Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06

PROVIDED Dy law, said terms OF court Snall
be held at such times as the circuit judge
thereof shall designate. Said circuit judge
snail, within sixty days after the passage
ana publication of this act, give public no.
tice of the times of holding such terms of
court, by causing notice thereof to be pub
iished In some newspaper published in said
county of Gates, for at least six weeks
prior to the three weeks Immediately pre-
ceding the time of holding the first term
of said circuit court.
Section 3. Within thirty days after this
act shall take effect, the governor of this
state shall appoint in and for said county
of Gates the following officers, to-wit:, Coun-
ty judge, district attorney, clerk of the cir
cult court, county clerk, sheriff, register
of deeds, county treasurer, county surveyor,
county superintendent of schools and cor
Oner Within twenty days after due notice
OF his appointment, each such officer, re-
spectively shall qualify according to law
and enter upon the duties of his office and
hold the same until the first Monday OF
January next succeeding the general cleo
tion thereafter and until his successor is
elected and qualified, except that the county
judge so appointed shall hold his office until
the first Monday of January, A. ID. 1906.
Section 4. 1t shall be the duty of the
county board of supervisors of the county Of
Gates, within twenty days after the ap-
pOintment of said officers Of such county
aforesaid, to meet and fix the respective sal
aries and the amount of bonds required TO
be given by each of said county officers, eX-
cept in cases where the amount Of such
bond is fixed by law.
Section 5. The county of Gates shall, nu-
til otherwise ordered by the board OF SUI
pervsOrs of said county, consist of seven
towns to be known respectively as the
towns Of Atlanta, Big Bend, Dewey, Flam-
beau, Lawrence Rusk and Strickland. The
town Of Flambeau shall retain the territory
now included in said town, and also all that
portion of township numbered thirty three
north, of range numbered seven west, lying
south Of Chippewa river which said portion
Of col nGhi iG hnrphU added
town of Flambeau. The towns of Atlanta,
Big Bend, Dewey, Lawrence. Rusk and
Strickland shall retain and be composed OF
the territory now included in said towns
respectively
Section 6. The board of supervisors of
said county of Gates shall, within twenty
this act, meet and transact all business nee
essary to perfect and complete the organl-
cation Of the county and shall determine
upon and make suitable provisions for hold
Ing the circuit court at such times as may
be appointed therefor by the circuit judge
of the fifteenth judicial circuit.
Section Z. The board Of supervisors OF the
said county of Gates, shall procure or cause
to be procured at the expense Of said coun-
ty Of Gates, duly certified transcripts Of
such records as may relate in any manner
to or affect real estate or any other prop
erty or business proceeding appertaining
to said county of Gates The amount paid
for such duly certified transcripts shall not
exceed the amount per folio as allowed by
law for similar work, and for each certif-
cate attached thereto, the sum of fifteen
cents and no more shall be allowed. Such
duly certified transcripts shall be admtSsi-
bic as evidence in all courts of this state
and shall be prima facie evidence of the
matters therein contained.
Section s. All lands and real estate lying
and being situated in the said county Of
Gates as hereby created and established,
heretofore sold for taxes or which may be
sold for taxes shall be subject to redemp-
ton and those remaining unrcdeemed may
be advertised and conveyed by the county
of Gates, and the deeds issued upon such
lands by the county of Gates, by or through
its officers, shall be as effectual other
tax deeds and the county clerk Of the coun-
ty of Gates is hereby authorized and en-
powered and it Is hereby made his duty to
execute and deliver to the persons entitled
thereto under and by virtue of the laws Of
the state of Wisconsin, tax deeds upon all
lands unredeemed from any tax sale prior
to the year A. d. 1902 made by the county
of Chippewa and embraced within the ter
ritorial limit Of said county of Gates, by
which tax sale certificates have been here
tOfore issued by said county of Chippewa
or which may be hereafter issued sales
of land returned. delivered and sold pre-
vious to the passage, publication and TAX
ing effect of this act The county clerk of
the county of Gates Is hereby authorized
and it is hereby made his duty to vary the
phraseoIogy of such tax deeds fro m the
form prescribed by the statute of the state
Of Wisconsin so as to make the recital of
the SAID tax 0ePQS CONFORM TO the IacCS III
regard to the sale of lands aud the issuing
of certificates Of sale therefor, and in all
matters of recital and description necessary,
vary and change the same so to conform
to the facts in each case and no tax deed
issued by the county clerk Of the county
of Gates, under the provisions Of this act,
shall be adiudged void on account of the
form thereof, provided that such deeds are
In the form provided by law and modified
rs authorized by this act, and all such
deeds shall be as valid and effectua1 to pass
the title Of the lands described therein to
the grantee named in such tax deeds, as If
said lands had remained in and such tax
deeds had been executed by the county
clerk of the county of Chippewa, in which
such lands were situated at the time of the
tax sale thereof.
Section g. The basis of settlement in the
division Of property belonging to and the
appOrtionment Of the Indebtedness of said
counties of Chippewa and Gates, shall be
as follows: Each county shall become the
sole and exclusive owner of county prop
erty lying, being and situated within it's
boundaries as defined by section number
of this act. The county clerk of the coun-
ty of Chippewa shall upon demand by the
county clerk of the county of Gates, quit
claim by a sufficient deed Of conveyance, all
county lands owned by the said county of
Chippewa lying, being or situated in the
county of Gates and the county treasurer Of
the county of Chippewa shall upon demand
made by the county treasurer of the coun-
ty Of Gates, assign to the said county of
Gates all tax certificates in his office upon
lands situated in said county of Gates and
the apportiOnmcnt of assets and indebted
ness existing against the said county of
Chippewa shall be aScertained by dividing
the total assets and liabilities, by the ratio
which the aggregate equalized valuation by
the board of supervisors Of the said county
of Chippewa Of all the real and personal
property therein for the year A. D. 1900
bears to the equalized value by the same
board of supervisors, of the property sit
uated within the boundaries of the said
county of Gates. The county board of SUI
pervSOrs Of the county of Gates shall with
in ninety days after the passage publca-
tiOn and going into effect of this act, select
Il competent person to act with another
competent person to be selected within the
same time by the county board of super
visors Of the county of Chippewa, and the
two persons thus selected shall select O
third competent person to act with them,
and the three persons so selected shall col
lectively constitute committee to make a
settlement between the two counties of
Chippewa and Gates on the basis herein
before provided in this section. The COM
mittee thus selected shall Immediately en-
ter upon its duties as soon as constituted,
as above provided and shall make a com
plete settlement between said counties of
Chippewa and Gates. If however, the two
persons selected by the respective county
boards Of supervisors cannot agree upon
competent third person, as above provided,
then the judge of the eleventh judicial cir
cult shall make the selection of the third
person to act on, and as member of said
committee. reasonable compensation
shall be paid to the members of said com
mittee for their services, and expenses re-
Epectively. each county to pay one-half Of
the expenses and compensation of the third
person selected and the settlement between
all towns and school districts the bounda-
ries of which have been changed by the
passage Of this act, shall be effected as
herein provided between the counties, ex-
cept that the town boards of supervisors Of
10 owns affected shall mako the settle