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

is amended to read Section 604. Be
fore proceeding to the construction of any
such buildings the board of any county
proposing to erect them shall cause to be
prepared complete plans, drawings and
specifications thereof, which shall be sub
mitted to the state board of control for
their approval in respect to the number
and sanitary care of inmates or prisoners
to be provided for and after its approval
thereof said county board may adopt said
plans, drawings and specifications and pro-
coed to contract for the construction of
said buildings with the lowest bidder or
bidders for all the work and material re-
Approved June 10, 1907
No. 1o1, All Published June 20, 1907.
CHAPTER 237, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT TO amend section 1921, statutes
of 1898, as amended, relating to laying
out highways.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, 90
Section l. Section 1921 statutes of
1898 as amended by chapter 257; laws OF
1899, is amended to read Section 1871.
L. All damages lawfully awarded to any
person for laying out, widening or altering
any highway shall be charge against the
town, or in case of a highway on the line
between two towns or between a town and
a city or a village, against such town,
city or village shall be assigned to pay
the same in the manner hereinbefore pro-
vided at any time after the highway shall
visors and not before, and shall then be
audited and paid or sued for and collected
in the same manner as other debts of the
town.
g But when the total amount OF dam
ages chargeable to one town, consequent
upon any one order for laying out, widen
ing or altering highway, shall be more
on the taxable property of the town, as
shown by the last assessment, and shall
also exceed the sum Of FIVE hundred dol
lars, such highway shall not be opened,
widened or altered nor liability for dam
ages, exist unless such order and the
award of damages be approved,
and such highway be accepted by q ma
jority of the qualified electors OF the town
liable to such damages voting thereon at
the next annual town meeting or some
special town meeting sooner called there
s. No liability for such damages shall
exist for any highway discontinued In
the manner hereinbefore provided before
being opened.
T. All costs and fees directed to be
chapter shall be audited and paid or may
be sued for and collected as other dsbts
against such town, city or village.
8. When any town order shall be given
pursuant to this section and there shall be
no unapproprtated money In the treasury
sufficient to pay the same the town board
shall certify the total amount thereof to
the town clerk, who shall place the same
on the next tax roll, with interest there
on, from the date of such order, In the
same manner as tax to pay judg-
ment, and the same shall be in like manner
collected and paid to the parties entitled
thereto with such interest.
6. Provided that when any such dam
ages shall be awarded, pursuant to an or
der for the laying out, widening or alter
ing of a highway, lying wholly within
town whose resident population shall be
eight thou sand persons, or over, according
to the last state or United States census,
that then and in such case, it shall not be
necessary that such order or award be APP
proved, or the highway accepted by said
out such approval or acceptance.
Approved June 10, 1907.