The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1893-05-20
Published april %, 1928
No 30, 81
CHAPTER 81.


AN ACT placin. roads within a town under the
management Of the town board. and recurring
town road taxes 10 be paid in money, and pro-
Nldlus Tor the appointment Of road superintend-
eutS.
The people or the state or Wisconsin. repre-
Sented III senate and assembly do enact as fol-
lows:
Section /. The town board Of each town in
tins state shall have the fun supervision. manage
i4ehI anu control oI tie making and repairing Of
all roads IL said town, except such as are or NAV
hereafter be. put under the jurisdiction OF the
county by any law OF this state. and may make
and repair the same by hire or contract. and for
that purpose may annually appoint a competent
person or persons To superIutrnd the making and
repairing of all such roads who shall hold his DO
siupu Tor term "t three years, unless sooner
moved, for CAUSE, by a vote of the town board
and he snail have the same powers and perform
the same duties over the highways of the town,
as the uveE>ctrs now do the districts EXCEPT
such As may be IL conflict with the prov sious Of
this act
section ,. The town board of each town may
procure machinery. implements, stone. gravel,
ana other material. and hire laOOrers and teams
necessary AMI proper for making and repairing
an 'vads aforesaid and 10 make and repair the
same, and shall have power to purchase gravel
puts ami 81 one quaTres and take tltIe the SAM,
IL TIE name of the town. In case the town buarl
cannot obtain title. 10y agreement with the owner
of such gravel pit stone quarry then SAID
board shall by resolution declare its IIlrnnsa 10
take the same. and therein q scribe by meets
and bounds. The land proposed to be SO taken and
amount thereof owned By each owner mention
as known aud therein hA day, hour and place,
when and where, thev will Apply to the county
Judge, or t. a justice OF the peace, resident
StCI 10" H. Tor q jury 10 condemn and appraise
S'IIh gravel PIT or StOn" quarry Notice shall he
given and served provided IN section S96 Of the
revised statutes for 1876 Sections So 10 9O2 in
elusive Ut the revised statutes for ISIS shall al
ply, 50 far a applicable, to such condemnation
proceedings 10y the town hoard, except that. wher-
ever the ~ ord Village IsuSed il AID sections the
word toxin shall b. substituted therefor, and
wherever th" words villa t board" are used the
words town boar" shall he substituted therefor
and Wherever the words village clerk are used.
the words town CLERK shall Ue substituted there
for.
Section g. Il shall bt lawful for said town
board, at any time after tie road tax IN any year
Shall be ordered to be assessed. and before the
same Is collected, to pledge the credit of the
town for loan or loans of any sum Of money.
not exceeding m all four hfths Of 50 much "
such tax shall be assessed TO be by them cx-
pended in paying the expense of such making
and repairing OF the roads OF said town for tn"
current year. anu the road tax for that year,
when collected, shall be frat applied to r.. paw
such loans. and much thereof as snail not he
needed for such payment, shall be used by said
town board in paying the expenses Of making
ami repairing the roads as aforesaid.
Section 4. Hereafter all taxes. assessed for
making and repairing roads IA any town in TINS
state, shall b- paid IN money and collected hv
the town treasurer at the same time and in tn"
same mdnLer a. other taxes are collected Ia SAID
town for other town and county purposes: and
the taxes so collected shall be dIsbursed by SAID
treasurer on warrants drawn by the town board
The amount Of highway taxes that may %
assessed 10 any town for any one year and
the manner OF making such assessment. shah
remain the same now provided for by section
1910 o. the revised statutes and the amend
meuts thereto In case there be fled with the
town clerk, thirty days prior to the time Of
holding tie annual town meeting, a petition IN
writing. signed by not less than twenty-five
electors and freeholIcTS of the town requesting
that the electors u the town shall, at such town
meeting. vote on the question whether the
highway taxes in such town shall be paid in labor
instead OF money, il shall be the duty of the
town clerk to post in three public places Of the
town, at least ten days prior 70 the time of hold
ing such annual meeting, notice that such ques-
ton will be submitted az suCn meeting to q vote
of the electors In case the electors, at such
meeting vote that the highway taxes shall be
paid in labor instead OF money for that year, such
labor shall be performed under the supervision OF
8 road superintendent or superintendent APP
pointed by the town board under this act, and at
such time as the town board OF road sUpeTu'end
ent may determine All the provisions Of the
vised statutes Of ISIS and the acts amendatOTy
paid in labor, shall so far applicable, apply,
except that such road superintendent superin-
tendentS shall have all the powers and perform
all the duties Of the road Oyerseers mentioned in
said statutes.
Section > Il shall be the duty of the town
board Of each town to estimate the amount OF
money they deem advisable to expend for max
spective towns for the ensuing year, and to re
port the same ID the annual town meeting Of said
town.
Section 6 All acts or parts OF acts in conflict
with this act are hereby repealed.
Section :. This act shall take effect and be il
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved April 70, 1898. 800. 49,.