Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-21
No. 344, Al Published Mar 23, 1909
CHAPTER IL. LAWS OF 1909.


the town of Crandon, Forest county,
and to create the town of Nashville, and
establishing the township system of
school government therein
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows
embraced within the boundaries or the
town of Crandon in Forest county, towit:
township thirty four north. Of range
north, of range twelve east, and section
thirty-one of township thirty-fve north. OF
thirteen east Is hereby set on a1d
said county of Forest. and is hereby
created and constituted a separate town
of Nashville, in said Forest county.
Section 2. The assets and liabilities
of said town of Crandon to be apportioned
same ratio to the whole of said assets and
liabilities of said town of Crandon as the
assessed valuation for the year 1908. OF
tached territory from the town of Crandon
bears to that Of the assessed valuation for
the year 1908 of the whole of the taxable
property Of said town of Crandon, as
year 1908. The supervisors of the town
of Crandon, the supervisors of the city OF
Crandon, and the supervisors OF the town
of Nashville shall meet on the first Mon
day In June. 1909, at the office of the town
clerk of the town of Crandon for the pur-
pose of making settlements between the
said two towns and the said city according
to the provisions OF this act and according
to law, and at said meeting or any subse,,
boards OF supervisors any SIX supervisors
shall have full power to send for and to
have brought before them at such meeting
any persons, books, papers or records nee
essarily involved or needed in the settle
ment between said two towns and said
city. The city clerk of the city of Crandon
clerks of the towns of Crandon and Nash
vile shall be present and assist such I,
proceedings had shall be made in order
that each may have at least one for the use
and information of each town and city.
Each town and the city shall be charge
ices of its own officers only, and the bills
therefor shall be audited and paid by the
respective towns and the city as other
bills are by law authorized to be audited
and paid
Section 8. The qualified electors of
the town of Nashville shall meet at the
building now known as 1.-The town half in
the village of Nashville, said building be-
ing situated on the northeast corner of Sec
ton eighteen in said township thirty five
north, Of range twelve east, In said town
of Nashville, on the day appointed by law
for the holding Of annual town meetings
state. The qualified electors Of said town.
shall at such town meeting in the manner
provided by law elect town officers for the
town election the qualified voters OF said
town, shall between the hours of nine and
eleven O'Clock In the forenoon OF SalQ Jay
choose three Of their number to act as in
spectors of the election, and such in
spectors shall before entering on their re-
spective duties severally take and file the
usual oath of office and file the same with
their returns, and such inspectors shall re-
spectively canvass and return the votes
cast at such election in all respect as pro-
vided by law for inspectors at annual
town meetings. The qualified electors shall
also elect school director who. with the
clerk of the subdistrict now existing in the
territory of such new town and the town
treasurer then and there elected shall con-
stitute board OF school directors to hold
Office until the next ensuing annual school
meetings of the sub districts. And the
qualified electors so assembled at the
place aforesaid may vote for all officers to
be chosen on the same day and the votes
cast for such officers shall be counted,
canvassed and returned in the manner and
shall have the same effect as II said town
of Nashville was fully and completely or
Section 4. When such election shall have
been held herein provided and the town
officers of said town required by law
elected and such officers, respectively, have
qualified as required by law, the said town
of Nashville shall be deemed and shall be
duly organized, and shall possess all the
rights, powers, privileges and liabilities OF
other towns in this state
Section 5. The township system or
school government shall. be operative and
in force in said town of Nashville at and
from the time this act goes into effect until
such time as the same shall be abolished
in the manner provided by law. The terri.
tory hereby detached from said town of
Crandon, shall from the organization of
said town of Nashville be completely sew
cred from and independent of said town OF
Crandon or any school district, sub-dis-
trict. or joint sub district therein, for
school purposes, and such detached
territory shall be annexed or formed
into sub-districts in said town of
Nashville as the board of school directors
of said town of Nashville shall order, sub
ject to all limitations and conditions pro-
yided by law. The board of school direc-
tors elected as provided in section 3 or
this act shall meet and organize within
two weeks after the organization of said
town and hold their offices until the next
annual meeting of the sub-districts of said
town. .
Section G. Nothing in any of the pro-
visions Of this act, or In any other act,
shall be so construed as to abr1dge any
of the powers of the county board OF
supervisors of Forest county to set Oft,
organize vacate change the boundaries
of the town created by this act, or men
toned in the snlne. III any time hereafter
in accordance with the powers conferred by
law unon county boards by virtue of the
laws Of the state OF Wisconsin.
Section Z Any and ali acts or parts OF
scts in any manner conflicting with the
provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
Section g. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved Mar %. 1909.