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659.14 Publication of ordinances and proceedings. (1) Whenever
any
7county a board
passes any enacts an ordinance under this chapter the
county clerk
8shall immediately publish it as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985; and
such the clerk
9shall procure and distribute copies of
such paper
the ordinance to the several town
10clerks, who shall file
the same it in their respective offices.
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11(2) Said The board shall, by ordinance or resolution, provide for publication in
12one or more newspapers in the county as a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, a certified
13copy of all its proceedings had at any meeting, regular or special; said publication to
14be completed within 60 days after the adjournment of each session.
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15(3) Said The board may at any meeting, regular or special, provide by
16resolution for the publication in pamphlet form by the lowest and best bidder
17therefor, of a sufficient and designated number of copies of its duly certified
18proceedings, for general distribution.
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19(4) Said The board may order public notices relating to tax redemption and
20other affairs of the county to be published in a newspaper printed in any other than
21the English language, to be designated in such order, whenever
they shall deem the
22board considers it necessary for the better information of the inhabitants
thereof of
23the county, and it shall appear from the last previous census that one-fourth or more
24of the adult population of
such the county
are is of a nationality not speaking the
25English language, and that there shall have been a newspaper published
therein in
1the county continuously for one year or more in the language spoken by
such that 2nationality; but all
such of the notices shall also be published in a newspaper
3published in the English language as provided by law. The compensation for all
such 4of the publications shall be paid by the county ordering the
same publications, and
5shall be the same as that prescribed by law for publication in the English language;
6and no extra charge shall be allowed for translation in any case. No irregularity,
7mistake or informality in any such publication shall affect the validity or regularity
8of any tax redemptions or other legal proceedings.
SB639, s. 245
9Section
245. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 59 [precedes 59.10] of the
10statutes is created to read:
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Chapter 59
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Subchapter III
13
County board of supervisors
SB639, s. 246
14Section
246. 59.10 of the statutes is renumbered 59.15 and amended to read:
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1559.15 Neglect of duty. Any supervisor who refuses or neglects to perform any
16of the duties which are required of the supervisor by law as a member of the
county 17board
of supervisors, without just cause therefor, shall for each such refusal or
18neglect forfeit a sum of not less than
fifty $50 nor more than
two hundred dollars 19$200.
SB639, s. 247
20Section
247. 59.11 of the statutes is renumbered 59.05 and amended to read:
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2159.05 County seat; change. (1) The county seat shall be fixed and designated
22by the
county board at the first regular meeting after the organization of any county;
23and no county seat shall be changed except as provided in this section.
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24(2) If two-fifths of the legal voters of any county, to be determined by the
25registration or poll lists of the last previous general election held
therein in the
1county, the names of which voters shall appear on some one of the registration or poll
2lists of such election, present to the board a petition conforming to the requirements
3of s. 8.40 asking a change of the county seat to some other place designated in the
4petition, the board shall submit the question of removal of the county seat to a vote
5of the qualified voters of the county. The election shall be held only on the day of the
6general election, notice
thereof of the election shall be given and the election shall
7be conducted as in the case of the election of officers on that day, and the votes shall
8be canvassed, certified and returned in the same manner as other votes at that
9election. The question to be submitted shall be "Shall the county seat of .... county
10be removed to ....".
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11(3) If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the proposed
12change, the chairperson of the
county board shall certify the same, with the
13attestation of the county clerk, to the governor, who shall issue a proclamation to that
14effect and publish it in the official state paper. From the date of publication the place
15designated shall be the county seat. The
county board may not again submit the
16question of removal within 5 years.
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17(4) Notwithstanding subs. (2) and (3), no
such election to change
any a county
18seat may be held for a period of 5 years after the year in which a courthouse or other
19county building costing $3,000 or more was built at the county seat and occupied for
20county purposes.
SB639, s. 248
21Section
248. 59.12 of the statutes is renumbered 59.20 (2) and amended to
22read:
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59.20
(2) County officers; terms. A county clerk, treasurer, sheriff, coroner,
24clerk of circuit court, register of deeds and surveyor, who shall be a registered land
25surveyor, shall be elected in each county for full terms at the general election held
1in each even-numbered year. The regular term of office of each such officer shall
2commence on the first Monday of January next succeeding his or her election and
3shall continue 2 years and until his or her successor qualifies. In lieu of electing a
4surveyor in any county, the
county board may, by resolution, designate that the
5duties under ss.
