The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-05-14
LAWS OF WISCONSIN,
Published April 10. 1881. ]

CHAPTER 500,
AN ACT relating to state officers and making the
railroad commissioner and commissioner of in
surance elective as other state officers and pre-
scrlbing their duties and salary, and amendatory
OF sections one hundred and twenty-eght and one
thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven Of the
yised statutes, and to repeal section thousand
seven hundred and ninety-two of the revised stat
utes, and amendatory of section six of chapter two
hundred and forty of the laws of $780,
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section j. Section one hundred and twenty-eight,
chapter eleven, revised statutes of 1873 shall be
amended so as to read as follows: Section 1875 The
governor, lieutenant governor secretary of state,
treasurer, attorney general, state superintendent,
railroad commissioner, and commissioner of insur-
shall be chosen at the general election in the
year 1884, and biennally thereafter and the regular
term of office OF said state officers, when elected for
full term, shall commence on the first Monday of
January next succeeding their election.
Section 3 Section one thousand seven hundred and
ninety-two, chapter eightyseyen, revised statutes of
1873 entitled of the railroad commissioner is hereby
repealed.
Section g. No person in the employment Of or
owning any stock, bonds or otherwise pecuniarily
interested in any railroad, freight or transportation
company, or being any otGSr of such company shall
be eligible to the office of railroad commissioner
Section A. Section one thousand nine hundred and
sixtyseven, chapter eighty of the revised stat
ues of 1878, is hereby amended to read rs fol-
lows: Section 1867. Before entering upon the duties
of his office, the commissioner of insurance shall
take and subscribe to oath of Office to be filed
with the secretary of state and he shall also execute
twenty thousand dollars with two or more good and
sufficient suretes conditioned for the faithful per-
Torrance of his duties, which bond, when approved
by the governor shall be deposited with the state
treasurer. The commissioner of insurance shall
have an official seal and shall cause to be conducted
al examinations of the affairs of insurance corpora
tons that may be required by law; and gen.
orally shall exercise such supervision and control
over insurance companies doing business in this
state as the law may require Said commissioner of
insurance shall hold his office i'll the capitol and be
flee supplies, the expense thereof to be paid out of
the state treasury. All reports required to be made
10y the insurance corporation shall be made to said
commissioner, and he shall, on before the first
day of July in each year, make report to the gov
ernor of all transactions of his office, including
statement OF the fees received by him such COM
missioner, and such other matters as have been here
tofore included in such report, he may be re-
CURED to make report Of by law
Section 5. Section six, chapter two hundred and
forty, of the laws of $780, If hereby amended to
read follows Section g. 1t shall be the duty of the
commissioners of insurance, when he deems the evil
dence sufficient, to prosecute cause to be prose-
cuted, all violations of the insurance laws Of the
state. There shall be paid annually to the commis-
Sioner of insurance, by insurance companies organ
lied under the laws of this state, dollar 10y life
and accident insurance companies not organized
der the laws of this state, dollar; and ny fire
and marine insurance companies not organized
der the laws of this state, two dollars for each certi
cate issued by him TO the agents of such companies
during the year, which sums Aforesaid, together with
al fees paid 10y insurance companies required
by law shall be paid to the treasurer of the state
of Wisconsin, monthly, and be credited to the gem
era fund 1t shall be the duty of the commissioner
of insurance, to tabulate and publish in his annual
report the statistics given in the reports of town i'll
surance companies; also to give the name and Oca-
ton of each company, together with the of its
officers, to furnish the secretary thereof with copy
of each annual report.
Section 6. The salary of the commissioner of nsur-
ance shall be three thousand dollars annually which
shall be paid out of the state treasury the the
salaries of other state officers and he may when
essary employ clerk at salary of twelve hundred
dollars per annum, to be paid III like manner.
Section 7. All acts and parts of acts conflicting
with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed
Section s. The first term of Office of the railroad
commissioner, provided by this act shall commence
on the fifteenth day of February, 1882 and the first
term of office of the commissioner of insurance pro-
yided by this act shall commence on the first Mon
day Of April, 1882, and the salary provided by this
act shall apply on and after the first Monday of April
1882.
