Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-04-05

lease or dispose of the same at pleasure Such cor
poration shall also have the right to contract and
be contracted with, to and be sued, to plead
and be implicated with, to answer and be answered
unto in all courts and places, to borrow money and
give notes of hand. bonds, mortgages or other evil
dences of indebtedness and to redeem the same or
to loan money belonging to such corporation on
such securities as may be prescribed by the bylaws
of such corporation.
Section q Section seven OF said chapter 49, ia
hereby repealed.
Section 8. This act shall take effect and be in
force from snd after its passage and publication
Approved February 20, 1876.
Published March 4, 1861
CHAPTER 70.
An ACT to enable boards Of underwriters incor-
porated by or under the laws of the state of
Wisconsin to establish and maintain fire
patrol.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact follows:
Section /. That boards of fire underwriters
which now or hereafter may be incorporated by
or under the laws Of the state of Wisconsin shall
have power to establish fire patrol in the respec-
tive cities wherein such boards of fire underwriters
may be located. For that purpose any of such
boards may appoint and remove at pleasure such
number OF men as they may deem expedient to act
as patrol, and competent man to act as their
superintendent. The duty of such patrol shall be
to discover and prevent fires and to save and pre-
serve life and property at and after fire. and to
enable such patrol to act with promptness and efi-
cheney, full power is hereby given to such superin-
tendent and patrol to enter any building on fire or
which may be exposed to or in danger of taking
fire from other burning buildings subject to the
control of the chief of the fire department of the
city, and at once to proceed aud life and prop
erty therein and to remove such property or any
part thereof at Immediately after fire. and to
guard and protect the same
Section 2. For the purpose Of giving effect to the
true objects and intent of this act the said boards
of fire underwriters respectively shah have power
to provide suitable rooms for the accommodation of
the said fire PATROL and to provide suitable appara-
tus to enable them effectively to perform the duties
imposed upon them. And the said boards shall
also have power to make all needful rules and regu-
latons for the government and direction of the
said fire patrol, and to alter and amend the at
pleasure.
essary expenses of the said fire patrol, there shall
be held meeting of said board Of fire underwriters
in the month of March Of each year. Previous
notice of such meeting, specifying the time and
place at which it shall be held shall be inserted for
ten days in at least daily newspaper published
in the city where said board of fire underwriters is
located and at such meeting each insurance COM
pany, corporation, association, underwriters,
agent, person or persons doing fire insurance
business in this city, shall have the right Of being
represented: AMI ch corporation represented
shall be entitled enc vote. Such meetings shall
have the power to determine whether said fire
patrol shall be established and sustained; and of
fixing the maximum amount of expenses which
shall be incurred therefor during the year next to
ensue. At each of such meetings ajority of
companies represented shall determine the above
questions and the said maximum amount of ex-
penses shall IN no case, III any one year. exceed two
per centum of the aggregate of premiums received
during the year in such city.
Section 4. On the first days of April and October
in each year, each insurance Company corporation,
association, underwater, agent, person or persons
doing fire insurance business in the city, shall
furnish to the said board of fire underwriters a
| sworn statement of the aggregate amount of pre-
miums received for insuring property in the city
where the said board of fire underwriters is or
gani2ed established for and during the six
months next pre- ceding the said first days of April and
q y ar nf
them shall not be made as herein required, said
board OF fire underwriters shall cause written or
printed demand requiring such insurance company,
corporation association, underwrlter agent, person
persons doing fire insurance business in the city
to make such sworn statement, such demand to be
left during business hours at the Office of such
poratlon or person, with person then having
| charge of such Office, and every insurance COM
| pany individual, agent, underwater person who
shall, for fifteen days after such demand neglect
to render such statement, shall forfeit fifty dollars
for the of the said board of fire underwriters,
and he shall also forfeit for its twenty-five dol
lars III addition for every day he shall neglect
after the expiration of the said fifteen days, and the
said penalty may be sued for and recovered by and
i'll the of the said board Of fire underwrit rs
with costs In any court Of this state having jurs
diotion.
Section s. Upon the statement so furnished as
hereinbefore provided, the said board of fire IN
derwriters shall assess one-half of the amount SO
fixed at the meeting prescribed in section three
(3) Of this act. upon each of the said insurance
com panIes, organizations, poraton, association,
person persons who risks and ACCEPT
premiums for fire insurance in said city proper
ton TO the several amounts of premiums returned
as received by each; and such assessment shall be
coectable by and III the name of the said board of
lire underwriters in any court of law in this state
having jurisdiction.
Sec 6. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March L, 1876.
published March Is, 1851
CHAPTER 215.
N ArT 70 he hospita1s for he insane
Ing senate and assembly do enact as follows:
Section 1. The trustees for the hospitals of the
insane shall be representatives of and reside in
the hospital district in which the hospital is located
for which they are appointed. If any trustee shall
remove from, or be nonresident of such district
the Office shall thereby become vacant, and be
filed by appointment as provided in other Of
vacancy.
Sec 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after Its passage and publication.
Approved March 9, 1876.
Published March Is, 1851
CHAPTER 174.
AN ACT to amend section eighteen (18) of chapter
one hundred and sixty five ,165) of the revived
statutes of the state of Wisconsin. entitled of
offenses against p operty."
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section eighteen (le) of chapter one
hundred and sixty five Q65) of the revised statutes,
is hereby amended by adding after the word "jail"
in the third line of said section; the words, ' or
who has been convicted of said Ofense and SEN
tehced to the state prison."
Section 2. Chapter forty three {43) of the general
laws Of 1857, is hereby repealed.
Sec 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 8, 1876.