Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-09-08
COMMITTEES on Judiciar


Be 1t Resolved by the Common
Council of the City of Wauwatosa that
there be and hereby is transferred
from the Water Works Fund in the
Treasury of said City to the Water
Works Indebtedness Fund in said
Treasury the sum of Two Thousand
Three Hundred Fifty-Seven and $4,000
$2,357 500 Dollars, to be used in the
payment of principal aid interest fall
ing due in the year 1916 on Water
Works bonds.
And the City Clerk is hereby direct
ed to deliver a certified copy of this
resolution to the City Treasurer.
On roll call the foregoing resolution
was adopted.
Report of Special Committee
Your special committee appointed
July 5th and August 2Srd, for the pur-
pose, if possible, arriving at reason
| able and just settlement in the mat
ter of the division of property and
| taxes as between the City and Town
of Wauwatosa for property annexed
year of 1915, desire to report as fol-
lows: That your committee together
with Mayor Koenig sat with the Town
| Board of the Town of Wauwatosa. and
also with the members of the school
| board of District No. s, Town of Wau-
watosa, this being the school district
affected by the annexed property re-
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division of the school taxes your COM
mittee finds that conditions are such
that at this time fair and just divi-
sion can not be had for the reason that
the State Superintendent of Schools
has condemned the school building To-
Gated on 36th street in the Town of
Wauwatosa and the School Board of
District No. have appealed to the
| Circuit Court asking that such con-
domination proceedings be set aside
and until court decision is handed
down in said matter it would not be
reasonable or fair to attempt to have
an appraisement made of this school
property. Your committee feel that
at the proper time there will be little,
if any, trouble in making an ADJUST
ment of the school property and desire
to recommend that with the consent
of the council this matter be postponed
until such time as it can be taken up
and acted upon intelligently.
With reference to a division of all
other property and taxes other than
school property, your committee de-
sires to report that we were cordially
received by the Town Board of the
Town of Wauwatosa and that all in
formation sought by this committee
was cheerfully furnished and we be-
lieve that the Town Board is unani-
mously inclined to be just and fair in
arriving at a final settlement of this
matter.
In the matter of the appraised value
of the property owned and belonging
to the Town as shown on schedule
| herewith attached and in connection
with which the offer is made that if the
| City of Wauwatosa is not satisfied
| with the appraisement SO made, they
can appoint one appraiser and the
point third member who shall act as
board of appraisers, we believe that
the appraisal made by the Town to
be eminently fair, the same being in
total sum of $5,429.
In the matter of the Town being en-
titled to deduct the unearned salary of
the Town Clerk and Town Attorney, is
matter that could only be decided
| by court decision. However, as the
amount involved is, we believe, INSULT
| cient to warrant court proceedings, be-
ing l 71-100 per cent of $1,000, we
recommend that this part of the set
Element be not considered.
We further find that the assessed
valuation of the Town of Wauwatosa
for 1914 as listed in the attached
schedule and as appears from the coun-
ty record is correct, viz, $12,241, 402,
that the assessed valuation of the
property annexed was $209,926, the
same being l 71-100 per cent of the
total assessed valuation, that by ac-
cepting the appraised value of town
property as listed and disregarding
small matters referred to, which have
been in controversy, we are offered the
following schedule;
Balance on hand, Town general fund
on September 6, 1915, $14,5S020.
Total deductions as liabilities on
September 6, 1915, $6,579.33.
Balance, SS,00087.
Total value of town property, s5,429.
Total value of all property, 3d.
429.S7.
l 71-1OO per cent of $13,429.S7 being
$22965 is the amount offered by the
Town Board in settlement of this part
of the property, which amount We rec
ommend be accepted
With reference TO the taxes for 1915
belonging to the City of Wauwatosa,
we find that the Town of Wauwatosa
does not levy or collect any general
taxes and has not done so for many
years, that this portion of the Towns
aYnanee ig met hy license fees and in