Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
$3.50 in township forty-hve (45), range

$3.50 in township forty-hve (45), range
section I; The town Of Highland shall
consist of the following described territory,
to-wit All of township forty-five t4o),
range ten (10) all of township forty-six
(46), range ten (10) and all OF sections
(23), twenty-four (24) twenty-five 600,
twenty-six (26), thirty-dve (35) and thirty
six 1867, in township forty-six (46), range
Section s. The territory now comprising
the town of Nebagamon excepting that de-
tached therefrom hereunder, shall constl-
tute and remain the town OF Nebagamon.
Section 6. town meeting shall De
held in each of said new towns on the
first Tuesday of April, 1907, and upon the
election and qualification of such officers
as are provided by law, the SAID towns
shall each become an organized town WIN
all of the powers conferred upon towns Dy
the laws of this state. .
several towns shall, until otherwise legally
fixed, be held at the following places, To-
wit: In the town of Hawthorne at the
school house in the village of Hawthorne
In the town Of Scion Springs at the schooI
house in the village of Scion Springs in
the town of Highland at the school house
on section thirty-six 1867, township forty
six (46) range ten (10) and in the town
of Nebagamon at the school house IN the
village of Bennett
Section s. All school matters in the ter
ritory now included in the town OF Neba-
CANON shall until the annual school meet
ing in June, 1907, be administered by the
present board of school directors OF the
town of NebagamOn, except that Wnen any
of said new towns shall have elected
town treasurer and said town treasurer
shall have qualified as such, and after the
apportiOnment hereinafter provided for
shall have been made, the town treasurer
of the town of Nebagamon shall pay over
to the town treasurer of said new town the
portion Of all unexpended school moneys
In his hands belonging to said new town,
and thereafter the town treasurer or SAD
new town shall pay all orders Thereafter
issued by said board Of school directors for
in such new town.
Section o. At, any time after the first 1St
Tuesday IN April 19o7, the j9dge c OF tne
shall, upon written application OF the chair
man of any one or more OF the towns herein
mentioned and Interested herein. appoint
and fix the compensation OF three dis1n-
terested persons, residents Of said county,
70 ascertain and apportion as between the
said town OF Nebagamon and the SAID new
towns, the liabilities and assets Of said
town Of Nebagamon according to the as
sessed valuation of the territory In said
towns respectively as shown by the as
the year 1903. Said commissioners SO ap-
pointed shall, when requested In writing
by the chairman Of any one or more or
said towns, call meeting to be held at
some convenient place in said town OF
Nebagamon, notice of which said meeting
shall be given to the chairman OF each OF
shall, at the time and place designated in
such notice, ascertain and determine the
value Of all public property now belonging
to said town Of Nebagamon, as well as ali
outstanding legal Indebtedness of the said
town, and shall apportion the same as be-
tween the said town of Nebagamon and sew
eral new towns, according to the proportion
which all taxable property in each OF SAID
new towns shall bear to the total value OF
all taxable property in said town Of Nebaga-
mon as shown by the assessment in said
town of Nebagamon for the year 1Vo6, ana
shall make and file with the town clerks Of
each of said towns interested therein,
statement of their determination in that
behalf, and thereupon said new towns shall
become liable to the town OF Nebagamon
for the amounts respectively properly
chargeabe thereto, as shown by said state
ment, and the town board Of each of said
new towns shall cause to be levied upon
the taxable property of such new town,
tax sufficient to pay the same, as the same
shall become due and payable; and when
collected, the amounts so levied shall be
paid over to the treasurer OF said town OF
Eebagamon, and If thereafter 1t shall be
made to appear. to said, persons SO ap-
been held liable for any Indebtedness not
included in the apportlonment made as
above provided, the said persons shall upon
like request and like notice call other and
further meetings and apportion such other
indebtedness In the same manner as here
inbefore provided.
Section 10. Upon the organization ct
public property located therein, including
all school property, shall become vested in
such new town and such town snail De
chargeable with any excess OF value OF sucn
property over and above it's proportionate
share Of the same as the same shall be de-
termined as herein provided.
Section IL. This act shall take erect
and be in force from and after the date
OF its passage and publication.
Approved March b, 1907.