Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1865-02-11
Published Feb. z, 1861


AN ACT TO authorize towns, cities aud Incorporate
ed villages 10 raise money by tax Tor the pay
ment Of bounties TO volunteers for the military
service of the United Ctates, and to provide for
the levy and collection OF the same.
The people If the state Of Wisconsin,, represented
ia senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section /. The qua'Ifsd electors of each town.
city and incorporated Filiagein thisSt
power at any annual special eeting Thereof. to
raise by tax such sum OF sun of meney they may
de EN- necessary to pay bounIiss 10 volunteers who
may have enlisted or who shat hereafter en st
der the call OF the president II United states
of December 18TH 1s64, FIR 80 J,O0T me n, and who
shall alter eIst under aBy call of the presi-
dent which may hereafter be made, and become
c,editsd TO such town, city village, under sue
caiis aud Also to persons who shall procure ubsts-
tutes Tor themselves before being drafted and
have them credited TO sucn town, city Or v.Ilsge,
upon its quota under any such call, and for the
purpose giving aid 10 the families of Iuuteers
AID of drafted men IN the service OF the United
states, or OF this STATE: psocEd. H. that no more
volunteer or person furnls hing substitute, or to
the family OF Any volunteer or drafted man. out Of
the money s. raised.
sec. z. A special meeting may be held in any
town, city cOrpOrated village of this state Tor
the purpose OF purposes mentIOne in section one
OF this acc, upon a written petition TO the clerk
thereof sigUe1 by i've more quaint ID elect ors
and free holders OF such town, city or Incorporated
village, which p.ttIOn shall set forth he purpose
pur e,es tor winch said speclai me- eting asked
10y the pstiuoueTs, together with the amount of
money sought TO be api rJpTiat7d or raised by tax
such ting for saI1 purl oses it Is h -reby
mode the duty OF every such cieIk, upon present A
tIOu to M Oi such petition, 10 eaii spe meet
lag of the QuaIheI ectors OF sush town, csk or
village, by posting n"tic's o. tie three OF
more pub ic on conspicuous piac~s N such toNn
city vii stsIDg the time when. sslgn ting
the hour a u tie place where such meeting will bs
nell, aud the of the same, Their with the
amount OF tax r1tos~d 10 be vO'rd LI=Teat, viii b
,tice shai be pose lot less than ivy nor more
an ten days reFOusy TO the lime appointed .,
b ldIns such special meeting. such ting II IA
~ fnkEaa in MI
uual town meeting ia such town, wbeLevrr the
same shalt be IrdetIcabe, ard shall be o sbed and
conducted in the manner PROVIDED by law Lol l.
iuZ annual Town meetings, and the vote shan ia
all cases be 10y ballot. In a other Cases such
meeiL KS shall be heId the place designated be re-
tor ia tue petition asking a. the same. tie board
of insYects r for MEETINGS cities and wi AIS
shall be chU-en Oy a majority of the electors n F.
en- at the opening of theI Is, toe village OF
city clerk Gas The Gaze may be shat be the clerk
eaId pol but OF Lis bst on refusal IN
art, CLERK for said oils may be appointed by tn
10 ri If inspector, at d the laws which nav
govern the holding OF elections, time o. opeu-
ing anu eIosiug the polls cities and lag = shall
severn IN the 10 deg OF the meetings cont. ulpla-
ten By this act: P~OUad,d that the electors assem-
blei at any such meeting. not less than twelve IN
numStr, may, before proceeding to vote on the
question Of raising any such tax, sgrte or d.t r
Inc upon less sum to be voted Tor any such pur-
pore than the amount named therefor in the peti.
