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Published April 2, 1sS3l
CHAPTER 261.

AN ACT relating TO the service OF process in jus
tice court and amendatory of section 360S Of
chapter I55 of the revised statutes Of Wisconsin.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
IN senate and assembly. do enact as follows:
Section /. Section 360s Of chapter 155 of the re-
yised statutes is hereby amended by adding to
said section the following: Provided that such
person so empowered shall in case of a seizure OF
property under any such process within twenty
four hours after such seizure thereafter
as NAV be. deliver 70 sheriff. under sheriff.
deputy sheriff OF constable of the county in which
the process was issued. al the property so seized
by him, together with the process under which
such seizure was made; and provided further,
that in case the person so empowered TO serve
such process shall fail or he unable TO serve the
same within twenty four hours after receiving
such process for service he shall forthwith there
after deliver such process to some sheriff under
sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable Of such
county. who shall have and possess the same pow
ers and be subject 70 the same obligations for the
service thereof as though such process had been
originally delivered 70 him for service. ANY per
son empowered to serve process under this sec
ton who shall violate the provisions hereof shall
be deemed guilty of a misdeIneanor and on con-
viction thereof be fined not less than fifty dollars
$50
Section 2 All acts or parts of acts conflicting
or inconsistent with the foregoing provisions are
hereby repealed.
Section B This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage and publication
Arrr0va1 April q 1855
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Published March IS, 1891
CH PTFR ri

AN ACT to provide for the preparation and pub
LEGATION OF an index to the session laws of the
year 1888, and to the laws thereafter enacted
and published.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section /. 1t shall be the duty Of the secretary
of state with the assistance and advice of the at
torney general, to prepare and cause to be pub
lshed with the volume OF the session laws OF the
year 1888 and the laws thereafter enacted by,each
succeeding legislature until there shall be another
revision fun and complete index of oil the pub
lshed laws enacted since the year 1873; such in
uex TO gf~e briefly subject matter Of law, refer
ence to year. page OF session laws and to section
of revised statutes altered amended or repealed;
also brief reference by chapter and year to all
session laws altered, amended or repealed; the
wholes so arranged as TO secure easy reference tc
the revised statutes and session laws and any
changes made IN the same
Section 2 This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved March TO- 1888
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Published April IL 1891
PTFP al

AN ACT relating to the change of the place of
trial of actions in certain cases, and amenatory
of chapter 119 of the revised statutes.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Chapter 119, of the revised statutes
are hereby amended by adding thereto next after
section 1926 q new section to be designated as
section 2625a and which shall read as follows:
Section 2G25a- The court shall change the place
of trial of any civil action which is triable by
Jury, upon the application of any party thereto
who shall file his affidavit setting forth that he
has good reason to believe, and does believe that
he cannot have fair trial of such action on ac
count of the prejudice of the people of the
county wherein such action is pending for trial
If such application shall be made after any con-
tnuance in the action, obtained on the application
of the party filing such affidavit, it shall be
granted only upon the payment of the costs of
making such change and the costs of the term;
but no costs for the attendance of witnesses shall
be included If notice Of the application. with q
copy of such affidavit, shall have been served
upon the opposite party ten days before the
commencement of the term Not more than
one change of the place of trial shah be
granted to the same side under the provisions of
this section Whenever a change of the place of
trial Of any action is ordered under this section,
such change shall be to some other county in
same circuit i'm which such action Is pending ex-
cept in cases where such circuit comprises one
county only in which case the place of trial shall
be changed to some adjoining county.
Section g This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 4, 1854
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cuAnrrn 90.

An AT relating to title to real property 10y de-
scent and amendatory of section s2fI Of chapter
lus OF the revised statutes
The people Of the state OF Wisconsin. represented
an senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
section !, Section 2271 of chapter I02 Of the re-
slseu statutes, relating TO title TO real property
~ descent Is hereby amended by adding 70 said
yided however ii there he no widow or minor
chld or such deceased owner of any homestead,
LIVING at the time of his death, such homestead
shan be subject to and charged with the expenses
OF his last sickness and Of his funeral and the
cost and charges Of administration; END provided
further, that IL there be no widow, and no child,
and no child OF any deceased child of such de-
ceased owner Of any homestead such homestead
shall be subject to all the debts and liabilities of
such deceased owner
Sections ?. TINS act shall be in force from and
after its passage and publication
Approved April 2 1883
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Published March "a 1881
CHAPTER 40.
AN ACT TO simplify appeals to the supreme
C0iYrf

