AB970,12,11
8(a) The original owner or those claiming under the original owner
shall have
9failed to pay or redeem all
of the taxes levied
upon such on the lands from the time
10of the levy of the tax for the nonpayment of which the tax deed was issued to the time
11of the recording of the tax deed
, nor unless the.
AB970,12,14
12(b) The grantee in the tax deed or those claiming under the grantee in the tax
13deed
shall have paid or redeemed all
of the taxes levied
upon such on the lands for
14three successive the 3 years
next after
such the recording
of the tax deed.
AB970, s. 16
15Section
16. 75.30 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,12,23
1675.30 (title)
Action by original owner
where if deed is void, when
17barred. No action
shall may be brought by the original owner for the recovery of
18lands purporting to be conveyed for the nonpayment of taxes by a deed void on its face
19after the expiration of
five 5 years from the date of the recording of the tax deed,
in
20cases where if the grantee in the tax deed
shall have has taken actual possession of
21such the land within
two 2 years after
such the recording
of the tax deed and
shall
22have has actually and continuously maintained
such possession
of the lands to the
23end of
such the 5-year period
of five years from the recording of the deed.
Note: Replaces language and word form of numbers with digits for greater
readability and conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 17
1Section
17. 75.54 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,13,182
75.54
(1) In all actions in any court of this state
, in which either party seeks
3to avoid or set aside in whole or in part any assessment, tax or tax proceeding or
4reassessment, if the court is of the opinion, after
holding a hearing
had, that, for any
5reason affecting the groundwork of the tax and all
of the property in any
assessment 6taxation district,
said the assessment, tax or tax proceeding should be set aside, the
7court shall immediately stay all proceedings in
such
the action and in all other
8actions affecting the assessment, tax or tax proceeding in
such the taxation district
9until a reassessment of the property
therein in the taxation district can be made
; and
10the. The proper officers of the municipality constituting the
assessment taxation 11district or in which the district is located shall reassess
such the property
in the
12taxation district in the manner specified in the statutes
, and
shall levy upon the
same
13reassessed property the amount of taxes for the year in question.
Such A 14reassessment
under this subsection shall be made by the assessor of the
municipality
15or assessment taxation district or by the person the court appoints
, and the
16assessment roll shall be submitted to and passed upon by the board of review in the
17manner and after
like the same notice as
that which is given in
the case of the original
18assessment.
Note: Shortens sentences and replaces language for greater readability and
conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 18
19Section
18. 75.54 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 75.54 (2) (a) (intro.) and
20amended to read:
AB970,14,421
75.54
(2) (a) (intro.) Upon
the completion of the review by
said the board
of
22review under sub. (1), the clerk of the town, village or city in which the reassessed
23district is situated shall extend upon
such the assessment roll the taxes lawfully
1levied upon and apportioned to the property described
therein in the tax roll for
such 2the year
, and such in question. The tax roll and
the tax
so extended
thereon shall be 3on the tax roll under this section are a public record and
be are prima facie evidence
4in any legal proceeding of
all of the
following:
AB970,14,8
51. The amount of tax justly chargeable against the party seeking to set aside
6or avoid the original assessment, tax or tax proceeding and
the amount of tax upon
7the lot or lots, tract or tracts of land all lands respecting which the
said action
is was 8brought
, and shall also be prima facie evidence of the
.
AB970,14,12
92. The amount of tax justly chargeable against
any and every other person
or
10corporation and every other lot, parcel or tract of land and all other lands included 11in
such the tax roll for
such the year
in any legal proceeding that may arise respecting
12the same. Such in question.
AB970,14,17
13(b) The reassessment and tax roll
as corrected under this section shall be
14completed and filed with the clerk of the
municipality constituting such assessment 15taxation district
or in which such district is located within
ninety 90 days from the
16date of
the entry of
such the order
for reassessment unless the court upon motion and
17cause shown
shall extend extends the time
therefor.
Note: Subdivides provision, replaces word form of numbers with digits and
replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 19
18Section
19. 75.54 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 75.54 (3) (a) and amended
19to read:
AB970,15,320
75.54
(3) (a) Upon
such completion and filing
of the tax roll under sub. (2),
21notice
thereof of the reassessment shall be given by
such the clerk
of the taxation
22district to the clerk of the court in which
such
the action
challenging the tax is
23pending
; and such last-mentioned. The clerk
of court shall
thereupon give notice
1thereof of the reassessment to the attorneys for the parties to
such the action and to
2the attorneys in all other actions pending in which the validity of
such the original
3assessment may be involved.
