Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-03-16
LOCAL Law S.
Published March 8, 1901
PIER I63-LoCAL.


AN ACT to amend an act- entitled an act to
consolidate and amend an act to lncorpo-
rate the city of WATERFOWL, and the se7.
eral acts anendatory thereof, approved
March %, 1865.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows
Section l. In all cases when any taxes
are levied or assessed upon real or personal
property in the city of Watertown to pay
or take up bonds or the coupons of such
bonds heretofore issued by said city in aid of
any railroad, or to pay or satisfy any judg
ment upon such bonds or coupons, such tax
es shall be put in the tax list: in 4 separate
column from other taxes, and in case such
| taxes are not paid within the time required
by law for the payment thereof, the city
treasurer Of said city shall not return such
delinquent taxes to the county treasurer,
but shall offer for sale the lots and parcels
of lands on which such taxes remain unpaid,
| and shall give three weeks notice thereof by
publication once a week in some newsp paper
of said city, specifying the time and place
of sale. If at the time OF Offering FOR sale
any real or personal property for any such
taxes, no bid shall be made for any lot or
parcel of land or personal property, said
city treasurer shall adjourn the sale from
time to time, not exceeding six months at
one time
| Sec. 2. The city treasurer shall issue tax
certificates to the purchaser or purchasers
of any delinquent lots or parcels Of land by
| him sold, and in case such lots or parcels of
| land be not redeemed within the time re-
| quired by law, he shall execute tax deeds to
/ the person or persons entitled thereto. All
/ laws relating to the sale and redemption Of
| land from taxes, and the executing Of tax
| deeds shall apply hereto so far as the same
are properly applicable.
Sec. 3. Section twelve of chapter seven
! of said act is hereby amended SO as to read
| as follows: An injunction may be allowed
and ssund on application of any tax payer
| of said city to restrain the levying or col
| Letting of any tax against real or personal
property in said city, when the tax or the
| proceedings in relation thereto are not in
pursuance Of law.
| See. 4 Section FIVE of chapter three of
! said act is hereby amended SO as to read as
/ follows All laws, ordinances, resolutions
or orders appropriating money, creating
debt, or leyying or assessing tax shall be
| passed by an affirmative vote of Il majority
| OF ali the fourteen aldermen constituting
! the common council under the city charter,
| and in all such cases the ayes and noes
shall be taken and recorded in the journal !:
| provided, that in ordinary proceedings not
authorizing the appropriation of money or
/ the contracting Of debt or the levying or
as, essing of tax, an affirmative vote of a
majority of qurum shall be sufficient.
| Such resolutions and orders, and ali laws
and ordinances shall be signed by the may
| or and shall be published in a paper to he
| selected by the common council, printed in
| said city before the same shall be in force :;
and within fifteen days thereafter they shall
| De recorded by the city clerk in books 10
be provided for that purpose; but before
| any Of said laws, ordinences resolutions Or
orders shall be recorded, the publication
thereof shall be proved by the affidavit Of
| the foreman or publisher Of such paper, and
such affidavit shall be recorded herewith,
and at ali times shall be deemed and taken
| as sufficient evidence of the time and man
ner of such publication.
Sec. 5. Seven aldermen of the common
council OF said city, when there is not a
quorum to act, are hereby authorized TO audit
accounts against the city for repairs of oridg-
es, and against the several wards for repairs
of streets, and for the construction. and re-
pairs of street crossings therein, and they
may in case of vacancy in the Office of may
or, draw orders on the city treasurer for the
amounts thus audited. In case of vacancy
in the office of mayor by resignation or 9TH
erwise, the city clerk shall, on request in
writing Of FIVE aldermen, in case there il
not quorum of the common council to act
call a special election on Eve days notice tt
fill such vacancy. The resignation of the
mayor shall be in writing, directed to thl
common conncil or city clerk, aud fled with
the city clerk, and shall take effect from the
time Of fling the same.
See 8. This act shall take effect and be
IN force from and after It's passage and pull
I LEGATION