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ions or tnlS act is hereby declared a mis-
demeanor, and any person convicted under
It's provisions shall for each offense be fined
not less than twenty five dollars, nor more
than one hundred dollars, and for failure
70 pay such fine, together with costs of
prosecution, he shall be committed to the
county jail until the same are paid. Such
Imprisonment shall, however, not exceed
four months
Section 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force, from and after it's passage and
publication.
Approved May IA. 1901.
No. 43O, 81 Published May p, 1901.
CHAPTER 1872
Az ACT to repeal chapter 258 of the laws
OF 1899 and to amend sections 170-1S6-1S7-
189-2l2-238- 1636b-1636e of the statutes of
1893 relating to the state land office.
The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
follows:
Section l. Chapter 258 of the laws of 1899
is hereby repealed.
Section 2. Section ITO of the statutes Of
1898 is hereby amended by adding after the
words lone thousand dollars" in line fif-
teen on page 262, the words 1.-The chief clerk
in the office of the commissioners of public
lands, eighteen hundred dollars; the assist
ant chief clerk in the office of the commits
sloners of public lands, sixteen hundred dol
lars; the other clerks and employees in the
office of the commissioners of public lands,
such sums as the commissioners shall de-
tefmlne, provided, that not more than six
thousand five hundred dollars (S6500) shall
be expended for salaries including the
chief clerk and assistant chief clerk, in any
one year.
Section 8. Section 1SG of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 1856. Said commissioners shall keep
their office at the capitol. They shall con
YenIently arrange and preserve therein all
records books, reports, surveys, maps,
held-notes, plats and other papers pertain,
ing to the public lands heretofore, now or
hereafter owned by the state, including all
such as have been or shall be received from
the United States or any officer thereof
They may perfect such records, books, re-
ports, surveys, maps, feld-nOtes, plats and
other papers when incomplete, and cause
fair copies thereof to be made when, from
injury, loss use or accident, it shall become
necessary; and any such copy, wehn certi-
fieu by the chief clerk of the land office IN
der his hand and the official seal of said Of
flee, to have been made for any of the
causes herein specified, and to be a correct
copy enereof, shall have the same force and
effect in all courts and places as the Origi-
nal; and any copy from said original rec
ords, books, reports, surveys, maps, field
notes, plats and other papers, from any
record or paper required by law to be kept
in their office, or any copy from said certi-
fed copy thereof, when certified by the sec
rotary of state under the great or lesser
seal, shall be received in evidence with the
same effect as the original. All records,
books and files kept by the commissioners
shall at all business hours be open, under
proper regulations made by them, to the in
spectlon Of any person free of charge; pro-
Vided, however that no expenditure be
made for employees other than that provided
in section of this act.
Section 4 Section 1877 of the statutes Of
1888 is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows: Section 1877 The commissioners
shall appoint a chief clerk and assistant
chief clerk who shall in the absence Of the
chief clerk have all the authority given by
law to the chief clerk; and such other
clerks as provided in section 2 of this act.
Such appointments shall be filed in the of
fee of the secretary of state. Every such
clerk shall, before entering upon the dis
charge of his duties take and subscribe the
following oath, to-wit: 81 do solemnly
swear Tor affirm, as the case may be-, that
l will support the constitution of the state
of Wisconsin; that I will not be engaged,
either directly or indirectly, in the purchase
for my own benefit of any public lands of
the state of Wisconsin so long as l remain
a clerk in the land bureau thereof, and that
l will faithfully discharge to the best of my
ability the duties of clerk in said bureau,
so help me Cod which oath shall be filed
in the office of the secretary of state.
Section 5. Section 189 Of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: Section 189. The said commission
ers shall collect, as fees, fifty cents on ev-
cry certificate and A~,y cents on every pat
ent issued by them, to be paid by the pur-
chaser. Such fees shall be paid into the
state treasury and credited to the ........
.......... fund. The chief clerk may take
the acknowledgements Of said commission
ers to all certificates and patents, and no
fees shall be charged therefor
Section s. Section PIP of the statutes Of
1898 is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows: Section PIP. Every person making
application for the purchase at private sale
of any such lands shall file in the office of
said commissioners an application in writ
ing, describing the lot or tract which he
proposes to purchase by the proper number
of the section, township, and range, and
the subdivision of the section, with his
name subscribed thereto. The commission
flying the day when made, the name Of the
ers shall, if the land applied for may then
be Sold enter on books kept for that pur-
pose a note of every such application, spec
applicant, and the description of the land
applied for, and shall also give to such ap-
pIicant a memorandum, stating such appli-
cation and describing the lot or tract APP
piled for, and stating the price at which the
same may be sold and the amount to be
paid at the time of the sale, which memo
randum shall be signed by the chief clerk.
Section Z. Section 238 of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: Section 238. 1t shall be the duty
of the chief clerk of the commissioners of
public lands from time to time, shall be
found necessary, to examine the public
lands to protect them from trespass, and
to aid in collecting damages for trespasses
committed. Said clerk shall be paid his
actual expenses incurred in the perform
ance of such duty. The commissioners
may. in their discretion award to any per-
son furnishing information to them of tres
passes committed upon the public lands, a
sum not to exceed twenty per centum of the
amount collected from such trespassers by
means of the information furnished as
Section s. Section 1861 of the statutes of
1898 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows Section 1861. The chief clerk of
the state land Office shall be the state for
est warden, and may appoint a clerk in
such office as LIS deputy. 1t shall be their
duty to see that the provisions of law
for the prevention and eXtinguishment of
forest fires are faithfully executed, and for
that purpose to formulate all proper and
necessary rules and regulations for the gov
eminent of the several fire Wardens and to
supervise them in the performance of their
duties. Whenever the forest warden or any
fire warden shall have good reason to be-
by any person or persons against any of
such provisions it shall be his duty to i'm
mediately notify the district attorney of the
proper county of the facts upon which such
belief Is founded, and he shall Immediately
and thoroughly investigate the fact If, af-
ter such investigation, he shall have good
reason to believe that an offense has been
committed, it shall be his duty forthwith
to institute proper proceedings for the
rest and conviction of the person whom he
believes guilty of having committed the
same.
Section g. Section 1860 Of the statutes is
hereby amended as to read as follows:
lands shall audit all accounts of the state
forest warden and his deputy for expenses
incurred in the performance of their duty.
and when so allowed by them and approved
by the governor. shall be audited by the
secretary of state and issue his warrant
therefor: but in shall such expense
exceed three hundred dollars per annum.
Section TO- All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
Section H. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after June first 1901
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