AB970,15,12
4(b) If any party
to an action seeking to set aside or avoid the original
5assessment, tax or tax proceeding
shall desire desires to contest the validity of
such 6a reassessment
made under this section, that party shall, within
twenty 20 days
7after notice of the completion and filing of
such
the reassessment and tax roll, file
8written objections to the reassessment or tax roll with the clerk of the court where
9such the action is pending
objections in writing to such reassessment or tax roll, and
10serve a copy of
which those objections
shall within five days after such filing, be
11served upon the attorney for the
opposite opposing party
and thereupon within 5
12days after filing.
AB970,15,17
13(c) Upon the filing and service of the written objections under par. (b), the court
14may direct
an that the issue
to be made up involving raised by the objections
15aforesaid, which shall be tried summarily by the court, which shall make an order
16sustaining or overruling
such the objections. If
by such order such the objections are
17sustained, the court shall do one of the following:
AB970,15,22
181. Hold the reassessment or tax roll
shall to be
held invalid
and order 19subsequent reassessments of
such the tax
may be had in
the manner and form
as
20hereinbefore provided
and similar proceedings may be resorted to determine the
21validity of any such reassessment; or the court in its discretion may upon sustaining
22objections made to any reassessment, determine in this section.
AB970,16,2
232. Determine and fix the amount of tax
which ought justly to be paid by the
24party or parties contesting
such the original assessment, tax or tax proceeding, and
, 25for that purpose,
with or without directing a further issue to be made up, the court
1may proceed to take
such any further evidence
as may be that is necessary to
make
2such determination determine the tax.
Note: Subdivides provision, replaces word form of numbers with digits and
replaces and reorders language for greater readability and conformity with current style
"In its discretion" is removed because the (intro.) says "may". Challenges to all
reassessments are now specifically provided for in sub. (2) (b).
AB970, s. 20
3Section
20. 75.54 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 75.54 (4) (a) and amended
4to read:
AB970,16,185
75.54
(4) (a) If
such under sub. (3) the reassessment and tax roll
be are held
6by the court
to be regular and valid or if no objections
thereto shall be to the
7reassessment and tax roll are filed, the court shall make an order requiring the party
8or parties contesting the original assessment, tax or tax proceeding to pay into court,
9for the use and benefit of the party entitled thereto
, the amount
which that by
such 10the reassessment the contesting party or parties justly ought to pay. If the amount
11of tax imposed upon the property of
such the contesting party by
such valid the 12reassessment, or by the subsequent determination and order of the court,
shall equal
13or exceed equals or exceeds the amount imposed
thereon on the property by the
14original assessment and tax roll, the party or parties contesting the validity of
such 15the assessment shall be adjudged to pay the costs of
such the suit
; otherwise.
16Otherwise, upon complying with the order of the court
last aforesaid, the contesting
17party or parties
shall be are entitled to judgment with costs
; provided, however, that
18no.
AB970,16,22
19(b) No judgment rendered in any
such action
shall in any way affect under this
20section affects the validity of any tax against any
other person
other than the parties
21to
such the action or
any tract or parcel of land or other affects property
than that
22is not described in
the complaint
therein in the action.
Note: Subdivides provision, deletes surplusage and replaces language for greater
readability and conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 21
1Section
21. 75.54 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,17,192
75.54
(5) The value of the reassessed property shall be fixed, as nearly as may
3be, as of the day the original assessment was made, and the rules for determining
4the same shall be those provided by law. A
like stay of proceedings and reassessment
5in accordance with sub. (1) shall be ordered in all cases in which a tax
which that has
6been reassessed by any county, town or village board
, or common council for one or
7more years
shall be is adjudged uncollectible or void for any reason affecting the
8groundwork of the tax so as to require a reassessment in order to determine the
9amount properly due.
When such If the reassessed tax
shall have has been levied
10in different years it
shall is not
be necessary to make separate assessment rolls for
11each year
; but the. The valuations for each year
respectively, may be placed opposite
12the description of the property on the assessment roll in columns headed with the
13figures of the year, so that the valuations for each year of reassessments
shall be kept 14are distinct from
the valuations for other years entered upon the tax roll. All
of the
15provisions of this section
shall apply to the making and completion
of, and to
16objections and further proceedings in respect to
such
, an assessment
, and the same 17under this subsection. An assessment under this subsection shall be treated with
18respect to each year
which that it purports to embrace as if it were a separate
19reassessment roll for that year.
AB970,17,21
20(5r) This section
shall apply applies to all actions
whether determined upon
21default or otherwise.
Note: Divides and reorders unrelated material into separate subsections and
shortens sentences, replaces language and deletes surplusage for greater readability and
conformity with current style. See also the next section of this bill.
AB970, s. 22
22Section
22. 75.54 (5g) of the statutes is created to read:
AB970,18,3
175.54
(5g) The value of property reassessed under this section shall be fixed,
2as nearly as possible, as of the day as of which the original assessment was made,
3and the rules for determining the value of the property are those provided by law.
Note: See the note to the previous section of this bill.
AB970, s. 23
4Section
23. 75.54 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,18,105
75.54
(6) If however, in any such
In any action
now pending or which may be
6begun hereafter under this section in which the evidence enables the court to
7determine, with reasonable certainty, the amount of taxes
which that were justly
8chargeable against the lands involved in the action, the court,
in its discretion, may
9proceed to judgment without staying proceedings or ordering a reassessment, if it
10finds that it is for the best interests of all parties to the action that it should do so.
Note: Deletes obsolete transition language.
AB970, s. 24
11Section
24. 75.63 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 75.63 (1) (a) (intro.) and
12amended to read:
AB970,18,1813
75.63
(1) (a) (intro.) No action
shall
may be commenced, maintained or
14prosecuted by or on behalf of the original owner or any person claiming title through
15or under
such the original owner to recover possession of or in any way involving the
16title to any lands conveyed to
the this state
of Wisconsin by any county, or attempted
17to be so conveyed, and sold by
said this state to any person until all
of the following
18have been paid into the treasury of the county where the lands are located:
AB970,18,20
191. All taxes levied and assessed
thereon on the lands from the date of the sale
20thereof of the lands by the state
, together with all.
AB970,19,3
212. All legal charges for assessing and collecting the
same taxes described in
22subd. 1, and interest thereon at the rate of
eight per centum 8% per year from the
23fifteenth day of January
15 in each
and every year during which the
said the lands
1were assessed, commencing with the January following the first assessment after
2such the sale
, shall have been paid into the treasury of the county in which such lands
3shall lie; nor until all.
AB970,19,8
43. All delinquent taxes levied upon and returned against
said the lands
and
5remaining that were unpaid when the
same lands were
so conveyed or attempted to
6be
conveyed to the state, together with
the like interest
thereon, shall have been paid
7into such county treasury; which on those delinquent taxes at the rate and in the
8manner described in subd. 2.
AB970,19,17
9(b) All money
paid into a county treasury under par. (a) shall be retained in
said 10the treasury
to abide the event
of such pending the conclusion of the action
and 11described in par. (a) (intro.). The money shall be returned to the party paying or
12depositing the
same money if the party fails to maintain
such the action
; otherwise,
13so much thereof as covers. If the action is maintained, an amount equal to the
14delinquent taxes
above mentioned and interest
thereon at the rate aforesaid 15described in par. (a) shall be retained by
such the county
and the. The remainder
16shall be paid over to the person purchasing the
same
lands from the state or
the that 17person's legal representatives.
Note: Subdivides provision, shortens sentences, replaces word form of numbers
with digits and replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current
style.
AB970, s. 25
18Section
25. 77.12 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,20,2
1977.12 Review of findings, venue. Any finding of fact made under this
20subchapter after due notice and hearing
shall be
is final
and conclusive, except and 21unless
it is set aside or modified by
the judgment of the circuit court for either Dane
22county
, or
of the county in which the land lies
in either of which. Any person may
1bring an action
may be brought for that purpose
, in either of those courts within
2thirty 30 days after the making of the finding sought to be reviewed.
