Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-05
CHAPTER 17s.

/ " poNSiS VI
the general law"
CHAPTER 17S.
AN ACT relative to Incorporated villages o.
cities.
/ The people of the state of Wisconsin. represent
ed in senate and assembly, do enact as follows
SECTION l. In addition to the power,
and authority now conferred by law
upon incorporated villages or cities not
existing under special charters, such
village or city and its trustees shall
have power to levy, assess and collect
all taxes within the same levied and as
sessed for village or city purposes. For
the purpose of the assessment of such
taxes the trustees of any such village
or city shall have power to appoint an
assessor whose compensation shall be
fixed by the trustees not exceeding that
paid to town assessors who shall an
nually by July first in each year m axe
report to the village or city clerk of his
assessment of the taxable property, real
and personal in such village or city
liable to assessment for village or CITY
taxes. The assessment shall be review
ed during the month of July by the
trustees of such village or city. Notice
of their time and place of meeting
shall be given by. posting three notices
thereof in three of the most public
places in such village or city and the
trustees in reviewing such assessment.
shall have all the powers vested bv law
in town boards of review A tax roll for
such village or city taxes in the usual
form provided by law shall be made by
the village or city clerk, which shall be
delivered to the village or city treasurer
at the time provided by law for delivery
of tax rolls to town treasurers, and the
same proceedings shall be had thereon
as is provided by law to be observed by
town treasurers, except that such village
or city treasurers, after the time limited
by law for the collection of the taxes
specified in such village or city tax roll,
shall return all lands that are delin-
quent, with the amount of taxes and
charges due thereon, to the town
treasurer of the town in which any such
village or city is situated, who shall
return the same as delinquent in a sep
aIate column at the time and in the
same manner as is provided by law for
the return of delinquent taxes by town
treasurers to county treasurers. Sales
of all such delinquent lands by the
county treasurers shall include all such
delinquent village or city taxes as well
as the general state, county and school
taxes, and such delinquent village or
city taxes may be redeemed both before
and after sale in the same manner as
other delinquent taxes by law may be.
All moneys received in redemption of
such delinquent taxes shall be paid to
the village or city treasurer.
SECTION 2. Every such incorporated
village or city shall have full power to
control the building and repairing of
all bridges in such village or city, ex-
cepting upon town, county and state
roads, and the expense thereof. shall
constitute portion of the village or
city taxes of such village or city.
SECTION 3. The time for holding the
annual elections in every such incorpor-
ated village or city may be changed by
vote of the village or city trustees from
the time now fixed by law to the first
Tuesday of April in each year.
SECTION 4. Every legal voter resid-
ing in any incorporated village or city,
whose territory form as a part of any
town, shall be q legal voter at any town
meeting in such town, unless upon a
separate vote at special town meeting
and special village or city meeting
called and held as provided by law
Any village or city, by majority vote.
and the town in which such village or
city is situated, also by majority vote
shall determine that the town and vii
lage or city, shall be and remain dis
tinct for all purposes in which case
voters of a village or city shall not be
voters at town meetings of the town in
which the village or city is situated.
SECTION 5. This act shall not apply
to incorporated cities whose charter
provides otherwise or in any manner
conflicts herewith.
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication.
Approved March 30th, 1888.
Published March 31st, 1888.
Another act has been passed enabling
such towns and cities as wish to con-
stitute separate corporations to do SO
without necessitating on the part of the
town the erection of town buildings.
But the act given above obviates any
necessity for separation and it will be
little used:
SECTION l. 1t shall be lawful for any
town in the state of Wisconsin to hold
all elections, town meetings and the
meetings of the board of supervisors
for auditing accounts, equalizing taxes
and other legal meetings of said board
at and IN any incorporated village or
city which is within or adjoining any
town in this state.
SECTION z. This act shalt take eff
feet and be in force from and after its
passage and publication.
Approved March "a, 1888.
Published March 81, 1888.