Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-03-11

the benefit, if any, as well as the damages
from the laying out or widening of such
street, alley or public walk to such party
claiming damages and the persons so Sc
lected, summoned and sworn shall proceed
to the discharge of their duty in the pre-
misses, and make report in writing over
their several signatures to said president
within twenty four hours, which report
shall be binding upon the corporation and
the party claiming such damages.
Sec. "a. All highway taxes assessed or
payable on property or persons resident or
being within said village, shall be assess
ed, collected and expended by the trustees
of said village, or under their direction,
on any and all the streets in said village,
but not on any sidewalk therein: and no
overseer of highways shall be elected by
the town, or any highway taxes levied or
assessed by the said town within the linn
its of said village, or have any jurisdiction
or control over the streets or highways
therein, except for the purpose of building
and keeping in repair the bridges therein.
Sec. 35. The president and trustees
shall have power, and it is hereby made
their duty, in each year to levy and assess
upon the taxable property in said village,
such a sum of money as taxes as shall be
sufficient to pay and discharge the out.
standing debts Of the corporation, if any,
and its expenses for the current year,
after applying the money derived from
other sources to such purposes, and no
more.
Sec. SO. All taxes raised and collected
in the said village for the purpose a1thor-
lied by the last preceding section, snail be
levied and assessed upon the same kinds
of property, real and personal, within the
corporate limits of the said village, as
taxes for town, county and state purposes
are levied and assessed.
Sec. 81. The president and trustees of
the said village shall on or before the first
Monday of November in each year, by res
olution to be entered on the records de
termine the amount of such corporation
tax to be levied and assessed on the tax
able property within the corporate limits
of the said village for the current year, and
and the clerk of said village shall there
upon, on or before the third Monday of
the same month of November in each year,
deliver to the town clerk of the town in
which the said village is situated, GER
titled copy, under his hand and name and
corporate seal of said village, Of al resolu-
tons Of the president and trustees deter
mining the amount OF taxes to be levid and
assessed for the current year, together
with description Of the territory included
within the corporate limits of said village.
Sec. SO. The town clerk or other prop
er officer, as the case may be, of the town
in which the said village is situated, shall
assess apportion and carry out such corpo-
ration taxes pro rata, according to the dol
lar valuation upon all the real and person
al property liable therefor, in separate
column on the tax and assessment roll and
warrant of his town next thereafter issued
and deliver to the town treasurer of his
towntor collection, in the same manner as
he shall assess, apportion and carry out
town, county and state taxes and if for
any reason such corporation taxes shall
not be assessed, apportioned and carried
out in the legal assessment or tax roll and
warrant, as herein provided, it shall! or may
be assessed, apportIoned, carried out and
collected IN that or any succeeding year
The said corporation taxes shall be IN all
respects collected or returned delinquent IN
the same manner as town, county or sta
taxes are collected by law, and when col
lected shall! be paid over by every officer
collecting or receiving the same to the treas
urer of said village. Any officer or other
person who shall neglect or refuse on de-
mand, to pay over any such corporation
taxes when collected or receiver 10y him iii
any manner, to such village treas urvr, shall
be liable to an action therefor, with TWEEN
ty five per cent. damage to be added there
to, to be sued for and recovered in the cor
porate name of said village, both against
such defaulting officer or other person and
his sureties.
Sec 80. The assessor Of the town in
which said village is situated in assessing
the taxable property in his town in each
year, shall assess the sxable property, real
and personal, within the corporate Ii mis-
of the said village, in one continuous part
of the assessment roll, and foot up the val
uations of al! the items of property assess
ed and valued by him within said limits.
Sec 40. No general law contravening
the provisions Of this act, shall be consid-'
cred as repeating, amending or modifying
the same unless such purpose is expressly
set forth in such law. 1t shall be the duty
of the clerk of said village, immediately
after an election, under this act, to make
out statement of the persons elected as
corporation officers, and Of the persons an
pointed to the Offices of clerk, constable
and treasurer of the corporation, whenever
an appointment of such officers is made,
with the fact of the acceptance and qualiti-
cation fsuch Off :ers, SO elected or appoint
ed, under his hand and corporate seal, and
file the same in the office of the clerk of the
circuit court of the county in which said
village is situated, and 1t is hereby made
the duty of the clerk of said circuit court
to Fl lie the same in the same manner as he
files and preser res like certificates of the
election and qualification of justices Of the
peace and other town officers. The police
justice shall file duplicate of his oath of
office with the said clerk of the said circuit
court. The village clerk shall also file a
list of the officers elected or appointed in
said village with the clerk of the board of
supervisors of the county Of iowa lmmedi-
ately after their election or appointment.
Sec. Al. This act shall be considered
public act, and shall be construed favor
ably in all courts and places, and shall take
effect and be in force from and after It's
passage and publication and it is hereby
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