59.60 59.45 (1) and
59.635 59.74 (2) be performed by any registered
6land surveyor employed by the county. In any county containing one town only, the
7county board may, by resolution, designate any county office a part-time position,
8combine 2 or more county offices, and, if concurred in by the town board, combine the
9offices of county clerk and town clerk and any other county and town offices, provided
10that the offices combined are not incompatible and the combination is not expressly
11forbidden by law. If the town board so concurs, the election may be for the combined
12office and no separate election for the town office shall be held until after the county
13board has by resolution decided to abandon the combination and the town board has
14concurred by resolution. In counties having a population of 500,000 or more, no
15county coroner or county surveyor may be elected. In any county in which a medical
16examiner system is instituted, no coroner may be elected.
SB639, s. 249
17Section
249. 59.125 of the statutes is renumbered 59.20 (1) and amended to
18read:
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59.20
(1) Eligibility for county office. No person
is eligible to may file
20nomination papers as a candidate for, have his or her name placed on a ballot for
21election to, or hold a county elective office who is not an elector of the county. No
22person
is eligible to may file nomination papers as a candidate for, have his or her
23name placed on a ballot for election to, or hold the office of county supervisor who is
24not an elector of the supervisory district from which he or she is chosen.
SB639, s. 250
1Section
250. 59.13 of the statutes is renumbered 59.21, and 59.21 (1) (intro.),
2(a) to (e), (g) and (i) and (2) to (4), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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59.21
(1) (intro.) Each county officer named in this chapter, except county
4supervisors, shall execute and file an official bond and take and file the official oath
5within 20 days after receiving official notice of election or appointment, or if not
6officially notified, within 20 days after the commencement of the term for which
the
7officer is elected or appointed. Every county supervisor shall take and file the official
8oath within 20 days after receiving official notice of election or appointment, or if not
9officially notified, within 20 days after the commencement of the term for which
he
10or she is elected or appointed. Every deputy appointed by any such officer shall take
11and file the official oath and if the deputy neglects
to do so, he or she shall forfeit $100.
12Such official bonds shall be in sums and with sureties, as follows:
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(a)
County Clerk Clerk, not less than
two thousand dollars $2,000.
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(b)
County Treasurer Treasurer, if the bond is furnished by individual sureties,
15not less than the amount nor exceeding twice the amount of all taxes directed by the
16county board to be levied therein and to be received by the treasurer during the
17ensuing year, with 3 or more sureties; or, if the bond is furnished by a surety company
18in an amount not less than 10
per cent % of all taxes directed by the
county board to
19be levied therein, and to be received by the treasurer during the ensuing year, or
20$500,000, whichever is smaller.
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(c) Sheriff, not less than
five $5 nor more than
twenty-five thousand dollars 22$25,000, with not less than
three
3 sureties.
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(d) Coroner, not less than
five hundred $500 nor more than
ten thousand
24dollars $10,000, with not less than
two 2 sureties.
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1(e) Clerk of the circuit court, not less than
five thousand dollars $5,000, with
2two 2 or more sureties.
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(g) Register of deeds, in counties containing less than 150,000 population,
4$3,000, with 2 or more sureties. In counties containing 150,000 or more population,
5not less than $3,000, with 2 or more sureties, conditioned for the accuracy of the
6register's work and the faithful, correct and impartial performance of the register's
7duties, and in addition thereto a bond of not less than $10,000, with 2 or more
8sureties, conditioned for the faithful accounting for and paying over to the
county 9treasurer all moneys which may come into the register's hands as register of deeds,
10or into the hands of the register's deputy or assistants.
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(i) County abstractor,
five thousand dollars $5,000, with
two 2 or more sureties.
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12(2) Each such official bond shall be in
a sum fixed by law; or if not so fixed, in
13a sum fixed by resolution of the
county board, within the limitations prescribed by
14law, if any, at the annual meeting in November prior to the commencement of the
15term of office of the particular officer. Both the bond and the sufficiency of the
16sureties thereto shall be approved by a committee consisting of the chairperson and
17not less than
two 2 other members of the
county board who shall report in writing
18their action on all bonds.
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19(3) Each such bond shall be guaranteed by the number of personal sureties
20prescribed by law, or if not prescribed, by the number fixed by the
county board
21within the limitations, if any, prescribed by law, or by a surety company as provided
22by s. 632.17 (2). In the case of the
county clerk,
county treasurer and county
23abstractor the
county board may by resolution require them to furnish bonds
24guaranteed by surety companies and direct that the premiums be paid as provided
25in s. 19.01 (8).
