The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-03-06
WISCONSIN LAWS.
Published February 20, 1891


in said state.
The people of the state of Wisconsin. repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows.
Section 1. In consideration of the perfor-
nance by the North Wisconsin railway COM
parry of the things in section two hereof men
toned, as by ii to be performed, all lands
heretofore patented by the state of Wiscon-
sin to the said North Wisconsin railway COM
pany, not heretofore sold or contracted 10 be
sold by said company, and all lands which
may hereafter be patented by the said state
to the said company, under the provisions of
chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the
general laws of said state for the year 1874
entitled an act to confer certain lands upon
the North Wisconsin railway company and
the Chicago and Northern Pacific Air Line
railway company, and TO execute the trusts
assumed By the state OF Wisconsin by It's ac-
ceptance of the grants of lands made by con-
gress by acts approved June ), 1850, and
May :, 1904, and the acts amendatory there
of and supplementary thereto, are hereby ex-
empted and shall remain exempt from taxa
ton of all kinds, general and local, and from
assessments of every nature, for the period
Of ten years.
Section :. The said North Wisconsin
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hereafter sell all Of its said lands so patented.
or to be patented, which may be suitable for
tillage or agricultural purposes to actual sett-
lers, at a price not exceeding two dollars and
fifty cents per acre, and shall also transport
over its said road, free of charge, for the pc
rod of thirty years from the passage hereof,
all troops and property Of the State Of Wis
ConSin: Provided, however. that nothing in
this section contained, shall be construed as
requiring the said company 10 sell at said
price more than three hundred and twenty
acres to any one settler.
Section ). All lands 50 patented to said
company shall be deemed agricultural lands
within the meaning of this act, upon any
forty acre tract of which there shall be, at
the date of sale, less than one hundred thou
sand feet of merchantable pine timber. But
such company shall, in all cases, have the
right to reserve in the contract of sale of any
land, under the provisions of this act, the
right to cut and remove from said land all
merchantable pine timber being thereon.
All lands upon any forty-acre tract of which
there shall be more than one hundred thou
sand feet of merchantable pine timber, which
the said company may sell, reserving the
right to cut and remove therefrOm the said
pine, and all lands from which the said pine
timber shall have been removed shall be
deemed agricultural lands within the mean
ing of this act, and shall be sold to actual
settlers at price not to exceed two dollars
and fifty cents per acre: Ii being the inten-
ton hereof to afford to actual settlers for the
purpose of tllage and agriculture, any Of the
lands acquired by said company at the maxi
mum price hereinbefore mentioned; provided,
however, that nothing in this act contained
shall be construed as requiring the said com
pany, or its successors, to sell at any price
any land reasonably convenient for use in
connection with its railway and the opera
ton thereof, and within a distance Of one
mile on either side of said railway or any
land not exceeding in extent forty acres al
any one place adjacent to logging streams
and suitable and proper for log landings and
for the construction of dams for logging pur-
poses, which, if owned by any individual OIL
individuals, might be used TO render less
available and accessible any unsold timber
belonging to said company.
Section 4. Whenever any of said land SC
patented to said company shall be sold, con
traCted to be sold, leased or conveyed, and
whenever the pine timber upon any of said
land shall be sold or cut by said company,
the lands so sold, contracted to be sold, leas-
ed or conveyed, and the land upon which the
said pine timber is so sold or cut shall be,
come Immediately taxable; provided, how
ever, that a conveyance by way of mortgage
or trust deed, and a sale pursuant to fore
closure decree thereof, shall not be construed
or deemed to be a conveyance or sale within
the meaning Of this section, so as TO render
said lands taxable.
Section ). 1t is hereby declared to be the
main object and purpose of this act to aid in
securing the completion and equipment, in
accordance with the acts ofcongresS, approx
ed June ;, 1880, and May :, 1904, of rail
way from Lake St. Croix to Bayfield,, on
Lake Superior, and to enable said railway
company to apply the avails of It's lands to
such construction and equipment, the exemp-
ton herein provided being, in the opinion OF
the legislature, necessary for said purposes
and demanded by the public interest, and
this act shall not be taken or deemed 10 be d
part of the charter of the said North Wiscon-
sin railway company or an amendment there
to.
Section 8. The said North Wisconsin
railway company shall, at the times and in
the manner fixed by the revised statutes fo1
similar reports from other railroads of the
state, make a report Of its gross earnings fol
the preceding year, and shall each year dur
ing the continuance of the exemption provid-
ed by section one, pay into the state treasury
at the times fixed by the revised statutes fol-
the payment by railway companies of theil
license fees, sum equal to five per Centum
of its gross earnings for the preceding year,
" hich shall be in lieu of all other license fees
exacted from said company.
Section :. 1t shall be the duty Of said
North Wisconsin Railway Company to cause
to be prepared, on or before the fifteenth day
of August in each year, a sworn list of lands
owned by it in each of the several counties
in which said lands are located, and which
were on the first day Of August in said year
exempt from taxation, under the provisions
of this act. The said lists shall specify the
name of the county in which said lands, ex-
empt as aforesaid, are located; the descrp-
ton of each tract, giving the section, town
ship and range, together with the number OF
acres in each tract so described, and me gross
number of acres exempt, as aforesaid, in each
county. The list, or a copy thereof, duly
sworn to, shall be transmitted immediately
to the state treasurer, to be nled in his Office;
and the said company Shall, on or before the
fifteenth day of August in each year, trans
nit to the county treasurer of each county,
in which are situated any lands owned by it,
as aforesaid. a sworn copy of that portion OF
the list hereinbefore required to be sent to
the state treasurer, which relates to such
county.
Section s. Upon the receipt of said list
from the said railway company, as required
by section seven of this act, it shall be the
duty OF the state treasurer, and he IS hereby
directed to ascertain, on the basis Of the To-
tai acreage of land exempt from taxation IN
der this act, the amount per acre for the pay
ment of which the said five per centum 50
paid into the treasury by said company, Is
adequate, and thereupon TO transmit before
the fifteenth day of September of said year,
to the county treasurer of each county in
which the exempted lands are situated, the
amount to which each county is upon said
basis entitled.
Section 9. The county treasurer of each
county on the receipt of the sum thus trans
nitted by the state treasurer, shall proceed
forthwith 10 apportion to the several towns
in such county in which any of the said ex-
empted lands are situated, and the amount
to which said town shall be entitled shall be
ascertained in the same manner as that here
in provided for the guidance of the state
treasurer in making the aPportionment be
tween the said counties. The county treas