State ex rel. Town of Baraboo v. Board of Supervisors
Wisconsin Supreme Court
MaNdamus. Upon the affidavit of the chairman of '■ the board of supervisors of the town of Baraboo, made on behalf of said town, an alternative writ of mandamus issued out of this court, directed to the Board-of Supervisors of Saule County, commanding said board .to appropriate the sum of $2,500 (that being one half of the cost of the construction of a certain bridge over the Baraboo river in said town of Baraboo), and cause said sum to be levied upon the taxable property of…
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MaNdamus. Upon the affidavit of the chairman of '■ the board of supervisors of the town of Baraboo, made on behalf of said town, an alternative writ of mandamus issued out of this court, directed to the Board-of Supervisors of Saule County, commanding said board .to appropriate the sum of $2,500 (that being one half of the cost of the construction of a certain bridge over the Baraboo river in said town of Baraboo), and cause said sum to be levied upon the taxable property of said county, exclusive of the property in all incorporated cities and villages in said county that maintain their own…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
The important question raised by the motion to quash the alternative writ is as to the constitutionality of ch. 187, Laws of 1885. That act, in substance, provides that whenever the town board of supervisors of any town shall file a petition with the county board of supervisors of the county in which the town is situated, setting forth that the town has voted to construct or repair any bridge 'wholly or partly within such town, designating, as near as may be, the location of the bridge, and further stating that the town has provided for the payment of one half of such construction or repair,…
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