Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-15
Published March %. 1850. ]

oi ic4o dnQ lo4i-6.
The people Of the stale of Wisconsin, repre-
sented IN senate and assembly, do enact as
Section /. The secretary Of state is here
by authorized and directed to subscribe, in
the name OF the state, for the purchase of one
thousand copies of volume containing the
| sketches Of the lives of, and personal career
OF each member Of the constitutional cenven-
ton OF i84b and 1919, with suitable intro
ductory matter, prepared by Horace A. Ten
ney and David Atwood, as directed by 4
meeting OF the surviving members of said
conventions, held at Madison, February 5,
1878: the volume to be printed upon good
book paper, from clear type, and to be bound
in substantial cloth binding to contain not
less than four hundred pages of printed mat
ter, the price not to exceed one dollar and
twenty cents per volume.
Section 2. The books provided for in the
preceding section, shall be printed, bound
and delivered to the secretary Of state, within
six months after the official subscription for
the same is made. The said secretary of state
shall cause said volumes to be distributed as
follows: One copy to each of the state Off
GERS, and TO each member of the Legislature
OF 1880; one copy to each surviving member
OF the constitutional conventions Of 1916 and
lS47-S, and one copy to legal representa-
tive OF every deceased member of either of
those bodies; the balance to be deposited in
the library of the state historical society, 10
be used for the purposes of exchanges.
Section g. On the delivery to, and the &C
ceptance BY the secretary of state, Of the
books provided for in the first section of this
act, the said secretary of state shall audit the
account for the same, and draw his warrant
upon the state treasurer for its payment /; and
thera Is hereby appropriated, ont of any
money In tn state treasury not otherwise ap
propristed, an amount sufficient to pay the
warrant thus drawn.
be 10 force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved March is, 1880.
IPablishsa March %, 1901
CHAPTER 289.
AN ACT to regulate tho disbursement of
public money In certain cases, and pre-
scribing penalties for misappropriation
thereof.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. There shall be annexed to the
estimates now required by section one hun
bred and seventytwo of the revised statutes,
to be made by the board of directors, trus-
tees or managers of each of the several insii-
buttons in said section named or referred to,
a statement in detail, verified by the oath OF
some person cognizant of the facts, showing
the amount of money Of the state in the pos
session or under the control of the officers or
| employees, or any of them, OF the institutions
for which the estimate is made, and the fund
or appropriation of which the same is part
and reel. The secretary of state shall de.
d.xnt E~N A~fsS tA1
for the payment of the expenses of such in
stitution for the next calendar month, the
amounts so reported on hand which are APP
pllcable to the payment of such expenses or
any part Of them, and draw his warrant for
the amount remaining alter making such de-
auctions, and in no case shall any warrant
be drawn upon any estimates which are not
accompanied by the verified statement herein
provided for.
Section Q. From and after the passsg e of
this act, it shall be unlawful for any board
of directors, managers or trustees, or any
member or committee thereof, to authorize,
direct or approve the diversion,use or expen-
diture, either directly or indirectly, of any
funds, money or property belonging to or ap-
propriated or set apart by law for the cur
rent expenses, repairs, improvements or 9TH
| er specific use Of the state prison, the indus
| trial school for boys, the state hospital for
| the insane, the northern hospital for the in
sane, the institutionsfor the education Of the
blind, the institution for the education Of the
deaf and dumb, or any other charitable or
penal institution TINT may now or shall here
| after exist or be established in this state, TO
| or for any other purpose or objec. than that
| for which the same has been or may be APP
propriated by law, nor shall any superintend-
eAt, treasurer, warden or other officer, agent
or emp!oye, of any such institution pay out,
divert, use or expend, either directly or indi-
rectly, auy such funds, money or property,
except as specifically provided or authorized
by law.
| Section 3. II shall also be unlawful for
any board of directors, managers or trustees,
or any member of committee thereof, or any
superintendent. treasurer, warden or other
officer, agent OF employe having the control
or management, in whole or in part, Of any
of the institutions named or referred to in
said section one hundred and seventy-two Of
the revised statutes, or in this act, TO con-
tract, create or assume to create, either di-
rectly or indirectly, any debt or liability
against this state or such institution, for or
on account of said institutions, or either of
them, for any purpose whatever, without au.
tlority of law therefor, or prior to an appro.
pration of money having been made by the
state to pay the same, except in cases of &C.
cident or other great emergency, or when in
case any appropriation for current expenses
is sufficient, and then only by and with the
advice and consent of the governor, the at
t0rney-generaI, and the secretary of state.
Nothing hereia contained shall be so con-
strued az to prevent the employment of the
ordinary labor Of any state insti: ution to aid
in the prosecution of work for which special
appropriations have been made, provided, al.
ways, that the current expense shall not be
increased thereby.
| Section 4. II any person shall offend
against or violate any of the provisions of
this act, be shall, upon conviction thereof, be
punished by fins not to exceed one thousand
dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars.
| Section 5. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and alter its passage and
publication.
Approved March Is, 1880
| Published March %, 1891
CHAPTER 3l6.
AN ACT providing for the withdrawal
z, from market and sale Of certain state lands
and for other purposes.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-.
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
| follows: -
| Section !. All state lands now situated
1
known as swamp, school, university or other
| lands owned as aforesaid and described in
the report of Charles ]. Allen, captain Of en-
gineers to brig adler general H G. Wright,
| chief of engineers Of the united states army,
and bearing date December IL, 1879, which,
according to said report, 1t may become nec-
essary to overflow, use, occupy or control in
| the construction and maintenance of the
dams, reservoirs and other improvements to
| navigation contemplated in said report, except
such of said lands as may be contracted for
sale, are hereby Withdrawn from market and
sale, and none of said lands not now sold or
contracted to be sold shall hereafter be sold,
| nor shall any privilege, license or authority
be given to any person or persons whomso.
ever to cut down or destroy any timber grow.
ing on such lands, except az provided for in
section two Of this act.
Section Q. Said lands may be used and
occupied, or the absolute ii tie thereto in fee
simple may be acquired by the United State,
Tor the purposes aforesaid upon such terms
and conditions, and in such manner as may
hereafter be agreed upon by the United
States and this 81 ate.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved Msrch Is, 1880.
Published March rs, 1891
CHAPTER 26a.
AN ACT to provide for the inspection OF illuminate
ing oils manufactured n ON petroleum or coal ella,
and to regulate the sale thereof. and to repeal
section four Thousand three hundred and ffty-
nine OF chapter one hundred and eghty-one re-