Section o. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 2, 1881.
Published April l, 1871
CHAPTER 229.
AN ACT to amend section five hundred and ninety
OF the revised statutes in relation to the admission
of patients to the hospitals FOR the insane.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly. do enact as follows:
Section l. Whenever any inmate in either state
hospital for the insane shall be improperly charged
to the state or to any county, the attorney general
behalf of the state and the district attorney of such
county on it's behalf may make written application TO
the board of trustees of state hospitals for the insane
for relief from such charge. If known to the appi-
can't such application shall state the name of the
county to which such inmate is chargeabe If it be
claimed that the state is chargeabe herewith it shall
be so stated The said board shall give to the attor
ney general to the district attorney of the county
so named, as may he proper reasonable notice of
such application and of the time aud place when it
viii be heard. The state such county may appear
and be heard in opposition to such application such
application may be supported by afidavits and other
proper evidence. If upon the hearing upon such
application the said board shall be satisfied that the
relief asked for should be granted, it shall by its
order in writing grant the same and therein name
the county chargeable with such inmate. if it shall
find any county so chargeabe. If it shall find the
state chargeabe 1t shall so set forth. From and
after the making of such order suCh inmate shall be
charged in accordance herewith provided, that the
county named in such order, if other than the
county named in such application, may in like man
apply to said board for relief to such order
and the burden thereby imposed. And in any such
the matter shall be heard and disposed of in the
manner hereinbefore provided.
Section 2. In any case in which any error has been
shall be committed in the accounts between either
state hospital for the insane and any county for the
support of any inmate of such hospital, on in the
amount certified by the secretary of state to any
county the amount due and to be assessed upon
such county, on account of such support, and such
shall be made to appear from the certificate Of
the board of trustees Of state hospitals for the in
sane, or from the certificate Of the secretary of
either of said hospitals it shall be the duty of the
secretary of state TO correct such error by charging
to the state or to the proper county the support of
such inmate properly clargeable to 1t, or TO such
with such support when the same has been improp-
erly charged to it. or to such county, improperly
paid The county credited shall have the benefit
of such credit, when such secretary of state shall
certify to it, the TO be raised for its then next
state tax and the county charged shall have the
amount thereof certified to it, an item of its state
tax, when such secretary of state shall certify to it,
the to be raised for its then next state tax.
Section 3. Whenever it shall be found that any
insane inmate of either of said hospitals is not
dent OF this state, and that neither the state nor any
county therein Is properly chargeabe for the support
OF such inmate, it shall be the duty of the state
board of charities and reform to make inquiry as to-
and, if possible, ascertain the residence Of such in
mate, and to communicate with the proper officers
of the state county dominion other political diy-
sion of which such person may be found to be resi-
dent or in which he or she may be entitled to support
with respect TO his or her return into the same and
if practicable to cause such inmate to be removed
from such hospital and transported to and TO be
delivered into the custody of the proper officer or
officers of such state, county, dominion other
political division provided that the cost of the
shall not in any exceed one hundred dollars, to
be provided for, audited and paid from the funds OF
the hospital from which such inmate shall be re-
moved, in the same manner that other bills pro
yided for, audited and paid.
Section t. All acts and parts of acts conflicting
with the provisions of this act hereby repealed.
Section 5. This act shall take effect and be force
from and after its passage and publication
Approved March %, 1881.
Published April II. 1871
CHAPTER 325.
AN ACT to egal1ze certain records in certain cases.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact follows:
Section l. In all cases where tax deeds executed to
any of the counties of this state pursuant to law
have been heretofore recorded in the office Of the
register of deeds of said counties but not entered
up in the index records in such office in the manner
required by law. the proper officers of such
county are hereby authorized to such deeds to
be properly indeXed, and after the expiration of nine
months from the time of such indexing the date of
which shall be entered ON the margin of such index
record, such record shall not be impeached in any
court or place, for the reason or upon the ground
that they had not been indeXed as required by law: