stopped. Records of on presentation, on the first day of the ensuing August, Interest, when and that after the last named day said bonds will not draw interest. The county clerk shall keep a full record of the doings of said commissioners at the time of commissioners. making their determination as aforesaid, and shall deliver forthwith, after such determination, a correct copy of said proceedings to the county treasurer, whose duty it shall be to transmit to the place of payment the sir king fund so appropriated for the payment of said bonds; and no bond to which the said commissioners shall so determine to apply said sinking fund, shall be entitled to draw interest after the first day of the ensu ing August, if the funds for its payment shall then be deposited for its payment when the same is payable, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 2; Chapter two hundred and thirty-four of Conflicting the private and local laws of 1871, entitled "an act to amend section five of chapter one hundred and fifty of the private and local laws of 1867, entitled 'an act to enable the county of Sheboygan to settle with the holders of its railroad bonds, and to fund the interest which fell due on the same in the years 1863, 1864, 1865 and 1866,'" is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 3, 1874. laws repealed. CHAPTER 12. [Published February 5, 1874.] AN ACT to legalize certain acts of the board of supervisors of Jefferson county, and detaching certain territory from the town of Jefferson, and apportioning the bonded indebtedness of said town. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: legalized. SECTION 1. The resolution of the board of super- Act of board visors of Jefferson county at their annual session in or supervisors the year 1873, detaching sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36, of township No. six, north of range fourteen east, in said county of Jefferson, from the town of Jefferson, and attaching the same to the town of Koshkonong, is bonded indebtedness. bereby declared valid, and the said sections of land are hereby detached from said town of Jefferson and added to and made a part of the town of Koshkonong, for all Apportioning purposes whatever, but that portion of the bonded indebtedness of said town of Jefferson, created in aid of railroads, and now outstanding, which is properly and justly chargeable to the said six sections of land so detached, and the inhabitants and owners of property thereon to be ascertained from assessed valuations, shall remain a lien upon, be chargeable to, and collected from said six sections and the inhabitants and taxable property thereon, the same as though said territory had remained a part of the town of Jefferson. Tax, how levied and collected. SECTION 2. Whenever said indebtedness, or any part thereof, shall become due and payable, aud prior to the levy of the same upon said town of Jefferson, the town clerk of said town shall each year in which any such tax is to be collected, apply to the clerk of said town of Koshkonong for a certificate of the total valuation of the real and personal property within said six sections, as appears from the assessment roll of said town of Koshkonong for that year, whose duty it shall be to give such certificate, and the clerk of said town of Jefferson shall thereupon apportion and certify to the clerk of the town of Koshkonong the proportion of said indebtedness to be collected that year, chargeable to said six sections and the property and inhabitants thereon, as ascertained by him from the aggregate assessment of the whole town of Jefferson, and said territory so detached and the taxable property thereon, and the clerk of the town of town of Koshkonong shall, at the time of making his annual tax list, levy and place the said sum or proportion so certified to him in the tax list as a tax upon said property, real and personal, embraced within said six sections, and when collected, the treasurer of the town of Koshkonong shall pay the same over to the party owning the indebtedness so collected. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 3, 1874. CHAPTER 13. [Published February 9, 1874.] AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to amend an act to incorporate the city of Mineral Point, approved March 16, 1861, and also all acts amendatory thereof," approved March 18, 1873, and also to suspend certain provisions thereof. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: taxes. SECTION 1. Section five of chapter seven of said act collection: shall be amended by adding thereto the following words: delinquent "And also provided that if, from any cause whatever, the said city tax levied for any one year shall remain uncollected, the common council may, if it deems it best, direct the same or any part or portion thereof, to be added to and collected with the next city taxes that may be collected. to be collected] SECTION 2. The provisions of section six of chap- Taxes for 1873 ter seven of said act, providing that "personal prop: erty shall not be taken or sold for taxes on real estate," and that "the real estate shall be returned delinquent and sold for any unpaid taxes, as provided by law," shall be and are hereby suspended as to