Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-14

therefor by any officer, such officer may take
charge of such vehicle and its contents and deposit
the same i'll some safe place of custody, and any
necessary expenses which may be incurred for tax
ing charge of and keeping and sustaining the same
shall be lien thereon, to be paid before the same
can lawfully be recovered; or the said expenses or
any part thereof remaining unpaid may be recover
ed by the person mourning the of the owner
of said creature in any action therefor
any dog dogs for the purpose of drawing or help
ing to draw any cart, carriage, truck, barrow or
other vehicle, i'll any city or incorporated village
for business purposes, shall be required to take out
license for that purpose from the mayor OF presi-
dent thereof respectively, and shall have the num-
Der of said license and the residence of the owner
of the section shall forfeit and pay a fine of one
dollar for the first ofense and fine of ten dollars
for each subsequent otfense.
Section 9. If any manned, sick, intirm, or disa-
BILE creature shall be abandoned to die by any per-
son, in any public place or elsewhere, such person
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and it shall be
lawful for magistrate or chief OF police in this
state to appoint suitable persons to destroy such
creature, if unfit for further use.
Section 10. No person driving any carriage up
on any turnpike, road, or public highway within
this state with or without passengers therein shall
run his horses permit the same to be run
upon any occasion or for any purpose whatever;
and every person who shall offend against the pro-
visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not
exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment
NOS exceeding sixty days, at the discretion of the
court.
Section IL. The term carriage, as used in this
title, shall be construed to include stage coaches
wagons, carts, sleighs, seds. and every other car
rlages or vehicles used for the transportation of
persons and of goods, or either of them.
Section IL. All acts and parts of acts conflicting
with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.
Section 49, This act shall take effect from and af
ter it's passage and publication
Approved March 8, 1875.
Published March 3d. 1851
CHAPTER 339.
AN ACT to amend section 49, of chapter 1885, general
laws of 1863 entitled San act to codify the laws of
this State, relating to common schools.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 10, chapter 155, of the general
laws OF this State, passed in the year 1863 entitled
"An act to codify the laws Of this state relating to
common Schools is hereby amended 30 as to read
follows: Section 10. The inhabitants of any
school district of any joint school district quail
fed by law to vote at school district meeting when
assembled at the first and at each annual meeting in
their district at any ad journment of such annual
meeting in their district, shall have the power: st
To appoint chairmar for the time being; 2nd. To
adjourn from time to time occasion may require
3D. To choose a director, treasurer and clerk; 4th
To designate site for district school house; 9TH
To vote such tax on the taxable property of the dis
trict, as the meeting shall deem sufficient to pur-
chase or lease suitable site for school house; to
build, hire or purchase school house, and to keep
in repair, and furnish the with the necessary
fuel and appendages; provided that district con-
tanning population of less than two hundred and
lect q tax for building, hiring or purchasing q
school house of more than six hundred dollars in
any one year, unless the supervisors of the town. in
which such school is to be situated shall certify in
writing that in their opinion "a larger sum should be
raised, and shall specify such sum- in which an
amount not exceeding the sum specified may be
raised. provided further, that district contain
ing population of less than one thousand inhabi-
tants shall have power to raise and collect in any
one year, for the purposes above specified, more
than thousand dollars unless the supervisors
shall certify above set forth: 6th To vote tax on
the taxable property of the district of such sum as
the meeting shall deem proper for the payment of
teachers wages in the district provided that no
district containing population of less than two
hundred and fifty inhabitants shall have power to
levy and collect tax for school purposes other than
for the purposes prescribed in the fifth subdivision
of this section such district of more than five
hundred dollars in any one year. And provided
further that in any district shall not at it's
nual meeting or at special meeting held subse-
quent to the annual meeting, and prior to the third
Monday of November, vote a tax sufficient to main
tain school in said district the ensuing year for the
term OF five months, then the district board shall
have power, and it shall be their duty to estimate
and determine the sum necessary to be raised to
maintain such school, and the district clerk shall
certify to the town clerk the amount thus deternlin
ed upon, who shall assess the other district
taxes are assessed. And provided further that in all
school districts having an average attendance at
school for the year of fifteen scholars or less not
more than three hundred and fifty dollars shall be
raised in any year for teachers wages; in all
school districts having average attendance of not
more than four hundred and fifty dollars shall be
be raised in any year for teachers wages And
in all school districts having average attend
ance OF not more than forty less than thirty
scholars, not more than five hundred and fifty dol
lars shall be raised in any year for teachers
wages. IT, when district board shall have failed to
vote tax for school purposes, any district board
who shall wilfully refuse neglect to estimate and
determine sum sufficient to maintain school for
five months, aforesaid each member of the board
thus refusing or neglecting, shall be deemed guilty
OF misdemeanor and shall be liable to penalty of
not less than fifty and not more than one hundre
dollars to imprisonment in the county Jail not less
than one month nor more than three months. And
when any district board shall have estimated and
determined the sum necessary to maintain school
tor i've months the ensuing year. any district clerk
VINO sha "ll1ully refuse Or neglect to certify such
sum to the town clerk in time to have the same en-
Dodled ID the assessment roll for that year. shall be
deemed guilty of mlsdemeanor, and shall be liable
10 penalty OF not more than one hundred dollars
nor less than fifty dollars; 7th To authorize and
direct the sale OF any school house. site or other
property belonging to the district when the same
shall be no longer needed for the of the district
8th, To impose such tax as may be necessary to
discharge any debts liabilities Of the district law
fully incurred 9th. To vote tax not eyceedino
seventy-ve dollars in any one year for the purchase
of MAPS boards and apparatus for illustrat-
ing the natural sciences. 10. Tt vote tax on the
district, not exceeding one hundred dollars in any
year, for district library consisting of such
books they may direct their district board at a.
district meeting to purchase said books to be select
ed under the advice of the state superintendent of
public instruction: Provided That any school dis
trict having less than two hundred children of
school age shall not vote tax On the district ex-
ceeding fifty dollars in any year for such library
11th To authorize the district board to admit to the
privileges of the school persons twenty years of
age and persons not residing in the district when
such admission will not interfere with the &C
cOmmodation instruction of the scholars residing
therein and to fix fee for tuition per term quar-
ter year, to be charged to the person thus admit
ted 18th. To determine the length of time school
shall be taught in their district the then ensuing
year, which shall not be less than five months, and
whether such school shall be taught by male or
| female teacher, both. and whether the school
moneys to which the district is entitled from the in
come of the school fund and from the town, shall be
applied to the support of the summer winter
school, Or certain portion to each but if such mat
tiers shall not be determined at the annual meeting
the district board shall determine the same; 18TH
TO give such direction and make such provision as
may be deemed necessary in relation 20 the prosecu-
ton or defense of any action proceeding in which
the district may be party may be interested;
l4th TO altar, repeal and modify their proceedings
rs occasion may require
Sec. 2. The foregoing section shall not be con-
strued to authorize require the district board of
any school district to estimate and determine the
amoNnt necessary to maintain school in their dis
trlct Where special provision is made by law the
support OF y public school schools in such dis
trict.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force