The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
80, 81. A Published May 6. 1909
CHAPTER 80. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT TO amend sections 115a, lob.
1I5c, TI5d and zoe, OF the statutes and
to create section 1857 of the statutes. re
lating to the organization Of new towns.
The people Of the state of Wisconsin
representcd in Senate and Assembly, do
section /. Sections 775a. 775b, 775c,
71od, and TOE of the statutes are amended
to read Section 775a; Any u'',,,,a =
county and being part of any town or
towns. which township has at
least fifty resident electors, at least twenty
five OF whom are freeholders or homestead
ers, and an assessed valuation of ut least
one hundred thousand dollars according TO
the last preceding assessment may be or
ganized into town upon compliance with
the following three sections. No person
shall be deemed a resident eector within
the meaning of this act unless he shall
have resided within such territory for at
least one year prior to the date of the YER
iication of the petition prescribed by sec
tion 1I5b
Section 775b A petition signed by a
majority of the resident electors and a ma
iority of the resident frecholders and home
steadcrs of the territory proposed to be so
organized shall be presented to the circuit
court. OF Il Judge thereof. of the county in
which such territory is located; such peti-
ton shall accurately describe such terri
tory. naming the town or towns of which 1t
is n part; snail contain the names OF the
resident electors; the assessed valuation of
such territory, and the proposed name of
the new town. that the remaining territory
Ill SNCn Town Is not less ludn llIIl SIN
square miles in extent, and has not less
than fifty resident electors and an assessed
valuation of not less than one hundred
thousand dollars according to the last pre-
ccding assessment and shall be verified by
at least three signers. The court or such
judge shall thcreupon make an
order liking the time and place for me
hearing of said petition, before the circuit
court of such county and direc-
ting that copy Of such petition ion d ana or df
I,n Of
is a part at least fifteen days before the
hearing and that notice of such
hearing be published once week for three
weeks in Il newspaper designated as most
likely to give notice to the people Of the
territory proposed to be organized.
Section 771c. Any eector or tax payer
of such territory or any town of which
such territory is a part may appear at the
hearing of such petition and the matter
shHll be tried ms an issue of fact by the
court no formal answer to the petition
need be filed. The court may adjourn the
hearing from time to time and refer any
question of fact; such reference shall be
deemed a compulsory reference and the fees
and expenses of the referee shall be fixed
and paid in the manner provided in section
293o of the statutes by Ihe town board Of
the new town and the town board Of the old
town
Section 775d The court shall file find
ings of fact at the close of such hearing
and If it shall appear that the
alterations of the petition are true ,Es ana cba all
ter have been substantially complied with
shall enter, an order creating
such territory into Il town, Civ
ing ii the name proposed in the petition
and providing for the place Of holding the
first annual meeting; provided that the
remaining territory in any existing town
shall not be less than thirty-six
square miles in extent and shall have not
less than fifty resident electors and an as
sossed valuation of not less than one hun
drcd thousand dollars according to the last
preceding assessment
Section 775c The credits and indebted
ness as between the towns so created and
the town or towns of which it was formerly
a part shall be apportioned according to the
provisions of section 612.
Section .. There is added to the stat
utes new section to read Section 715f.
Whenever the remaining territory of any
town out of which a new town is organized,
shall be divided into two detached parts
by the organization of the new town, that
part thereof with the least number of resi-
dent electors shall be attached to and be-
come part of the new town.
Section 3 This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication,
Approved May ), 1909