The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1879-03-20
Published March 5, 1879.
CHATTER LIS.

publication.
! Approved February IS, 1870.
Published March 5, 1871
CHATTER I5S.
An act TO amend chapter hfty-one of the re-
vised statutes, entitled taxation Of railroad,
telegraph, FIRE, inland navigation and life
Insurance companies.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly,, do enact As
follows:
Section /. Section one thousand two hun
dred and nineteen OF chapter fifty-one of the
revised statutes, entitled taxation of railroad,
telegraph, fire, inland navigation and life
insurance companies, IS hereby amended so
a TO read as follows: Every company trans
acting the business of insurance against FIRE.
or by the risk of inland navigation and trans
portatIon, except town insurance companies,
shall pay 10 the state treasurer, on or before
the first day of February in each year, as a
license fee for transacting such business, two
per cent. of the amount OF the gross income,
including cash, notes, reCeips or inst2llment
notes taken for premium and assessments on
premium notes, received by such company
daring the preceding wear in this state, as
shown by the annual statement OF its bust
ness, required to be made by law; but for the
purpose Of estimating the amount Of such IL
cense fee 20 be paid by companies organized
under the laws of this state, the sum paid for
officers salaries and Office expenditures shall
be deducted from the total amount of such
gross income, and the license fee shall be
two per cent of the remainder, after such
deduction. Such license, when granted,
shall authorize the company to whom il is IS
sued to transact its business until the last
| day of January in the ensuing year, unless
| sooner revoked or forfeited, according 10
! law.
/ Section ,. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
! publication.
/ Approved March 1. 1870.
! Published March 7, 1891
CHAPTER 100.
( An act to amend sections three hundred and
thirty-three and three hundred and thirty
/ four, of chapter twenty, of the revised
statutes of 1873, relating 10 public print
/ ing.
/ The people of the state of Wisconsin, re
| presented in senate and assembly, do enact
! as follows:
Section l. Section three hundred and
/ thirty three and three hundred and thirty
/ four, OF chapter twenty, of the revised stat
utes of 1873, are hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Section 335. The execu-
/ tive officers and heads of all state depart
ments, the heads of the different educational,
charitable and penal institutions of the state,
and of the state board of health and vital
/ statistics, shall report annually to the COVER
nor. Such reports shall give all items Of re-
/ ceiptS and disbursements in full and in detail.
| The governor shall, as soon as any of said
! reports are received BY him, transmit the
same. or copies thereof, to the commission
! erS of public printing, whose duty it shall be
/ to strike therefrom all parts not actually ne
/ cesSary, in their judgment, to be printed for
/ the information of the people as TO public al
| fairs, and TO order the publication of the re-
mainder in condensed form, as said commits
| sloners may determine and prescribe. The
| parts so stricken out shall first be copied in a
| book by the secretary of state, and then re
! turned to the respective offices from which
! they originated: and shall there be recorded,
and shall at all reasonable times be open for
| examination by the public. Section 3;4. In
preparing said repnrts for the state printer,
| said commissioners shall give all items of re
| ceipts and disbursements in full and i'll de
tail, and such items shall be printed in solid
| BREWER and otherwise in the most condensed
and economical manner practicable.
Sectien 2. All acts and parts Of acts con
| aicting with the provisions Of this act are
hereby repealed.
Section ;. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
[
Approved March d 1879.
Published March 4, 1875.
CHAPTER I26.
| An act 10 amend section one thousand three
| nundred and nineteen of the revised stat
utes, relating to erecting and repairing
| bridges.
The people OF the state of Wisconsin, repre-
| scented in senate and assembly, do enact as
! follows.
Section 1. Strike ont from the sixth and
| seventh lines Of said section the words, cor
| when such board shall think bridge in any
town. and insert in lieu thereof the words,
| ''or when it shall be made TO appear that
| bridge in any town ISL also strike out the
word ''may," where it occurs in the ninth
| line of said ccction and insert in lieu thereof
| the word .sshall, so that said section when
so amended Will read as follows, Section
| 1910. Whenever il shall appear TO the cOun-
| " board that any one of the towns in their
! county would be required to raise an amount
/ equal TO more than one tenth OF one per
centum of all the taxable property in such
town according to the last equalIzed valua
ton, for the purpose of erecting or repairing
! any bridge or bridges upon the principally
| travelled highway of such town; or when it
shall be made to appear that bridge in any
town is necessary for the use and convenience
of the adjoining towns, rather than the town
| in which it shall be situated they shall cause
such sum to be levied upon the taxable prop
erty OF the county as viii be sufficient 10 de
fray the expense or erecting or repairing the
| same, or such part of such expense as they
NAV deem proper: such money, when col
lected, shall be paid out on the order of the
chairman of the county board and county
clerk, in such manner and ii such times as
| such board shall determine. The county
| 4 fla;,-
they shall deem proper, to cooperate with
the town board in the letting, inspecting and
acceptance OF the work. or IN case the whole
Of such work is proposed TO be paid for by
such county appropriation, the county board
may direct the letting, inspection and acccp-
| lance of such work in such manner as they
may deem proper,
Section ,. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
adjudication.
| Approved February rs, 1870
Published March 7, 1870.
CHAPTER nc
An act to establish board Of immigration.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
Sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
fOllGESi
Section I. There shall be a board of i'm
migration in this state, which shall be com
posed of FIVE 81 members, who shall receive
no compensation for their services rendered
under this act, and who shall annually make
report OF their doings to the legislature.
Section ?. The governor and secretary OF
state shall be 81 oficio members of this
board. and the other three members shall be
appointed by the governor, but not more
than one shall be appointed from the same
county.
Section ). The board shall have power to
appoint in such counties as they may deem
expedient, a committee consisting of three
members TO assist the board of immigration
in the performance of its duties, who shall
act under the instruction CT said beard.
Section 4. Il shall be the duty Of this
board TO enchance and encourage immigra-
ton to this state from other states Of the
union, the Dominion Of Canada, and from
Europe.