Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-04-25

paid by said county in the construction of the
state institutions for the Insane, shall issue to
said county his lawful warrants upon the state
treasurer for the payment and return to said
county OF an amount equal 10 one-half the
cost OF said buildings for said county asylums;
provided, that the amount SO paid to any
such county shall in no case exceed the sum
Of tnres hundred dollars per capita fer the
whole number OF insane persons such ASYLUM
If designed to accommodate and provide for,such
number to be estimated and determined by
the governor and board of charities and re-
form.
Section 10. The entire cost of constructing
and maintaining any such county asylum,
shall devolve upon the county in which the
asylum is located, except as provided in IN IS
act, and nothing in this act shall be deemed
to exempt said county from the payment Of
its proportion Of the total cost of maintaining
the state institutions for the il safe already
existing: provided. however, that any county
maintaining and supporting its Iwn insane ac-
eording to the provisions of this act, in con-
sideration thereof shall be entitled 70 receive
therefor the compensation hereinafter proyid~
ed in this act.
Section IL. During the month of January
in each year, it shall be the duty Of the secre-
tary of state 10 compute the average cost per
week per capita of maintaining the insane
inmates of the state Institutions for the insane
during the preceding fiscal year, for such pur
pose assuming the total cost OF such inmates
TO be equal to the aggregate amount of pay.
ments from the state treasury, on account of
legislative appropriations, and not including
payment by counties, on any account, in behalf
OF such institutions, during said fiscal year
and having thus ascertained the cost per week
per capita of maintaining the insane inmates
of said institutions, for the preceding fiscal
year, he shall compute the aggregate amount
80 which any such county maintaining its own
insane shall be entitled to receive, on the ba-
sis OF eighty per centum OF an equal amount
per capita per week, for all the insane persons
maintained bv such county at public cost, aud
shall thereupon draw his warrant upon the
state treasurer, who shall thereupon place the
amount of said warrant TO the credit of said
county, on the books of the treasury.
Section IL. All laws of this state relating
to the government and management Of state
Institutions for the insane, or to the appoint,
ment, duties, terms of office, proceedings aad
powers of trustees therefor, now existing, or
hereafter enacted, including the provisions OF
this act, are hereby declared to be in full force
and effect as to any county asylum for the in
sane organized under this act, so far as the
same shall be applicable, aud in harmony with
the provisions of this act, relating TO county
asylums.
Section Is. Any county in this state now
owning suitable and sufficient site and build
iDgs for the care and maintenance of its own
insane, NAV organize and maintain county
asyl u under the provisions Of this act, with
the previous consent and approval of the gov
ernor and state board OF charities and reform,
as provided in other cases by this act, but
without cost to the state for such site or build
ipgs, provided that nothing in this act be con>
straed to prevent any county in this state
which now has buildings erected for the accom>
mediation OF the insane from charging the
same or from erecting new ones on any grounds
belonging to the county or upon any site the
county boards of supervisors may by resou-
ton determine
Section IL. All acts aud parts of acts n>
consistent with this act are hereby repealed
Section IS. There is hereby annually aps
propriated from the state treasury, out of any
moneys not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient
sum for the purposes Of this act.
Section l6 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and pub
LEGATION.
Approved March 20, 1878.
Published April 8, 1871 ~
CHAPTER SOL.
AN Az 10 Cuedpeu tue COST Oh supporting
the common schools Of the state.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l.. The Superintendent of public
instruction, r. E. Davis OF Dane county, Geo.
g. Paul, of Milwaukee county, George 8.
Albee of Winnebago county, and John b.
Quincy of Sank county, are hereby appointed
and constituted board of text book commits
sioners for the performance of the duties here
inaf'er specified in this act.
Section 2. As soon as practicable after the
passage and publication Of this act, the board
of commissioners constituted as provided in
the first section OF this act shall assemble at
such time and place as shall be designated by
the superintendent Of public instruction, and
when so assembled said board shall proceed 10
take into consideration the various PROPOSE
tions which have been heretofore submitted TO
the legislature of Wisconsin. relating to uni
formiiy in text books for the public schools
OF this state and the cost Of such books. to-
gether with such other propositions as may
be Submitted 10 or originate with said board
having reference to uniformity and cost of
text books for the public schools OF this state,
and ii shall be the further duty Of said board
TO inquire and determine, from existing facts,
and the experience of other states whether,
in the opinion Of said board, any economical,
practical and expedisnt method or plan can
be adopted by said Legislature for promoting
the uniformity, lessening the number, or
cheapening the cost OF such text books to the
people of this state.
Section 3. II shall be The further duty of
said board TO inquire and examine whether
any of the proposed reforms in English or
biography now under consideration by legis-
lative bodies or in practice in any OF our pub
lie schools, OF commended and approved by
associations OF schools and experienced teach
ers in this country or Europe, can be properly
and ezpediently adopted or otherwise encour-
aged and promoted in the public schools, or
in the publication of the official documents of
this state, or otherwise.
Section A. For the purposes of this act said
board may after its first meeting meet and adj
lourn from time to time as the convenience OF
said board may require, and said board shall
report by bill or otherwise such conclusions
and recommendations in respect TO the pur-
poses for which said board is hereby organ
lied and in the opinion Of said board the facts
considered and the interests Of the people of
the state may seem to warrant to the next Leg
islature of this state.
Section 5. The members Of said board of
commissioners shall each receive the actual
amount of his expenses in travelling to and
from and in attendance upon all meetings of
said board, and accounts for such expenses,
duly authenticated by the officers of said
board, shall be audited by the secretary Of
stat. and paid by the state treasurer, from TIE
general fund provided, that the terms of APP
poiniment Of all of sad commissioners shalt
expire with the expiration of the annual ses-
sion of the legislature in 1879, and that the
total amount Of expenses provided to be paid
under the provisions of this act shall not ex-
coed the sum of one Thousand dollars.
Section6. Vacancies in said boa.d of COM
| missioners by reason Of resignation refusal to
| act on the part of any member Of said board
or for other cause. shall be filled by appoint
| rnent Of the governor.
Section Z. There is hereby appropriated
ont of any moneys in the general fund not
otherwise appropriated a sufficient sum for
| the purpose of this act.
Section 8. This act shall take effect and be
| in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 20, 1878.
Published March 20, 1881
CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT to amend chapter 1873, general laws
of 1861, entitled "An act to amend chapter
| Is of the revised statutes and chapter 70
| of the general laws of 1859, entitled aAn
act relating to the sale of lands for unpaid
tayes and the conveyance and reclamation