Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

Of Saxon. lying and being in the county
known and described as follows, ro-wit:
All of fractional sections thirteen, four
teen, fifteen, twenty two, twenty-four.
twenty five and all of sections twenty
three, twenty-six, twenty thirty
four, thirty-1ive, and thirty-six, all ly-
ing and being in township forty-seven,
range one east, the south half of sections
eight and nine and all of sections one,
two, three, ten, eleven, twelve thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
twenty, twenty-one, twenty-five. twenty
three, twenty-four, twenty five, twenty
six, twenty-seyen, twenty eight, twenty
nine, thirty, thirty-one thirty-two,
hirty-thfee thirty-four, thirty five, and
thirty-si all lying and being in town
snip forty-six, range one east, is hereby
detached from the said town Of Saxon
and duly created and constituted separ-
ate town to be called the town of KIM
ball; and said town is hereby created
and organized with all the rights, powers
ana privileges conferred upon and grant
ed to other towns in the state of Wis
consin, and shall be subject to all gen
eral laws enacted for town government
therein.
Section 2. The first town meeting in
said town hereby organized shall be held
at Kimball in the said town of Saxon,
and county aforesaid in the store build
ing of Kimball and Clark, situate in said
Kimball, the same being located on the
ter of section twelve, township forty-six
range one east. on the day appointed by
law for the holding of annual town meet
ingS in the year 1913; and shall in the
manner provided by law, elect town off,
GERS for said town and exercise all other
powers and make such provisions for the
town government as are now authorized
by statute to be exercised and made at
the annual town meetings of any town.
Section 3. For the purpose of election
herembefore provided the quallned cleo
tors Of the said town Of Kimball, assem-
bled at the place aforesaid, SHALL be-
tween the hours of nine and eleven
o'clock, in the forenoon Of said day,
choose three Of their number to act as
inspectors of said election, and such in
spectors shall, before entering upon their
respective duties, severally take the
usual oath of office and file the same
with their returns; and such inspectors
shall respectively canvass and return the
votes cast at such election in all respects
as provided by law for inspectors at an
nual town meetings. A town clerk and all
necessary clerks of election shall be ap-
pointed by said inspectors, or major
ity thereof, to assist said inspectors in
conducting said town meetings and in
canvassing and returning the votes cast
at such election.
Section 4. When said town meeting
shall have been held as herein provided,
and the town officers required by law
duly elected, the said town of Kimball
shall be deemed to be, and shall be, duly
organized, and shall possess all the
rights, powers, privileges and authority,
and shall be subjected to the usual liza
bilitieS, of other towns in the state Of
Wisconsin. After the said first town
meeting all annual meetings shall be held
on the day provided by law for the hold
ing of town meetings in other towns In
the state of Wisconsin.
Section s. Notice of said town meet
ings shall be given by posting of copy
of this act in at least six public places
in said town of Kip1b9U at least ten DAYS
before the time of holding said first town
meeting, by any duly qualified elector of
said town, who shall make proper affi-
davit of such posting and file the same
on the day of said first town meeting
with the inspectors chosen to conduct
said first town meeting.
Section 6. The electors of said town
of Kimball, assembled at the place above
first meeting to vote to determine upon
the adoption of the township system of
schools or the school district system,
and shall have power to make and levy
a tax allowed by law for school purposes,
irrespective of the recommendations
therefor made by the school authorities
of the present town of Saxon.
Section T. The assets and liabilities
of the said towns of Saxon and Kimball
shall be apportioned to the said town of
Kimbau pro rata in such proportion as
the valuation of all taxable property de-
tached from the said town of Saxon bears
to the whole of the assessed valuation Of
said towns of Saxon and Kimball, &C
cording to the assessment roll for the
year 1912.
Section s. The supervisors of the town
of Saxon and the supervisors of the town
of Kimball shall, on the third day of
June 1913, meet at the office of the town
clerk of the town of Saxon for the pur-
pose of making a settlement between
the said two towns according to the pro-
visions of this act; and at such meeting
or at any subsequent or adjourned meet
ing held by said town board OF super
visors, any three of the supervisors shall
have full power and authority to send for
any persons, books, papers and records
necessarily involved in the settlement be-
tween said two towns. The town clerk
of the town of Saxon shall act as clerk
of such joint meeting, and the town clerk
of the new town of Kimball shall be pres
ent and assist; and sufficient duplicates
or copies of all proceedings had shall be
made in order that each town may have
at least one such copy for the use and in
formation of the town clerk and town
board of supervisors thereof. Each town
shall be chargeable with the expense
and for the services and per diem of its
own officers only.
Section g. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved March IS, 1918. Copy Law.