Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-07-15
No. 200, Al published June 4. 1909.
CHAPTER 277. LAWS OF 1909.

CHAPTER III. LAWS OE lSOS.
AN ACT TO amend section AIS Of the stat
utes, relating to the crime Oh efnpezzie-
The people of the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section /. Section AIS of the statutes
is amended to read: Section AIS Any
officer. agent, clerk. employee or servant OF
district. city. village or other municipal
corporation therein, or OF any banking rail-
road, insurance or telegraph company or
other corporation. or OF any Joint stock
company or association, or in the service
or employment thereof, who, by virtue or
such Office or employment, shall have the
possession or custody OF, or VINO snall pc
entrusted with the safe keeping the dis
bursement, investment or payment of any
money or fund or with the safe keeping,
sale, carrying or delivering of any goods,
other property or thing which is the sub
iect of larceny belonging to or under the
care or control Of the state, or such munl-
cipal or other corporation, or IN when the
state or such corporation has an interest,
or any factor. carrier. warehouseman, stor-
age forwarding or commission merchant. or
any balee, executor, administrator, guard
ian, or any trustee, agent, clerk. attorney,
messenger, employee or servant Of any pri-
yate person corporation. co-partnership or
association, except apprentices and other
nersOns under the age of sixteen years who,
by virtue of his business or employment,
shall have the care, custody, or possession
Of or shall be entrusted with the safe keep.
ing disbursement, Investment or payment
of any money, or shall have the care. Gus
tody or possession of or shall be entrusted
with the safe keeping, carrying. sale or De
livery Of any goods, wares, merchanolse,
produce. lumber or any other property or
thing which is the subject Of larceny be-
longing to such other person, corporation,
copartnership or association: snail emoezzle
or fraudulently convert to his own use or
to the use of any other person except the
owner thereof or shall take, carry away
or secret with intent to convert to his
own use or to the use of any other person
fund goods, wares, merchandise, produce,
lumber or any other property or thing
shall be punished, II the money or properly
SO ernbezzed shall exceed the value OF
twenty-five thousand dollars by
Imprisonment in the state prison not more
than twenty-five years nor less
than q ten years, and II the money
or property so embezzled shall not exceed
fhe value of twenty-five thou
sand dollars and shall exceed the value of
ten thousand dollars, by lmprls-
more than twenty years nor less
than five years or If the money
the value of ten thousand dol
lars and shall exceed the value of one thou
sand dollars by Imprisonment in the
state prison not more than ten
wears nor less than one year, and if the
money or property so embezzled snail ex-
coed the value of one hundred dollars and
shall not exceed the Value OF one InOu-
sand dollars. by Imprisonment in the state
prison not more than five years nor less
than one year. and If the money or prop
erty so embezzled shall not exceed the value
of one hundred dollars and shall exceed the
value of twenty dollars by IMPRISONMENT in
the state prison or county Jail not more
than one year nor less than six months or
by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars;
and if the money or property so embezzled
shall not exceed the value of twenty dol
lars by Imprisonment in the county jail
not more than SIX months or by fine not
exceeding one hundred dollars, Any person
who is a member of any copartnership or
one of two or more beneficial owners of
any property specified in this section or Of
any PROPERTY or thing which is the subject
of larceny who shall embezzle or fraud
ulently convert to his own use or to the
use of any other person, except the other
members of such copartnersh-p or the other
beneficial owners of such property or thing.
or who shall take, carry away or secret
with intent to convert to S own use or
to the use of any other person except as
aforesaid any such property or thing shall
be punished IS provided in this section the
same as if he had not been or was not a
member of such copartnership or one OF
such beneficial owners. The offense of en-
bezzIement may be prosecuted and punished
in any county in which the person charged