AN ACT TO simplify appeals to the supreme
court
The people of the state OF Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. party appealing to the supreme
court in o civil action may embrace in one appeal
two or more orders, with or without the Judg-
ment, provided such orders are appealable and
the time allowed for appealing Nom them has
not expired The appellant in his notice OF appeal
shah designate with reasonable certainty the
orders and Judgment appealed from, or from
what part Of either of them he appeals But one
undertaking shall be necessary and shall be In the
terms prescribed by section 1862 of the revised
statutes except where the sum or effect Of an
undertaking is required by the provisions OF law
90 be fixed by the court or judge, In which case
the undertaking shall be in accordance with said
provisions.
Section 2 II the appellant shall succeed in his
appeal in whole or Ia part. he shall be allowed
his costs unless the supreme court in its diScre-
ton should determine otherwise.
Section s. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage and publication
ApproPed March io, 1888
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April fS, 1891
CHAPTER 345.


AN ACT to license telephone companies
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Every person. company, association
or corporation engaged in this state in the bust
ness of transmitting messages by telephone or OF
renting. letting or keeping telephone instruments,
wires and batteries, either for hire, SHALL on or
before the tenth day of February in each year,
make and return to the state treasurer in such form
and upon such blanks as shall be furnished by him,
true statement of the gross receipts of such per-
son. company, association or corporation during
each year; which statement shall be verified by the
president secretary and treasurer of such com
pany, association or corporatio n,or the person so
letting, renting or keeping telephones, wires and
batteries either for hire, otherwise by the oath
of two of the principal officers OF such company,
association or corporation. The statements here
in required for the year 1888 may be returned on
or before the first day of June, 1888.
Section . Every such person, company, asso-
citation or corporation shall upon returning such
statement apply for a license to carry on such
telephone business within the state, and shall pay
the license fee therefor provided in the next sec
treasurer license to carry on such business for
the calendar year commencing on the first day of
January, preceding and ending on the succeeding
thirty-first day of December, unless sooner re-
voked.
Section g. The annual license fee provided for
in the preceding section shall be one percentilm
of the gross receipts of the business within the
cts
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CHAPTER 202
AN ACT to amendFchapter So of the revised
,ntI,- nratitnil r,f fnr1cns.

AN ACT to amendEchapter 30 OF the revised stat
utes, entitled of fences"
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. When any owner or occupant of land
shall have built fence before a boundary line
shall have been established between him and any
adjoining land by the county surveyor, and If it
shall prove after the boundary land is so surveyed
that the said fence shall be the adjoining land,
the party who has built the same, or if the land is
sold, the party who built the same, or the pur-
chaser OF the land shall be the owner of the
fence; provided, that the owner of the fence re-
move the same the boundary line SO estab-
lshed, upon notice served upon him by the ad-
joining owner of land. Said notice shall be in
writing, and served personally on the party who
shall remove the said fence, or to leave copy OF
said notice at the usual place of abode of such
party with some member Of his family of suit
able age and discretion who shall be informed OF
the contents thereof, at least thirty days before
the said fence shall be removed, but no fence on q
boundary line shall be removed between the first
day of April and the first day of November, ex-
cept the owners of such adjoining lands mutually
agree thereto, that the fence may be removed.
Section 2 If the said fence is not removed
within thirty days after the notice shall have been
served on the party owning the same, the other
party may remove said fence ON the boundary
line, and recover the amount of expenses therefor
Section 3. All acts or parts OF acts conflicting
with the provisions of this act are hereby re-
pealed, and this act shall be in force and effect
from and after its passage and publication
A
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Both prohibition and local option
were killed by the Michigan legis-
lature.
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Published April 12, 1891
Cu pTED 10Y


