River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-27
Published March IS, 1879.
CHAPTER 255.

| AN ACT to amend chapter forty eight Of tn {
revised statutes, relating to the assessmen
of taxes, and chapter forty.nine of the re
vised statutes, relating to the collec
ton of taxes, and chapter fifty of the revised
statutes, relating to lands sold for taxes
| The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-.
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
| follows:
| Section /. Section one thousand one
eighty-seven of the revised statutes is hereby
amended by striking out the word two
where it occurs in the eighteenth line of said
section, and inserting in lieu thereof the
| word three"
| Section 2. Section one thousand and
| hundred and sixty four a, of the revised statu-
| ties, is amended by inserting the words, 'when
made in accordance with law" after the
word "apportionmcnt," in the tenth line OF
| said section.
| Section 3. Section one thousand one
hundred sixty-four a, of the revised statutes
! is hereby amended by inserting the words,
| "whC n made in accordance with law" after
| the word "apportionment," in the tenth line
of said section. Also byiadding to said section
as follows The validity ofthe re-assessment
hereinabove provided for may be attached and
determined and subsequnt re-assessment
may be had in manner and form as provided
| by section one thousand two hundred and ten
| b, of the revised statutes, as amended by this
act.
Section 4. Sections one thousand one
hundred and sixty-four b, and one thousand
two hundred and twenty a, are hereby re-
pealed.
Section s. Section one thousand two him.
dred and ten b, is hereby amended by striking
out the word Conclusive in the twenty
eight and thirty first lines of said section, and
inserting in lieu thereof the words pYinld fdcie
also after the word same where it occurs in
the thirty-fourth line of said section by insert
ing 'if the plaintiff shall desire to contest the
validity of such re-assessment, he shall, within
twenty DAYS after such tax roll shall have
been completed, file with the clerk of the
court where such action Is pending o6jec-
tons in writing to such re-assement or tax
roll, a COPY of which objections shall, within
five days after such fling, be served upon the
attorney for the defendant, and thereupon the
court lnay direct an issue to be made up in
voving the objections aforesaid, which shall
be tried summary by the court, and thereup-
on the court shall filo an order sustaining or
everything the objections of the plaintiff afore-
said. il by such order such re assessment or
tax roll shall be held invalid, subsequent re-
assessment OF such tax may be had in manner
and form as hereinabove provided and SINH
lar proceedings may be resorted to, to deter
mine the validity of any such re-assessment.
Ii such re assessment and tax roll shall be held
by the court regular and valid, or if no OBJ
lection thereto shall be filed by the plaintiff,
the court shall make an order requiring the
plaintiff to pay into court, for the use and
benefit of the defendant, the amount which by
such valid re-assessment he justly ought to
pay. If the amount Of tax imposed upon the
plaintiffs property by such valid re-assess-
ment shall equal or exceed the amount inn
posed thereon by the original assessment and
tax roll, the plaintiff shall be adjudged to pay
the costs OF such suit; otherwise the plaintiff,
upon complying with the order of the court
st aforesaid, shall be entitled TO judgment
with costs.
Section 6. Section one thousand two hun
bred and ten, G is hereby amended by strik-
of, and substituting the word section" in
stead of the word Sections" where it occurs
in the same line
Approved March 5, 1879.