Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04
No. 174. AL Published April 20, 1911

COPY LAW.
No. ~ ~ [Pqblish ed, April pr , g. 1911.
AN ACT to detach certain territory
from the towns of Dewev and Flam-
beau, Rusk county, to change the
boundaries of said towns, and to Gre
ate the town Of Hubbard, and to es-
tablish the township system of school
government in said town.
The people Of the state of Wisconsin
represented in senate and assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section AL that certain territory
of the present town of Dewey and all
that certain territory of the present
town of Flambeau, RuSk county, state
of Wisconsin, described as follows, to-
w.t. Section one of township thirty-six
north, of range six west, and now form
ing a part Of the town of Dewey in
said Rusk county, and all of sections
two to. thirty-six. both INCLUSIVE. or
west, and all that portion OF township
thirty-six north, of range seven west,
lying and being east Of the Chippewa
river, and now forming part OF the
town of Flambeau, in said RuSk coun-
ty, are set off and detached from the
said towns of Dewey and b1ambeau
and the same is created and organized
as a separate town, to be known and
designated as the town of Hubbard, in
sad RuSk county.
lection 2.-The assets and liabilities
of the towns Of Dewey and Flambeau
shall be apportioned and divided be-
tween the town of Hubbard and the
towns of Dewey and Flambeau, by the
town boards Of the towns of Dewey
Flambeau and Hubbard, according to
the provisions of section 672 Of the
statutes.
Section 3-The supervisors of the
town of Dewey and the supervisors of
the town of Hubbard shall, on the
twentieth day of June, A. D. 1911, meet
at the office OF the town clerk Of the
town of Dewey, for the purpose Of
making a settlement between the said
two towns according to the provisions
OIL this act, and the supervisors OF the
town of Flambeau and the supervisors
of the town of Hubbard SHALL on the
twenty seVenth day of june "A. D. 1911 .
meet at the office Of the town clerk of
the town of Flambeau for the purpose
of making a settlement between said
two towns, according to the PROVISIONS
OF this act, and at either or all of said
meetings any three of the supervisors
shall have full power and authority to
send for books, persons, papers and
records of any other town necessarily
involved in such settlement. The clerk
OF the town from which any territory
by the terms Of this act is detached
shall be the clerk Of such meeting, and
the clerk of the town created by this
act shall assist. Sufficient duplicates
OF all proceedings had shall be made
SO that each town shall have one copy
thereof for record. Each town shall
be chargeable with the expense and for
the services and per diem OF it's own
Section 4-The town Of Hubbard
created by this act, shall pay the pro-
portion of liabilities ascertained pur-
suant to the two preceding sections, to
be chargeable to said detached terri
tory and created the town OF Hubbard
and for that purpose the town board
of the town Of Hubbard shall levy a
tax on all the taxable property Of such
new town.
Section 5.-The qualified electors Of
the town of Hubbard shall meet at the
schoolhouse on the northwest quarter
of the southwest quarter of section
thirty-one. township thirty-six north
range six west, IN SAID ID, town OF H I@ao
1911 and shall, in the manner provided
by law, elect town officers for said
town, and for the purpose Of such cleo
ton tho qualified voters of said town
of Hubbard, assembled at the place
aforesaid, shall, between the hours Of
and II o'clock In the forenoon O. said
day. choose three of their number to
act as inspectors of said election and
such electors shall, before entering up
on their duties, take and subscribe the
usual oath of office and file the same
with their return, and such inspectors
shall canvass and return the votes cast
at such election in all respects as pro-
Vided by law for inspectors at annual
town meetings. The qualified electors
shall also elect a school director, who
with the clerk of the subdistrict now
town. and the town treasurer then and
there elected, shall constitute board
of school directors to hold office until
ings of the subdistrictS. And the quail
fled electors so assembled at the place
aforesaid, may vote for all officers to
be chosen on said day, and the votes
canVassed and returned in the same
manner. and shall have the same effect,
as if the said town Of Hubbard were
Section Ga notice of said first
meeting shall be given by the posting
of copy OF this act in at least tive
10 r1lg in q ri q
Hubbard, at least five days before the
time of holding said first town meeting.
Such notice shall be posted by any
duly qualified elector of said new town,
who shall make proper affidavit OF
such posting and file the same with the
inspectors chosen at said first town
meeting to conduct the same.
Section 7-When such election shall
have been held as herein provided, and
the town officers required by law elect
ed, and such officers have duly quail
fed as required by law, the said town
of Hubbard shall be deemed to be duly
ORGANIZED and shall possess all the
rights power and liabilities OF other
towns in this state.
Section 8.-The township system of
school government shall be operative
and in force in said town of Hubbard
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 territory hereby detached
from said towns of Dewey and Flam-
beau, shall, from the organization of
said town Of Hubbard, be completely
severed from and Independent Of said
towns Of Dewey and Flambeau, or any
school district, subdistrict or joint sub
district therein, for school purposes,
and such detached territory shall be
annexed or formed into such subdis-
tricts in said town Of Hubbard, as the
board of school directors of said town
of Hubbard shall order, subject to all
limitations and conditions provided by
law. The board of school directors
elected as provided in section 5 Of this
act shall meet and organize within two
weeks after tho organization of said
town, and hold their offices until the
next annual meeting of the subdis-
tricts.
Section 9.--Thts act shall take effect
End be in force from and after its pas
age and publication.
Approved April 20, 1911,