AN ACT to amend section 36f6 of the revised
statutes of 1873. relating to the removal of cases
from justices of peace.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. Section 3S16 of the revised statutes
of 1873 is hereby amended by inserting next after
the word county" in the eighth line thereof, as
follows: "And in case said nearest justice cannot
be found or is unable to act for any cause. then
the said papers in said case may be transmitted to
any other justice of the peace of the same coun-
ty.n that said section will read, when amended,
as follows: Section 1916. In all cases. If the de-
PENDANT SHALL on the return day of the process,
and before any proceedings are had on his part,
make oath that from prejudice or other cause he
believes such justice viii not decide mpartially in
the matter, and shall pay TO the justice seventy.
five cents for making a copy OF his docket and
transmitting the papers in the case, then such JUS
tce shall Immediately transmit all the papers in
the case to the nearest justice of the peace in the
be found. is unable to act from any cause, then
the next nearest justice of the peace of the same
county who can be found qualified by law to try
cause between the parties in such action, who
shall proceed 10 hear, try and determine the same
in the same manner as it would have been lawful
for the justice before whom the said action was
commenced to have done. This provision shall not
extend to any second removal
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved March 80 1883.
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CHAPTER 90.

AN ACT relating to the organization Of corpora
tons and aFnendatorv Of section III OF chapter
Sc Of the revised statutes.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented
In senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section III Of chapter Sc Of the re-
vised statutes, entitled Of the organization or
eorrorations il hereby amended SO as 20 read as
follows: Section III. Three or more adult per-
cons residents Of this state may form corpora
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Last YeeIS,s FaiInres.

fee as "disgraceful, and an outrage on
the people,"
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Published April IA, 1897
CHAPTER g73


AN ACT to amend section 245, of the laws of
1879, entitled IAN act to amend sections 400,
492 493 494 and 496 of the revised statutes, re-
lating to free high schools"
The people of the state of Wisconsin represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section ), of chapter 2i5 of the laws
of 1919, entitled as above is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof the following: Here
after when by any neglect or omission any free
high school shall tail 20 have apporoned to il its
share of state aid under this act the state superin
tendent may after the time herenbefore fixed for
such apportionmefst by him, fix amount ten
per cent. less than the amount which such free
high school wouli have been entitled to- had it
complied with the provisions of this act, and cert
fly the the secretary of the state with the
report of such district districts annexed thereto,
and the secretary shall thereupon draw his warrant
for such amount amounts in favor ofsuch district
or districts. And each successive year the school
superintendent snail apportion among the free
high schools Of the state, only the sum of twenty
five thousand dollars, less such sum or sums as
may have been certified by him TO the secretary
of state under the provisions Of this act subse-
quent to his last regular apportionment
Section 2 This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 2. 1883.
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Published April II, 1881
CHAPTER 90

AN ACT to provide for the examination of the
assignor aud others in cases of voluntary assign
rnent.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section l. Whenever an assignment for tho
benefit of creditors has been rshall be made pur
suant to chaIAer SO of the revised statutes and
the amendments thereto, the assignee, O. any
creditor Of the assgnor upon application to the
circuit judge of the proper circuit or to county
Judge or court commissioner of the county where
the assignment is filed may have order for the
inspection of the books of the assignor, and for
the examination upon oath, of the aSsignor and of
other witnesses before the officer issuing such or
der as TO the business affairs and conditions of
the assignor before and after such assignment, as
TO all matters PERTAINING to the assigned property
and as to the Indebtedness of the assignor. The
assignor aud other parties so ordered to be exam
med upon being served with a copy of such or
der shall attend and submit to such examination,
and their attendance may be compelled in the
manner provided by law in like cases Where
such examination is had at the instance of the as
signee the expeAse thereof shall be chargeahle TO
the estate; and when at the instance of creditor,
at the expense o such creditor or of the estate de-
pending upon whether the officer before whom
the same is taken shall determine and certify such
examination TO have been instituted for the bene-
fit of the creditors at large under said assign
ment. kTa
Section ?. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approvpd March Al 1874
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CHAPTER 2ag
AN ACT to perfect the title of swamp lands and
for the assessment of the same