the taxes levied on said city for A. D. 1873, and said taxes for 1873 shall be collected as provided by law, without respect to said provisions. SECTION 3. The provisions of section fourteen of Former law chapter seven of said act, providing "that if said tax suspended. or any part thereof is for or in any way based upon claims growing out of, or from bonds heretofore issued by the county of Iowa or town of Mineral Point, to or in aid of the Mineral Point Railroad Company, then for that tax or any part thereof, no such deposit need be made, either for that tax or the interest or costs thereon," shall be and is hereby suspended, as to the taxes levied in said city for A. D. 1873, and never shall apply to or affect said taxes for 1873, in any way what ever." SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 5, 1874. Judge of coun ty court authorized to keep special terms CHAPTER 14 [Published February 7, 1874.] AN ACT to authorize the county judge of the county of Green The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The judge of the county court of the county of Green Lake is hereby authorized to keep his office, and hold office and to hold special terms of said court at the city in city of Berlin. of Berlin, in said county, at his discretion, between the times for holding the regular terms in each month, and all business done and transacted, and all judgments, orders and decrees made by said judge or court at such special terms, or at his office in the city of Berlin shall be as lawful, binding and valid in all respects, as if done, transacted and made at the regular terms of the county seat of said county. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and publication, and shall be published immediately. Approved February 6, 1874. Authorized to issue ten thou bonds, and establish a sinking fund. CHAPTER 15. [Published February 10, 1874,]. AN ACT to authorize the city of Stevens Point to subscribe for stock in the Stevens Point Boom Company. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The city of Stevens Point, in the sand dollars in County of Portage, is hereby authorized to subscribe to the stock of the Stevens Point Boom Company, to an amount not exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, and to issue the bonds of said city to said company in payment therefor, and to levy upon the taxable property of said city, taxes to pay the interest as it accrues upon said bonds which the said city may issue, and to establish a sinking fund for the gradual and ultimate redemption of said bonds at maturity, and the May levy and mayor and common council of said city shall have power to negotiate and arrange with said boom company the terms and conditions upon which such subscriptions for stock shall be made; to enter into all proper contracts with said company in relation to the same, and to adopt such ordinances and regulations collect taxes. pertaining thereto, as to the taxes to be levied under this act, as may be expedient and proper and consistent with law provided, that, before any such bonds shall be issued or contracted for by said city, the question of granting the same shall be submitted to a vote of the electors of said city, as hereinafter provided. election on SECTION 2. The common council of said city of Providing for Stevens Point, may, at any time after the passage of question of this act, give six days public notice of the time and isuing bonds. place of holding a special election for the purpose of voting upon the question of taking stock and issuing bonds for the purpose aforesaid, by publishing such notice once at least in each newspaper published in said city, and by posting three copies of such notice in each of the wards in said city in public places, such notices to be posted at least six days prior to such election, and such notices shall specify the amount of stock of said company to be subscribed for, the amount of the bonds of said city (not exceeding ten thousand dollars), to be issued therefor, the rate of interest (not Interest per exceeding ten per centum per annum) such bonds shall annum. bear, and when such interest shall be made payable, and the time when such bonds shall mature, which shall not be more than ten years from the time the same shall be issued. ner of holding SECTION 3. Such special election shall be held in Time and manthe several wards in said city, at the usual place of election. holding elections and be managed by the officers authorized to manage general elections, and the same shall in like manner be conducted, canvassed and certified. SECTION 4. Those voting for the proposed taking Prescribing of stock in said company shail deposit a ballot con- ballot. taining the words "for taking stock in the boom company," and those voting against it shall deposit a ballot containing the words "against taking stock in the boom company. All qualified electors shall be authorized who may vote. to vote, and a majority of the votes cast on the subject shall govern. In case a majority of the votes cast Other elections shall be against such taking of stock, the city council may call further elections in the manner herein provided to vote upon the same or other propositions in relation to the same matter. thereon. |