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

| PNASOh 80 Gu or PnHaBeu. Seal
aoiulhg or staging swung or suspended from
| gu overhead support, more than twenty feet
| rom the ground or floor, shall have safety
ran ran OF wood, properly bolted, secured and
oLaced, rising at least thirty-four inches
| oooNe the hoor or main portions OF such
| ssSahoIding or staging and extending along
ing entfe length of the outside and the
| ehds thereof and properly attached thereto,
| ana such scaffolding or staging shall be so
| fastened as to prevent the same from sway
| ing from the building or structure.
oectlon 2 Whenever complaint is made
| 10 the factory inspector that the scaffolding
| VI the sings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, stays,
braces, ladders, irons, or ropes of any
| swinging or stationary scaffolding used in
| the construction, alteration repairing,
painting, cleaning painting of buildings
| WIsnn the limits of a city are unsafe or LA
| oIe TO prove dangerous to the life or limb or
any person, such factory inspector shall i'm
| meqlately cause an inspection to be made or
| Sucn scanolding, or the sings, hangers,
| blocks, pulleys, stays, braces, ladders, irons
| or other parts connected herewith. If, af-
| ter examination such Scaffolding or any OF
| such parts Is found to be dangerous to life
| or limb, the factory Inspector shall prohibit
| the use thereof, and require the same to be
| altered and reconstructed so as to avoid
| such danger. The factory inspector or dep
/ uty factory Inspector making the eXamlna-
| ton shall attach certificate to the scaffold-
! ing, or the sings, hangers, irons, ropes, or
other parts thereof, examined by him stat
I ing that he has made such examination, and
| that he has found it safe or unsafe, as the
| case may be. If he declares 1t unsafe, he
! shall at once, in writing, notify the person
| responsible for its erection of the fact, and
| warn him against the use thereof. Such no.
| tice may be served personally upon the per-
| son responsible for its erection, or by con-
| spicuously atfixing 1t to the scafoiding, or
| the part thereof declared to be unsafe. AT
| ter such notice has been so served or ar
| fixed, the person responsible therefor snail
| Immediately remove such Scafolding or part
| thereof and alter or strengthen 1t in such
| manner as to render 1t SAFE In the dlscre-
! ton of the officer who has examined it, or
| of his superiors. The factory inspector and
| any of his deputies whose duty it is to ex-
anime or test any scaffolding or part there
| Of required by this section, shall have free
! access at all reasonable hours, to any
| building or premises containing them or
| where they may be in use. All swinging and
| stationary scaffolding shall be so construct
! ed as to bear four times the maximum
| weight required to be dependent therefrOm
! or placed thereon, when in use, and not
| more than four men shall be allowed on any
| swinging scaffolding at one time:
Section 3. All contractors and owners,
| when constructing buildings in cities, where
| the plans and specifications require the
| floors to be arched between the beams
| thereof, or where the floors or filling In be-
| tween the floors are Of fire-proof material
| or brick work, shall complete the flooring or
| filing in as the building progresses, to not
| less than within three tiers Of beams below
| that on which the iron work is being erect
! ed. If the plans and specifications of such
| building do not require filling in between
| the beams Of floors with brick or fre-proof
| material all contractors for carpenter work,
| in the course of construction shall lay the
under flooring thereof on each story as the
| building progresses, to not less than within
! two stories below the one to which such
| building has been erected. Where double
| floors are not to be used, such contractor
! shall keep planked over the floor two stories
| below the story whore the work Is being
| performed If the floor beams are of iron
| or steel the contractors for the iron or
| steel work of buildings in course of con-
| struction or the owners of such buildings,
! shall thoroughly plank over the entire tier
! of iron or steel beams on which the struc-
! tural iron or steel work Is being erected, ex-
| cept such spaces as may be reasonably re
| quired for the proper construction of such
! iron or steel work, and for the raising ana
| lowering of materials to be used In the con-
! structiOn of such building, or such spaces as
! may be designated by the plans and speci-
! ficatons for stairways and elevator Shafts.
| If elevating machines or hoiStlng apparatus
| are used within building in the course or
| construction, for the purpose of lifting ma
! terials to be used III such construction, the
! contractors or owners shall cause the shafts
! openings in each floor to be enclosed or
fenced in on all sides by barrier at least
| eight feet in height. If q building In course
/ of construction is five stories or more in
/ height no lumber or timber needed for
! such construction shall be hosted or lifted
on the outside of such building. The chief
/ officer, in any city, charged with the en-
/ forcement Of the building laws Of such city
/ and the factory inspector are hereby
charged with enforcing the provisions or
! Section 4. Any owner, contractor, sub
/ contractor, foreman, or other person having
/ charge of work on building, If found guilty
of violation Of any Of the former sections of
| this law shall be subject to fine of not
less than twenty-five dollars and not more
| than one hundred dollars, or Imprisonment
| of not less than three months or not more
! than one year by any court having JurlSdlc"
! ton
| Section 5. This act shall take effect and
/ be in force from and after It's passage and
| publica ton.
Approved May 2, 1901
| No. 1896, 81 Published May 4, 1901
| CHAPTER 2J8.
| AN ACT to submit to the people an amend
! ment to section l. of article 10, of the con-
StitutiOn of the state. of Wisconsin, relat-
! ing to education.
! whereas, at the biennial session of the
legislature of Wisconsin for the year 1892
! an amendment to the constitution of the
state was proposed and agreed to by ma
| jority Of the members elected to each or the
| two houses which proposed amendment was
| In the following language:
| Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly
| COncurring, that section OF article l0 or
| the constitution of the state of Wisconsin
| be amended so as to read as follows:
Section l. The supervision of public IN
| struction shall he vested in a state superln-
| tendent and such other officers as the legis-
| Iature shall direct; and their qualifications
| powers, duties and compensation shall be
! prescribed by law. The state Superintend-
| eut shall be chosen by the qualified electors
| Of the state at the same time and in the
! same manner as members OF the supreme
| court, and shall hold his office for four
years from the succeeding first Monday in
| July The state superintendent chosen at
| the general election in November, 1902, shall
| hold and continue in his office until the first
| Monday in July, 1865, and his successor
! shall be chosen at the time of the judicial
| election in April, 1905. The term Of office
| time and manner of electing or appointing
| all other officers Of supervision of public In
! structiOn shall be fixed by law.
| And. Whereas, the foregoing proposed
! amendment to the constitution of the state
| Of Wisconsin was duly agreed to In the leg
! islature of this state, chosen at the general
! election in November, 1900, by a majority of
! all the members elected to each house there
! of; therefor:
| The people of the State Of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
| as follows:
| Section The foregoing proposed amend
| ment to the constitution of the state of
I Wisconsin shall be submitted to a vote of
! the people of the state in the manner now
| provided by law for the submission of pro-
| posed amendments at the next general cleo
| tion in November, 1902.
| Approved May 2, 1901.
| No. II. ST. Published May 4, 1901
Il CHAPTER 259.
| AN ACT defining the liabilities Of employees
| of telegraph and messenger companies.
| The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
! resented in senate and assembly do enact
| as follows:
| Section l. Any person connected with
! telegraph or messenger company, tncorpo-
| rated or unincorporated, operating line OF
| telegraph or engaged in the business of re-
| ceiyiug and delivering messages in this
state in any capacity, who wifully divulges
| the contents or the nature of the contents