Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-04-15

real estate IN said county, who shall proceed TO
review and examine as specified in The irst section
of this act, and shall within three months afler
receiving notice of their appointment, make the
REORGANIZATION therein requested. and file Ccttih
cate OF the same under their hands in the Office
of the county clerk of said county The valria-
ton so determined shaN be final and conclusive:
aud IN the assessment and collection of taxes for
the next following year, each town. village or city
in said county shall be credited with an amount
equal 10 the amount that II has or shall have been
charged with on any excess of valuation de.
termned by said commissioners and each town
village OF city that has, shall have been charged
with a less amount OF taxes on account Of AN UNI
LIBERALIZATION shall be charged In addition 10 all
other taxes with an amount equal 20 such detcicn-
Gy, Which amount shall be carried cut aud collect
cd rs other taxes.
Section (. The said commits sioners, before
proceeding TO the discharge of their duties,
shall seyerally take and subscribe an oath or
affirmation, faithfully aud impartialy 90 dis.
change Their duties under this act they shall
be entitled To receive four dollars each for ev-
cry day In which they shall be actually en-
ployed IN the discharge Of their said duties, in
addition to their actual expenses; tho Same
with NIL other expenses connected with the ma
King of the application, and the subsequent
proceedings to be audited and allowed IA a
county charge by the county board of supcrvi-
sors, and to be paid In the same manner as 9th.
or county charges are paid ii, however the
decision OF the commissioners is adverse to the
city, town or village maklrg the appeal, such
city, town or village shall roimhurs the coun-
~ for all expenses so paid
Section 3. This act shall apply to the action
or decision OF any county board made or taken
during the year 1879, as we'll rs 10 ture
lions or decisions md shall take effect and he
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March Is, 1850
Published March -, 1891
CHAPTER aa5.
AN ACT relating 10 Offences against property, and
TO amend section four thousand four hundred
and forty nine of the revised statutes.
The people Of the state OF Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly do enact as follows;
Section !, Section four thousand four hundred
and forty nine of the revised statutes OF this state
for the year 1873 is hereby amended SO rs To read
rs follows Section 4Iia Every person who shall
wtlfully take, carry away or otherwise convert 10
his own use or sell or dispose Of or take possession
with intent 10 sell or dispose of, without the con
/ sent OF the owner any log or cant suitable to be
worked into plank, boards Joist, shingles or other
lumber, the property ofanothor, Whether the owner
thereof he known or unknown, lying and being IN
any river IN or bordering ON this state or in any
! tributaries OF such river or on or near the hnnk of
any such river or tributary, or In or on any slough,
4 mvine island, bottoms or land adjoining any such
/ river or tributary, such property being so taken,
carried away or otherwise converted ot sold or dis
posed Of within this state, or taken possession OF
with intent 20 sell or dispose OF as aforesaid, shall
be deemed guilty Of the crime of larceny, aud ON
conviction thereof shall be punished 10y fine OF
not less than my dollars and by imprisonment In
the county jail not less than three months, and On
n second conviction for n like crime, shall be pun
ished by fine of not less than one hundred dol
lars and by Imprisonment In the state prison not
more than two years. Every person guilty Of
either OF the offences described In this section
shall, whether convicted thereof In criminal
prosecution or not, be liable to pay the owner OF
such log, cant, or other Humber, respecting which
the ohense was committed, double . amount OF
the value of the same, to be recoy, ed an action
In any prosecution under this sectlu II any such
log cant shall be found III the possession Of the
defendant, with the mark cut out oil destroyed or
partly cut out or destroyed partly sawed or
manufactured into lumber of any kind fence posts
or rails such possession shall be presumptlve evil
dcnCe Of his guilt. The owner Of any such log
cant or other lumber mny nj any tine lawfully
by himself or his agent, enter IN u poaCcablc man
ner into or upon any mill or mill boom. OF ran OF
logs cant or other lumber In may river or It's tb-
utaries, within this state, or on OF near the banks
ef such rivers their tributaries, In search OF any
such log, cant or other lumber, which he may
have lost, aud any person who shall wlllfuly pre-
vent ohsttuct such search, shall forfeit for such
oncuse not less than twenty dollars nor more thnn
hfly dollars
Section ,, All acts and parts of acts Inconsistent
with the provisions OF this net are hereby repealed.
Section q This act shall take effect mud be In
force from and amer its passage and publication.
Approved March Is, 1880.