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

ABOVE mentioned weeds standing or grow
ing upon any land owned occupied or con-
trolled by him or it, out to the center of
any highway, lane or alley thereon. If such
person or corporation shall fail to so de-
Stroy any such weeds within six days after
being served with written notice so to do
by any commissioner of noxious weeds, he
shall be punished by a fine Of five dollars
Tor every day thereafter during which such
neglect shall continue. Such notice may be
served upon any corporation owning, occu-
plying or controlling any land in any town,
by leaving the same with any agent thereof
residing or being therein, and if no agent
shail reside or be therein, then by leaving
SUCH notice with any agent who shall re-
SIDE or be in any adjoining town.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be IN force, from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved April 27. 1901.
CHAPTER 235.
AN ACT to regulate the time Of serving no.
ice OF injury upon any accident or cas-
uaIty insurance company corporation or
ASSOCIATION doing business in the state Of
The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
as follows
cldent or casualty insurance company, cor
pofation or association licensed to transact
business in the state of Wisconsin, its Off
GERS, employees or agents to limit by any
means or in any manner the time for the
service of any notice of injury that may be
required OF the person insured, to less
period of time than twenty full, calendar
days.
Section q The time, not less than twenty
full, calendar days, that may be required
or any insured person for serving q notice
OF injury as provided in section l of this
act, shall be clearly and conspicuously writ
ten or printed upon the face of every acct
dent or casualty insurance policy or GER
tlhcate issued to any person
Section 3. The deposit in any postofice
by any insured person, his agent or attor
ney. OF registered, postage prepaid letter,
containing the proper notice of injury at
any time within twenty full, calendar days
after the injury received by the assured,
properly addressed to the company, corpora
tion, or association issuing the accident or
casualty policy or certificate, shall be law
full and sufficient service of any notice Of
injury that may be required.
Section 4. Every act, acts or law contra
venfng, conflicting or inconsistent with the
provisions Of this act is hereby repealed.
Sec on 5. This act shall take effect and
be In force, from and after It's passage and
publication.
Approved April 27, 1901
No. 1913, 81 Published May 2, 1901.
CHAPTER 236.
AN ACT relating to electric light plants.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
as follows;
Section /. Every city which owns and OPP
NA'''N'
light not only to such city and It's inhabi-
tants but also to dwellings or places of
business outside the boundaries of such
city by means of q line or lines of nOIes and
wires extended outside of said boundaries.
section z. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved April 27, 1901
NO. ia, 81 Published April 80. 1901.
CHAPTER 237.
AN ACT constituting the commissioner of
taxation, the first and second assistant
commissioners of taxation state board
OF assessment and to repeal section 1869
of the statutes of 1898.
The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
resented in senate and assembly do enact
as follows:
the first assistant commissioner of taxation
and the second assistant commissioner of
taxation shall constitute a state board of
assessment. The secretary of the commits
sioner of taxation shall be the secretary of
said board
Section 2. The said board shall have ac-
cess to all books papers, documents, state
mentS or accounts on file of record in
any of the departments of the state. 1t
shall have like access to all books, papers,
documents, statements and accounts on file
or of record in counties, towns cities, vii
lagos and assessment districts, and the Off
GERS thereof shall in form prescribed by
said board make returns to it of all infor-
nation which may be called for. Said board
shall have the power, by a summons signed
by member of said board and served in
like manner subpoena issued from
courts of record, to compel witnesses to at
tend and give evidence. Any member of the
board or the secretary thereof is authorized
to administer the oath to witnesses. The
attendance of any witness may be COM
PEELED by attachment issued by any circuit
court upon proper showing that such wit
ness has been duly served with the sum-
mons and has refused to appear before said
board. In case of the refusal of witness
to produce books. papers, documents
counts, or to give evidence on matters ma
terial to the hearing, such refusal shall be
reported to the attorney general, who shall
thereupOn institute proceedings in the
proper circuit court to compel such witness
to testify or produce books and papers and
to punish him for the refusal. The person
serving such summons shall receive the
same compensation as now allowed to Sher-
ifs or other officers for serving subpoenas.
The person appearing before said board in
obedience to the summons shall, In the dis
erection of the board, receive the same COM
pensation as witness in the circuit court,
to be audited by the secretary of state on
the certificate of member of said board.
Any person, co-partnerShlp association,
company or corporation doing business in
thus state shall make such reports to said
board as may be required and their books,
accounts and papers shall be open to the
inspection and examination of said board
and such person said board may desig-
nate
Section 8. The state board of assessment
shall meet at the capitol on the third
Wednesday Of May in each year and con-
tnue in session from day to day, unless ad-
journed for a longer time for such period
as may be necessary not later than the first
day of September for the valuation of the
property of the state. The secretary of
state shall prepare and lay before said
board the latest statistics of population, To-
cal valuation of property and such other
statistical information as he may be able
to obtain in relation to the several coun-
ties in the state which in his Judgment will
assist said board in it's deliberations. The
board shall carefully examine said Statis-
tics. and from all the sources of informa-
ton accessible to it shall determine and
assess the relative value Of all property
subject to taxation in each county. 1t shall
set down in list all the counties, opposite
to the name of each county the valuation
thereof so determined by it, which shall
be the full value according to Its best 1udS-
ment The list so prepared shall be certl-
fed by said state board of assessment or a
majority thereof and the secretary of said
board as the state assessment made by the
same. and be delivered with the journal OF
the proceedings of the board to the Secre-
tary of state. In any case where Sucn
board through mistake or inadvertance has
assessed to any county a greater or less
valuation for any year than should have
been assessed to such county, said board
shall correct such error by adding TO or
subtra citing from las the case may be) the
valuation of such county as determined by
if at the next succeeding state assessment
thp amount omitted from or added to the
true valuation of such county in the for
MGR state assessment in consequence or
such error, and the result shall be taken as
+he true valuation of such county for the
latter wear and final correction OF such
error. $780,, H.,
Section A. The said board shall have the
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