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1(4) If it
deems considers the bond of any officer insufficient, the
county board
2may by resolution require the officer to furnish additional bond in
a sum to be named
3in the resolution, not exceeding
ten thousand dollars
$10,000 for the register of deeds
4of any county with a population of less than
one hundred fifty thousand 150,000, and
5not exceeding the maximum sum, if any, fixed by law for additional bonds for other
6officers.
SB639, s. 251
7Section
251. 59.14 of the statutes is renumbered 59.20 (3) and amended to
8read:
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59.20
(3) Offices where kept; when open. (a) Every sheriff, clerk of the circuit
10court, register of deeds,
county treasurer, register of probate,
county clerk and county
11surveyor shall keep his or her office at the county seat in the offices provided by the
12county or by special provision of law; or if there is none, then at such place as the
13board directs. The board may also require any elective or appointive county official
14to keep his or her office at the county seat in an office to be provided by the county.
15All such officers shall keep their offices open during the usual business hours of any
16day except Sunday, as the board directs. With proper care, the officers shall open to
17the examination of any person all books and papers required to be kept in his or her
18office and permit any person so examining to take notes and copies of such books,
19records, papers or minutes therefrom except as authorized in
sub. (3) par. (c) and s.
2019.59 (3) (d) or under ch. 69.
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(b) If any such officer neglects or refuses to comply with any of the provisions
22of this
section subsection, the officer shall forfeit
five dollars $5 for each day such
23noncompliance continues. Actions for the collection of such forfeiture may be
24brought upon the complaint of the district attorney of the proper county or of any
25party aggrieved by such refusal or neglect.
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1(c) Any
county board may by ordinance provide that the cut-off reception time
2for the filing and recording of documents shall be advanced by one-half hour in any
3official business day during which time the register of deeds office is open to the
4public, in order to complete the processing, recording and indexing to conform to the
5day of reception. Any register of deeds may provide in his or her notice under s. 19.34
6(1) that requests for inspection or copying of the records of his or her office may be
7made only during a specified period of not less than 35 hours per week. For all other
8purposes, the register of deeds office shall remain open to the public during usual
9business hours.
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(d) Any register of deeds who in good faith makes an erroneous determination
11as to the accessibility of a portion of a record
, to members of the public under s. 19.36
12(6)
, is not subject to any penalty for denial of access to the record under s. 19.37 (4).
SB639, s. 252
13Section
252. 59.145 (title), (1) and (2) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by
141995 Wisconsin Act 27, are renumbered 59.52 (14) (title), (a) and (b) (intro.) and
15amended to read:
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59.52
(14) (title)
Optical disk and electronic storage. (a) Upon request of any
17office, department, commission, board or agency of the county, the board may
18authorize any county record that is in the custody of the office, department,
19commission, board or agency to be transferred to, or maintained in, optical disk or
20electronic storage in accordance with rules of the department of administration
21under s. 16.612. The board may thereafter authorize destruction of the original
22record, if appropriate, in accordance with
sub. (4) and ss. 16.61 (3) (e)
, and 19.21 (5)
23and 59.715 to 59.717 unless preservation is required by law.
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1(b) (intro.) Any copy of a county record generated from optical imaging or
2electronic formatting of an original record is
deemed
considered an original record
3if all of the following conditions are met:
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6Section
254. 59.145 (2) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (14) (b) 3.
SB639, s. 255
7Section
255. 59.145 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 59.52 (14) (c) and
8amended to read:
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59.52
(14) (c) The statement of intent and purpose executed under
sub. (2) (d) 10par. (b) 4. is presumptive evidence of compliance with all conditions and standards
11prescribed under
sub. (2) par. (b).
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59.52
(14) (d) A copy of a record generated from an original record stored on an
15optical disk or in electronic format which conforms with the standards prescribed
16under
sub. (2) par. (b) shall be taken as and stand in lieu of and have all of the effect
17of the original record and shall be admissible in evidence in all courts and all other
18tribunals or agencies, administrative or otherwise, in all cases where the original
19document is admissible. A transcript, exemplification or certified copy of such a
20record so generated, for the purposes specified in this
subsection paragraph, is
21deemed to be a transcript, exemplification or certified copy of the original. An
22enlarged copy of any record so generated, made in accordance with the standards
23prescribed under
sub. (2) par. (b) and certified by the custodian as provided in s.
