The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15

No. 466, \. Published May Is. 1909.
CHAPTER III, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to establish board Of art com;
m,sSiOpers for cities OF the first class
The people of the State OF Wisconsin. rep.
resented in Senate and Assembly. do enact
as follows
Section l. An art commission is hereby
established in cities of the first class to con
sist OF seven commissioners all OF wh6ma
shall be citizens OF such city to be
appointed by the mayor Said mayor OF
such city shall in the year Nineteen hun,
dred n-nc appoint TWO members from list
of five persons. selected by the society
OF artists of such city. TO serve for a
term of Ave years. one member from 4 list
Of three persons. selected by the board OF
park commissioners of such city. to serve
for 4 term of four years. two from q list OF 4.
FIVE persons; selected by the. architectural
club, OF such city, to serve for term OF
three years, o1e rrOn list of three PERSONS,
selected by tAc board of public works of
such city to serve for term of two years
and one from Est OF three persons. Sc
lected by the trustees OF the public library
Ct such city, to SER for Il term OF one year,
The term of eacn commissioner shall begin
on the first day o. May in said year; and
thereafter whenever the term of i member
of said board, appointed from such list. eX
pircs the mayor shall appoint his successor
from list selected by the body which made
the original selection as aforesaid, and the
members thus annHi1ted shall serve for a.
term OF five years., In case of vacanoies
the same shall be filled in the manner as
originally selected
The members Of said board shall serve
without compensation. Said board may APP
point q secretary outside of its own mem
hership, who shall serve without compensa-
tion.
Section ?. Hereafter no work of art shall
become the property of said city by pur-
chase, gift or otherwise unless such work
of art. or the designs for the same together
with a statement of the proposed location
of the same shall first have been submitted
to and approved by said board acting by a
majority of all its members nor shall any
work of art, until so approved be erected
or placed IN, over or upon, or allowed to
extend in, over or upon any street. avenue
square, place, common, park, municipal
control Of said city or any department or
officer thereof. No existing work of art in
possession of said city shall be removed re
located or altered in any way without the
similar approval of said commission, and
any such work of art shall be removed. re-
located or altered in any way that may be
ordered by a vote passed and approved in
writing by all the members OF said COM
mission. and also approved by the mayor. t.
Section g. Said commission shall act in
a similar capacity and with similar powers
in respect to the design of any municipal
building, bridge, approach, lamp. ornamental
gate or fence, or other structure erected, or
to be erected upon land belonging to the
city, and in respect to any arch. bridge,
structure or approach which is the property
of any corporation or individual. and eX-
tends over or upon any street, avenue, high
way, park, or public place a37
Section 4. The term work of art" as.
used in this bill shall apply to and ineludt
all paintings, mural decorations, statutes
bas-reliefs, sculptures. monuments, foun.
tains arches. ornamental gateways, public
buildings and other structures of perma-s
nent character intended for ornament or
cOmmemoratiOn.
Section ). If said commission shall fail
to report upon any matters submitted to it
within sixty days after such submission, its
decision shall be deemed unnecessary.
Section 6. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved May 10, 1909.