Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-05-20
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
CHAPTER 43o

AN ACT TO amend section 616, chapter "a, of the
revised statutes, relating to clerk hire station
cry, etc, for the governors staff and their paw.
and section 640 of chapter "a, of the revised
statutes relating to organizations of battalions
ana regiments and the acts amendatory there
OF; and to provide for the greater efficiency Of
the Wisconsin National Guards
Inc people OF the state of Wisconsin represented
IN senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
section l. Section Gle of chapter "a, of the re-
vlsed statutes is hereby amended so as to read as
t!onoWs: section Gle. The governor and the ad-
Jutant general and the quarteTmaster general,
with the governors approval, may employ such
CLERKS IN their offices, and shall be furnished
Win such blanks and blank books as may be
necessary to the proper dispatch of their duties
unuer this chapter. The governor may by Or
GERS, duplicates of which, issued by him, shall be
MED with the secretary of state, fix the pay of
the adJutant general and the quartermaster gen.
eral ana the pay of any member of his staff, or
other ohcers for any special service under orders
and the pay of all such clerks. The pay of such
officers and clerks and their actual and necessary
expenses when on any special duty, under the
orders OF the governor, shall be paid out of the
Section 3 So much of section CO. chapter "a
OF the revised statutes as amended by section 2,
chapter 1855, of the laws of 1880, and section 2 OF
chapter 162, of the laws OF 1882, relates to en-
campments of the Wisconsin National Guard is
hereby amended to read follows: The
governor may order the regiments, battalions or
separate, companies into encampmentS for mill
tary instruction, not to exceed six days ia any
year, and may fix the place for such encampment.
Regiments, battalions or companies, when SO
ordered into encampment shall be furnished by
the state with transportation, tents and camp
equ1page, and such other reasonable and neceS-
sary provision for the proper care and preserva-
ton of the health of the men so ordered into
camp may be ordered by the governor, and an
allowance fer subsistence and other expenses not
herein provided for, equal to one and one-han
dollars per day for each days actual service in
such encampment or en- route to and from the
same, by each enlisted man, and the pay of all
officer of equal rank in the United States army,
for each commissioned officer while on duty at
such encampment or on other service under
orders of the governor, to be paid out of the
state treasury on such vouchers and proof as the
governor may require and on bis approval The
amount due on account of any company to be
paid to its commanding officer, and the amount
due on account of the field staff and non-com-
missioned staff or other officers and men, if any,
on duty i'll such encampment, under ORDERS to be
paid to the person to whom the same shall be
due The allowances herein provided for may be
withheld by order of the governor, and applied
to the payment of any damages to grounds, build
ings or property which may be caused by the
fault or neglect of any officer or enlisted man in
camp or en- route to or from the same.
Section 8 The surgeon general is hereby
thOriZeQ to purchase and issue to the senior med
ica officer of each regiment, battalion troop and
battery, such medicine chest, medicines, and
medical and surgical appliances as he may deem
suitable and necessary for their use, at cost not
exceeding three hundred dollars. The cost of
such chests medicines and appliances and such
additional supplies as may be purchased on the
approval of the surgeon general to re-StOck such
chests, shall be paid for out of the state
treasury.
section 4. Inc QuartermaSter general is hereby
authorized to purchase and issue to each COM
pany, troop and battery Of the Wisconsin Nation
al Guard such an outfit for gallery rife practice
as may be prescribed by the governor, at an ex-
pense not exceeding ten dollars for each outfit,
to be paid for out of the state treasury.
Section 5. Each company, troop and battery
of the Wisconsin National Guard, shall be fur
n1shed by the state, through the quartermaster
generals department, with a good and subStan-
tial oyercoat, rubber blanket and fatigue uni
FORM for not exceeding fifty men in each COM
blanket to be of such pattern and material as the
governor may prescribe in orders, and such
fatigue uniform to be that of the United States
Army, with such slight notifications may be
prescribed by the governor, in order that soldiers
of the Wisconsin National Guard may be dts
tnguished when On duty with other troops.
Provided, that the expenditures for the pur-
chase of the clothing herein provided for shall
not exceed the sum of nine thousand dollars per
annum. Provided, further, that any company
which has provided itself with such overcoats,
blankets or fatigue uniforms, such may be
approved in lieu thereof such company shall be
reimbursed for the cost thereof in a sum not eX-
ceeding that paid by the state for similar cloth
ing purchased in pursuance of this act on the re-
port of an inspecting officer that such clothing
so provided IS of proper pattern and quality, and
in good condition, to be paid out of the state
treasury.
Section S. The quartermaster general i here
byauthOrized to contract, subject to the approval
of the governor, for the purchase of the over
coats, blankets and uniforms provided for in
this act, and the cost thereof shall be paid out of
the state treasury, together with the necessary
expenses of making such purchases and distri-
button.
Section T. There is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the state treasury not otherwise
appropriated sum Of money sufficient to make
the purchases, defray the expenses and pay the
allowances authorized by this act.
Section s. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved April IL, 1885.
CHATTER 49,
AN ACT to regulate the admission of foreign
oTioS To dol
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section ]! Any surety company incorporated
and organized under the laws of any state of the
United States, other than the state of Wisconsin,
for the purpose of transacting business as surety
on obligations Of persons or corporations, may
transact such business in this state upon the terms
and conditions imposed, and with the privileges
conferred upon fire insurance companies doing
business In this state, and shall be subject so far
as practicable, to all the provisions of law applica-
bic thereto. In an action against such corpora
ton, or IN an action against any insurance cOrpo.
ration not organized under the laws of this state,
the summons and complaint or the summons
without the complaint may be served, and such
service held of same effect az personal service
upon natural person, By delivering copy of
such summons and complaint, or copy of the
summons without the complaint, to any person
who shall solicit insurance on behalf of any SUCH
insurance corporation, or property owner, or who
transmits an application for insurance or policy
of insurance to or from any such insurance cor,
poTatiOn, or who makes any contract for insuY.
duC6, VI CO116CIS OE ItcelNeS any premium Tor N
surance, or who adjusts or settles loss, or paws
the same, for such insurance corporation, or in:
any manner aids or assists in doing either, or in
transacting any business for such insurance cor,
poration, or on any person who advertises to do
any such thing
Section 2. This act shall take effect Immediate
ly, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved April H. 1885
CHAPTER 40
AN ACT to amend chapter 200, of tt claws OF 1881
relating to the punishment OF father fos
abandonment of his children, and of husband
for abandonment of his wife.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Chapter 200, of the laws OF 1882 ID
hereby amended so as to read IS follows: If any
parent shall wiHfuhy abandon his or her child or
children, or either Of them, leaving the1a or
either of them ia destitute condition, or being
of sufficient ability, shah refuse neglect to pro-
vide for his or her child children or either Of
them. such parent SHALL be deemed guilty of
nisdemeancr, and On conviction thereof shall be
punished by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
less than thirty days, nor more than one year, Or