The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-05-19
Published March 81, 1888. !
CHAPTER I7S.
AN ACT relative to incorporated villages and
cities.


The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented
i'll senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. In addition to the powers and au-
thority now conferred by law upon incorporated
villages or cities not existing under special char
terS, such village or city and its trustees shall
have power to levy, assess and collect all taxes
within the same levied and assessed 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 annually by July first in each year, make
report to the village or city clerk Of his assess
ment of the taxable property real and personal,
in such village or city liable to assessment for
village or city taxes. The assessment shall be re
viewed during the month of July by the trustees
OF sueh 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 re-
viewing such assessment, shall have all the pow
ers vested by law in town boards OF review. A
tax roll for such village city taxes in the usual
form provided by law, shall be made by the vii
lage or city clerk, which shall be delivered
to the village or city treasurer at the time provid
ed by law for delivery of tax rolls to town treas
urers and the same proceedings shall be had
thereon as is provided by law TO be observed by
town treaSureTs, 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 du
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 separate
column at the time and in the same manner as is
provided by law for the return Of delnquenttaxes
by town treasurers to county treasurers. sales OF
all such delinquent lands by the county treasCrers
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 VIII
lage or city treasurer.
Section = Every such Incorporated village or
city shall have full power to control the building
and repairing of all bridges in such village or city,
excepting upon town, county and state roads, and
the expense thereof shall constitute portion OF
the village city taxes of such village or city.
Section 3. The time for holding the annual
elections IN every suCh Incorporated Nlliage or
city may be changed by vote of the village or city
trustees from the time now fixed by law 10 the
first Tuesday Of April in each year.
Section T. Every legal voter residing In any
Incorporated village or city, whose territory forms
q part of any town shall be a legal voter at any
town meeting in such town, unless upon sepa-
rate vote at special town meeting aud special
village or city meeting called and held as proyld-
ed by law. Any village or city, by majority
vote, and the town III which such village or city
is situated, also by majority vote shall deter
mine that the town and village city shall be and
remain distinct for all purposes, i'll which case
voters OF village or city shall not be voters at
town meetings Of the town III which the village OF
city is situated.
Section s. This act shall not apply to ineorpor-
ated cities whose charter provides otherwise or III
Section G. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 30. 1883.
Published Apr1l Is, 1881
CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT to terminate the trust created by chapter 81
Of the laws of 1866 and chapter BAL of the private
and local laws of 1867, to relaim certain lands to
the state of Wisconsin and provide for their sale,
and appropriate certain moneys TO aid in the
sale of said lands, and to provide for the drainage
thereof.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented In
senate and assembly, do enact follows:
Section l. The trust created by chapter 81 of the
laws of 1866 and chapter 341 Of the private and local
laws of 1867, and all acts amendatory thereof in
lation to the swamp and oveIfowed lands in Mani
towoc and Calumet Counties, is hereby revoked, and
all the swamp and oyerhoWed lands described in
section of said chapter 81 of the laws of 1866 and
chapter 341 of the private and local laws of 1867,
which yet remain unsold or otherwise appropriated,
under the provisions Of said chapter 81, hereby
reclaimed by and retdrned to the state of Wisconsin
unincumbered by any lien trust, license easement or
prescriptye right, ln on, to or over the same or
any part thereof obtained or claimed by any person
or persons, corporations or eo-partnership in, to
over the same any part thereof, while so held in
trust, except such az were expressly authorized by
SAID chapter 81 and chapter 34l Of the private and
local laws of 1867.
Section 2. The commissioners Of the public lands
Of the state shall, practicable, after the
passage Of this act, ascertain what if any, part
portion Of said lands oyeraowed or subject to
overflow by water; the cause Of such overflow,
whether from any dam dams otherwise, and to
TO said lands caused thereby.
Section 3. If said lands, or any portion of them,
found to be overhowed, their value impaired
by back-water held thereon or driven back upon
over the same by reason or means Of any dam, dams
other artificial Instructions in upon the Mani
toWoc River, or any of its tributaries any stream
that has been IS outlet for of said lands,
any portion of them, it shall be The duty Of said
commissioners Of the public lands to institute sucA
action actions, either civil, criminal, both,
they shaI deem advisable necessary 10 cause the
reno Yal Of such dam, dams, other artificial
obstruction, against any and all persons, corpora
tons or cO-partncranlps who Shall be found III pos
session cf. or maintaining such dam, dams other
artificial distractions and shall prosecute such
tion or actions to the removal Of such DAM dams
other artificial obstruction.
Section l. The proc. eds of the sale Of such lands
shall be applied by said commissioners Of the pub
lie lands, first to the payment Of all expenses in
CURED carrying out the provisions Of this act,
and the balance shall be by them Appropriated ac-
ccrling 10 law; provided, however, that the said
commissioners Of tie public lands may, in their dis
creton, procure the removal Of Euch dam, dams or
other artificial obstruction, by compromise pur-
chase, and that event may pay for the such
sum or sums as they shall agree upon, out Of the
proceeds OF the sale of such lands
Section s. For the purpose Of carrying into effect
the provisions Of this act there is hereby appropri
ated to the commissioners Of the public lands all the
drainage fund now on hand belonging to said cOun-
ties Of NauitowOc and Calumet, or in the hands of
swamp land commissioners Of said counties, and all
of the rain5ge fund that may hereafter become due
or apportioDed to said counties.
Section s. All acts OF parts of acts conflicting with
the provisions Of this act are hereby repealed.
Secton,7 This act shall take effect ana be in force
from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 4. 1888.
Published April p 1881
CHAPTER 2J2.
AN ACT to amend chapter 81 of the revised stat
utes, entitled 'of fences
The people Of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. When any owner or occupant of land
shall have built a fence before a boundary line
shall have been established between him and any
adjoining land by the county surveyor, and II i
shall prove after the boundary land Is so surveyed
that the said fence shall be on the adjoining land
the party who has built tie same II the land is
| sold, the party who built the same, or the pur
chaser of the land, shall be the owner Of the
| fence; provided, that the owner of the fence re
| moves the same on the boundary line so esJab
| lished upon notice served upon him by the adj
| joining owner OF land SAID notice SHAH be III
| writing, and served personally on the party who
shall remove the said fence. or To leave copy OF
| said notice at the usual place of abode Of such
party with some member OF his family Of suitable
| ace and discretion who shall be informed Of the
contents thereof al least thirty days before the
| said fence shall be removed, but no fence on
| boundary line shall be removed between the fTs
day Of April and the first day of November except
| the owners of such adjoining lands mutually
| agree thereto, that tie fence may be removed.
| Section ,. Ii the said fence Is not removed
within thirty days after the notice shall have beer
| served on the party owning the same, the Other
| party may remove said fence on the boundary line
| and recover the amount Of expenses therefor
Section 3. All acts or parts OF acts conflicting
with the provisions OF this act are hereby repealed
and this act shall be in force and effect from and
after its passage and publication.
| Approved March 30, 1853.
| Published April g. 1888
| CHAPTER N3.
| AN ACT TO encourage the manufacture Of zinc II
| this state from native ores.
| The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
| in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
| Section J. The property of any corporation o
| association formed under the laws Of this state
used exclusively FOR the purpose OF manufacturing
| oxide OF zinc or metallic zinc from native ores Q
| the state shall be exempt from taxation for
| period OF three years.
| section 2 This act shall take effect and be Il
| force from and after lis passage and publication
Approved March 30, 1854