The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-05-20
No. "a. 81
Published March "A, 1883.

enable such cities TO take, hold and man
aSe property Tor parks, drives and poule-
The people Of the state of Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate and assembly, do enact
as follows:
Section l. Amy number Of adult persons,
not less than i've, residing in any city tx
cept cites OF the first class, whether IN
c"IpOtated 10y general law or speciaL act
may organize a pubic corporation Tor the
purposes mentioned il this act. such per
sons small make. sign and acknowledge ar
tlcicS Of incorporation in substantially the
form provided by section l112 OF the stat
utcs or 1875. such corporation shall be with,
our capital stock ana shall have The general
powers conferred by section l74S OF the stat
uIts oi 1S9a, not Inconsistent however,
Dy ms act such corporation shalt nave
its residence and location and principal Of
nee ana place Of business III the city IN
Nl4ch IL IS organized, ana IN connection
with which the marks bOuIeyards or pleas
ure drives herein mentioned are main
tanned and carried on.
Section ;. Any person may become an
annual member Of any such corporation ny
subscribing for, and agreeing 10 pay such
minimum sum of money per aunum as JAe
bylaws snail prescribe for and during the
nSCI year OK such corporation which shall
end Oh the second Tuesday of April in
t|cii year, and members shall cease 10 be
such on failure to renew their subscription
Tor any subsequent year. Any person may
become ! life member Of such corporation,
with all the privileges conferred by law
or the bylaws, upon the payment 10 the
corporation or such sum as the bylaws
vide for the election OF honorary life mem
berS of the corporation.
Section ). Corporations authorized by
this act shall have full power to govern,
manage, control and improve parks, boule-
wards and pleasure drives over which their
powers and Jurisdiction extend under the
provisions of this act, and 10 lay out the
same. and shall have power to take and
hold by gift or bequest for such purposes,
personal property, and to take and hold by
purchase, grit, grant, dedication or devise
real property for such purposes located
within the limits as fixed by section t Of
TINS act. but shall take and hold such prop
trty ana exercise said powers in trust for
the city in connection with which said
parks, bouleyards or pleasure drives shall
be laid out and maintained.
Section I. Any city Of the class men
TONED IN section l of this act shall have
power TO take by gift or bequest, any per
sohal property for he purpose Of securing,
constructing or maintaining parks, Doule-
Yards or pleasure drives and may also
take and hold by grant, devise or dediCd-
ton or by purchase any real property vii IL
IN the county in which said city is located
for like purposes. and cities situated in two
10 acquire real estate for such purposes,
In any or either Of said counties. Any such
county boundary line may take real prop
eTty by grant, devise or dedication Tor the
purposes aforesaid, either III the county in
winch 1t IS located OF in such other county
or counties.
Section ). All gifts, grants bequesrs, de
viSrS or declarations for the bpuGfit or adj
vantage Of any such corporation in its
trust capacity aforesaid. or for the benc-
nj or advantage of any such city for the
purposes aforesaid whether made to trus-
tees for or directly to any such corpora
ton or city, shall be legal and valid in
Guiding ali provisions and directions in any
su'h IhStfuAutut Tor accumulation Of the in
come Of any fund or rents or profits of any
real estate, and shall be executed and en-
forced and exclusively devoted To he sye-
chic objects for which they shall have been
designed according 10 the provisions of the
instrument making the same, without be
lions provided by law in other cases: but
no such accumulation Shall be allowed 10
produce a fund more than twenty times as
great as that originally given.
section u. Any such city may, by vote
or the common council, vest in and trans
Ter 10 any such corporation but in frusr
as hercHhefore provided the maDnramenf
and control Of any real property held nv il
Tor me purpose Of laying out maintaining
or carrying on parks, bOulcyards or pleas
ure drives, whether the same was received
by said city by gift, grant. devise. beuuest
or ued!caiion as aforesaid or obtained from
any other source, or held by said city at the
time OF the organization of any such cor
p"Fatlon. But any such city may. by a like
vote revoke the said transfer to said cor
poration. and reveSt the management and
control Of said property in it's own officers
at any time it may deem it for the public
Section I. II shall be lawful for anv
such city TO appropriate, by a vote of its
common council. to any such corporation
moneys for the uses and purposes Of such
cOrporation but such city shall not be
bound By any contract or obligation made
or incurred by any such corporation. unless
expressly authorized by 4 tw0-thirds vote
OF the common council and approved by the
mayor.
section ) All lands acquired by any
corporal ION organized under this act or sub
jet 10 It's control ana management shall be
held in trust as aforesaid for public parks
houleVarGS ana pleasure drives for the recrp-
alton. health. welfare and benefit Of the
public. and shall be free to all persons. sub
jtrt TO such necessary and reasonable rules
and regulaT ions shall. from time TO time
be adopted under the provisions of This ocr
for the Well ordering and government
thereof And an such lands and personal
property SO held in trust for such purDoscs
shall be exempt from taxation. Provided
however. that such lands only are used
for parks. houlcvardS and pleasure drives
shall he exempt from taxation.
Section .. Such corporations shall have
EoFefhiaehJ management anu control Of
suCh parks. bOuIcFardS and pleasure drives
aud for The preservation of order therein
70 restrict traihc and prohibit heavy team
ing thereon 10 employ such perSG3s and
purchase such machinery aud tools as NAV
BE- necessary for the proper Improvement.
management and care thereof and 1rrScribe
the respective duties and a4ti6rifv IF HEIR
employees and fix the amount Of fheir com
prusation Copies Of said rules and reey1Iin-
lions shall be posted up in convenient uIares
ia and up1n such marks honIeyYrBs AMI
drives and the officers OF said cOruDratinn
ar any sHnaripf.udnyt thereof el',TI 40
rpvrT to slllurlarjIy arfarra an sn,.I r,,,,Il,
ti,p- cD - fi,r ,,,,r,,,,.s ,i,Iti -, a
,,,f -; p'i t''SS Hliil- nav =, li'e
ar siIrnrfTt udant nav also s,r,1r'3.'.iI,t
rrst any Ders,n ena3ged in thn yi'iafiG, ~
any urGyiSiru nf srcfinu - rf mis- art ma
for that uurrose shall have rho SAM nnyvars
rs y poliGamun wirLfu the cirv i'm r.nnnrtI,T,
with which any such park bpu]ryard mr.
Jr.Ja slIaI h@ rnairtaina and ma MINI ,Ir ~
BAL or police courts Of any sIcb ri+y sbaiI
toya iurfsdicfinr Of orv S,rrh nfYans, ma
ais, of any off.ansa roT1Ti,i+fed uDdar Sactia1
II Of This agr in the same manner ANA 70