Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

duty, and such compensat on shall be paid by draw
ing warrant by the secretary of state the 81 at
treasury for the amount, aud said secretary shall
certify such amount to the county clerk of thu
county so deliequent the time of certifying tt
the state tax necessary to be raised in such coun
! ty, and the said amount shall be special stat
tax against such county, and shall be collected ant
be returned in the same lGanDer that other state
taxes are collected and paid into the state treasury
The compensation SO Charged to the county shall
| be paid back into the treasury of the county by
such delinquent clerk, and it shall be the duty oil
! the treasurer of such county to deduct such com
pensation out of the salary of such delinquent
county clerk.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved February -, 1876
Published February IT, 1851
CHAPTER ~.
AN ACT supplemental to an act to encourage the
building of narrow gauge railroads, and to Sc
cure cheap transportation to the eople, approx.
ed March I'd, 1875.
The people of the state of Wisconsin. represented
IN senate and assembly do enact as follows:
Section l. Municipal corporations named in the
ACT TO which this act is supplemental may, by agree
ment with narrow gauge railroad companies in the
state of Wisconsin, aid in construction of narrow
gauge railroads by guaranteeing and agreeing to
pay the interest on given amount of the first
mortgage bonds Of such roads for the period of
tea years, and whenever any municipality shall
give AID to any narrow gauge railroad under this
act they may, and it shall be their duty to levy
tax each year for the period of ten years on the
taxable property of such municipality, to pay the
interest SO agreed to be paid, the same becomes
due and payable, and i'll consideration thereof the
railroad so aided shall Immediately upon the pay
ment of the interest by such municipality pay back
to such municipality the amount of interest SO paid
by it by tax upon the property of such municipai-
ty, in the fret mortgage bonds of the company at
their par value or in lawful money of the United
States of America, as the company may elect.
Section 2. In all cases when municipal corpora-
tons aid in the construction of narrow gauge rail-
roads by guaranteeing and agreeing to pay the in
terest on given amount of the fret mortgage
bonds Of such comI any, such guarantee and agree
ment shall be endorsed on each bond So guaranteed
by them, and signed by the proper officers of such
munic.paty, with the corporate seal attached; and
no municipal corporation shall be held liable for
the payment Of the interest on any bond issued by
any railroad company unless it's guarantee aud
agreement with its seal attached placed upon the
bond, and in no case shall such municipality be
held responsible for the payment of the principal Of
such bond, or any portion thereof, in consequence
CT such guarantee Or otherwise.
Section 3. The guarantee and agreement NAV be
written or printed or partly written and partly
printed, but shall be signed by the hand and bear
the actual signature of the proper officers of such
municipality; and such municipalities as are not
required by law to have seal, giving aid to mar
row gauge railroads under this act, shall obtain O
seal with the name of their corporation engraved
thereon and shall sfix the same to their guarantee
ana agreement and no guarantee or agreement
shall be valid except the seal Of the corporation
making the same shall be Allied thereto.
Section f. The agreement between such railroad
companies and such municipalities shall be arrived
at as provided In act entitled IAN act to author
ize municipal corporations to aid in the construc-
tim OF railroads. approved March 25th, 1872 or IS
provided by section three Of an act Amendatory
thereof approved March 10TH 1873; and in all cases
when majority Of the voters Of any municipality
in the state Of Wisconsin shall vote in favor of aid
ing the construction OF narrow gauge railroad
under this act, majority Of the taxpayers ehal
petition in favor Of such aid In accordance with the
provisions OF either OF the acts referred to in this
such municipality to place upon first mortgage
bond OF such narrow gauge railroad company the
guaranteed agreement of such municipal corpora
ton in form and substance hereinbefore provid-
ed, to the given amount voted peiitloned by the
voters or Taxpayers Of such municipality In city
or village having legally elected treasurer. The
officers of slch municipality guaranteeing such
bonds shall place the same in the hands Of its treas
urer together with the proposition Of the railroad
company asking aid; and it shall be the duty of
such treasurer in whose hands such bonds are
placed, to hold them in his possession until the
railroad company has fully complied with the con-
ditions upon which such aid was voted or made;
and when the railroad company has fully complied
with the conditions according to the proposition
made by tie railroad company for aid, it shall be
the duty OF the treasurer custodian holding such
bonds to deliver them to such railroad company on
its order, and the treasurer holding said bonds
may, before the company has complied with all the
conditions upon which such guarantee and agree
ment WAS made, accept an order for such bon DIS
given by the company to parties from whom they
may buy iron, rolling stock or other material for
their road; but the acceptance shall be conditional,
and the bonds shall not be delivered to such third
parties until the company has complied with the
conditions upon which such guarantee or agree
Iaent was made as shown by the proposit on Of the
railroad company to the municipality for aid.
Section s. When towns, townships or counties
and place upon the first mortgage bonds of the
company their guarantee and agreement to pay
the interest on such first mortgage bonds for the
period of ten years, as hereinbeoIe provided such
yhpnS nDna ball ,a Mo in, f,o
hands of the county treasurer. and he shall hold
them upon the same terms and upon the same con-
ditions as provided in the last section for city and
village treasurer.
Section 6. ALI municipalities giving aid to ma
gauge railroads under this act shall be entitled
to all the benefits Of the act to which this is supple
mentary, the same as If they had given aid under
the former act. Narrow gauge railroad companies,
before asking aid under this act, shall fix their
freight and passenger rates as provided in section
three OF the former act and municipalities giving
aid under this act shall receive their share Of the
license or tax money provided in section of the
act to which this Is supplementary, and upon the
bonds each municipality shall guarantee the pay
ment OF tho interest herejnbefore provided,
and to this end it shall be the duty of the acting
clerk OF any municiE aity giving aid under this act
to immediately forward to the state treasurer q
schedule of the number and amount Of bonds so
guaranteed by sucn municipality.
section 7. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage and publication,
Approved February Is, 1876.
Published February II, 1851
CHAPTER 10.
AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and eight
cen (21S, Of the laws Of 1875, entitled San act for
fixing the terms of the supreme court, and regu-
lating the practice therein, and concerning the
justices thereof"
The people OF the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section ]. Section seven (D, of chapter two hun
dred and eighteen (21s of the laws of 1876 is here
by repealed.
Section 2. In making up the calendar of causes
noticed for argument at each term of the supreme
court, the clerk shall hereafter arrange the lists by
circuits, as provided by rule ten I0), Of the SUI
preme court rules, published in Taylor's stat
utes, beginning the next list with the second cir
cult, and hereafter continuing the arrangement.of
such List the same as though said section seven ~
had never been passed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect from and af-
ter its passage and publication,
Approved February IA, 1876.
Published February %, 1861
CHAPTER 81.
n ACT to repeal chapter one hundred and fifty
three (153), Of the general laws of 1857 entitled
7" an act to amend section seventy-eight (78), OF
chapter fifteen Q5), Of the revised statutes, en-
titled Of towns and town officers; powers and
duties Of towns.'"