The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-29
published February u, 1873
CHAPTER IA.

AN ACT to repeal sections twenty-five, twenty-siA
and thirty, OF chapter six of the revised statutes
and sections fifteen. sixteen, seventeen and eight
Gen. of chapter one hundred and fourteen of the
general laws Of 1885, relating to the classification
and publication of the laws, Journals and other
documents, and to define the duties of the secre-
tary of state relating to the same
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section /. Sections twenty-five, twenty-sx and
thirty, of chapter six of the revised statutes, and
sections fifteen, sixteen seventeen and eighteen, OF
the chapter one hundred and fourteen of the gen.
eral laws of 1858, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. The laws passed at each aud every ses-
sion of the legislature from and after the passage
of this act, shall BE- designated under one general
name of 'the laws of Wisconsin" and shall be mum
bered by the secretary of state in consecutive chap
tiers as they are received from the governor without
reference to the subject matter of said laws and
shall be printed and bound in one volume, EXCEPT
when the number of pages shall exceed twelve hun
bred, in which they shall be bound III two vol
umes, as nearly equal in size may be; each vol
ume to be lndexed separately, and to be entitled
volume one and volume two respectively.
Sec. 3. The laws and journals, messages of the
governor, reports Of state officers and commits
sioners of school and university lands reports of
committees OF the legislature, and ali other docu-
ments required by the legislature, or any depart
ment of the state any other document the print
ing of which shall be authorized by law to be here
after printed, shall be of uniform size, and every
full page of printed matter shall be OF the width
four inches and of the length of seven and quar-
ter inches, as to admit of their being bound to-
gether III a compact fern.
Sec. Ten thousand copies of the laws passed at
each session of the legislature, including the Joint
resolutions and me morials, shall be printed and
bound by the state iprlnter, on good book paper
five hundred copies to be bound in full sheep and
the remainder III la I binding with sheep backs to
be distributed provided by law for the disribu-
ton of the general laws. Each act as it is printed
shall be compared by the secretary Of state with the
original enrolled act and at the end of the volume
or volumes, the said secretary of state shall annex
his certificate certifying that he has compared the
printed copy with the original enrolled act, and
that 1t appears to be correctly printed.
Sec. ;. Every act of general application, and all
acts affecting counties, towns, cities, villages and
school district, public roads, highways and bridges
and the taxes to be raised therein therefor and
all acts for the preservation of fish of game shall
before they shall take effect, be published in the Of
nclal state paper, and such publication shall be
made immediately after the passage and approval of
the said acts the said publication to be under the
direction and supervision OF the secretary of state
All acts affecting only individuals private corpora
lions and societies, shall take effect without such
publication, unless 1T shall be specially provided in
such acts that they shall be published before they
shall take effect and their publication in the official
state paper Ia such case shall be specially ordered
See g. The secretary of state shall furnish for the
official state paper copies of all laws required to be
published, Immediately after passage, and at the
close of every session Of the legislature he shall also
furnish for the state printer comics of all the laws
passed al said session, with index and marginal
or head notes thereto attached, together with all the
JOINT resolutions and memorials approved by the
governor, and the said state printer shall print the
said laws, resolutions and memorials with all posi-
bic dispatch but in the publication and printing of
the said laws, resolutions and memorials the SIGMA
lures of the OH affixed the enrolled act reso
luton or memorial, shall be omitted and the date
OF approval only shall be affixed thereto.
Sec Z. There shall be printed on good book na-
per, and bound in half binding, with sheep backs
by the state printer, five hundred copies of the
Journals of each house OF the legislature to be de-
llvered to the secretary of state, and to be by HIM
distributed rs provided by law
Sec. s. All the provisions of law in any way con-
dieting with the provisions of this act are hereby
repealed.
Sec. = Tnis act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication
Approved February TO- 1873.