Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-14
LAWS OF WISCONSIN

Published March 81, 1870. !
CHAPTER 43I-LocAL.

CHAPTER 43l-LocAL.
AN ACT to authorize the towns OF River
Falls and Clifton, in Pierce county, and
the towns of Kininickinnic and Troy. in
The county of St. Croix, to vote money TO
aid in the erection of a state normal
school building.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate and assembly. DO enact
as follows;
Section l. The towns of River Fall. and
Clifton, in the county of Pierce. and the
towns of Troy and kininickinnic, in the
county of St. Croix, are hereby authorized
and empowered to issue their bonds for the
purpose of building a normal school build
ing. to be located at the village OF River
Falls In Pierce county, to the amount OF
twenty thousand dollars as follows, that is TO
say the town of River Falls is authorized 10
issue its bonds tor the sum of ten thousand
dollars the town Of Clifton is authorized TO
issue its bonds for the sum of three thousand
dollars the town of Troy Is authorized to
issue its bonds for the sum of four thousand
dollars and the town of Kininickinnic is
authorized to issue its bonds for the sum of
three Thousand dollars and for the purpose
of carrying out said authority the legal voters
of each of said towns are hereby authorized
and empowered at the spring election. to take
question by ballot whether such bonds shall
issued. and if majority of voters of any of
said towns shall vote in favor of issuing
them. the supervisors of that town are here
BY authorized and required TO issue the same
for that town u the amount above specified
for the said town.
Sec. 2. The town clerk of each of said
towns is hereby required to give notice of the
time and place of such election by posting
three or mors PLACES i'm his town, statement
that the legal voters viii at the annual town
meeting, vote upon tn question whether the
town will issue its bonds for the purpose Of
aiding in the construction Of normal school
building TO be erected at the village of River
Falls said notices shall be posted in public
places and at least five days prior 20 the day
of the election. The form of the ballot shall
be for normal school-yes" or "for normal
schOol-no." and NAV be written or printed
or partly written or partly printed and the
board shall deposit them IN a separate box
prepared for that purpose and shall canvass
them in the same manner they canvass the
ballots for town Officers and the town clerk
shall keep a record Of the result.
Sec. 3. The bends authorized u be issued
by the preceding section shall be signed by
the chairman of the town board of supervis-
ors, and counterSigned by the clerk of said
each for an amount of one hundred dollars.
bearing interest at rate not exceeding ten
per cent. per annum, and payable at such time
not exceeding ten years from date, and at
such place as the supervisors of such towns
respectively may determine. Said bonds
shall be payable to bearer and the interest
thereon shall be payable on the frst day of
FEBRUARY in each year. The boards of snper-
visors of the towns issuing such bonds in
accordance with the provisions of this act,
may negotiate said bonds for the purpose of
raising money to be applied in the aid of the
erection of such normal school building.
Sec. 4. The town clerk of the town 50 is
suirg its bonds under the provisions Of this
act, shall annually levy upon al the taxable
property of said town. and apportion upon
the tax roll of said town an amount 10 pay
the interest on said Dor DIS as it may become
due and payable in each year.
Sec. 5. This act shall be published in the
Prescott Journal. printed in Pierce county;
and in The star and Times and Hudson DEM
Ocrat printed m St. Croix county.
Sec 6. THIS act shall take effect and he
in force from aud after it's passage.
Approved March 10, 1870.