
bounty Shall in no exceed two hundred dol
lar to any volunteering, eXcest in such cases
as the towns, city villages have heret fore
voted to raise larger sum than the amount
specified III this act Tor said purposes.
Sec ,. a spe iai meeting may be held in any
town, city or Incorporated village nf this state fer
tue purpose or purposes mentioned in section one
OF this act, upon written petition to the CLERK
thereof. signed by five qualified electors
ana freehoIders of such town. city Incorporated
village, which petition shalt forth the purpose
or purposes for which said SPECIAL meeting is asked
by The petitioners, together with the amount of
money sought to be apsropriated or raised by tax
at such meeting for each of said purposes and II
IS hereby made the duty of every such clerk unop
presentation to him of such petition to caiI
SpeciG! meeting of the qualified electors of such
town, city or village, to be held the place where
the last annual election in such town. CITY nr vii
lage was held, by posting notices of the same in
three or more public and conspicuous places in
Sucn town, cltY or village, stating the hen
and the place where such meeting Will be helE and
the object of the same, together With the amount
Of each tax proposed TO be voted thereat, which
notice shall be so posted not less than five nor
more thsn fifteen days previous previously to the
time appointed for holding such special meeting
Tr0r1Gtd, that the electors assembled at any such
me etlug, not less than twelve in number, NAV be-
fore proceeding vote on the question of raisins,
any such tax, agree or determine upon less sun
TO be voted for any such lurpose than the amount
named therefor in the petition aforesaid. Such
meeting shall be opened and conducted by the
proper officers authorized TO aat inspectors and
CLERK thereof, and correct and complete record of
the proceedings OF every such meeting shall be
kept, IN which shall be stated the amount of each
tax voted thereat, and the purpose for which the
same was voted and such proceedings shall be
signed or att-sted by the officers thereof and flied
and recorded in the office of the clerk of the proper
town. city village.
Sec. 5. The town bodar of supervisors of every
town, the common council OF every city, and the
board Of trustees OF every incorporated village in
this state, in which the qualified electors thereof
have, at any town, city or village meeting, ca He'd
for that purpose, voted tax upon the taxable
property of such town. city, porate vi laue
tor the purpose of paying Oounties to volunteers
Tor hllng the quota or quotas of such town city or
village, or for the purpose oil supporting families OF
o
vote such tax for either of said purposes, prior TO
the 18th day of February, 1861, are hereby author
lzed a empoWeredto make, or cause to be made,
a copy of the last assessment roll, or assessment
rolls OF real and personal property of their rssJec-
tiv1 towns, cities incorporated villages and up-
on the val uatiou of said property to ap ortou aud
carry out III said rolls the voted for the
purpose OF purposes Aforesaid, an0 cause warrant
for sh- collection OF said tax to be annexed thereto
which waIrent shall be made by tie proper officer
andshall conform as near as practicable the war
~ mt l4il lDrr l..
taxes, commanding the town, city or village tr4as-
urer Gas the case be)to collect said rror TO
the H1St dog Of Apdt n,@t; and said roll and war
RAM annexed shall be Forthwith delivered to the
town. city or village treasurer to whom the same
is directed pr0Uded, that in all cases when taxes
have been LEVIED for the purpose of paying bountes
to volunteers, and entered upon the assessment
Iol for the year 1868, such action, whether had in
pursuance Of votes by the electors ur Otherwise
shall be Deemed sufficient, and is hereby legaizpd
and &c AIRED valid. and no L ew copy Of s.iI roll
need be made Tor the lection OF such taxes.
Sec. 4. said treasurer shall procs ed forthwith
to the collection Of such tax and for that purpose
shall have ali the power and authority vested in
him by law or the collection of other taxes but
before he shall distrain the property any person
he shall give such person, his agent or repre-
sentative, it to be found his town city or viii age
at least three days notice, by making demand OF
the tax SO aforesaid imposed on such person
and such treasurer shall be entitled to eceive and
collect the same fees as tor coll citing other taxes
Sec D. The taxes so collected by said treasurer.
aud the monies received by him from the county
treasurer hereinafter provide shall lie paid out
by him, authorized BY the 81 perYisors Of HIS
town, the common council Of his city, or board
of trustees OF his village, pursuance of the di-
recton of the meeting which voted the same for
the payment OF bountits TO volunteers, or to sup
port fannlles OF volunteers or drafted men, or the
redemption OF scrip ISSUED US hounties 20 Volun-
teerR, hut for no other purpose.
