Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-12

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ereor rec In case any officer shall neglect refuse
the levy and collection of any tax required to be rais
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to make
OF the attorney general forthwith to apply to the
pr99me court for the issuance of mandamus to cor
provisions Of section @ sSai apply each and eve
spec spe6ial act which does may hereafter authori
euSu loan 70 any school district
pee. Z Application for the oan of school money
under the provisions of this act shall be made by ii
writing, stating the amount reoured and the total
ssssed valuation of the property of said district,
which shall be recorded in the ofce ace Of the secreta
& Of state, and said application shall be acted upon
tne commissioners of school and university lands
the order % OF time in which said applications mad
be- r o h
M 6lll becoming law, shall have precedence in the O
trcts @ filed with the school land commissioners with
seS s'o' aays y later alter the passage OF this act
special act authorizing loan to any school istrct
any money from the trust funds of the state any
ey to be paid to the state treasurer payment tn
principal or interest of any such loan, any par
the officer designated by this act to receive said
ey within twenty days after receiving the same, sha
See Any school district clerk who shall wfull
neglect Or refuse to certify an amount sufficient t
become due from his school district under the provis
s dnB By Ga s The
such loan, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeano1
less than hundred dollars or more than Ave hun
dred dollars, or by imprisonment in the state prison
not less than one year more than five years. in th
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the attorney gen
eral to prosecute without delay all oenses arising
der this act and of all district attorneys when caet
Sec II. 1t is hereby made the duty of the secretar,
of state and he is hereby authorized, case of the
neglect of officer of the town school district
do any duty required of him in this act to do the
Sec. H. This act shall take effect from and after its
Approved March 8, 1871.
Published March 6, 1911
CHAPTER 43-GENERAL
AN ACT relating to and amendatory of section six Of
enaPeer lou OF the general laws of 1852 entitled an
The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. The provisions IF section six of chapter
titled IAN act to prescribe and limit the rate Of inter
est shall not apply to any case whore the contract
greater rate of interest than per cent per
was either directly or indirectly reserved secured
taken thereby, whether such contracts have been
made between individuals, or with banks or other
corporations shall court declare any such
any Judgment thereon or order the same to be can.
oeed and delivered up except upon the recognized
Sec. So much of any act as conflicts with this act
hereby repealed and this act shall take effect from
Approved March 1871.
Published March z, 1911
CHAPTER 45-GENERAL. .il.
q @ enssd aes e Of shs
and protection of county agricultural societies"
The people of the state of Wisconsin, esented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section one of chapter So of the general
laws of 1858 is hereby amended by adding to the end
ity shall also have power to agree upon and fix yaua
tion to the aggregate of its property and divide such
valuation into equal shares, to issue to its
meruDerS Respectively, certificates. SDecifyiQQ
OF shares OF its property owned BY the mem
rcaes shall be signed by its president and secretary
and shall be transferable: and any member of any
and the property of snch society shall from
thenceforth cease to be member thereof"
Sec g. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved March 8. 1871
Published March s, 1911
CHAPTER 48-GENERAL.
AN ACT to amend chapter "a of the general laws of
1870, entitled an act to encourage the construc-
ton of railroads in this state"
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section ]. Section of said chapter "a is here
by amended so as to read as follows: "Whenever
any railroad company chartered under the laws of
this state shall determine to build railroad under
their sail charter, they may procure call for spe-
cial tow meetings in the towns, cities and villages,
or any Of them near to or through which they pro
pose to run their said line of road. Said meetings
shall be called in the same manner now provided
for calling special town meetings in this state"
Sec. q, Section two t2} of said chapter is hereby
amended so as to read follows: " The town
clerk the clerk of the city village, the case
may be, shall upon the same requistion give the
same notice of any such election, and of the bus-
ness to be transacted thereat and in the same man.
ner as is now provided by lazy in case of special
business at special town meetings. Said notice
shall also specify the point or points in the town,
village or city to which said railroad shall be built
the amount of the subscription to be made and Of
the bonds proposed to be issued the length of the
time they are to run, the amount that shall be paid
thereon each year during the time they have to run,
the rate of interest they shall bear the railroad for
whose stock they are to be used, when to be deliv
cred, where to be made payable, and when the rail-
road is to be completed to certain point. At such
election, those voting in favor of the proposition
shall deposit ballot containing the words sfor the
Railroad and those voting against it shall deposit
ballot containing the words, "aganst the railroad.
