Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-03-22
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AN ACT to amend oet entitled e an act to
consolidate uEd amend act to Incorporate
the city Of w ate. town. and tie several acts
amendutoTy thereof, "approved March %, 1865.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented
an Senate ard assembly, do enact as. fotloa0s:
Se;tion !. The senior alderman OF ee ch ward
of the city of atertown shall constl utica board
of street commits 5ioners who ate hereby author
ized subject to the regulation and control Of the
common council, to audit and allow accounts
against the city aud the several wards for cur
rent expenses thereof and when allowed. orders
on the treasurer shall issue therefor, and in case
OF vacancy in the office of Mayor and there is no
president of the common council to act, said or
ders may be signed by the chairman of said
board and the city clerk. The city clerk shall
be clerk of said board, and shall keep record
of its proc eedirgs; the mayor may preside at the
meetings of said board, and they may elect
chairman who shall preside in his absence. "a nd
a majority of said board may compel the attend
ance OF absent members. Said board shall also
have the power to approve OF thepurchase OF lots
or sites for school houses by the board OF educa
ton OF said city, and shall have all the powers
| conferred upon the common council by the city
charter IN relation to streets, and bridges and
sid, "alks, suhjset to the regulation con so
! ,tforsaid; crowded, it shall require the afrma-
tiye votes of six c,nbe,s OF the board to allow
accounts, but in other cases tne alarinatVe votes
OF five members shall be sufficient nut there shuli
be pre- ent seven members to enable sul>.. board
to act except TO compel the attendance of absen
members. Said BOARD are also authorized to can
vass Che returns of all votes poled at any cleo
ton for city or ward officers, and determine and
declare the result of such election; provided The
common council do not first make such can vass,
and the city clerk shall issue certificates of cleo
ton to the persons determined to have been
elected to such offices.
Sec. 2, In case of vacancy in the office of al
derman IN any of the wards, the alderman re-
manning i'll office shall have and exercise all the
powers OF street mmissioners OF the ward, and
in holding elections may select two electors of
the ward who with him shall! be inspectors of
elect on, and in case there is no alderman ofthe
ward to act, the mayor may appoint three cleo
tors OF the ward, who shall be inspectors OF cleo
ton. The marshal and city clerk shall hold
their respective tffces until their successors are
chosen and qualified, and their salaries shall
continue until changed by the common council,
and in of vacancy in either Of said offices
the mayor Shall fill such vacancy by appoint
ment, subject to rejection by the common coun-
Gil. The resi- gnati of the mayor shall be in
writing, directed to the commo council or city
clerk, and shall take effect from the time of fl
| ing the samo
| Sec 3. There is hereby levied upon the real
and pers onal property OF the city of w aterto wn
annually, five mills on the dollar for school pur
poses, TWO mills on the dollar for the city 90 ner
al fund. one mill on the doll lar on the real and
personal property of he first ward for the first
ward fund, one and half mills on the dollaron
| the real and personal property OF the second
ward for the second ward fund two and half
mills on the dollar on the real and personal pro-
perty of the third ward for the thi Ri ward fund
| four mills on the dollar on the zeal and personal
| property Of the fourth ward for the fourth ward
fund, three mills on the dollar on the real and
| personal property of the fifth ward for the fifth
ward fund. and enc and half mills on the dol
lar on tie property of said ward for the fifth
ward poor fund, three mills the dollar on the
real and personal property OF the sixth ward for
| the sixth ward fund, and two mills on the d OIL
lar on the property Of said ward for the sixth
ward poor fund, three mill on ii dollar on the
| reai and personal property Of tie seventh ward
| for the seventh ward fund, and the cts clerk Of
said city is hereby required to carry out he sonle
IL the tax list enel nn, every at the time of
making out the annual tax list of the said city
| The common council of said city may annually
! levy such additional taxes for the current *
| penses Of said city as they may deem necessary
| not exceeding in the aggregate with what is
| hereby levied, the annual amount authorized by
the city charter OF said city.
| Sec 4. Section OF chapter one hundred and
sixty three OF the private and local laws Of 1870
| is hereby repealed. This act shall tax effect
and be in force from and alter its passage and
| publication.
! Approved March 3 1871.