Sec. 6. If such treasurer shall DO unable TO col
eCt any portion of the taxes aforesaid levied
for all either Of the purposes hereinbefore men
toned, ne shall make return of such delinq ue Mt
taxes. and Of the lands on which the same were
levied on or before the secoHd day Of APRIL 1864,
to the treasurer OF his county. Such delinquent
return shall be in the form ana shall be verified in
the manner prescribed by for the return of 9TH
delinquent taxes.
Sec. I. Upon receiving such delinquent return
the county treasurer shall give the town, city or
village credit for the amount til ereof and shall add
the taxes previously returned to him, il any,
against the tract tracts of land and in re-
Iation to such taxes added and to the lands re-
turned as aforesaid against which there is no pre-
vious delinquent tax, the county treasurer shall
thereafter proceed in the same manner if said
delinquent taxes had been included in the general
tax roll and return for the year 1868.
Sec. s. The county treas urer shall, imm rdiately
after the tax sale held next after the return TO him
of said delinquent taxes, pay to the treasurer of
the proper town, city or village, the amount of
the delinquent taxes so returned from such towns
cities and villages respectively, to be applied as
provided in section i've of this act.
Sec 9. If any town, city Or Incorporated vi lage
shall at aoy meeting called for that purpose and
held subsequent subsequently, to the 18th day
OF February, 1854 vote any tax to pay bounties to
volunteers, TO support families of volunteers or
drafted men, if any any such tax voted rrior to
the 25th day of February, 1864, shall be col
lected as herein before provided such tax or taxes
shall be inserted in the proper assessment loll or
assessment rolls, for the year 1864, aud collected
with other taxes contained in said rolls, and when
collected sh I'll be paid out hereinberore men
toned for the purposes for which the
levied: provided, that if the meeting voting such
tax shall have de ermined, or shall hereafter de-
termine CAT the time of voting such tax that the
tax taxes voted for any OF the purposes afore-
said shall be collected in two different
years. then such part thereof shall have been
so determined snail be inserted in the proper as
sessment roll or rolls for the year 1864, aud the
residue of said tax taxes shall be inserted in the
assessment rolls of the subsequent year, dete
mined aforesaid.
Sec 10. IN each and every case, where the
qualified electors OF any town, city or ucorporat
ed village at town, city or village meeting called
or held with intent to comply with any law of this
state, shall have heretofore voted, shall here
after vote, tax upon such town, city or village,
for the purpose OF aging bouRtes to Volunte ers,
heretofore enlisted, or who shtu thereafter
listin the service OF the United States, uudsr
call of president for volunteers, for the pur
pose of aiding the families of such volunteers or
drafted men, the proceedings of such meeting, and
the tax or taxes 70 ed thereat, sail be as val
id and legal to all intents and for all purposes as
if the provisions of any such law had been all liter
ally aud strictly complied with, notwithstanding
Their may have been errors, omissions or mistakes
N giving the notice of such meeting, or in the
TINE CT place OF holding, the manner Of con-
ducting the same: prOUidea, that NOTHING herein
contained shall BIS construed to legalize or
validate any act or proceeding founded upon
growing out of actual fraud.
Sec. II. In case any town clsrk, supervisor
other officer OF any town, city incorporated
village, authorized required by law to perform
any duty service; either ia giving the notices of
any meeting authorized by this act, or in conduct
ing or holding any such meeting, or in issuing any
warrant for the collection Of the voted at any
such meeting, or in collecting ouch taxes shall
wiifuly wiliful!y refuse and neglect to perform
the duty service required of him, for the pur-
pore of preventing the holding of such meeting,
the voting Of tax tnereat, the collection of
any sach tax, when voted, each and every person
so offending shall be deemed guilty OF a INSIDE
shaLI be liahn TO ne IndIcted and Dull