§ 61.187 Dissolution
§ 61.188 Certain villages may become cities by charter ordinance
§ 61.189 Villages of 1,000 may become cities
§ 61.19 Annual elections; appointments
§ 61.191 Population, use of federal census
§ 61.193 Establishing and changing compensation for elective offices
§ 61.195 Discontinuance and change of term of offices
§ 61.197 Selection of officers
§ 61.20 Election of trustees; terms; number
§ 61.21 Clerk to notify officers-elect; oath of office
§ 61.22 Official bonds; officers not to be sureties
§ 61.23 Terms; temporary vacancy
§ 61.24 President
§ 61.25 Clerk
§ 61.26 Treasurer
§ 61.261 Deputy village treasurer
§ 61.27 Assessor
§ 61.28 Marshal
§ 61.29 Constable
§ 61.31 Peace officers, powers
§ 61.32 Village board; meeting; salaries
§ 61.325 Trustee may be appointed president
§ 61.327 Village trustees serving as employees
§ 61.34 Powers of village board
§ 61.342 Direct legislation
§ 61.345 Recycling or resource recovery facilities
§ 61.35 Village planning
§ 61.351 Zoning of wetlands in shorelands
§ 61.352 Required notice on certain approvals
§ 61.353 Zoning of annexed or incorporated shorelands
§ 61.354 Construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning
§ 61.36 Streets, sidewalks, sewers and watercourses
§ 61.39 Service pipes and sewers
§ 61.44 Railroads, dust prevention
§ 61.46 Village taxes
§ 61.47 Street and sidewalk improvement tax
§ 61.48 County aid for construction and repair of bridges and culverts
§ 61.50 Ordinances; contracts; other instruments; how executed
§ 61.51 Auditing accounts
§ 61.54 Public works
§ 61.57 Acquisition of facilities without bids
§ 61.61 Village orders; borrowing money
§ 61.64 Ambulance service
§ 61.65 Police and fire departments; pension funds
§ 61.66 Combined protective services
§ 61.71 Consolidated plats; numbering of buildings
§ 61.72 Pest and disease prevention
§ 61.73 Village housing authorities
§ 61.74 Detachment of farm lands from villages
§ 61.75 Rewards
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 61 - Villages

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Chiropractor: means a person holding a license issued by the chiropractic examining board. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Fire department: includes a department under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
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  • Heretofore: means any time previous to the day on which the statute containing it takes effect; "hereafter" means the time after the statute containing such word takes effect. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Highway: includes all public ways and thoroughfares and all bridges upon the same. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Lawsuit: A legal action started by a plaintiff against a defendant based on a complaint that the defendant failed to perform a legal duty, resulting in harm to the plaintiff.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Personal representative: means a person, however denominated, who is authorized to administer a decedent's estate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Police department: includes a department under…. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
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  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • railroad company: include any person managing, maintaining, operating or in possession of a railroad, whether as owner, contractor, lessee, mortgagee, trustee, assignee or receiver. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • seal: includes the word "seal" the letters "L S" and a scroll or other device intended to represent a seal, if any is affixed in the proper place for a seal, as well as an impression of a seal on the instrument. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • Town board: means the town board of supervisors. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia, the states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories organized by congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01