Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-04-20

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the office OF the secretary of state the sald secretary
shall be paid twenty-five dola' for each agents Ger
tlhcate of authority collar: for every COPY OF
paper hled IN the sscretary's Office twenty cants per
copy and certfVing me sea- @ oa saln once 20 sueh
a1nining the affairs of any company when deemed
necessary the expenses incurred therein shall he oaid
to said secretary of state by the company.
Sec % The secretary OF state shall Annually, on or
single document. the information Confined in The
statements made under this act and shall communi.
cate the same to the legislature He shall also cause
the annual statements required to be filed by this act
Go pc IN the official state paper for week
ana iof Inc ke period IN newspaper published in the
cty OF milwaukee, at the expense of such companies
Sec 20. It shall be unlawful for any life or accident
ms insurance company against which insl Judgment
recovered in any of competen Mt jurisdiction in
TINS state after sixty days from the rendition of sucn
less execution be stayed by appeal according to law
to issue any new policy of insurance, and in any
1fe insurance or accident company by its officers
agent or agents shall violate tie provisions this
] SoGE s4in % @ Ig or aoeldent insurance company shall
recovered in the name of the state of Wisconsin in
an action OF debt and when colac shall be paid
over to the common school fund, and any agent of
such company who shall knowingly violate the provl-
sions of this section shall be- deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be pun
ished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars nor
less tnan one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in
the county jail of the proper county for term not
more than three months less than thirty day. and
proDtded that the Provident Life insurance company
OF Chicago, state OF Illinois, and the Eagle insurance
company of Chicago, state of Illinois, shall not be per
mted issue any poley OF insurance IN this state,
and snail net have right privileges whatever
sec. T No life Or life and accident insurance com
psny snail transact in this state without first
haVing obtained license therefor from The secretary
OF state winch Incense when issued sha authorize the
insurance company named therein and the agents
thereof to transact business in this state until the last
day of February folio the date thereof No such
license snail issued by the secretary of state to any
such company shall have filed the Office of the sec
Tetay OF state the reports and statements in this
addition the fees this act bed an annual
license fee of three hundrei dollars all life and
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der special charters granted for that purpose,
der general laws shall pay into he state treasury
per cent. tne cash receipts for pemiums received
by such company the state of Wis onsin for the
herenbefore provided which shall be paid to the state
treasurer at the time such report Is lef with the
execute duplicate receprs 'Fne paVment of the erm
provided in this section, shall be lieu OF AZ taxes
ary pu pose authorized by the laws Of this state
eepting taxes upon such real estate be owned
by such company: prOgdsd, that nothin in this act
shall be construed to relieve any company from the
payment of any license fees or taxes due under
lslng laws upon business transacted prior to January
Sec g. Chapters one hundred and fifty-eight and
one hundred and seventyn OF the gene al laws OF
1867 aud sections and two of chapter hundred
and eighty of the general laws of 1862 so far
they relate ts life insurance companies tbs business
OF life insurance, are hereby repealed
from aud after it's passage.
Approved March a. 1870
Published April 4, 1901
CHAPTER 139-GENERAL.
AN ACT for the destruction of lynxes, wolves and
wild cats.
Tho people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
i'll senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. That any person who shall kill any
wolf or lynx within this state, shall be entitled to
receive as compensation or reward for suth wolf
or lynx so killed, the sum of five dollars.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall kill any wild
cat within this state shall be entitled 10 receive
a compensation reward for each wild cat so killed,
the sum of three dollars.
Sec. 3. Any person claiming such rewards, shall
produce the scalp of the wolf, lynx wild cat so
killed. with the ears entire, to the clerk OF the board
of supervisors of the county within which such
wolf, lynx or wild cat shall have been killed, and
such clerk shall administer to the person producing
such scalp, the following oath affirmation ''You
do solemnly swear Tor affirm, the case may be,)
that the scalp now produced by you is the scalp of
a wolf lynx wild cat, as the case may be) taken
in the county of (naming the county, by you, with
in thirty days last past, and that you have not
spared the life of any wolf, lynx wild cat within
your power to kill Which oath or aff NATION
shall be taken by the clerk in writing, and sub
scribed by the person producing the scalp.
Sec. 4. The clerk before whom such oath or
affirmation is made, after causing the scalp to be
destroyed in his presence shall file the deposition
so taken in his office, and shall enter i'll book to
be kept by him for that purpose, the date, NUN Der
and amount of all accounts certified by him to the
secretary Of sate in conformity with Tue provisions
of this act, and shall annually, or before the first
day of May in each year, make ont and transmit to
the secretary of state, an exhibitor all accounts so
certified by him.
D.
of any accounts for the killing of any wolf, lynx
wild cat as provided in section four of this act
duly certified to according to law, with the Certit
cate of the clerk under seal, who shall have de-
gtroyed the scalps and administered the oath as pro-
Yided in section three of this act certifying that
the provisions of this act have been faly complied
with shall audit the same and draw his warrant
on the state treasurer for the amount and there is
hereby annually appropriated out OF any money IN
the treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum OF
money sufficient to carry into effect the provisions
of sections one and two of this act.
Sec. 6. If any person shall be guilty of obtain
inc from the clerk of the board of supervisors of
any county in this state, any such certificate as
herein before provided for, by any false or fraudu
lent representation practices, he shall be deemed
guilty of q misdemeaDor. and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison not less than year nor more than
three years and shall forfeit all right to receive
any benefit from the provisions of this act for the
future.
Sec 7. If any cler4 of the board of supervisors
of any county in this st tie, who shall be applied TO
for certificate under the provisions of the pre-
cedng section of this act. shall wilfully or know
ingly give false certificate, such clerk shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison not less than one year nor more than
Cnrce years.
Sec. g. This act shall not be construed to inter
fere with or contravene the provisions of any law
now in force in [thsl state, allowing counties to pay
bounties for the destruction of wolves, lynxes or
wild cats.
Sec 9. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March is, 1870