24889.18 (2), has the same effect as an actual-size copy.
SB639, s. 257
25Section
257. 59.15 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 59.22 (title).
SB639, s. 258
1Section
258. 59.15 (1) and (2) (title) and (a) of the statutes are renumbered
259.22 (1) and (2) (title) and (a) and amended to read:
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59.22
(1) Elective officials. (a) 1. The board shall,
prior to before the earliest
4time for filing nomination papers for any elective office to be voted on in the county
5(other than supervisors and circuit judges), which officer is paid in whole or part from
6the county treasury, establish the total annual compensation for services to be paid
7to the officer (exclusive of reimbursements for expenses out-of-pocket provided for
8in sub. (3)). Except as provided in subd. 2., the annual compensation may be
9established by resolution or ordinance, on a basis of straight salary, fees, or part
10salary and part fees, and if the compensation established is a salary, or part salary
11and part fees, it shall be in lieu of all fees, including per diem and other forms of
12compensation for services rendered, except those specifically reserved to the officer
13in the resolution or ordinance. The compensation established shall not be increased
14nor diminished during the officer's term and shall remain for ensuing terms unless
15changed by the board. Court fees shall not be used for compensation for county
16officers.
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2. The board shall establish
by resolution or ordinance the annual
18compensation of the sheriff as straight salary. No portion of that salary may include
19or be based on retention of fees by the sheriff. No portion of that salary may be based
20on providing food to prisoners under s. 302.37 (1). This subdivision does not prohibit
21the reimbursement of a sheriff for actual and necessary expenses.
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(b) Any officer authorized or required to collect fees appertaining to his or her
23office shall keep a complete record of all fees received in the form prescribed by the
24board and shall file a record of the total annual receipts in the clerk's office within
2520 days of the close of the calendar year or at such other times as the board requires.
1Any officer on a salary basis or part fees and part salary shall collect all fees
2authorized by law appertaining to his or her office and shall remit all fees not
3specifically reserved to the officer by enumeration in the compensation established
4by the board
pursuant to under par. (a) to the treasurer at the end of each month
5unless a shorter period for remittance is otherwise provided.
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6(2) (title)
Appointive officials,; deputy officers; and employes. (a) The board
7has the powers set forth in this subsection, sub. (3) and s.
59.025 59.03 (1) as to any
8office, department, board, commission, committee, position or employe in county
9service (other than elective offices included under sub. (1), supervisors and circuit
10judges) created under any statute, the salary or compensation for which is paid in
11whole or in part by the county, and the jurisdiction and duties of which lie within the
12county or any portion thereof and the powers conferred by this section shall be in
13addition to all other grants of power and shall be limited only by express language.
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59.22
(2) (c) The board may provide, fix or change the salary or compensation
17of any such office, board, commission, committee, position, employe or deputies to
18elective officers without regard to the tenure of the incumbent (except as provided
19in par. (d)) and also establish the number of employes in any department or office
20including deputies to elective officers, and may establish regulations of employment
21for any person paid from the county treasury, but no action of the board shall be
22contrary to or in derogation of the rules and regulations of the department of health
23and family services
pursuant to under s. 49.33 (4) to (7) relating to employes
24administering old-age assistance, aid to
families with dependent children, aid to the
25blind and aid to totally and permanently disabled persons or ss. 63.01 to 63.17.
SB639, s. 260
1Section
260. 59.15 (2) (d) and (e), (3), (3a) and (4) of the statutes are
2renumbered 59.22 (2) (d) and (e), (3), (3a) and (4) and amended to read:
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59.22
(2) (d) The board or any board, commission, committee or
any agency to
4which the board or statutes has delegated the authority to manage and control any
5institution or department of the county government may contract for the services of
6employes, setting up the hours, wages, duties and terms of employment for periods
7not to exceed 2 years.
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(e) The board may
also provide and appropriate
moneys money for an employe
9awards program to encourage and to reward unusual and meritorious suggestions
10and accomplishments by county employes.
