Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08

Approved July 8, 1907
CHAPTER 500, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to repeal section 772k of the stat
q utes. relating to supervisor Of assessments.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
Section l. Section 772k of the statutes
Section o. This act shall take effect and
Approved July 9, 1907. i
No. 995, Al Published July II, 1907.
CHAPTER $40, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to amend sections 7T2c and 772l
Of the statutes. relating to the office OF
supervisor of assessment.
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin repre-.
sented in Senate. and ASSEMBLY do enact.
as follows rt a3
Section l. Section 772e of the statutes
county board at the annual meeting at
which such board shall elect a. county SUI
pervisors of assessment. and prior to such
election, shall fix the compensation of such
officer, which shall not be increased Or de-
creased during his term of office; but the
compensation of said officer shall not exceed
the sum of four dollars, nor. be less than"
three dollars for each supervisor for each
day actually employed In the work Of such
office, which compensation shall include all
his. expenses except for stationery, BLANKS
and postage, provided that In any county
containing a city Of the .irst class the
compensation shall not be less than three
dollars nor more than six dollars. A-s
e. The county board at the time Of tx
ing the rate of compensation of the super
visor Of assessment, may, by resolution
adopted BY majority vote e,+ OF two5niras OF
days in each year for which such officer
shall receive compensation for his services;
provided that In counties In which the value
of the property therein subject to taxation
under the general assessment laws as last
determined by the state board of assess
ment, shall not exceed ten million dollars:
such limit shall not be less number or
days than seventy-fve IN
counties In which such value shall exceed
ten million dollars such limit shall not be
less than one hundred days
In counties in which such value shall en-
coed twenty million dollars such limit shall
not be less than. one hundred twenty-nve
value shall exceed thirty million dollars
such limit shall not be less than one hun
dred fifty days /; in counties In
which such value shall exceed forty million
dollars such limit shall not be less than
one hundred seVenty-6ve days
and In counties in which such value shall
exceed fifty million dollars such limit shall
not be less than two hundred days. but
unless such board shall so limit the time,
the supervisor of assessments shall receive
compensation for the total number of days
by him actually and in good faith devoted
to the work of his office.
g. The compensation Of the supervisor
of assessment for services and postage shall
be Professionally audited by the county clerk
at the end of each month upon filing with
such clerk duly verified statement showing
the number of days actually employed and
the amount of postage necessarily expended
in the work of his Office during such month
but such statement shall be re-audited by
the county board at its annual meeting. The
amount SO audited each month shall be paid
as the salaries Of other county officers are
paid except that compensation for the
months of October and November: may be
withheld until the supervisors entire &C
count to date shall have been audited by the
county board at its annual meeting
H. The county clerk shall cause to be
printed and furnished at the expense Of the
county such stationery, blank forms, and
record books as may be required by the SUI
pervisor for his official use.
5. The county board may authorize the
county supervisor of assessment to appoint
one or more deputies with the same power
as said county supervisor, whose compen-
sation and term of service shall be fixed By
the county board, which shall not exceed
the compensation or term Of service of the
supervisor of assessment. The county board
may also authorize the supervisor OF assess
ment to employ such clerical or other assist
ants as the board may deem necessary, and
such board may limit the number of persons
to be SO employed, the period Of their ser
vice, and the compensation to be paid. The
compensation of such deputy and of such
assistants shall be audited and paid In the
same manner as that Of the supervisor. ex-
cept that the statements therefor shall be
Professionally audited by the county clerk. .
Section 2. Section 772l of the statutes Is
amended: Section 772l, The provisions OF
this act fixing the maximum and minimum
rate Of compensation to be paid to the su-
pervisors of assessment shall ap-
ply. to all such officers who have been or
who shall be elected or appointed for the
term commencing the first Monday in Jan
uary, 1905, or fOl any portion or SAID term.
If any county board shall have fixed the rate
of such compensation for said term at less
than three dollars per day, such
board may re-determine such rate for said
term at not less than three nor more than
four dollars per day. at any annual or special
meeting, but until the rate shall be so re-de-
termined In the cases aforesaid the rate OF
the compensation of the supervisor OF as
dollars per day. The power here
in given to the county boards to limit the
period for which the supervisor of assess
ment shall receive compensation may be
exercised at the annual meeting TO be held
in November, 1905, in respect to the re-
mainder of said term commencing in Janu-
airy, 1905, but not as to the first year OF
said term. t't tr, -
Section 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
Approved July 9, 1907. ..,*...
No. 9s6, Al Published July IL, 1907.
CHAPTER gil, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to amend section 1860, of the.
statutes, as amended, relating to the con-
ditions of organization Of mutual bene-
hciary and fraternal corporations, socte-
ties, orders and associations.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact