The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-19
Council Proceedings

Proceedings of the regular meeting
of the common council of the city OF
Watertown, Wisconsin, held on the
eighteenth day Of December, 1917.
His Honor, the Mayor, presiding.
Present at roll call: Alderman
Beurhaus, Bublitz, Glatzel, Gruetz-
macher, Harte, Henze, Kerr, Klemann
Knick, Koerner, Lutovsky, Schlueter
Q2).
On motion of Alderman Gruetz-
macher the minutes of the preceding
session were approved.
A petition for a street light in River
drive between Hyland and William
street was referred to the lighting
committee.
The claim of the trustees of the I'M
manuel church for the Pefunding OF
taxes paid on certain property of said
church under protest in the last tax
roll, was referred to the committee on
judiciary and city attorney.
The following communication was
presented:
Mr. Frank S. Weber, City Clerk,
Watertown, Wisconsin,
Dear Sir:--It has come to our no.
tice that the city of Watertown has
assessed the property of the Wisconsin
Gas & Electric Co. formerly Water
town Gas & Electric Coz for the year
1917, in the amount of $6,550.00 tax
This tax assessed by the city of Wa
tertown is illegal for the reason the
property of the Wisconsin Gas & Elec-
trio Company is under Chapter 81 Wis
consin statutes assessable by the state
tax commission as "a street railway
property and light, heat and power
company operated in connection there
with" This local assessment should,
therefore be stricken from the local
rolls.
The city Of WATERFOWL has received
or will receive from the state treas
urer on account of the above mention
ed property the sum of $4,257.51. AS
the state and county have already re-
ceived the portion of taxes on account
of this property, this represents the
net amount which the city of Water
town is entitled to.
Yours truly,
Wisconsin Tax Commission
The same was placed on file
Alderman Beurhaus presented the
following resolution:
Whereas, The property and fran
chise of the Wisconsin Gas & Electric
Company, in this city, were assessed
by the Wisconsin tax commission un-
der the provisions of section 5101 tC
51.30 of the statute; and the taxes
against said company for the present
year were determined by the tax com
mission, collected by the state treas.
urer and IS per cent. thereof distri
buted to this city as provided by the
section quoted above;
And Whereas, The said property ant
| franchises of the Wisconsin Gas &
Electric Company were also assessed
| in the local tax rolls for the presen
year under the provisions of section
SLAB to 51.49 of the statutes, withou
knowledge that the assessment ha(
been made by the tax commission az
above stated;
Now, Therefore, Be 1t Resolved
That the taxes assessed against tn,
property and franchise, as persona
property, of the Wisconsin Gas & Elec
trio Company, in the local rolls for tn
present year, be and the same ar
hereby declared void, and the cit,
clerk is hereby directed to strike tn
| Same from the rolls
The resolution was adopted, al
members present voting in favor there
| Of
The treasurer's report, showing
| balance on hand of $10,05678 at tn
end of last month was placed on file
The city sealer, Mr.. Gnatzig, mad
an oral report of his operation of tn
fish market He also spoke Of the ad
| visibility of having local jurisdictio
over the sale of food products so a