Note: Replaces word form of number with digits in conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 26
3Section
26. 83.07 (1a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,20,114
83.07
(1a) The county highway committee or town board may purchase or
5accept
donation donations of remnants of tracts or parcels of land remaining at the
6time or after it has acquired portions of
such the tracts or parcels by purchase or
7condemnation where in the judgment of
such the county highway committee or
town 8board
such action the acquisition of the remnant would assist in rendering just
9compensation to a
land owner landowner, a part of whose lands have been taken for
10highway purposes, and would serve to minimize the overall cost of
such the taking
11by the public.
Note: Corrects spelling, replaces disfavored term and replaces nonspecific
reference.
AB970, s. 27
12Section
27. 83.08 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 83.08 (1) (a) and amended
13to read:
AB970,21,214
83.08
(1) (a) The county highway committee may acquire by gift, devise,
15purchase or condemnation any lands or interests
therein in lands for the
proper 16improvement, maintenance, relocation or change of any county aid or other highway
17or street or any bridge
thereon which on a county aid or other highway or street that 18the county is empowered to improve or aid in improving or to maintain. The county
19highway committee may purchase or accept
donation
donations of remnants of tracts
20or parcels of land remaining at the time or after it has acquired portions of
such those 21tracts or parcels by purchase or condemnation where in the judgment of
such the 22committee
such action the acquisition of the remnant would assist in rendering just
23compensation to a
land owner landowner, a part of whose lands have been taken for
1highway purposes, and would serve to minimize the overall cost of
such the taking
2by the public.
AB970,21,12
3(b) Whenever the
county highway committee
deems considers it necessary to
4acquire any
such lands or interests
therein in land for any
such purpose
described
5in par. (a), it shall so order
and in such. The order or
on a
separate map or plat
shall 6show the old and new locations and the lands or interests required
, and. The
7committee shall file a copy of the order and map with the county clerk. The
8committee shall
endeavor attempt to obtain easements or title in fee simple by
9conveyance of the lands or interests required, at a price, including damages,
deemed 10considered reasonable by the committee. The instrument of conveyance shall name
11the county as grantee and shall be filed with the county clerk and recorded in the
12office of the register of deeds.
Note: Subdivides provision and replaces nonspecific references with specific
references and other language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 28
13Section
28. 84.04 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,21,1614
84.04
(1) (a) "Overlook" means a graded terrace, often
inclosed enclosed by a
15masonry retaining wall, located on roadside areas where favorable topographic
16conditions provide an exceptional view or offscape from the road.
Note: Inserts preferred spelling.
AB970, s. 29
17Section
29. 86.23 of the statutes is renumbered 86.23 (1) and amended to read:
AB970,22,218
86.23
(1) All Each swing or
drawbridges drawbridge built or purchased by any
19city and town or by any other
two 2 municipalities,
and so situated
so that a part
20thereof of the bridge is in one municipality and a part in another, shall be operated
21and maintained at the joint expense of the municipalities
which that built or
22purchased
them the bridge in proportion to the amount of the cost
thereof of the
23bridge borne by each. If either
such municipality
shall does not provide for or pay
1its full share of
such the expense
of operating or maintaining the bridge in any year
, 2the other may provide for or pay
it, and upon paying the same the expense.
AB970,22,8
3(2) A municipality that pays any portion of another municipality's share of the
4expenses of operating and maintaining a bridge under sub. (1) may recover
of the
5amount of the payment from the
defaulting municipality
in default its share of the
6same, with interest from the time of payment and costs of suit
; provided, that no. No 7action
under this subsection to recover
the same shall a payment may be brought
8until
thirty 30 days after demand of payment is made.
Note: Subdivides provision, replaces word form of numbers with digits and
replaces language for greater readability and conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 30
9Section
30. 90.05 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 90.05 (1) (a) (intro.) and
10amended to read:
AB970,22,2011
90.05
(1) (a) (intro.) Every partition of
the a fence or of the line upon which
12partition fences are to be built between
adjoining owners
, made by the owners thereof
13in writing, signed, sealed and witnessed by two witnesses, or by the fence viewers,
14in writing under their hands, in the cases and in the manner hereinafter provided 15of adjoining lands, after being recorded in the town clerk's office,
shall oblige such 16obligates the owners, their heirs and assigns
, so long as such adjoining land on each
17side respectively shall remain in the same ownership, and after a severance of
18ownership until a new partition of such fence shall be made, to build and maintain
19such the fence
agreeably to said in accordance with the partition
. But neither the,
20if any of the following conditions is met:
AB970,22,23
21(c) An owner
nor, or the owner's heirs or assigns
shall be bound, are not
22obligated to build or maintain any part of
such
a partition fence during any time
23when none of
such the adjoining lands
shall be so is occupied
for farming or grazing.