The election shall be conducted and the votes shall
be canvassed and certified and recorded in the
manner as the votes given at the annual town,
city or village elections. And if majority of the
votes cast at such election shall be for the rail
road subscriptions shall thereupon be made to the
capital stock of said company by the chairman of
the board of supervisors of the town, the mayor of
the city, or the president of the village, the case
may be: prouided, that majority of all the votes
cast shall be in favor of such aid and shall be equal
not less than majority of the votes cast at the
next preceding annual town meeting in such town.
1t shall not be lawful to strike from any such town.
city or village any of its territory while such bonds
shall be outstanding and unpaid and the issuing OF
such bonds shall be deemed contract that territory
of such town, city village shall not be diminished
while such bonds shall be unpaid in whole OF in
part.
Sec. 3. Section three (3) of said chapter is hereby
amended so as to read follows: " Such bonds
sha according to the purpose for which their issue
is authorized as in the preceding section and else
where in this act, be delivered in payment at par
for shares of stock subscribed for by any such town.
incorporated city village, when all the conditions
precedent on the part of such company, as in this
apf Sha1 hoo r1pop6
shall be signed by the chairman of the board of
pervisors and town clerk of the town, the mayor
and clerk OF the city or the president and clerk OF
village, as the case may be- voting the same with
annual interest coupons attached in the usual
form. Said bonds shall be made out and signed as
above provided when said road is located and the
line recorded or placed file in the town. village or
city clerks Office of the town, village city in
which it stpulatedt it should run, describing at
least each section which said line runs, and the
said bonds shall be deposited with some custodian
to be agreed upon by the president of said rail
road for whose stock they were voted and the SUI
peryisors of the town, president of the village or
mayor of the city, and the said custodian is hereby
required to turn over to said rail- Dad company said
bonds when the said company have finished the
road to the point or points agreed upon and named
in the call for the special town meeting voting the
same, and not before all the conditions upon which
they are issued shall be stated therein. There
shall also be endorsed upon the back of each GER
cate of registry, to be signed by the secretary of
state The shares of stock in such railroad compa-
all dividends arising therefrom, hereby pledged,
while they remain the property of such town. city
village, for the payment of the principal and in
ierest Of the bonds delivered for such stock And
the supervisors of the town, trustees of the village
or aldermen of the city may contract to sell such
stock and transfer the sam? to any purchaser, and
the proceeds of such sale shall be applied to the
payment of the interest and principal of such
bonds, and for that purpose the same shall be i'm
mediately deposited by the officer receiving the
same with the state treasurer and said town, city
village, credited therefor. to be used by him in
connection with in lieu of the other funds stand
ing to the credit of such town, city village. The
board of supervisors of the town, common council
of the city trustees of the village, the case
may be, shall annually, or as often as there shall be
a vacancy appoint railroad commissioner, whose
duty it shall be after the bonds have been issued o
the railroad company, to attend the meetings of the
stockholders of such company and he shall be en-.
titled to cast one vote for each share of stock owned
by such town. city village, in the election of d
rectors, and all questions, and shall in all other
respects be treated sockhoder therein while he
so represents such town, city or village"
Sec. A. Section four () of said chapter is hereby
amended so as to read: "And whenever any town
incorporated city village shall have created debt
as aforesaid, it shall also be lawful for the state
treasurer, and he is hereby required, Immediately
upon receiving the annual state tax or license fee
from the railroad or railroads. for the purchase OF
whose stock such debt shall have been created by
any such town, incorporated city village to place
to the credit of such towns Incorporated cities or
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