AN ACT to perfect the title of swamp lands and
for the assessment of the same.
The people of the state OF Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section T. All swamp and overaowed lands
which have been heretofore or may hereafter con-
tracted for sale by any county board or county
commissioners Of any county in this state purs,i
taxed as lands owned by individuals are now as
sessed and taxed and shall be subject to sale for
taxes and deeds upon such sale shall issue at the
same time and In the same manner as is pro-
vded by law in cases of sale of lands of i1dlvidl-
ais for taxes and the issuance OF tax deeds upon
such sales. Said lands may be redeemed from
such sale in the manner prescribed in chapter %
Of the revised statutes Of 1873 and the acts amend
atory thereof, and all the provisions of said chap
ter 80, and the acts amendatoTy thereof shall be
applicable TO such redemption, including penal
ties limitations actions and all proceedings there
Ia Enumerated. All tax deeds issued under the
provisions Of this act shall be deemed conclusive ev
denee of the title of the grantee therein named. his
heirs or assigns after the time limited IN said chap
ter 90 as the time in which actions may be brought
to redeem from tax sales or to set tax deeds aside
as against any and all persons except the state or
county. In case any part Of the contract price Of
said lands is unpaid the grantee N such tax deed
named. his heirs assigns. may after the time
last above limited. pay such and interest and
shah thereupon be entitled to patent from the
state. the lands described ia such tax deed and
IL all Of said contract price and interest shall have
been paid such grantee his heirs assigns. shall,
after the time last above limited be entitled to
patent from the state on lands described in such
tax deed.
section 2 This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 2. 1883.
Published April 10. 1881
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AN ACT to provide for the punishment of at
tempts TO commit felonies or other crimes and
amendatory of section 1886, revised statutes.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Section 1885 of the revised statutes
is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec
ton 1886 Any person who shall assault another
with intent TO commit any burglary, robbery, rape
or MAYHEM, or who shall advise or attempt to
commit any arson, or any other felony that shall
fail in being committed, thepunishment for which
such assault, advice or attempt is not herein pre-
state prison not more than three years nor less
than one year, or by fine not exceeding one thou
sand dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars
Section 2 This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved April 3, 1888
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AN ACT to facilitate the collection of wages
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Whenever the plaintiff in an action
commenced in justice court, for the recovery of a
claim for work or labor performed, shall have
been required to give security for costs and the
plaintiff shall make oath before the justice that
work and labor performed, and that he Is unable
to procure security for such costs, the action shall
not be dismissed for want of such security.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 80 1888.
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LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Published April II, 1881
CHAPTER 332


AN ACT to fix the minimum price Of all public
lands which have not been offered for sale at
public sale at the sum of three dollars per acre.
ard 10 allow actual settlers 10 enter for agr
cultural purposes not exceeding two hundfel
acres at one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre.
The people Of the state of Wisconsin represented
ia senate and assembly, do enact as follows
Section l. The minimum price Of all public
lands which have not once been offered by the
state at public sale is hereby fixed at the sum of
three dollars per acre and when offered for sale
If that or some higher sum is not bid therefor the
same shall be set down unSold- The commits
sioners of public lands shall give notice of sale in
accordance with the provisions of section 2O7 of
the revised statutes relating TO the sale of public
lands
Section 2 Any person who had purchased or
entered from the United States any OF the lands
patented to the state as swamp and overfiowed
lands or lands patented in lieu of swamp and
overlooked lands prior 70 such patent being exc
euted TO the state. an such entries have been
Cancelled by the United States on account of con-
fct with the right and title of the state to such
lands, shall have the right TO purchase from the
state prior 10 the date fixed for the public sale
thereof such land so purchased entered from
the United States upon making satisfactory proof
TO the commissioners OF public lands OF this state
that such persons SO applying are the identical
persons or the heirs, legal representatives or
signorS Of such persons who purchased or entered
such lands aforesaid, and upon paying to the state
for such lands the same price at which such plr-
chase or entries were made from the United States;
provided that nothing herein contained shah be
so construed as to impair the rights acquired by
any pre-enlptor of such swamp and overiowed
lands provided in sections l9S. 100 and 200, OF
chapter 10 of the revised statutes.
Section 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing sec
tons in this act it shall be lawful for actual set
tiers, who desire the said lands or any land now
owned by the state of Wisconsin, for farming and
agricultural purposes to enter said lands, not
ceeding five contiguous legal subdivisions and not
exceeding two hundred acres to any one person,
at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty
five cents per acre under such rules requirements,
restrictions, conditions and provisions as the com
missioners of public lands may fix and establish;
such rules requirements, restrictions, conditions
and provisions TO be submitted to, and sanctioned
by the governor of the state.
Section 4, AL acts or parts of acts conflicting
with this act are hereby repealed
Section 8. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved April 8 1881