The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-03-29
AMMNDMENrg no OUR VILLAGE CHARTER.

AsMNDMENr{ro OUR VILLAGE CHARTER.
The Charter of our village has been
amended by the 1egislatsre now in session,
which materially chaases asr system civil
lage government eifces of Village
Treasurer and Village Assessor are abolishs
ed, and the duties of those officers viii
hereafter be performed by the Town Treas
nrer and Assessor. The following are the
AMENDMENTS
Section |. Section FIVE of said act is
hereby amended by striking out the words
land one treasurer, and the words lone
treasurer, when they occur in said section,
20 that when so amended it will read as fol-
lows: Section s. The elective officers of
said village shall be, one president, three
trustees for each ward, who shall be actual
residents in the WARD for which they shall
be elected, to be elected by the qualified
voters Of said village at the annual election
therein, to be held in each ward of said vii
lage on the tirst Tuesday Of April in each
ytar, and they shall hold their respective
offices Tor ore year, and until their success
sors shall be chosen aud iuaified ard at
such election the electors III their respective
wards shall vote for one president and three
trustees in the ward in which they may
vote proru}et', that no notice shall be
required of the first election held after tEe
passage of this act
Section .. Section niue of said act is
hereby amended by striking cut the words
one assessor for the whole village" where
they occur in said action. 50 that rhea 20
amended it will read as follows: Section
9. The board Of trustees shall have power
10 appoint and at their pleasure to remore
the following officers, tH-wit one marshal,
one clerk, one chief engineer Of the FIRE
department, odc harbor master, one bridge
tender for each draw bridge, one Surveyor,
not t. exceed two street commissioners In
each ward, to be appointed only on the
recommendation Of a majority Of the trus
tees OF the ward for which such commits
sionero shall he appointed, one or more fire
war1ens for each ward, one sealer OF weights
and measures, aud one or more sections and
Keepers OF cemeteries or burial grounds, and
each other officers aS the good order and
government Of the village may require, and
by ordinance or by laws prescribe their du
ties and fix their compensations under the
iro .isons of this act, and to impose and
enforce III law such penalties as to the said
board of trustees may seem proper for any
inalfeasance or improper conduct OF any OF
said officers, and to require bonds for the
faithful performance Of the duties OF such
of them as may be deemed expedicnt and
necessary, in cases where such bonds are
not especially required by this act prouid
ed, that whenever by an ordinance Of the
village, the members of the fire department
hnrt1oI ~ olant fhnir cb, ,of apu
the board of trustees shall not fill that office
by appointment but they shall have power,
nevertheless, to remove such chief eng gineer
Section g. Section ten of said act is
hereby amended by striking cut the words
IAN assessor" when they occur in said sec
tion, so that when so amended it will read
rs follows: Section 10. Within ten days
after the board of trustees shall have deter
mined who were elected to Office at the
annual elections of said village, they shall
by ballot appoint marshal and a clerk
who shall hold their respective offices iol
one year, unless the same shall sooner be
come vacant, and until their successors
shall be appointed and qualified.
Section 4. The person who shall hereafter
be annually elected treasurer of the town Of
Mantowoc, in said county, shall and hereby
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village, possessing all the powers and sub
ject to all the duties and liabilities conferred
or imposed by this act, and the act ofwhich
this ameDdatory or bylaws.
Section 5. When the assessment roll OF
the said town Of NJ anitowoc shall be com
pieted annually, the president and trustees
of said village shall cause to be levied such
amount Of tax as shall have been determin-
ed by them to be necessary for the purposes
OF said village, and shall set opposite to
each description and valuation of taxable
property within the limits Of said village,
the amount of tax charged upon such prop
erty, and to each person respectively.
Section 6. All the taxes levied by the
said president and trustees, shall be levied
aud collected in the same manner as taxes
are levied and collected in said town for
town and county purposes, and when so
collected shall be paid over to the treasurer
of said corporation; and the said annual
tax shall be placed on the tax roll of said
town in separate column, and the delln-
auent list shall be returned to the said town
treasurer and shall be by him credited to
the treasurer Of said village corporation
and returned to the county treasurer. IL
any person claiming the title to or interest
IN any lots or parcels of land heretofore sold
for taxes, and described in the certificate OF
sale isslcd by the treasurer on such sale,
shall not within three years from the date
thereof pay to the county treasurer, for the
use of rhe holder of such tax certificate, bis
heirs or assigns, the sum mentioned in such
certificate together with the interest there
on at the rate of twenty five per oentum,
the clerk of the board Of county supervisors
hall execute to such person, his heirs OIL
assigns, a conveyance Of such lot or parec
n land in the -aue manner and With Ilke