Note: Subdivides provision, reorders text, replaces word form of numbers with
digits, replaces nonspecific references and replaces language for greater readability and
conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 31
1Section
31. 90.05 (1) (a) 1. and 2. and (b) of the statutes are created to read:
AB970,23,32
90.05
(1) (a) 1. The partition is made by the owners of the adjoining lands and
3is in writing, signed and sealed by the owners and witnessed by 2 witnesses.
AB970,23,54
2. The partition is made by fence viewers in the manner provided under this
5chapter and is in writing under their hands.
AB970,23,86
(b) A partition made in accordance with par. (a) shall remain in effect so long
7as the adjoining land on each side respectively remains in the same ownership, and
8after a severance of ownership until a new partition of the fence is made.
Note: New provisions are created to reposition text. See the previous section of this
bill.
AB970, s. 32
9Section
32. 90.06 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,23,10
1090.06 (title)
Removal Relocation of fence.
AB970, s. 33
11Section
33. 90.06 of the statutes is renumbered 90.06 (1) and amended to read:
AB970,23,2112
90.06
(1) When any owner or occupant of land
shall build builds a fence before
13the location of the a boundary line
has been located between
such that land and any
14land adjoining
the same land and the location of
such the boundary line
shall
15establish the fact establishes that
said the fence is
located on
such the adjoining land,
16the ownership thereof shall be in the person who built
it the fence or that person's
17grantee, devisee or heirs
, but such shall be the owner of the fence. The owner of the 18fence shall
be removed relocate the fence to the boundary line within 30 days after
19the location thereof and the service of written notice
of the location of the fence upon
20the
person who built it or who has acquired that person's rights, owner of the fence 21by the owner or occupant of the land upon which the fence is
situated; such located.
AB970,24,5
1(2) The notice
under sub. (1) shall be served personally
on the fence owner or
2by leaving a copy
thereof of the notice at the
fence owner's usual place of abode
of that
3person with some member of
that person's the fence owner's family
who is of suitable
4age and discretion
who. If the notice is left with a family member, the family member 5shall be informed of the contents
thereof; if of the notice.
AB970,24,13
6(3) If the
removal
relocation of the fence is not made within 30 days
thereafter 7after service of the notice under sub. (2), the party who served or caused
such the 8notice to be served may
remove relocate the fence to the boundary line
and set it up
9there and recover the expense of
so doing
so from the
other party; provided, that fence
10owner. However, no
such fence
that is subject to relocation under this section shall
11be
removed relocated by the party giving the notice during a time when annual crops
12will be damaged unless
by agreement of the owners or occupants of the adjoining
13lands
mutually agree.
Note: Extensive changes in language were made to this section in the 1898
Annotated Statutes. A note states that the section was "amended by striking out the
clause naming the county surveyor, and by extending it to include the occupant of
adjoining lands". These substantive changes are retained. Other language changes by
the 1898 Annotated Statutes are extensively modified to reflect the pre-1898 form,
updated for greater conformity with current style.
AB970, s. 34
14Section
34. 90.09 of the statutes is renumbered 90.09 (1) and amended to read:
AB970,24,2215
90.09
(1) When the boundary line between enclosed lands
of owned by different
16persons is a river, brook, pond or creek, which of itself is not a sufficient fence, and
17it is impracticable, without unreasonable expense, for a partition fence to be built on
18the true boundary line, and either owner or occupant
shall refuse refuses to join in
19making a partition fence on either side
thereof of the river, brook, pond or creek, or
20if they
shall disagree respecting
the same making a partition fence, either party may
21apply to
two 2 or more fence viewers of the town, who, after giving notice as provided
22in s. 90.07, shall proceed to view
such the river, brook, pond or creek
; and if they shall.
