Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. a32, AL Published March 81, 1907.
CHAPTER q. LAWS OF 1907.

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AN ACT to detach a certain portion OF
the town of Vaughn, in Iron county, and
create therefrom the town Of Emerson,
In said county.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
serted In Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows:
Section l. All that portion of the present
town of Vaughn, in the county Of Iron and
state of Wisconsin, described as follows,
to-wit: All of township forty-one north,
of range two east, all of township forty
one north, of range three east ell Of town
ship forty-one north, OF range four east,
the south one-half Of township forty two
north of range two east, the south one-half
of township fortytwo north. of range three
east and the south one-half Of township
forty-two north, Of range four east, is here
by set off and detached from the town OF
Vaughn and duly created and organized as
a separate town to be known and described
as the town of Emerson in said Iron county.
Section 2. The said town of Emerson Ia
hereby created and organized with all the
rights, powers and privileges conferred upon
and granted to other towns In the state OF
general laws enacted for town government.
Section g. The assets and liabilities OF
the town of Vaughn shall be apportioned 70
the said town of Emerson pro rata In pro-
portion as the valuation Of all the taxable
property detached from said town Of
Vaughn and created into the town of IGmer-
said town OF Vaughn according to the as
sessment roll Of the town Of Vaughn for the
year 1905 as equalized by the town board Of
review Of said town.
Section 4 The first town meeting of said
town of Emerson shall be held on the first
Tuesday of April, 1907, at Emerson post
office, located on section fourteen, in town
ship forty-one north of range three east,
and the same shall be conducted as now
provided by law for the first town meeting
In new towns.
Section s. Notice of said first town
meeting shall be given by posting copy OF
this act In at least six public places in said
town Of Emerson at least six days prior TO
qualified elector of said town, who shall
make q proper affidavit of such posting and
file the same on the day Of said first town
meeting with the inspectors elected to con-
duct said first town meeting.
Section g. When said first town meeting
shall have been held as herein provided and
the town officers required by law duly elect
ed the said town of Emerson shall be
deemed and shall be duly organized and
shall possess all the rights, powers. privi-
leges and authority and shall be subject to
all the liabilities OF other towns In the
state of Wisconsin. After said first town
meeting an annual town meeting shall be
held on the day provided by law for the
holding of town meetings IN other towns or
the state of Wisconsin
Section T. The supervisors of the town
of Vaughn and the supervisors of the town
of Emerson shall on the second Tuesday
of April, 1907, meet at the office Of the
town clerk OF the town OF Vaughn az
such other place as shall be mutually agreed
up0n for the purpose Of making a settle
mpnt between said two towns, according to
the provisions OF this act, and. at said
meeting, any three of the supervisors Of
thority TO send for persons, books, papers
and records necessarily involved in such
settlement and the clerk Of the town of
Vaughn shall be the clerk OF such meeting,