Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-30

Strengthening any such water course,
but shall not enter upon any such land
therefor, until the owner be paid in full
the damages awarded him by such ver-
dict or appraisement, or such damages
be set apart for him in the hands of the
treasurer, and an order therefor lawfully
executed to him be deposited with the
clerk. to permanently remain subject to
his order. At any time before causing
any such land to be actually taken. or
put to public use, and before the rendi-
ton of judgment in the circuit court
for damages, the common council may
discontinue all proceedings heretofore
taken, and the city shall in such event
be liable for the costs only. All the
costs of every such proceeding shall be
paid by the city, except when they re-
cover costs in the circuit court.
Section AZ. For the purpose of pay
ing the expenses, including all damages
and costs incurred for the taking of
private property, and of making any
Improvement mentioned in this chapter,
the common council may by resolution
levy and assess the whole or any part of
such expenses as tax upon such prop
benefited thereby, making therein a
list of such property, in which shall be
described every lot or parcel OF land so
| assessed, with the name of the owner
thereof, if known, and the amount levied
thereon set opposite. Such resolution,
signed by the mayor and clerk, shall be
published once in each week for two
weeks in a newspaper printed in said
city, or three copies thereof shall be post
ed by the clerk in three public places in
| the city, and notice Herewith that AZ
certain time therein stated the COM
mon council will meet at its usual place
of meeting, and hear all objections
which may be made to such assessment
or any part thereof At the time SO
fixed, the council shall meet and hear
all such objections, and for that purpose
may adjourn from day to day, not more
than three days and may by resolution
modify such assessment in whole or in
part. At any time before the first day
of November next thereafter, and party
liable may pay any such tax to the city
treasurer. On such first day of Novem-
| Der, if any such tax remains unpaid, the
clerk shall certify a copy of such resolu-
ton TO the town clerk of the town OF
Lancaster, with certificate to the city
treasurer annexed, showing what taxes
thereby levied remain unpaid; and the
town clerk shall put the same, with five
per centum thereon additional, upon
the tax roll, in addition to and as part Of
all other city taxes therein -levied on
such land, to be collected Herewith.
| Gno+,a1 IIpan tba ,Natitinr ~
writing of all the owners of lots or land
on any street or alley in the city, and
not otherwise, the common council, il
its discretion. may discontinue sucf
street or alley, or any part thereof. Al
least two weeks before acting on such
petition, the common council shall cause
a written or printed notice to be posted
in three public places in the city. stat
ing when and where it will meet to de
eide upon such petition, and what stree
or alley orpart thereof is proposed to b'
vacated.
IMPROVEMENTS.
Section 40. The common council
may cause any street or any part of any
street, to be graded, paved, macada
mixed or otherwise improved, or an,
sidewalk or gutter to be built, upon {
petition therefor, in writing, signed by
at least one third of all the private own
ers of real estate bounding both sides
and of the private owners of at leas
one-third of the frontage of such stree
or part of street to be improved; or or
der any sidewalk or gutter on one sid,
of a street to be built, on the petition o.
one-third of such private owners, and
the private owners of at least one-thirC
the frontage on such side; and may or
der any sidewalk or gutter previously
built to be put in repair or rebuilt wher
necessary, without petition. For the
purpose of SO improving any street OF
building or repairing any sidewalk oil
gutter, the common council may levy
and cause to be collected upon the lots
tracts or parcels of ground on sdch
street or part of street improved, or or
the side thereof, where only such side
walk or gutter is to be built, and upon
the owners thereof, tax sufficient tc
pay not exceeding one-fourth of the ex.
pense of constructing such improvement
as ordered, opposite such property tc
the centre of the street, the remainder
shall be paid from the city treasury. and
the common council shall have alrhori
ty to levy sufficient tax to pay the
same. Every such tax for repair or re
building shall be for the entire cost OF
repairs or rebuilding in front of the
property SO assessed. If any tax levied
under this section prove insufficient L
pay the cost or the proportion thereo
assessed to such property, the common
council may levy an additional Ia,
thereon to make good such deficiency
Section 80 Whenever the common
council shall levy any such tax as speci
fed in the preceding section, it shall
make out and deliver to the city treas
urer list of the persons and DIES
cription of the property taxed, together
with warrant signed by the mayor ant
countersigned by the clerk, for the col
lection of said tax and thereupon tn,
city treasurer shall notify the person.
named in such tax list personally, or il
case of non-residents or persons mo-
found, by publishing notice of two
weeks in some newspaper published il
said city or by posting up notices il
three or more public places of said city
and shall specify in such notice time o.
times not less than twenty days mol
more than forty days from the date there
of, when the persons charged with taxes
in such list shall pay such taxes to sale
treasurer, who shall keep an accurate
and separate account, to be furnished a
any time, when required, for the inspec
ton of the common council, of moneys
received and payed out under such war.
rant, and the name of persons receiving
and paying the same. The expendi
ture of moneys so collected shall be I'M
der the direction of the common council
Section 81. AT the expiration of forty
days from the date of said notice giveI
, by the city treasurer, he shall make on
and deliver to the clerk of the town il
which said city is situated. certified
list of the lots, pieces or tracts of land il
said city upon which any such tax re
mains unpai d, with the amount of sucl
delinquent tax upon each of said lots OIL
parcels of land and if such list be re
, turned to said town clerk before tht
com pletion of the tax roll of said towr
for the same year, the said clerk shall
add said delinquent taxes to said tax roll
opposite to the description of the proper
lots, pieces or parcels of land therein
and the said delinquent taxes shall b'
collected with and in the same manner
as the town taxes. If such list shall bt
. returned to the town clerk after tn,
completion of the tax roll and before thu
town treasurers return of delinquent
taxes, he shall deliver said list to sale
treasurer, who shall collect the same
| with tho other faypS in said city anf