The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-04-26

dover interest of such insane wife in and to an
and all real estate sold and conveyed by said hus
band during her insanity, and shall forever bar AM
preclude her from asserting any claim for dover il
or to the same and each and every part thereof bu
any power SO granted for the REIMBURSEMENT ant
barring her dover interest therein shall cease ant
become void soon as such wife shall become san
| and of sound mind and shall apply to revoke saiS
Decree and said decree shall be revoked, but sucl
revocation thereof shall in wise affect any con
veyance or REIMBURSEMENT previously made there
Under.
SEC. 7. If any real estate of an insane husband
shall be sold by his guardian by order of court the
| wife Of such insane husband may relinquish hel
dover in such real estate by separate release OF
| conveyance.
SEC. s. All acts and parts of acts contravening the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed and this
act shall take effect and be in force from and after
| its passage and publication.
| Approved March g. 1877. t
| Published March 16, 1871
CHAPTER 246.
AN ACT to amend chapter $50, general laws of 1868
entitled, g An act to provide for the assessment
/! OF property for taxation and the levy of taxes
| thereon"
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION L. Section 25 of said chapter $780, general
laws of 1861 is hereby amended to read as fol
lows: Section 30. The Assessors shall lay before the
Board of Review their assessment roll of the real
property and all sworn statements made by others,
and valuations made by them of personal property
and bank stock. The board shall, under their Off
cial oaths, carefully review and examine said roll
and statements, and all valuations of real per-
sonal property and bank stock, and shall correct
any errors apparent in description of property or
otherwise, and for that purpose they are here
by required to hear and examine any person
or persons upon oath who shall appear before
them III relation to the assessment OF any property
upon said roll, in relation to any property omit
ted therein and such examination shall be reduced
to writing by the clerk and carefully preserved on
file in his Office and if it appear that any property
nv he hiol0 onto low
they shall increase or lessen the to the true
valuation, according to the rules for valuing prop
erty prescribed in this act. They shall determine
the correct value of any bank stock which has been
valued by any officer of any bank at one price, and
by the Assessor at different price. Any person
who thinks the aggregate valuation of his personal
property, fixed by the Board of Assessors too
high, may appear before the Board of Review at
their annual meeting and under oath state the true
aggregate valuation of all personal property upon
which he is liable to taxation according to
the provisions of this act, and ii the Board
of Review shall be satisfied of the truth of
such statements, the valuation so fixed by him
shall be taken by the Board of Review the true
aggregate valuation OF his personal property, and
all such statements shall be reduced to writing by
the clerk and carefully preserved in his office. The
clerk shall keep careful record of all changes made
and valuations determined upon by the Board of
Review provided, further that the said Board of
Review shall and may when satisfied from the evil
dence taken that the value of any property assessed
is too high too low the assessment roll raise or
lower the same, as the case whether the
son assessed appears before them or not and they
may also place upon the said roll any property that
they may know to be left off said roll by mistake or
otherwise, and assess the same to the person to
whom in right it should be assessed and provided
further that in all if said board shall raise the
amount Of such assessment or ION any property, or
assess any property not on the assessment roll, the
owner thereof, if a resident of such town, or his
agent if a non resident shall be duly notified of
such assessment in time, that such owner or agent
may be heard before such board, in relation to the
value thereof provided that the residence of such
owner or agent shall be known to any member of
said board.
Sec 2. This act shall be in force from and after
its passage.
Approved March 8, 1877 ......
Published March &c. 1871
CHAPTER 1874.
AN ACT relating to cemetery associations.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. Cemetery associations organized I'M
der the laws of this State, may purchase take by
gift, and hold personal property to amount not
exceeding ten thousand dollars, may sell the
same, and apply the proceeds to promote the OBJ
ject of the association. Such association may also
take and hold in trust and loan or invest money
other property, for the purpose of using and ex-
pending the income arising therefrom, for the en-
Enlistment and keeping in repair such lot or lots
and their surroundings near to or adjoining
and situate in said cemetery as the donor
may designate and when the cemetery grounds of
such association situate without the limits OF
any city of more than ten thousand inhabitants,
such associations may purchase, or take by gift,
and hold without The limits of such city, not ex-
ceedng sixty OF land situate without the limits
of such city, to be used exclusively as cemetery
for the burial of thedead.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March g. 1877.
Published March 16. 1871
CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT to amend chapter 152 of the laws of 1872,
entitled 'An act to authorize the County Board of
Supervisors in the several counties of this State to
levy special tax for county road purposes" and
to amend chapter $685. laws of 1874.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact us follows:
| SECTION /. Section of chapter 1872 of the gen.
eral laws Of 1872 is hereby amended to read
follows Section l The Board of Supervisors of the
several counties of this State hereby authorized
to levy and raise annually upon the taxable property
Of said counties special county road and bridge tax
to be expended in building and repairing roads and
bridges in and through said counties hereinafter
| provided provided, that the said Supervisors shall
not levy greater sum than So, 900 in any one year.
| Sec q section l, of chapter 229, of the laws OF
| 1874 is hereby amended by striking out the words
| '!two percentum :" where they occur in the fifth
line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof
five mills dollar, so that when said section is sc
amended, it will read as follows: Section 2. ANY
county, town, city or village bordering upon any OF
| the navigable rivers of this State meandereC
streams or rivers is hereby authorized to vote anC
levy tax not to exceed five mills on dollar upoI
| the assessed ValuatlOn OF the properly III sucl
| county, town, city or village the same appears
from the last assessment roll rolls in said county
town, city or village for the purpose OF building
erecting, constructing maintaining bridge across
| such navigable or meandered stream or river, OF
for the purpose of aiding in the construction, build
| ing and maintaining such bridge.
SEC g. This act shall take effect and be in force
| from and after its passage.
| Approved March s. 1877.
Published March Is, 187T.l
| CHAPTER 1873.
| AN ACT concerning the acknowledgement OF GER
tain deeds.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. All deeds, mortgages, or other instru
ments in writing, relating to real estate situated
within this State and which shall have been of rec
ord in the Office of any Register of Deeds before this
act shall take effect, purporting to have been &C
knowledged or proved without this State, and hav
ing upon them substantially the ordinary form Of
certificate of acknowledgment or proof, purportine
to have been signed by officer in another State
or county, shall be deemed prima facie in all lega
proceedings to have been acknowledged or proved (a
the case may beg before the proper officer, and il
conformity with the laws of such State or county
where they purport to have been acknowledged OF
proved; and the records of all such Deeds mort
cages or other Instruments certificate of acknowl
| md he in evidence in lkt