Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-03-24
Laws of Wise 7nsin.
Published March IS, 1871.
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ANACT to amend chapter 50 of the private and local
laws of 1870 entitled act to incorporate the viii
Iage of AvOCa III the county OF Iowa.
Tue people of the State OF wisconsin. represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section of chapter So Of the private
and local laws of 1870, entitled IAN act to incorp0r
ate the village of Avoca i'll the county of Iowa., is
hereby amended so that the same shall read fol-
lows: Section All of that district of country
described as lows The west half and the west
half of the northeast quarter aud west half Of the
southeast quarter of section numbar twelve 12) and
the ca half of the northeast quarter, aud the east
half of the southeast quarter of section number
eleven l1) and the northeast quarter of the north.
east quarter Of section number fourteen (l4) and
the north half of the northwest quarter and the
northwest quarter Of the northeast quarter section
number thirteen 49, and the west half Of the north
east quarter, and the west half of the southeast
Quarter of section number one ~ and the east half
of the northeast quarter and the east half of the
southeast qvarter of section number two (2), town
ship eight tS) north, range one () east also south
west fractional quarter of section numbe thrty-six
1867 and southeast fractionaq quarter OF section num-
Der thirty-fve (35) town nine (9),, range one ~,
south of Wisconsin river being the town OF Pulaski
of Iowa county and state of Wisconsin, shall hereaf
ter be known and designated as the village OF Avoca
and the inhabitants who may now or hereafter reside
within Said district are hereby created ana conStlu
ted body corporate and polite by tie name of the
president and trustrees OF the village OF Avoca and
by that name they and their successors forever, here
may have perpetual succession, and shall he IN
law capable of suing and being sued. pleading and
being implicated, answering and being answered I'M
defending and bein5 defended against IA their cor
porate names in all courts and places and in all suits
whatnoever, with power of purchasing. receiving,
holding, occupying and conveying real and personal
estate, and shall have q common seal and alter or
change the same at pleasure and shall be competent
to have and exercise all the rights and privileges and
subject to all duties and obligations pertaining to
municipal corporation.
Section g. Subdivision eighteen, of section twenty
of said act is amended as to read as follows: To
tax every male resident of said village above the age
of twenty-one years and under the age fifty years,
and days labor or in Leu thereof one dollar and nj
to cents, to appropriated to improving the ROADS
and streets in srid village under the direction ofsuch
persons they may appoint and to lexy and collect
street or highway tax Of ole to seven mills On the
dollar OF valuation also to levy and collect special
not exceeding two thousand dollars in any one
year. for the purpose of building or grading any
highway. building any bridge, or assisting IN the
building, repairing or grading of any highway or
bridge or bridges on any public road leading to said
village within the town of Pulaski or within the
corporate limits of said village procidtHg, MAORI
ty of the electors of said village at any annual or
special meeting vote for the levy of the same.
Section 8. This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage
Approved March 10th, ISL.