Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-27
CHAPTER All.

III senate anu assembly 90 0uACI dS follows.
| Section l. All that portion of the county of
| Lincoln included within the following bounda-
ries, to-wit: Commencing at the southeast corner
| of township number thirty five of range number
ten east in said county OF Lincoln, thence north,
on the range line between ranges number ten and
eleven to the boundary line between the states of
! Wisconsin and Michigan; thence northwesterly
on said boundary line to q point where the range
line between ranges three and four east intersect
said boundary 1ine thence south on said range
line to the southwest corner OF township number
thirtysix north of range number four east, thence
east, the south line of township number
thirty-six north to the northeast corner of town.
ship thirty-fve north of range eight east, thence
south to the south line of township number
thirty-five north and from thence to the place of
beginning, and including within such bounda-
lies townships number thirty-six, thirty-seven,
th1rty-eignt thirty nine forty, forty one, forty
| two and torty-three north of ranges number four,
| hve six, seven eight, nine and ten east, and
township thirty five north of ranges nine and ten
! east, is hereby detached from the county of Lin
| coin, and made and constituted separate county,
| TO be known and designated as the county Of
! Oneida.
Section 2. The county of Oneida. with the
| boundaries prescribed in the foregoing section,
is hereby created, with all the rights powers and
| privileges by law granted to and conferred upon
other counties in this state The county seat of
said county of Oneida, until otherwise determined
/ by law, is hereby located, and the same shall be
at the village of Rhinelander, in said county, in
| township number thirty-six north, of range num-
Der nine east. Said county of Oneida is attached
| TO and made part of the tenth judicial circuit
| There shall be held in said county of Oneida two
terms of the circuit court in each year, and until
| otherwise provided by law, such terms of court
shall be held at such times as the circuit judge
| thereof shall designate. The judge of said court
| shall Immediately after the passage and publica-
ton of this act give nubic notice of the times of
| holding such terms of court, by causing notice
| thereof to be published IN some newspaper
/ printed in said county of Oneida for at least six
| weeks prior to the three weeks Immediately pre-
ceding the holding of the first said term of said
court.
Section s. Within twenty days before this act
shall take effect, the governor of this state shall
appoint in and for the county of Oneida the fol-
lowing officers, to wit A county judge, district
attorney, clerk of the circuit court, county clerk
sheriff, register of Deeds county treasurer, county
surveyor superintendent of schools and coroner,
who shall each, within twenty days after due
notice of his appointment, respectively qualified
an1 enter upon the duties of his Office, and hold
the same until the first Monday of January next
! succeeding the first general election thereafter
and until his successor is elected and qualified
except that the county judge shall hold his office
until the first Monday of January, A. D. 1889.
| Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the board of
supervisors of the county of Oneida, within twen-
| ~ days after the appointment of said officers of
| SAID county, by the governor, to meet and fix the
| respective salaries and the amount of bonds re-
quired to be given by each of said officers, except
in eases where the amount of such bonds is now
fixed by law,
Section s. The county of Oneida shall until
otherwise ordered by the board of supervisors of
said county, consist OF two towns, to be known
respectively as the town of Pei can and the town
| of Eagle River. All the territory included in
said county, lying south of the north line of
township NUMBER thirty elgRt, snail constitute
north OF said line shall constitute the town Of
! Eagle River.
county of Oneida shall, at its first meeting, trans
act all business necessary to perfect the complete
| organization OF the county, and to determine
| upon and make suitable provision for place for
| holding the circuit court at the time to be ap-
| pointed therefor.
Section7 Said counties of Lincoln and Oneida
shall each be the exclusive owner of all real prop
erty OF said county of Lincoln situated respective
ly within the boundaries of each county The
treasurer of the county of Lincoln SHALL upon de-
mand by the treasurer of the county of Oneida,
assign to said county of Oneida all Tax certificates
in his Office, upon lands situated IN said county
of Oneida. The said county of Oneida shall be
liable for lis just share of the liabilities and in
| debtedness now existing against said county of
Lincoln, and entitled to its just proportion of the
assets and resources of the said county Of Lincoln,
to be ascertained by dividing the total liabilities
| and total assets and resources of said county of
Lincoln by the ratio which the aggregate equal
lied valuation by the board of supervisors of said
| county of Lincoln of all the real and personal
property therein, for the year 1884, bears to the
! equalized value by the same board of the prop
erty situated within the boundaries of the SAID
county of Oneida. The board of supervisors of
| Oneida county shall, within ninety days from
| the passage of this act, select competent
! person to act with another competent person to
| be selected within the same time by the board of
| supervisors of Lincoln county, and the two thus
| selected shall select g third person to act with
! them, and the three persons thus selected shall
constitute committee to make a settlement be-
tween Il6 TWO CIuDGl6S on JnS OASIS AeTG1uD01OT0
! provided in this section; the committee thus
lected shall Immediately enter upon its duties as
soon as constituted as above, and make COM
plete settlement between said counties. If how
! ever, the two persons selected by the respective
| county boards cannot agree upon third per-
| son above provided then the judge of the
tenth judicial circuit shall make the selection of
| the third person to act on said committee. A
! reasonable compensation shall be paid to the
committee for their services, each county to pay
one-haH of the compensation to the third person
US selected above.
Section 6. This act shall in no wise invalidate
or affect the collection of taxes or the return of
! lands for the non-payment of taxes assessed
thereon for the year 1886, in said county Of
Lincoln; provided, that within thirty days after
! the appointment and qualification of the county
treasurer of said county of Oneida, by this act
provided or if the return of the delinquent lists
embracing the lands within the boundaries Of
| the county of Oneida, have not been made within
thirty days after such RETURN the treasurer of the
county of Lincoln shall pay over to the treasurer
of said county of Oneida, all taxes except the
state taxes, collected and paid to such treas
urer by the treasurers of the several towns col
| lected and paid over by the sheriff of Lincoln
county collected by the county treasurer of Lin
| coin county upon property situated within the
| boundaries of the said county of Oneida for the
year 1886, and shall make, certify and deliver to
the treasurer of the county of Oneida, list of all
| lands situated within the boundaries of the
county of Oneida, returned delinquent for the
| non-payment of taxes for the year 1886 with the
! amount of such delinquent taxes assessed there
on, set opposite each description of such lands
| And the treasurer Of the county of Lincoln shall
| then proceed with the collection of such delin-
quent taxes and the sale of such lands for the
| non-payment of taxes thereon, in the same man
ner and with the same effect now provided by
law, and such sale shall be legal, and as soon as
tax certificates shall be issued upon such sale the
certificates issued upon lands located in Oneida
county shall be Immediately assigned over to
Oneida county by the proper officer of Lincoln
county and such transfer shall be deemed valid
in all respects.
Section 9. The board of supervisors of the
county of Oneida shall have power and it is here
by made its duty to procure, as soon as may be
after the passage and publication of this act from
the register OF deeds, county clerk county r cas-
urer, county judge and clerk of the circuit court
in the county of Lincoln, at the expense of said
county of Oneida, transcripts duly certified by
the proper officer, Of all papers, proceedings rec
ords and books, file or of record in said offices
in any affecting or relating to the title or
right of the possession of any of the lands stu
ated in said county of Oneida. And such trans
cripts, certified copies thereof, shall be prima
facie evidence in all courts of the facts therein
contained. The lien of all judgments which are
now OF effect on lands in said county of Oneida.
shall continue in force the same as though this
| act had not taken effect
Section 10. The said county of Oneida shall