ton aforesaid; aud a correct aud complete record
of the proceedings of every such meeting shall be
kept, in which shalt be stated the amount OF tax
voted there at ana the purpose for which the came
was VOtedj and such proceedings shall be signed
attested by the officers eof aud d and re-
corded the Office OF the clerk of the proper own
city or village md Pr0Uided, also, that the boari
OF superFis rs OF any to "a, tue Common council OF
any city, he DO ri of trustees OF any village ia
which lax or taxes shalt have teen voted &C a
meeting h'ld Tor that purpose ia pursuance OF this
act, shall be autb orized to oSn, civ or vii
age orders as the Case may be. not exceeding N
amount tue sum SO voted to be raised by tax bear
lug interest OF not more than seven per cent per
an m and ~ lar M Ia do
sucn time or times. and aE such place such rrspec-
tive boadrs may determine within the period or ne
RODS limited Tor the collection of such taxes; aud
such orders snail De receivable in payment of any
taxes OF such town, city or village, the case may
be, ut any time after the same shall become du,
aRd pay able,
see 3. Toe town board of supervisors of every
town, the common council of every city, aud the
board of trustees of every Incorporated vilIsgs in
which the qualified electors thereof have, az any
meeting called Tor rha, parpose, voted a tax upon
the taxable property of such town. city or ineorpo-
rated village, Tor the purpose of paying bounties
to volunteers for filling the quota or quotas Of
Of such town, CT or village, for the purpose OF
supporting families of Volunteers Gr families of
drafted men, or for ang OF the purposes m-uinn-d
Ia section one OF this act, or which may such
tax for any or all OF said purposes prior to the If
ten n day OF February, eighteen huhired and
slxty five, hereby authorized and empowered TO
make or cause to be made cory of the last assess
mint roll or ass ssnent rolls of real aud personal
property Of their respective towns, cities incsr-
poratrd villages. aud upon the valuation of said
property to appOrtiOn AM d rolls the
said tax so voted for he purpose purposes afore
said, shalt aPportion aud carry said tax up
on tue Assessment roll in the hands of the treas
other officers and cause a warrant .o- the
collection Of said tax to be annexed which
warrant shall be mate by the proper officer and
ehali conform as near as practical to warrant
prescribed by law for the COLLECTION of other taxes
commanding he towu, city or village treasurer Gas
the may be) TO collect said tax prior to che
twentieth day of March, eighteen hundred aud
and sixty five, aud SAID roll and warrant annexed
he del q he
village treasurer to whom the same is directed;
PROVIDED, that in al cases whrrs taxes have been
I-ved Tor the purpose of paying boun;i.s vOlun-
teers aud entered upon the roll for the
year 1868 or 1854 sur action whether had in pur-
suance of votes 10y the electors otherwise shall
be deemed sufficient, and Is hereby legahzed and
declared valid, and no new cop. of said roll need
Or made Tor he collection OF such taxes.
See. 1. Such treasurer shall proceed forth with
TO the collection OF sucn tax and for that purpose
shall have all the power aud authority vested in
him by iaw for the collection OF other tax+s and
shall give notice as required in section -nne
chapter tighteen revised es that tue assess
roll assessment rolls tor the special tax
ordered, L. in HE hands fer collection subject to
payment at his ottce, and Tor eight days theTea :
ter On all sums paid during said eight days. shall
smit to the persons so paying tenderng four
ftths Of the amount Included in said list,
his fees for collecting such tax; aud for all
not paid at the expiI alton OF such eight days the
officerFhall be entitled collect the same fees as
in tue cOtlecto If ether taxes; but before he
shall al train the property Of any person, he
=
tatIge. If TO he In It's iown. city viIIsg-,
least three days Notice b. making demand Of the
taxes as aforesaid impoted on such person.
Sec The taxes SO collected by said treasurer,
and the moneys received by him irom the county
treasurer, as hereinafter provided, ehalt be paid
out by him auth oTiz by the supervisors Of his
town or the comWob council of his city, board
of trustees of his age, ia pursuance of the di-
rection OF the meeting which voted the same, and
for the purposes contemplated by this act.
Sec. 9. If such treasurer shall be unable TO coll
La nj he AK q LEI IA
for all o. either OF the purposes hereiubefore men
toned, be shall make return of -ueh delinquent
taxes md OF the land" on which the same were lev
led, or before the second day of april, 1865, to
the treasurer of his county. Such delinquent
turn shall be in the form aud shalt be verified in
the manner prescribed ny law for the retura of
Sec T. Upon receiving such DELINQUENT return
the county treasurer shall give to the treasurer
making such r-turn duplicate rtifcates showing
the amount of Delinquent taxes 50 returned, spec-
flying the amount delinquent on real estate, and
the amount delinquent on persona property, which
certificate shall be presented by the town treasurer
to The clerk Of the board of supervisors OF the
county, who shall countersRn Of said certif-
catSs and return it said town treasurer aud sh all
retain the other and safely keep the same In his
office. The county treasurer shall adj the taxes
so returned to the taxes previously returned, il
any, against the same tract tracts of land, aud
in relation to such taxes so added and to the lands
returned aforesaid ag ainst which there isn pre-
vious delinquent tax, the county treasurer shall
there after proceed in the same IL all of
said delinquent taxes had been included ia the
general tax roll for the year 1854 except that on
the taxes urned under the provisions of section
six of this act, interest shall be charged only from
the first day of A ril, A. d. 1855
SEQ. 8. &c shali be the duty of each Of the coun-
~ treasurers Of this state pay 60 the treasursrs
OF the several towns in their respective couutiss.
dem md all m 'nrys collected by them. wheti er
by sale tor taxes OF otherwise, upon the linquent
tax list returned provided la section six OF this
act. .a2et
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