Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-22

''of railroads" so far as the provisions there
of may be applicable. The provisions of sec-
tons twelve, thirteen. fourteen, fifteen, six
teen, eighteen aud twenty-four of chapter
forty-fiye of the private and local laws OF
Wisconsin for the year 1871, entitled an act
TO incorporate the Wausau boom company ,as
the same are amended, shall apply to corpor-
atoms formed hereunder provided, this act
shall not apply 20 the Chippewa river or its
tributaries.
Section 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved March 10, 1880
Published March 25. 1880
CHAPTER 29l.
AN ACT relating TO the equalization Of as
sessments.
The people of The state of Wisconsin repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section !. The mayor and common coun-
ell of any city, the president and board Of
trustees Of any village or supervisors of any
town, who may consider such city, village or
town aggrieved by the action or decision
which may have been heretofore, or shall
hereafter be made or taken under section one
thousand and seventy >three of the revised
| statutes Of 1878, by the board of supervis-
ors of the county wherein such city, village or
town is located, may apply at any time with
in one year from the time when such action
or decision may have been or shall be made
or had, to the circuit judge of the judicial
circuit wherein such county is situated, for
the appointment of three commissioners to
review the same and to examine and determ-
inc what sum upon the hundred dollars should
be added to or deducted from the aggregate
valuations thereof as made by the said coun-
ty board of supervisors, in order to produce
a Just relation between all the valuations of
real estate in said county; but such commiss-
toner's shall, in no instance, increase the ag-
gregate valuation of all the towns, cities and
villages above the aggregate valuations there.
of as made By the said county board of su,
pervisors.
Section 2. Notice of such application
shall be given to the board of supervisors of
said county by service of such notice upon
its county clerk at least two weeks imme-
diately previous 10 the time when such ar-
plication shall be made; the county clerk
shall thereupon send by mail, or serve per-
sonally upon each member of the county
board of supervisors, copy Of such notice
Section 8. Upon due proof of the service
of such noticeupor the county clerk as aie re-
briefly stating the facts. the said Judge shall
appoint three discreet tree-holders. not resi-
dents nor owners of real estate in said coun-
ty, who shall proceed TO review as specified
in the first section of this act, and shall with-
in three months after receiving notice of
their appointment, make the determination
therein requested, and file certificate of
the same under their hands, in the Office of
the county clerk Of said county The yalua
ton so determined shall be final and conclu-
sive; and ia the asses, nent and collection of
taxes for the next following year. each town,
village or city in said county, shall be credit,
ed with an amount equal to the money that
it has or shall have been charged without
any excess of valuation as determined BY
said commissioners, and each town, village
or city that has, shall have been charged with
less amount of taxes on account of an under
valuation, shall be charged in addition to all
other taxes with an amount equal to such de,
iciency, which amount shall be carried out
and collected as other taxes.
Section 4. The said commissioners. before
proceeding to the discharge of their duties,
shall severaly take and prescribe an oath or
affirmation, faithfully aud impartially to dis
charge their duties under this act and they
shall, be entitled to receive four dollars each
for every day in which they shall be actually
employed in the discharge OF their said du-
ties, in addition to their actual expenses the
same with all other expenses connected with
the making of the application, and the snbse-
quent proceedings to be audited and allowed
as a county charge by the county board of
supervisors, and to be paid in the same man.
ner as other county charges are paid if,how.
ever, the decision of the commissioners is
adverse to the city, town or village making
the appeal, such city, town or village shall
reimburse the county for all expenses so
paid.
Section 5. This act shall apply to the ac>
ton or decision of any county board made or
taken during the year 1879, as we'll as to fu-
ture actions or decisions, aud shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication.
Approved March Is, 1880.
Published March 25, 1891