Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-05-18

AN ACT TO provide for the more efficient collection
oflicense fees due the state.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section J. The governor is hereby authorized to
appoint an agent the treasury OF this state, whose
duty il shall be to supeTntend and enforce, II neces-
ssry under the provisions thereof, ana as hereby
amended the collection Of fees due for licenses nxed
in chapter fifty Of the revised statutes, entitled cot
and pedder and other acts OF tins state re
qurng the OF fees into the state treasury for
any license under which BUSH j. TO be trau sacted
said agent may appoint assistant whose acts shall
have the same lawful force as the acts OF the SAID
agent. Such treasury agent SHALL in Of necessity
and where there is reasonable ground to suppose that
such license fees as are required by any law of this
state may become otherwise uncolectable seize and
detain any property which IS being sold or exposed
for sale in violation of said chapter fifty, until the
process provided i'm sections 8, and of such chap
ter m be issued and served but the said agent shall
exercise due diligence 10 procuring such process 10 be
issued and served
sec 2 Section one Of said chapter fifty is hereby
amended so as 70 provide that itnerant vendors Of
patent rights and Of territory for the sale use on man
ufacture of patented rights or articles Except nven
tions Of citizens of this tel shall procure the same
licenses as other PeddleTs Of the same class. Section
Of said ehspter is hereby amended as 10 read as
follows: No action or prosecution for the recovery
of any penalty provided in this chapter shall be main
tsned unless shall appear that the was brought
within year after the commission OF the ohense
charged" All licenses shall expire the Sst day Of
December, except those heretofore issued. Licenses
may be issued for portion of year, If it shall appear
applicant business hereunder
only for such portion Of a year. Licenses may be
transferred by the secretary Of state, the recon-
mendation Of the said agent from person to anoth
er, i'm case Of change business, or for other good
reason. Section Of said chapter is amended,
provide that applications for licenses shall be made to
the secretsry state through the said agent Of the
treasury, who shall keep record OF such applications
and Of all licenses issued t-
rec. 3. Every person who shall neglect for ten days
after being notified that any license tee is due sllOw
ing reasonable time for the mailing and receipt Of such
nOticel shall forfeit and pay penalty of ten per cent
thereon be collected at the tiae and In the manner
that the principal is collected; which sum, together
with thiTty-three and onehrd per cent of the amount
which said agent may cause annually TO be collected
as fees for licenses and above the average annual
amount heretofore collected, shall lnotl be paid Into
the treasury, but shall be paid to said agent, as full
compensation for his services, and those Of his Assist
ant, except for necessary stationery, postage, blanks
and advertising, which shall be furnished By the state
in the usual manner; and appropriation Of such
may be found necessary to carry into ehec
the provisions of this act, Is hereby inside out OF any
money received into the treasury account Of license
fees under the said chapter 81 of the revised statutes
as hereby amended.
Sec A. fAny person who shall knowingly and Will
fully evade the provisions of the said chapter 80 OF
the revised statutes with intent to defraud the
of this state, may be prosecuted for mlsde,
mesnor and on conviction thereof may be punished
by imprisonment in the county Jail, not TO exceed
three months in the discretion Of the court; and II
shall be the duty Of the district attorney TO prosecute
all complaints IN their respective counties under TINS
act and the chapter of the revised statutes TO which
this act is amendatory-
Sec. 8. This shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication. .
Approved April IL, 1861.