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Village of Fox Point, WI
Milwaukee County
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[Adopted as §§ 2.11, 2.12 and 2.13 of the 1961 Code]
A. 
Pursuant to § 66.0607, Wis. Stats., the Village President and Village Clerk/Treasurer shall sign a Village order directing the Village Clerk/Treasurer to pay all accounts and demands against the Village thereon listed, with the name of the payee, the purpose and amount thereof. The execution of the order shall constitute evidence that the listed accounts and demands have been duly filed, audited and allowed and ordered paid by the Village Board at a meeting thereof in accordance with the Wisconsin Statutes.
B. 
The payment of all accounts and demands against the Village pursuant to orders as herein provided shall be by order checks against any Village depository, signed by the Village Clerk/Treasurer, and the signature of the President shall not be required. The use of facsimile signatures shall be permitted as provided by State Statutes.
C. 
The term "Village President," as used in this section, shall include an acting President from time to time appointed by Village Board; and the term "Village Clerk/Treasurer" shall include the duly appointed and qualified Deputy Village Clerk and/or Deputy Village Treasurer.
Whenever any municipal work or improvement has been done in the Village for which a special assessment could have been levied pursuant to § 66.0703, Wis. Stats., and proceedings under said statutes for the levy and collection of a special assessment were not taken in advance, the Village Board may levy and collect a special assessment; except for the fact that the work or improvement has already been commenced or completed, the procedure shall be as nearly as possible as set forth in § 66.0703, Wis. Stats.
Pursuant to the authority granted by § 70.67(2), Wis. Stats., the Village Board hereby agrees and binds the Village of Fox Point to pay, in case the Village Clerk/Treasurer or his successor in office shall fail to do so, all taxes of any kind required by law to be paid by the Village Clerk/Treasurer or his successor in office to the County Treasurer or his successor in office.