Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06

Section g. This act shall take effect and
be in force, from and after It's passage and
publication.
Approved March g. 1901.
No. S. 81 tPublshed March II, 1901
CHAPTER AZ
AN ACT relating to service by publication
and amending section 26i0 of the statutes
The people of the State Of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
rs follows:
Section l. Section 264o of the statutes of
1898, Is hereby amended ny adding at the
end OF the first sentence thereof the words:
within ten days after the date of the ar
hdayit herein required" SO that said sec
ton when so amended shall read as fol-
lows: Section 264O. The order mentioned IN
the preceding section shall be made by the
court or n judge thereof within ten days
after the date of the affidavit herein re-
CURED. The npplcation therefor shall be
baseu upon the complaint duly verified and
hled and an affidavit, together showing the
facts required to exist and that the plain
tiff is unable, with due diligence, to make
service Of the summons upon the defendant
in respect to whom such order Is applied
for and also the postotce address of such
defendant or that the plaintiff is unable,
after due diligence, to ascertain 1t. The
order shall direct that service Of the sum
mons be made by its publication In II news
paper to be designated MS most likely to
give notice to the defendant to be served,
for such length of time shall be deemed
reasonable not less than once week for
SIN NtChS, ana IlAl on OF DcI0fe the Nuy
Of the first publication, the plaintiff deposit,
In specified postotce. copy of the sum
mons, together with copy OF the com
plant, or of IA notice of the object of the ac-
ton as the case may require, securely en-
closed In an envelope, the postage duly PAID,
addressed to the defendant at his postotiice
to be therein named, or Il direction that
such deposit may be omitted because the
defendants postotlice address cannot be as
certained: or TINT, ut the plaintius option,
a copy of the summons ana n copy OF the
la Inf Il lt.A
llvercd to the defendant personally without
the state; which, when done, shall have the
same effect as Il completed publication and
mailing, The first publication must be
made within three months from the date OF
such order, and service shall he deemed
complete at the expiration of the full
period prescribed by the order after the
date of the first publication copies having
been duly deposited In the postotlice when
required.
Section 2 This act shall take effect and
Approved March. II, 1901
No. 15S, 81 Published March IA, 1901
CHAPTER 80.
AN ACT to amend section l319-1l of the
statutes of 1898, relating to drainage dis
trictS.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In senate and assembly, do enact
Section l. Section 1871 of the statutes
of 1898 Is hereby amended by Inserting the
word general after the word a. ana
before the word description" IN the tf,
tccnth line of said section and by adding
at the end of said section, the, following:
No petition having the requisite number
of sgners required by this section shall be
declared void; but the court may permit
the petition to be amended ut any time
to substantially conform to the require
ments of these provisions. SO that saii
section, when so amended, shall read rs
follows: Section 1911. Drainage dis.
tricts comprising lands located in one or
more towns may be organized and cstab-
iished in the manner hereinafter provided.
Nncncver majority of the owners of
lands within Il district proposed to be or
ganlzcd, who shall have arrived Mt lawful
age and shall represent 0nc-third in area
of the lands to be reclaimed or benefited,
or whenever the adult owners of more than
one-hulf of such lands desire to construct
n drain. ditch, lcvee or other work across
the lands Of others for the promotion of
the public health or welfare, or to maintain
and keep In repair any such drain, ditch
or lcrpc heretofore constructed under any
law of this state, such owners may file in
the circuit court of any county In which
the lnndS, or If they lie In more than one
county, in that in which the greater part
of the lands to be affected by said drain,
ditch. levec other work proposed to he
constructed, maintained or repaired shall
lie, petition signed by them setting forth
the proposed name of said drainage dis
trict, the necessity of the same, with n gen
ernl description of It's proposed starting
point, route and terminus, and a general
description of the lands proposed to be af-
fected, with the names Of the owners when
known; and If the purpose of said petit
TONERS Is the repair ant maintenance of Il
ditch, lcvcc or other work heretofore con
structed under any law of this state said
petition shall give Il general description OF
the same, with such particulars rs may be
deemed important and may apply for the
organization of Il drainage district by the
name and with the boundaries proposed,
and for the appointment OF commissioners
for the execution of such proposed work ne
cording to the provisions Of this ana the
following sections; provided. that the lands
embraced In such drainage district shall be
liable for any and all damages resulting to
lands, lying outside of Its boundaries be
cause OF the proposed work and that the or
Ranlzntion of such district stall in no man
ner Interfere with any other drainage dis
trict above or below it; and If through the
construction Of any proposed ditch, drain,
or levec Increased cost shall be entailed
upon lower district In providing means
to carry Off the water flowing from the
higher district, the lands in the higher dis
triCt shall be liable for such cost. No pc
tttion having the requisite number of sign
ers required by this section shall be de
clarcd void; but the court may permit the
petition to be amended at any time to sub
stHntinlly conform to the requirements of
these provisions.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
Approved March IS. 1901
No 81, 81 Published March 10, 1901
CHAPTER 81.
AN AL to amend section lISOa OF The Wis
cOnSin statutes OF 1898 relating to com
misSoners of weeds
'Ehc people OF the state of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
as follows
Section 1. Section 14S0a Of chapter 81 of
the Wisconsin statutes of 1898 Is hereby
amended by adding thereto the following:
This section shall not apply to cities OF
the first class, but In such cities the ward
supcrintcndents shall perform the duties of
commissioners of weeds" SO that said see
ton when so amended shall read aS fol-
lows: Section 1iS0a. The chairman of
each town board, the president Of each vii
lnGc board aud the mayor OF each city,
shall appoint some competent person or per
sons as commissioner or commissioners of
noXious weeds therein; such person shall
take an oath TO faithfully perform the du
ties imposed upon him, which oath shall be
filed in the Office of the town clerk, and
shall hold his office for one year and until
has successor has qualified unless he Is
sooner removed for good cause by the officer
who appointed him. in which ease his sue
CCsSor s.an be appointed for the uncNpircd
portion of the term: provided, that the pre-
shall put to the qualified voters present at
such meeting the following proposition for
their decision, to-wit: shall the Superin-
tcndCnt or SupcrntcndcntS of highways be
ex -otIicio commissioners Of noxiouS weeds
In their respective diStriCtSY' If answered
by the ma tority of the voters present in the
affirmative the chairman of such town shall
appoint such superintendent or Supcrintend-
entS as commissioners OF nOXiouS weeds
and no others but If such question shall
not receive n majority of such votes the
chairman shall appoint Il commissioner as
hcielnbefore provided. If more than one
commissioner Is appointed under the first
method the town. city or village shall he
divided into districts by the officer making
the appointment. aud each person APP
pointed shall be assigned to one such dis