River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-15
no 1872, ST. published June %, 1908.
CHA PTER $50. LAWS or 1909.

70. 1872 81 Published June %, 1909.
CHAPTER $50, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT TO create sections 524m-1,
524m-2, 524m-3 524m-4, 524m-5,
524m--6 and 524m-7 Of the statutes,
providing for inspection Of public school
buildings.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows
Section l. There are added to the stat
utes seven new sections to read Section
524m-1. The inspector Of rural schools,
the inspectors Of state graded schools, and
the inspector Of high schools of the state,
In addition to their other duties are hereby
made inspectors Of public school buildings.
Said inspectors shall act under the dlrec-
tlon Of the state superintendent, and under
such regulations as may be established by
him.
Section 524m-2 Whenever any county
or district superintendent, city superintend-
ent, member of a school board or board or
education, or any voter of a school district,
or q member of q board of health, shall
make a complaint In writing to the state
superintendent that any building used for
or In connection with any public school IN
his county, district, city, village, or town,
as the case may be, Is In an unsanitary
condition, or that the conditions are such as
to endanger the life and health of the chill
dren attending school, or that the school
house is unfit for school purposes one OF
said inspectors designated by the state SUI
perintendent shall personally investigate
concerning which said complaint Is made.
Section 524m--3. Upon such lnvestiga-
ton and examination, said inspector shall,
If conditions warrant It, make an order d.
recting the school board, the board Of edu-
cation, the town board of school directors,
or other officer or officers having control OF
the school district or school corporation, to
repair and improve such building or build
ings as may be necessary, and to place said
buildings in a safe and sanitary condition;
II the said inspector shall deem the
~ahA For TTTHn
not worth repairing he shall state said fact
and recite the reason therefor.
Section 524m-4. The said inspector
shall file said order In the state superin-
tendents office, and cause true copies there
of to be delivered, by mail or otherwise, to
the cleck Of the district board, the secretary
of the town board of school directors, the
clerk of the board of education Of the dis
trict or school corporation where such
schoolhouse and premises are located and
shall deliver as provided herein copies or
city superintendent, and also the clerk Of
the town, city, or village in which the
schoohouse is located.
Section 524m-5. The said order shall
state the time In which it shall be COM
piled with, and shall take effect from its
date, and shall continue in force and full
effect until reversed The decision of the
inspector may be appealed from to the state
superintendent in the time and manner
now provided for taking appears to said
superintendent, and the decision appealed
from shall be stayed pending such appeal.
Section 524m-6. Whenever any school
district, school corporation, school board,
board OF education, or town board Of school
directors shall refuse to comply with the
order Of said inspector within the time
therein specified, such school district or
school corporation shall forfeit absolutely
Its apportionment of the fund derived from
the seyen-tenths mill tax, provided for In
section 1072a of the statutes, and amend
ments thereto, and shall continue to so for
felt its regular apportionment of such fund
until there is full compliance with the re-
Quirements of said order.
Section 524m-7. Nothing in this act
shall be deemed to interfere with the opera
ton OF the provisions Of subsection of Sec
ton 461 of the statutes, relating to the du-
ties Of county superintendent of schools, or
with the provisions of section 141Sb of the
statutes, relating to the inspection and reg
ulation of the sanitary conditions of school
houses by boards of health.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved June II. 1909.