The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-04-19
Published March Is, 1871


AN ACT concerning Town Boards of Review.
The people of the State of Wisconsin represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. 1t the meeting of any Town Board of
Review, to equaliZe the assessment of the property
of such town for taxation, it shall be lawful for any
person who, feeling aggrieved by said assessment,
shall appear before such board for the purpose of
asking corrections of such assessment, to call wit
in support of bis application, and such wit
may be compe d to appear and testify and for
that purpose any Justice of the Peace of the county
shall, on application, issue subpanas provided,
that no witnesses shall be compelled TIC appear
less upon being first paid rendered the fees
witnesses in Justice Court are entitled to and
provided further that upon payment of such fees,
any person, whether member of the Board of Re-
view or not may be compelled to appear and testify
in behalf either of the town of any person asking
reduction OF the valuation of his property.
SEC. 2. Any person making such application shall
be entitled to give evidence not only Of the value of
his property but of any other property included
in such assessment roll, which he may claim is
SeSsed too low. @t4
SEC. g. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage.
Approved March 6, 1877.
Published March Is. 1871
CHAPTER 224
AN ACT relating to and amendatory of section l.
chapter 49, laws of 1874 entitled, An act to ascer-
tain annually the number of acres of the principal
farm products of the State" ff
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section one, of chapter thirty-eight,
amended by inserting between the words frye " and
"hops" in the fifth line of said section the words
" flax seed, cultivated grasses potatoes, roots, ap
pies, cultivated cranberries, the number of bushels
OF timothy and clover seed, and TIMBER" that
section one, of chapter thirty-eght general laws OF
1874, will, amended read as follows: 1t shall be
the duty Of the Assessors of each town in this State
at the time of making the annual assessment of
property to ascertain the whole number of of
each kind of farm products and timber, to-wt :
wheat corn, oats, barley, rye, flax seed, the number
OF bushels OF clover seed, cultivated grasses, pota-
toes, roots, apples cultivated cranberres hops to-
bacco and timber then growing in his town, and
make duplicate certificates thereof, one of which he
shall file in the office of the Town Clerk of his
town. and the other with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors of his county, before the first day
of July of the same year.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 7. 1877
Published March 15 1871
CHAPTER $780,
AN ACT relating to iron ore and to the assessment
for taxation of lands containing such ore.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. In determining the value for the pur-
pose OF taxation OF any lands containing or sup
posed to contain iron ore, the Assessor shall value
such real estate in the manner provided by law for
the valuation of real property, without regard to
such ore except as hereinafter provided.
Sec 2. 1t is hereby made the duty of the owner
or owners OF such real estate as well the person
or persons or corporation corporations mining
on the same or leasing occupying the same, to
prepare and deliver to the Assessor statement in
writing under oath, showing the gross amount Of
such ore mined, produced or taken from said real
estate during the year Immediately preceding such
assessment, together with the gross value thereof
and the cost of mining, producing OF taking out
the same; and the Assessor may procure
from any source within his reach any
other information he may deem necessary to en-
able him to arrive at the correct amount of ore
so Mined produced or taken from said real estate
within the said time, the gross value thereof and
the cost OF mining, producing or taking out the
same, and from such information he shall fix the
net value of such ore, mined or taken FROM or
produced by said real estate after deducting from
the gross value thereof the actual cost of mining
producing or taking out the and shall add the
to the value OF said real estate for the purpose
OF taxation and such real estate shall be taxed there
upon for that year, in addition to the taxes assessed
and levied upon such land and the tax so levied
thereupon, shall be collected with and part of
the tax said real estate.
Sec 3. In case the owner or owners of such real
estate, the person persons, corporation min
ing upon, occupying leasing the same, shall re-
fuse neglect to make out and deliver to such AS
the written report hereinbefore provided for
the Assessor may assess the value of such ore, SO
the preceding year at such sum in his judgment
will be the full value thereof, and in that event he
shall not allow deduct from such value the cost of
mining, producing or taking out the same.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March g. 1877