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11(3) Reimbursement for expense. The board may provide for reimbursement
12to any elective officer, deputy officer, appointive officer or employe
of for any
out-of-
13pocket expense
out-of-pocket incurred in the discharge of that person's duty in
14addition to that person's salary or compensation, including without limitation
15because of enumeration, traveling expenses
within or without the county or state,
16tuition costs incurred in attending courses of instruction clearly related to that
17person's employment, and the board may establish standard allowances for mileage,
18room and meals, the purposes for which
such allowances may be made, and
19determine the reasonableness and necessity for such reimbursements, and also
20establish in advance a fair rate of compensation to be paid to the sheriff for the board
21and care of prisoners in the county jail at county expense.
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22(3a) Commission on aging. The board may provide for the payment of expenses
23and a per diem to
members and nonmembers of the board
persons appointed to a
24county commission on aging under s.
59.07 (93) 59.53 (11).
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1(4) Interpretation. In the event of conflict between this section and any other
2statute, this section to the extent of
such the conflict shall prevail.
SB639, s. 261
3Section
261. 59.16 of the statutes is renumbered 59.23 (1) and amended to
4read:
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59.23
(1) (title)
County clerk; deputies Deputies; salaries; vacancies. (a)
6Every
county clerk shall appoint in writing one or more deputies and file
such the 7appointment in the clerk's office.
Such The deputy or deputies shall aid in the
8performance of the duties of the clerk under the clerk's direction, and in case of the
9absence or disability of the clerk or of a vacancy in the clerk's office, unless another
10is appointed therefor as provided in
sub. (3) par. (c), shall perform all
of the duties
11of
such the clerk during
such the absence or until
such the vacancy is filled. The
12county board may
in its discretion, at any meeting, provide a salary for
such the 13deputy or deputies.
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(b) In each county having a population exceeding
one hundred and fifty
15thousand 150,000 according to the last state or national census, the
county clerk may
16also appoint
such the number of assistants
as that the
county board
may, at any legal
17meeting thereof, authorize and prescribe authorizes and prescribes, and
said the 18assistants shall receive
such salaries
as said county that the board
at any such
19meeting shall provide and fix provides and fixes.
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(c) If a
county clerk is incapable of discharging the duties of office the
county 21board may appoint an acting clerk, who shall serve until the disability is removed.
22If the
county board is not in session at the time of the incapacity, the chairperson of
23the board may appoint an acting clerk, whose term shall not extend beyond the next
24regular or special meeting of the
county board. A person appointed as acting clerk
25or appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of
county clerk, upon giving an official bond
1with sureties as required of a
county clerk, shall perform all
of the duties of the office;
2and thereupon the powers and duties of the deputy of the last clerk shall cease.
SB639, s. 262
3Section
262. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 59 [precedes 59.17] of the
4statutes is created to read:
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Subchapter IV
7
County officers
SB639, s. 263
8Section
263. 59.17 (intro.) and (1) to (10) of the statutes are renumbered 59.23
9(2) (intro.) and (a) to (j) and amended to read:
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59.23
(2) (title)
County clerk; duties Duties. (intro.) The
county clerk shall:
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(a) (title)
County board Board proceedings. Act as clerk of the
county board
12at all
of the meetings thereof; keep and record in a book therefor true minutes of all
13the proceedings of the board; make regular entries of
their the board's resolutions
14and decisions upon all questions; record the vote of each supervisor on any question
15submitted to the board, if required by any member present
,
; and perform all duties
16prescribed by law or required by the board in connection with
their its meetings and
17transactions.
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(b) (title)
Same Recording of proceedings. Record at length in a book therefor
19every resolution
adopted, order
passed and ordinance
adopted or passed enacted by
20the board.
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(c) (title)
Same Orders for payment. Sign all orders for the payment of money
22directed by the board to be issued, and keep in a book therefor a true and correct
23account thereof, and of the name of the person to whom each order is issued; but he
24or she shall not sign or issue any county order except upon a recorded vote or
25resolution of the board authorizing the same; and shall not sign or issue any such
1order for the payment of the services of any clerk of court, district attorney or sheriff
2until the person claiming the order files an affidavit stating that he or she has paid
3into the county treasury all moneys due the county and personally collected or
4received in an official capacity; and shall not sign or issue any order for the payment
5of money for any purpose in excess of the funds appropriated for such purpose unless
6first authorized by a resolution
passed adopted by the county board under s. 65.90
7(5).
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(d)
Accounts. File and preserve in the clerk's office all accounts acted upon by
9the board, and
indorse their endorse its action thereon, designating specifically upon
10every account the amount allowed, if any, and the particular items or charges for
11which allowed, and such as were disallowed, if any.