AB970,25,10
1(2) If the fence viewers determine that the
same river, brook, pond or creek is
2not a sufficient fence and that it is impracticable, without unreasonable expense, to
3build a fence on the true boundary line
they, the fence viewers shall, in writing under
4their hands, determine how or on which side
thereof
of the river, brook, pond or creek 5the fence shall be built or whether
the fence shall be built partly on one side and
6partly on the other
, and side. The fence viewers shall assign to each owner or
7occupant that owner's or occupant's share
thereof
of the fence and the time within
8which the respective parties shall build the
same, and
fence. The fence viewers shall 9file
such their determination in the office of the town clerk, who shall record the
same 10determination.
AB970,25,15
11(3) If either party
shall refuse or neglect refuses or neglects to build that party's
12part of the fence within the time
so assigned
by the fence viewers, the other
party 13may, after having completed his or her own part, build
such the other party's part and
14recover the expense
thereof as hereinafter of building the other party's part of the
15fence as provided
under s. 90.11.
AB970,25,19
16(4) If
said the fence viewers
shall determine that it is impracticable, either from
17the formation of the banks of
such the river, brook, pond or creek or
from for any other
18cause reason, to maintain any fence along or near
said the boundary line
, they shall
19give written notice to the parties of
such that determination.
Note: Subdivides provision, replaces word form of numbers with digits, replaces
nonspecific references and replaces language for greater readability and conformity with
current style.
AB970, s. 35
20Section
35. 90.10 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB970,26,9
2190.10 Compulsory repair of fence.
In case If any person
shall neglect 22neglects to repair or rebuild any partition fence
which that by law that person
ought 23is required to maintain
, the aggrieved party may complain to
two 2 or more fence
1viewers of the town, who, after giving notice as provided in s. 90.07, shall examine
2the
same, and if they shall fence. If the fence viewers determine
such that the fence
3is insufficient
, they shall
signify the same to inform the delinquent party
of the
4insufficiency and direct the delinquent party to repair or rebuild the
same fence 5within
such a time
as they shall deem that the fence viewers determine is reasonable.
6If
such the fence
shall not be is not repaired or rebuilt within the time
so fixed
by the
7fence viewers, the complainant may repair or rebuild the
same fence and recover the
8expense
thereof of repairing or rebuilding the fence as
hereinafter provided
under
9s. 90.11.
Note: Subdivides provision, replaces word form of numbers with digits, replaces
nonspecific references and replaces language for greater readability and conformity with
current style.
AB970, s. 36
10Section
36. 90.11 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 90.11 (1) (a) and amended
11to read:
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90.11
(1) (a) Whenever any owner or occupant
shall have of land has built,
13repaired or rebuilt any fence
in pursuance of the preceding sections which, pursuant
14to the provisions of this chapter, that the adjoining owner or occupant
shall have has 15been lawfully directed by fence viewers to build, repair or rebuild
, and have but has 16failed to do within the time prescribed, the owner or occupant who built, repaired or
17rebuilt the fence may
call upon complain to any
two 2 or more fence viewers of the
18town
, who.
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19(b) The fence viewers complained to under par. (a) shall, after having given
20notice to
such the defaulting adjoining owner or occupant as provided in s. 90.07,
21examine
such the fence and ascertain the expense
thereof; and if they shall of
22building, repairing or rebuilding the fence. If the fence viewers adjudge
such the 23fence sufficient they shall give to
such the complaining party a certificate under their
1hands of
such their decision and of the amount of the expense of
such building
or, 2repairing
, or rebuilding the fence and
of the fees of the fence viewers
who made such
3order and of their own; and thereupon such.
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4(c) Upon receipt of the fence viewers' certificate, the complaining party may
5demand the amount of
such ascertained the expense
determined by the fence
6viewers, together with
such the fence viewers' fees, from
such the defaulting, 7adjoining owner or occupant
; and in case of neglect and refusal. If the adjoining
8owner or occupant fails to pay the
same expenses and fees for one month after
so
9demanded the complaining party has demanded payment, the amount of
such 10expenses and fees together with interest at the rate of
one per cent a 1% per month
11shall constitute a special charge and lien against
such the adjoining
owner's or
12occupant's lands and may be recovered in the manner provided in sub. (2).
Note: Subdivides provision, replaces word form of numbers with digits, replaces
nonspecific references and replaces language for greater readability and conformity with
current style.