The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-20
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
Passed at the Session Of 1875.
Published March Is, 1851
CHAPTER 142.


diseased or deforrred, as to render it unfit fol
family care; but such county superintendent OF
oyerseer OF the poor other officer shall provide
for their care and support in families, orphan
asylums or other appropriate institutions.
SEC. Q. 1t shall be the duty OF the county
superintendent of the poor, other proper OFF,
charged with the support and relief of indi
gent persons of the several counties in this State
in which there county poorhouses, to cause the
removal of all children between the ages OF hve 81
and sixteen 16) years, except sucn cnla De an IN
teachable idiot epieptic paralytic be otherwise
diseased or deformed 80 to render it unfit for
family care from their respective poorhouses, and
provide for their care and support as provided in
section of this act and the said supervisors of the
several counties are hereby required to take such
action in the matter may be necessary to carry
out the provisions OF this act as last as suitable
places can be obtained.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 2, 1876.
Published March Is. 1861
CHAPTER 1914.
AN ACT to authorize countless towns, cities and vii
lagos to establish sinking funds for the payment
of their bonded Indebtedness.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION J. Whenever any Gown, county, city or
Incorporated village in this State shall have bond
ed Indebtedness, it shall be lawful for the board Of
supervisors Of such town county the common
incorporated village, to establish sinking fund, to
be appropriated only to the payment of its bonded
Indebtedness, whenever the same snail become DUE
SEC. 2. The board of supervisors of any such
county or town. or the common council, or the board
of trustees of any such city or village, for the pur
pose of establishing sinking fund for the pay
ment of such Indebtedness, may levy tax upon
the taxable property of such county, town, city or
village, not exceeding six mills on the assessed
valuation thereof for the year in which it is Levied
exclusive of the tax it shall levy annually to pay in
terest on such bonded indebtedness until the bond
ed Indebtedness of such county, town, city viii
lage is paid and extinguished, which shall be
nal Inv -O1l no o0Ioa
other taxes are.
SEC g. In addition to the tax provided for in sec
ton two ~ of this act there may be set apart for
such sinking fund all moneys received for licenses
or from other sources, in case the expenditure of
such moneys is not otherwise provided for b. law.
SEC. 4. The money SO collected and set apart
shall constitute sinking fund, and shall be used
and applied only to the extinguishment of such
bonded indebtedess, and shall be invested by or
under the direction of such county or town board
of supervisors, or common council of city, or vii
Iage trustees, either in the outstanding bonds of
such county, town, city, village, for the benefit
of which such sinking fund is established, or in
Understanding bonds of the United States, or
loaned on mortgage upon unincumbered real es-
tate which shall be WORTH aside from perishabe
improvements at least three times the amount of
the loan, and every such loan shall be made payable
at least year previous to the time when the out
standing bonds Of such county, town, city, or vii
lage for whose benefit such sinking fund was estsb
hshed shall become due.
SEC s. In case any such sinking fund shall be in
vested. in whole part in the outstanding bonds
of the county, town. city or village, such
bonds shall be regarded and considered to all ntents
and purposes pail and extinguished, except that
it shall be the duty of the proper board of super
visors of each county or town, common council
of the city, or village trustees to annually levy and
collect long it shall be necessary to maintain
such sinking fund, sum equal to the interest on
such bonds, in which such sinking fund may have
ner as a sum equal to the interest upon the other
bonds of such county, town, city or village out
standing, is levied and collected, which sum, when
hall 1o n
such sinking fund, ana shall be used or invested
as hereinbefore provided. Each bond of the county,
town CITY, or village in winch sinking fund shall
in whole or in part be invested shall have written
or printed in clear and legible manner across the
face thereof, Statement. to the effect that it has
been taken up and forms part OF the sinking fund
of such county, town, city village, and that it
cannot be again lawfully negotiated or put i'll circu
aton which statement shall be signed by the chair
man of such county or town board, or mayor of the
CITY, or president of the trustees of the village, and
countersgned by the county, town. city, or village
clerks and such bond or bonds shall not be again
negotiated put in circulation but shall be kept
by the treasurer of such county, town, city, vii
lage who, with his sureties his official bond,
such shall be responsible for the safe keeping and
delivery of the same to his successor in Office.
Sec. 6. Nothing herein contained shall in any
way limit or discharge the liability of any such
county town, city or village to pay and discharge
its said bonds, and the interest accruing thereon at
maturity provided by the legislative act acts
under which said bonds may have been or may here
after be issued.
SEC. 2. This act shall take erect and be In force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 8, 1875.
Published March 10, 1851
CHAPTER 139.
AN ACT to amend chapter 152, of the general law
of 1872 entitled An act to authorize the county
boards of supervisors in the several counties of
this statute to levy special tax for county road
purposes"
Tie people Of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section seven (T, of chapter one hun
dred and fty-two 52 of the general laws of 1872 is
hereby amended by striking ont the words g tax
payers of the town, city, incorporated village"
and insert therein the words, "freeholders of the
county," so that said section shall read fellows:
Section T. In any town. city incorporated VII
lage shall refuse or neglect to keep the aforesaid
road roads in repair and the county clerk shall
have received written notice of such neglect,
signed by at least six freeholoers of the county in
which said roads situated it shall then be the
duty of said clerk to notify the proper authorities of
such town, city, or incorporated village in which
the road complained of is situated to cause such
road roads to be repaired within so many days
(statlng the time IN the notlcel and said road or
roads are not repaired within the time given in
said notice, the will be repaired by the county
and the expense of repairing such road or roads
will be charged to such town, city, incorporated
village.
SEC q Section eight (s), of said chapter one hun
bred and ffty-two, is hereby amended by inserting
after the words, chairman of the county board of
supervisors" in the fourth line of said section the
words or county road commissioner in those coun-
ties having such commissioners, so that said section
shall read as follows Section After the time speci-
fed IN the aforesaid notice shall have expired and
such road or roads, aforesaid, have not been re-
paired, it snail be the duty of the chairman of
the county board OF supervisors, or county
road commissioner lin those counties hav-
ing such commissioner, to the sameto be re-
paired, and he shall keep an accurate account of
each and every road repaired by him, and the ex-
pense of repairing such road shall be a proper
Charge against the town, city Incorporated vi
lage in which any such road or roads are situated,
and upon the same being audited and allowed by
the county board the clerk of the county board of
supervisors shall add the same to the county tax
apporhoned to such town, city incorporated vii
1age and the same shall be collected and paid into
the county treasury the time and in the
same manner that other county taxes collected
and paid.
SEC 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Approved March z, 1876.
Published March Is, 1851
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