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(e) (title)
Receipts Reports of receipts and disbursements. Record in a book
13therefor the reports of the
county treasurer of the receipts and disbursements of the
14county.
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(f) (title)
Same Recording receipts and disbursements. Keep a true and
16accurate account in a book therefor of all money which comes into the clerk's hands
17by virtue of the clerk's office, specifying the date of every receipt or payment, the
18person from or to whom the
same receipt or payment was received or paid, and the
19purpose of each particular receipt or disbursement, and keep
such the book at all
20times open to the inspection of the county board or any member
thereof of the board.
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(g) (title)
Same Payments to treasurer. Keep in the manner prescribed in
sub.
22(6) par. (f) a separate account of all moneys paid the
county treasurer by the clerk.
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(h) (title)
Same Books of account. Keep all of the accounts of the county and
24all books of account as the
county board directs. Books of account shall be maintained
25on a calendar year basis, which shall be the fiscal year in every county.
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1(i)
Actions; notify district attorney. Promptly notify the district attorney of
2every action or proceeding commenced against the county and of every appeal from
3the action of the
county board.
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(j)
School taxes, records to department of education. Transmit to the
5department of education on the last Monday in December in each year certified
6copies of all resolutions
adopted and proceedings of the
county board passed or had
7during the preceding year relating to the raising of any money for school purposes,
8and report the amount to be raised in each town in the county.
SB639, s. 264
9Section
264. 59.17 (12) to (20) and (25) of the statutes are renumbered 59.23
10(2) (k) to (s) and (t) and amended to read:
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59.23
(2) (k)
Villages, towns; change of name. Immediately transmit to the
12secretary of state, after the name of any town or village is changed or a new town is
13organized or the boundaries of any town are altered by the
county board, a certified
14copy of the ordinance
adopted enacted therefor, indicating such change or changes.
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(L)
Duplicate receipts. Make out and deliver to the treasurer duplicate receipts
16of all
moneys money received by the clerk as clerk, and countersign and file in the
17clerk's office the duplicate receipts delivered to the clerk by the treasurer of money
18received by the treasurer.
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(m)
Certified copies; oaths and bonds; signatures. 1. Make and deliver to any
20person, for a fee
that is set by the board under s. 19.35 (3), a certified copy or
21transcript of any book, record, account, file or paper in his or her office or any
22certificate which by law is declared to be evidence.
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2. Except as otherwise provided,
the county clerk shall receive and file the
24official oaths and bonds of all county officers and upon request shall certify under the
25clerk's signature and seal the official capacity and authority of any county officer so
1filing and charge therefor the statutory fee. Upon the commencement of each term
2every
county clerk shall file the clerk's signature and the impression of the clerk's
3official seal in the office of the secretary of state.
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(n)
Taxes; election duties. Perform all duties
that are imposed on the clerk in
5relation to the assessment and collection of taxes, and to the preparation and
6distribution of ballots and the canvass and return of votes at general, judicial and
7special elections.
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(o) (title)
Report, receipts and disbursements to county board. Make a full report
9to the
county board, at the annual meeting or at any other regular meeting of the
10county board when so stipulated by the board, in writing, verified by the clerk's oath,
11of all money received and disbursed by the clerk, and separately of all fees received
12by the clerk; and settle with the board the clerk's official accounts and produce to
13them the board all books, accounts and vouchers relating to the same.
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(p)
Proceedings to historical society. Forward to the historical society, postpaid,
15within
thirty 30 days after their publication a copy of the proceedings of the
county 16board, and of all printed reports made under authority of such board or by the
17authority of other county officers.
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(q)
County highway commissioner; notify of election. Except in counties having
19a population of
one hundred and fifty thousand 150,000 or more, notify a county
20commissioner of highways of the commissioner's election within
ten 10 days
21thereafter.
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(r)
County tax for road and bridge fund. Except in counties having a population
23of
one hundred and fifty thousand 150,000 or more, notify the proper town officers
24of the levy and rate of any tax for the county road and bridge fund.
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1(s)
List of municipal officers. Each county clerk shall, annually Annually, on
2the first Tuesday of June, transmit to the secretary of state a typewritten or printed
3list showing the name and post-office address of the chairperson, mayor, president,
4clerk, treasurer and assessor of each
town, city and village municipality within the
5county. Such lists shall be placed on file for the information of the public.
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(t)
General. Perform all other duties required of the
county clerk by law.