The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-02-14
TOWN ROAD TAXES
An Optional Road Tax to be Paid
in Either Money or Labor
Can be Authorized.
To Have Question Submitted Petition
y Must be Presented to Town
Clerk by February 10. <M

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the legislature Mr.. Dunn had the law
amended so as to provide for an op-
tional road tax-that is tax payable
in money or labor-if the voters of the
town so decide.
An optional road tax to the amount
of not exceeding 10 mills on the dol
lar may be levied; the tax may be
lid in labor at the rate of $500 per
day, for team $3.50 per day-man and
team $3.50 per day, man alone $500
per day. But no optional road tax can
be levied in any town unless a three
mills cash road tax is also levied.
To have the optional road tax ques-
'tion submitted to the voters of town
a petition, signed by at least 10 free
holders and voters, must be presented
to the town clerk at least 20 days be-
fore election-this year not later than
the 10Th of February.
So there can be no misunderstanding
here is the law relative thereto: 49,
In any town wherein the voters shall
at the annual town meeting vote, as
hereinafter provided, to authorize the
town board so to do, the town board
may levy and assess on the property
subject to taxation under the pro-
visions of subdivision one (1) of this
section, an additional tax for road and
',:idge purposes, not exceeding in
amount ten mills on the dollar of the
assessed value Of such property,
which tax so levied shall be known as
the Optional Road Tax and which may
be paid by the person whose property
is so taxed in labor or by furnishing
the use of team for road work at the
following rates, to-wit: for each day
of work actually performed in labor on
the roads of the town under the super
vision of the road overseer, two dol
lars, for furnishing a team, two dol
lars and fifty cents per day. Provided
that no optional road tax shall be
levied in any year unless there is also
levied in such year at least three mills
tax, payable in cash, as provided in
subdivision one of this section.
When petition signed by ten or
more freeholders and voters of town
shall be presented to the town clerk
at least twenty (20) days before the
time of the holding of the annual town
meeting, praying that the question of
authorizing the town board to levy and
assess an optional road tax be submit
ted to the voters of such town, the
town clerk shall include in his notice
of such annual meeting notice that
such question will be voted on at such
meeting. Such question shall be voted
n by ballot and it shall be the duty
= IL the clerk to provide, at the expense
of the town, suitable number Of bal
lots which may be printed or written
or partly printed or partly written in
substantially the following form, to-
wit:
Shall the town board be au- NO.
thorized to levy and assess
an "Optional Road Taxi" YES.
If a majority CT the votes cast on
the proposition be in the affirmative,
the town board shall have authority to
levy a tax as provided in paragraph
(a) of this subdivision, until such time
as the electors at an annual town meet
ing, upon like procedure, shall have
voted by a majority vote, of those
voting on the question to withdraw
from the town board authority to levy
an Optional Road Tax. The votes on
such question shall be canvassed and
the result declared and recorded in the
manner provided by law with refer
ence to the election of town officers.
The taxes that may be levied for
road and bridge purposes in a town
are as follows: At town meeting not
exceeding Is mills; in case Of emer-
gency the town board may levy tax
not exceeding five mills; the amount
of optional road tax to be levied, pro-
vided such tax is authorized by the
voters, is left to the discretion of the
supervisors, but must not exceed 10
mills. ~
All taxes, save the optional tax,
must be voted in specific sums; for
instance, if town has valuation of
100000 the limit that can be voted
at town meeting is what 10 mills tax
would produce-$2,000. .... ..
This year town meeting day falls
on March IL, and petition to have the
optional road tax question submitted
must be filed on or before the 10Th
of February.