Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-14
Published March 23, 1876
CHI pTER 29i.

CHAPTER 294.
AN Act to amend section one (D of chapter 81, of
the general laws of 1861 said chapter being an
act to amend sections 50, TO- II and 75 Of chapter
AIS, of the revised statutes, entitled, 'Of tho
assessment and collection of taxes" and section
3 of chapter $50, of the general laws of 1860.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows
Section |. Section one a., of said chapter is
hereby amended 80 as to read as follows, ro-wit
Sectionl seventy-fve, Of chapter eighteen OS), Of
ene REVISED statutes entitled 9f and
follows: Section rs. In any person shall re-
town shah levy the by
and sale of any goods and chattels belonging to
within his town, and if sufficient amount of such
property cannot be found in such town. the town
Of o u aha
son wherever the same.may be found in the county
saee and be in
from and after the passage and publication.
Approved M ,rch 3, 1875.
Published March %, 1851
CHAPTER 1923.
AN ACT to authorize the establishment and aid in
the maintenance of free high schools.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly dn enact as follows:
Section l. Any town. incorporated village or city
in this state may establish and maintain not ex-
ceeding two free high schools whenever majority
OF the legal voters voting upon that question at
regular annual meeting thereof, or at any special
meeting legally called and held for that purpose,
shall determine to do. The vote upon the cues
ton of establishing such high school schools,
shall be taken viva voee by ballot as may be de-
termined by the proper authorities for calling and
conducting such annual meeting and the manner
of taking such vote shall be specified in the no.
tees Of such meeting whereat such vote is to be
taken Provided that whenever it is determined by
the proper authorities TO take such vote viva voce,
the notice thereof shall specify the hour of the day
at which such vote shall be taken. And provided
further, That the electors of any town, or incor-
porated city or village, may, at the time appointed
| to take such vote viva voce, order and determine
that such vote shall be taken by ballot and when
| such order shall be thus made, the vote shall be
| taken by ballot. The vote upon the question of
| establishing high schools in towns, Incorporated
villages and cities shall be canvassed and deter
mined in the same manner rs now provided by
! law tor canvassing and determining upon
other questions relating to such municipalities and
special meetings for consideration of this matter
shall be called and held in the same manner as now
provided by law for calling and holding special
meetings for other purposes.
| Sec. 2. Two or more adjoining towns may unite
in establishing and maintaining free high school
and the vote to thus unite shall be taken in each
town separately as hereinbefore provided Solong as
any town shall decline to avail itself of the proyis
ions of this act, any school district, two
adjoining districts, whether located wholly in one
or in different towns, may establish and maintain
free bign school, and the vote upon the establish
ment of such high school shall be taken each
district separately, at an annual special meeting
thereof, called and held in the manner now pro-
vided by law for calling and holding annual or
special school district meetings. Provided, That
no more than two such free high schools shall be
established in any town. And provide. further,
That whenever any school district or districts in
cluded in towns uniting to estrblish and maintain a
free high school, shall, by itself themselves,
! establish and maintain free high school in any
town where such school exists such district shall
be exempt from liability to taxation tor the support
of the high schools maintained by the several towns
in which such school district or districts may be in
Guided.
Sec s. Towns, cities and villages shall receive in
trust and faithfully expend, donations and be-
10 g
schools, and shall receive state aid in such cases, to
the same extent and on the same conditions as if
such schools had been established and maintained
by taxation. Towns, cities and villages, school dis
tricts and counties, in all the towns of any
county unite i'll the establishment Of high
school shall have power to levy and collect taxes for
the establishment and maintenance of free high
schools in the same manner as they are now by law
authorized to levy and collect taxes for other pur-
poses; to determine the length of time such free
high school shall be maintained during the year
and the amount that shall be expended in their es-
Enlistment, equipment and management: to au-
thorlze the high school board hereinafter provided
for to locate the free high school permanently,
to provide that the terms Of said high school be
held alternately in such school districts embraced
in the territory uniting in its support it may
1gnate; to authorize the said high school board to
secure by purchase lease, otherwise, the neoes-
sary buildings furniture apparatus and text books
for the use Of such schools to hire and contract
with properly qualified teachers to apportion
equitably, the aggregate amount of taxes voted to
be raised for the support of such high school, and
for that purpose to equaze the assessment of real
and personal property made by the different town
assessors and determine the amount to be raised
by each town, village, school district uniting
the support of free high school and certify the
same to the town village clerk whose duty it ia to
assess the tax upon the taxable property therein
| Sec. 4. Whenever any town or towns, village, or
village and town, school district districts sh all
determine to establish and maintain free high
school under the provisions Of this act, the imme-
date supervision and management of such free
high school shall be vested in board known the
oh OH hO,r iot all no r
three members chosen by convention of the
district officers Of all the school districts
composing the high school district, said con-
vention and election to be held at such time
and place as may be agreed upon by a majority of
the said school officers, notice of which meeting,
signed by said majority, or by some person author
lied by them to do, shall be given to the clerk of
each school district Interested whose duty it shall
be to notify the other members of the board Of
which he is member. Provided. That when a
single school district shall establish high school
accordance with the provisions of this act the dis
trict board Of said district shall constitute the high
school DO ard. The term of office Of the members
Of the high school board shall be three years, ex-
cept that at the first election of members of such
board, they shall be elected respectively for one,
two and three years. Vacancies occurring in the
board shall be flied in the same manner as now
provided by law for filling vacancies in school dis
trict boards Provided, That when two more
towns unite to form high school district, the
county superintendent of the county in which the
high school is located shall fill any vacancy that
may have existed for more than ten days.
Sec. D. whenever any incorporated city, IN winch
the management OF its schools is committed to a
board of education, shall determine to establish
and maintain free high school, under the provis
ions of this act, the immediate supervision and
management of such high school shall be vested in
such board of education, and such board shall have
the same power and authority in relation to such
high school is vested in high school boards, Gre
ated by this act in other places.
Sec. E. The high school board shall choose from
their own number president and secretary, but
when all the members of the board shall be agreed
thereto, the secretary chosen may be person not
| member of said board. When the high school dis
triot shall comprise more than single school dis
trict the treasurer of the high school board shall
not be member thereof, but the treasurer of the
town wherein the high school is located shall DO
! othcie the treasurer of the high school board.
Sec. 7. The high school boards created by this
| act are hereby invested with the power and
authority, in connection with the high schools
in authorized to be established rs are now possess
ed by district boards in connection with the public
schools of the state, and the duties Of such high
school boards and the officers thereof, shall be the
| same as sre now imposed by Law upon said school
district boards and the officers thereof, far the
same applicable, and they shall be subject to the
| same provisions of lew for neglect malfeasance,
| with such restrictions and additions as pro-
| vided for in this act.
| Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the high school
boards, herein provided for annually, or before
the second Monday in July, in all cases where two