River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15

within g drainage district proposed to be
organized under said chapter 419 of the
laws OF 1905, has no general guardian, and
his or her next OF kin DO not reside IN WIS
consin any person interested In the organI-
zation Of said proposed drainage district
may file petition In the court having Juris,
diction of the appointment Of general
guardian of such minor or incompetent per-
son asking for the appointment OF sucn
general guardian, and said court may In It's
discretion appoint such general guardian.
proposed district owned by such minor or
Incompetent persons whose guardian or
next Of kin signs said petition under the
authority herein granted. shall be counted
in determining whether sufficient land own
ers have signed said petition, the same as
hea sue adn minors snS OF ne4Reeen' w
Section 1379-15. i. Before entering
upon their duties such commissioners shall
constitution of the United States and the
constitution Of the state Of Wisconsin: TO
faithfully and impartially discharge their
duties as such commissioners and 70 render
a true account of their doings TO the court
By which they are appointed whenever re-
CURED by law or the order Of the court,
clerk of said court and his successors IN
Office as obligees, to be filed with said clerk
for the benefit Of the parties interested N
an amount to be fixed by the court or pre-
siding judge, and with sureties to be APP
proved by the court or presiding Judge, con-
ditioned for the faithful discharge of their
duties as such commissioners and the faith
full accounting for end application OF all
moneys which shall come into their hands
as such commissioners. a majority major , 81 sna III
a majority Ia any matter within their
duties shall be sufficient to tn Aatermina-
ton.
hold their Office until the first Tuesday In
the second succeeding July following the
date OF the order organizing such district
qualified. Ali commissioners appointed
pointed to ali vacancies, shali hold their
ana until V sSSis rssesct4ss suocesSorG are
& Appointments 10 an expired terms in
made by the presiding Judge OF the circuit
court Of. the county having. Jurisdiction Of
the drainage district ct ths SQUIRT house
each succeeding ysax o. ~ Soon thersafter
{. Vacancies In the board may be- filed
s y sS sssS g. hoS T he ss as q &
unexpired term The removal OF any corr
missioner from the county or counties u
which lands of such district Rre SsSnR$ad
ahan render his once vacant.
5. The commissioners shall keep an ac-
curata record of all moneys collected on &C.
count OF the work under their charge ana ana
Of ell payments made by them, and
shall take vouchers for such payments and
shall keep full, accurate ana true minutes
g. On the first Tuesday Of July each year
they shall file in the Office Of the clerk or
the court having Jurisdiction OF the matter
and disbursements, and leave said report
In such office for examination by parties
interested at all times.
T. They shall receive for their services
three dollars and fifty cents Per Gay and
their actual reasonable expenses.
g. They shall Ct all times mes be gnd DE- p Tne
Of I'M
rections for failure so to do they shall
forfeit their compensation and be dealt with
sumarily as for contempt.
g. Suit may also be brought upon their
bonds, in the name of the clerk OF the COURT
and the amount recovered shall De appueo
to the construction of the work or to the
10 If the petition provided for in section
137o-11 contains detailed description Of
the proposed work. and detailed descrip-
ton Of the extent OF the prposed district,
and is accompanied by exhibits showing
profles and maps and the estimated cost
and benefits OF the pToposeo wOEH ab 30
ordered by the court to omit the preiimi-
nary report In section 1379-16 provided,
and to proceed directly with the preparation
of the report, in section 1913 provided,
and If the court is convinced by evidences
at hand that the omission OF said prelimi-
20 ord Egp'fr The court shall allow the legiti-
mate expenses Incurred In the preparation
of the report.
IL
after said commissioners shall be appointed
and qualified they shall meet and organize
by eIecting one of their number secretary,
ana as soon as MAY pc tSey snail persopay
examine the lands In said district and make
a preliminary report to toe court. when re-
a. whether said proposed work ia ne
cessary, or would be of utility In carrying
out the purposes of the petition.
~ Whether the proposed work WouaG
uropnote the Dublic health.
(8) Whether the proposed work would
promote the. public welfare.
proposed work will exceed the cost thereof
together with the damages resulting there
from and in arriving at this they shall In
therefrom, both within and without said
district.
(5) Said commissioners shall, in said re-
port, hK as near as may be and report 20
the court, the boundaries of said proposed
drainage district. Said boundaries shall
not be so changed from those In the petit.
tion described as to deprive the court OF
Jurisdiction by reason of not having on
the petition the required number OF aigners
owning Land within said changed bounda-
ries
2. Any adult persons owning land within
the district proposed by the original petit
tion, or within the district as changed or
enlarged by. either the first Or the second
report of the commissioners, may, at any
time, file in court request TO be Joined as
petitioners, and the court nay nay, Oy order,
TONERS with like force and effect as If they
had signed the original petition; and there
after such owners, SO brought In. shall be
counted as original petitioners for sl pur-
poses. The original petition and any other
petition hled may be signed by the owner
or by any agent authorized In writing to
sign said owners name.
B. If said proposed work, as in the petit
ton described, is not best suited to carry
out the purposes of the petition, the COM
missioners shall consider and base their re-
mort upon the one best suited to carry cut
those purposes, and propose TO the court the
one by them considered.
Section @ This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
Dnblication.
Approved June Is, 1909.