Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-04-01

such documents were delivered. All provisions of
law recurring such documents to be distributed by
the secretary state shall hereafter be construed to
refer to the superintendent of public property.
Section 43. There shall be annually forwarded to
Washington for the of the congressional library,
two volumes of the laws, supreme court reports, leg
islative journals reports of departments and other
documents published by authority of the state; also
one copy of each of such publications shall be
warded to the several states and territories which
practice like comfy with the state Of Wisconsin.
Section A. There shall be delivered to the several
state institutions, state university, and normal
schools and also to each college, incorporated acad-
envy and literary institution Of this state, having a
library of three hundred volumes, upon application
being made therefor, one copy each of all docu-
ments published by state authority; said docu-
ments to be delivered to any person authorized by
the president or principal of said institutions to
ceive them. The several state officers shall be fur
nished at all times with such documents belonging
to the state as may be necessary or convenient for
the business of their respective offices.
Section As. Twenty-Five copies of every public
document published by state authority or purchased
for the of the state, in quantities exceeding one
hundred copies, excepting the legislative manual,
shall be deposited in the state library for the use
thereof and as often necessary, such number of
additional copies of such documents as remain on
hard may be furnished the state library shall be
required to keep the original deposit complete.
Fifty bound copies of each of tho several pubica-
tons of this state shall be delivered to the state his
torical society for the purpose of etfecting ex-
tions. =
Section 4e. Eight hundred copies of each of the
annual reports Of the state departments and state
institutions shall be delivered to the legislature for
the of the members, at the commencement of
the ensuing session after the delivery of said re-
ports and the remainder shall be delivered to the
department or institution making the same.
Section At. One hundred and fifty copies of the
governors message and accompanying documents
shall be delivered to the legislature first to
after the delivery of said reports and the remainder
shall be retained for distribution required by
law, or directed by subsequent legislatures.
Section 4S. One copy each of the Journals of the
senate and assembly shall be delivered to each
member Of the legislature to which such journals
relate.
Section 40. The laws passed at each session of the
legislature shall Immediately after their publication
in volumes, be disposed of as follows:
1st To each state officer, justices of the supreme
court, judges of the United States courts, judges
Of circuit, county and municipal courts in this
state, and the clerks of said courts the district at
torneys of the United States and this state the
rotary of state of the United States, copy each.
I'd. To the governor of each state and territory of
the United States, free of expense if such courtesy
be reciprocated), two COPIES accompanied with
quest that similar contribution be made to the
governor of this state Of the laws Of the respective
states and territories.
Sd. To registers of deeds to each county, suffi
cient number of copies of the laws to be distribut
ed by him to each of the following officers in his
county, allowing one for each, viz members of the
legislature, county clerk, county treasurer, sheriff,
coroner, county superintendent OF schools county
superintendent of poor, and chairman of the board
of supervisors, justices Of the peace and town
clerks in each town; and said register of deeds
shall retain one copy for his office; but no person
who shall hold more than one office shall be entitled
to more than copy.
Section SO. The Superintendent of public prop
erty is hereby authorized to furnish copies of the
revised statutes to all officers of the several counties
of the state, who entitled to receive the laws of
the state, upon the following conditions Every per-
applying for copy of the revised statutes shall
furnish certificate OF the county clerk of the
ty, in which the person making the application re-
Sides showing that such person is an officer of such
county, entitled by law to receive the session laws of
this state and statement of the person making
such application, giving the facts upon which he
claims to be entitled to copy of such statutes and
upon the receipt of the certificate and statement af
oresaid, if it shall satisfactorily appear that the per
son applying has not been furnished with the re-
vised statutes or that from any cause or other than
gross negligence, the copy furnished such person
his predecessor has been lost destroyed, copy
shall be furnished him without cost to the state.
Section 81. The copy of the laws delivered to any
person, account of any Office held by him, shall
have stamped written thereon the name Of the
Office held by such person, and he shall, when he
ceases to hold such Office, deliver over to his sue
cessor in Office all laws received by him as such ofi
GER and take the receipt of his successor therefor
and deposit such receipt if town officer, with the
town clerk and if county officer, with the regis
ter of deeds and any person who shall neglect or
refuse to deliver to his successor in Office all
laws received by him aforesaid, shall be liable to
such in action of replevin for the same,
for money had and received to the full amount it
shall or would cost him to furnish himself with
! such laws, and costs of suit which action shall,
on request, be brought and prosecuted by the dis
trct attorney of the county; but no person, while
he continues to hold any office which would entitle
him to such laws, shall be required to return the
same as aforesaid.
Section So The register of deeds in each county,
within month after the adjournment of the leg
islature in each year, shall forward to the supern-
tendent Of public property statement of the num-
Der of officers in his county entitled by law to copy
of the laws of the preceding legislature, and
the same are ready for distribution, the supern
'tendent of public property shall forward to each
register, properly packed in boxes, the number Of
copies of laws required by such statement, includ
ing copy each of the journals of the preceding
session, and the message and documents, for each
member of the legislature residing in the county,
and take receipt therefor. All expenses for trans
porting such documents to any county provided
in this section shall be paid out of the county treas
ury, and it shall be the duty of the register of deeds
of each county todeliver such documents to the per-
! sons entitled to receive them, and not dispose of
them in any other manner.
! Section SO. The revised statutes, session laws,
journals Inducements remaining after the distr-
button provided for by law, shall be safely kept for
the of counties and towns, they
shall become entitled to receive the same, but the
superintendent of public property may sell to any
person being a citizen Of this state, copy of each
publication printed by the state printer at the cost
price thereof, to be computed by the secretary of
state And shall be the duty of the superintend-
ent of public property to keep an accurate account
of such sales, and to pay the amount realized there
from into the state treasury at the end of each
| ter.
Section "a. All volumes of supreme court reports
furnished to the state in pursuance of section thir
ty-fve of this chapter shall be distributed fol-
lows copy to each of the justices of the
preme court of this state, copy to the district
judge of the United States for each district in the
state, one copy to each judge of circuit, county
municipal court of this state, and one copy to each
of the clerks of the circuit courts of this state, said
copies to be handed over to their successors in Of
flee. The copies of said reports remaining on hand
after the distribution provided for in this chapter
shall be delivered to the state librarian, who shall
stamp and keep in the library many copies as
may be necessary for the thereof, and shall
safely keep the remainder until required for fur
Their distribution by law. And it shall be the duty
! of the superintendent of public property, soon
as may be convenient after the adjournment Of the
legislature, to make distribution in accordance with
this act, of any volumes of the supreme court re-
ports heretofore delivered to the state and not yet
| distributed.
Section IS. The reports of the transactions of the
state historical society shall be delivered to the
rotary of said society.
Section Sc. The transactions of the state agricul-
| tural society shall be distributed follows One
thousand copies to the legislature, hundred
copies to the state historical society, hundred
copies to the academy of sciences arts and letters,
fifty copies to each district industrial organization
embracing two or counties, and furnishing
the state agricultural society report Of its
proceedings, twenty-five copies to each county agri-
cultural society, and the remainder to the state ag