The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-04-21
Published April .. 1888
CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT to enlarge the powers Of Cers


rated villages
The people Of tile state Of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, dc enact as follows:
Section I. The president ard trustt Is Of every in
corporated village which at the time Of taking the
tenth ee-sus Of the United States had by said
sus population Of tWeuty-nine hundred lnhabit-
ants over, shall, in addition to the powers now
provided by Law, have the power.
J. To hc7nse and regulate hackmen. drayncn,
caEtc3en porters, runners, omnibus drly-rs, cab
men, carmen and all others.
2 To control and regulate the streets. alleys and
public grounds in said village and provide for
sprinkling the same, and to remove and abate any
| obstruction and encrCachmeut thereon.
3. To compel the owners or occupants Of build
lngs or grounds 10 remove and keep sIoW ice, dirt
or rubbish from the Sidewalks, streets alleys op-
posite thereto and ON their default To authorize the
removal thereof, by some officer of the village, at
tue expense Of sucL owner or occupant.
4. To provide by ordinance or resolution tnat all
money derived from licenses granted under the pro
vision Of chapter 66 Of TIE revised statutes and acts
amendatory Thereof shall go to the general fund Of
| the village, if they deem proper so to do.
Section ,. Every such village Shat be represented
III the county board Of supervisors Of the county in
which Euch village is situated, by supervisor for
every one thousand Inhabitants major fraction
thereof, which supervisor shall be eeztad annually
by the electors cf such village at the time and
in the same manner as village officers are elected.
and when any vacancy shall occur IN the Office Of
such supervisors the president and board of trus-
tees Of the village SHAH fill such vacancy by appoint
ment.
Section 3. ANY such village may annex additional
contiguous territory by ordinance, passed by a
unanimous vote Of the trustees OF sIch village rati-
fed ct election as herein provided Such ordi-
nance shall set forth the boundaries Of the teIroiy
intended to be annexed, with their Urscs and dis
tances ard shall direct special election to be allied
by the president Of the village for the purpose Of
submitting the qUesti- Of the ratification Of such
crdlnance to the electors OF such EiIage and the
electors resident in the territory described in such
oclI1ance. The president Of such village shall
forthwith give notice Of the submission Of such
question by publishing notice thereof not less than
Two weeks nor more than six weeks in one or more
newspapers published in such village specifying
therein the purpose of the ectlon, the time and
place OF holding the same the names Cf the iuspec-
tors and clerks thereof and the time Of opening aud
closing the polls. The ballots in favor shall be
annexation orc r-ncc" Such election shall he can
ysscd and returned in the manner required oy law
Ct special elections in such village. At the first gu
at meeting OF the president and trustees after the
| = turn Of such election shall have been made as
| { 0resaid. such return shall be publicly opened
and read by the president, aud If il shall appear
from said return that majority Of al the votes
| cast at such election were for the annexation
ordinance, such ordinance shall be deemed
ratified aud approved within the meaning Of this
act, and the territory described IN such ordinance
| shall thereafter be annexed 10 AID Incorporated
| with such village fully and completely as If en-
Draced in the charter Of such village Within twenty
days after the annexat Of any territory afCTe-
said the ordinance Of annexation, with certificate
OF the president Of the village that il has been duly
ratified at election held for that purpose shall be
recorded at length in the Office cf the register Of
deeds and in the ctce Of the village clerk Al nee
| essary expenses and charges attending upon such
annexation shall be paid by such village; provided.
that any such Incorporated village when SC enlarged
shall have the requisite number Of inhabitants 10
the square mile provided by section 554 Of the
revised statutes: and provided further that the TO-
tai area Of such village shall not exceed in the ag-
gregate four square miles.
Section 4. All acts and parts Of acts conflicting
With the provisions OF this act hereby repealed.
Approved March 81, 1888.
Published April g. 1881
CHAPTER 1856
AN ACT 10 provide for levying state TAX for the
years 1888 and 1854.
The people Of tho state Of Wisconsin, represented IN
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. state tax Of one hundred and ten
thousand dollars shall be levied upon the taxable
property Of the state OF Wisconsin for the year 1888
and state tax Of two hundred and forty thousand
dollars shall be levied upon the taxable property OF
the state cf Wisconsin for the year 1884 in addition
TO all other taxes and charges authorized to be lev
led by existing laws for eacn year aforesaid. Said
taxes shall be apportioned and certified by the sec
retary Of state for each year aforesaid, to tht
several counties, and by the county clerks Of tht
several countes 70 the several towns cities and in
corporated villages in their respective counties
| and shall be collected and paid over according u
| existing laws.
Section .. This act shall take effect and De IN fore
| from and after its passage and publication.
| Approved March 80, 1883