Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04
Published July 6, 1911,

No. 121, 81 Published July 6, 1911
! CHAPTER 541, LAWS OF 1911.
AN ACT to amend subsections and
section 1928, and sections 1879
"a, 1875, and 1880, and to
create sections 1379-20m, 1379-24c,
1379-31om, and 1379-32b of the
statutes, relating to drainage dis
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section l. Subsections 1 and s of
secuon 1875, subsection / Of sec
ton 1898, and sections 1874,
1875, and 1870 Of the statutes
15) L. Before entering upon their
duties such commissioners shall take
and subscribe an oath to support the
constitution of the United States and
consin, to faithfully and impartially
discharge their duties as such COM
missioners and to render a true &C.
count Of their doings to the court by
which they are appointed whenever re-
CURED by law or the order of the court,
and shall execute a bond running to
cessors in office as obligees, to be filed
with said clerk for the benefit of the
parties interested in an amount to be
liked by the court or presiding judge,
the court or presiding Judge, condi-
toned for the faithful discharge of
their duties as such commissioners and
the faithful accounting for an applica-
ton of all moneys which shall come
into their hands as such commission
erS. Said commissioners shall forth
with organize by electing one of their
number chairman, one OIL their num-
Der secretary, and the other one of
their number treasurer and at least
one commissioner shall be a resident of
the district, unless the owners Of
majority of lands, and a majority of
the owners of land in the district shall
petition otherwise. A majority shall
constitute quorum. and concur
renee of a majority in any matter with
in their duties shall be sufficient to it's
determination.
6. On the first Tuesday of July of
each year they shall file in the office of
the clerk of the court having jurisdic-
ton of the matter an itemized state
ment of all their receipts and disburse..
ments, and an additional statement of
the length of the ditch or bitches dug,
with their width, depth, prices per
cubic yard. and all such other items as
shall be necessary 4 to give an intelli-
leave said report in said office for ex-
animation by parties interested at all
(section 1s79-2s). !; Assessments
other work in repair under these pro-
visions shall be due and payable on
the first Tuesday of September annual.
1y. Commissioners. having charge Of
any completed drain, ditch, Ievee, or
other work shall, between the 18th day
of May and the first day Of June in
each year, file with the clerk of tho
court having jurisdiction of such
drainage district a report in which
they shall specify in detail the labor
necessary to the preservation and pro-
lection of the work under their con-
troll, the places where repairs are spe-
cial1y needed, the estimated cost OF
such repairs, and the sum to be as
sessed against each tract, lot, ease
ment, or corporation to pay all neces-
sary repairs. Notice of the
fling of such report shall be given. as
provided in section 1379-30b. All such
assessments shall be apportfoned on
the sums of all the assessments Of
benefits confirmed by the court and
then in force. Such annual report shall
be heard by the court on the last Tues
day Of June of each year, and the pre-
siding Judge shall examine said report,
hear all objections to the same, fix and
determine the amount Of such assess
ments, and cause such adjudica ton to
be entered of record in said court, and
a certified copy to be delivered to said
commissioners.
The amount to be collected under the
order Of said court for the preserva-
ton and maintenance of said work az
aforesaid shall not, in the aggregate,
amount in any one year to q sum
greater than would be produced by q
levy Of ten per cent Of the amount of
the original assessments for benefits