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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13
No. 50, Al published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER 244, LAWS OF 1909.

No 50, Al published June 2, 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 1941-16 of the
statutes, relating to the liability of mem
hers or druggists and hardware dealers
mutual insurance companies;
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
Section /. Section 1941-16 of the stat
utes is amended to read: Section 1941-16.
1. Such corporation, when duly organized
and on receiving the certificate of the COM
missioner of insurance may issue policies
on druggists and other stocks, or hard
ware and on the buildings In which the
same are contained for any time not ex-
ceeding five years, and not extending be-
yond the time such corporation is, to con-
tinue. and for an amount not exceeding
Ave thousand dollars any one risk.
2. 1t may classify the property insured
at the time of the insuring the same under
may be to the greater or less risk which
may attach thereto; but no policy shall
be Issued until at least one hundred thou
sand dollars of insurance In not less than
one hundred separate risks have been taken
and a premium thereon for one year paid
In cash aggregating not less than 1--we thou
5. All persons and corporations SO sub
scrIbing shall agree in writing to assume
q liability to be named IN the policy; sucn
liability shall not not be less n than n,au,nms
and the amount thereof shall be subject to
a call by the board of directors for the
payment or the losses ana expenses during
the time for which the respective policies
shall continue in force; and the same liza
bility shall also be agreed to by such sub
seQuent applicant for insurance.
4. All such corporations may thereafter
charge and collect in advance upon their
policy full annual premium In cash, and
shall In their bylaws and policies fix by
uniform rule the contingent, mutual liza
bllty Of members for the payment of the
losses and expenses. which liability shall
than FIVE annual premiums as written In
the policy Such liability shall cease with
the expiration of the time for which
cash premium has been paid In advance ex-
cent for liability incurred during such term.
Section ., This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after Its passage and
publication.
Approved June l. 1909
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No. 45T S. Published June z, 1e0e
CHAPTER 237, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section 925--118a or
the statutes, relating to the powers OF
electors in cities of the fourth class to
change the system of school government
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section L. There is added to the stat
utes a new section to read Section e25--
113a, 1. Upon the presentation OF reso-
luton to the city clerk of any city of the
fourth class now operating its schools I'M
der the provisions of the general charter
or a special charter, signed by thirty per
cent. of the legal voters of such city school
district, requesting a return to the or"
binary district system of school govern
ment and an annulment OF that PROVISION
Of the charter under which the schools are
now administered, it shall become the duty
of the city council to submit this question
to the electors of the city school district at
a special election, duly called, noticed and
held pursuant to law.
g And If a majority of the electors OF
the city school district shall, at the special
election duly held pursuant to the pro-
visions of such special charter governing
special elections or of the general charter,
vote in favor of said change of school gov
eminent, then thereafter the schools OF
such city school district shall be admits
tered maintained, and operated under the
ordinary district form of school govern
ment until changed by competent authority,
s. In all cases where the existing sys-
TEN or plan of school organization shall be
such change shall not go into effect until
tho close of the current school year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
BE In force from and after Its passage and
publication.
Approved June /, 1909,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13
No. Ala, 81 published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER 242. LAWS OF 1909.

CHAPTER az, LAWS OE lSuS,
AN ACT to amend section 1910 of the
The people of the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section /. ~ Section 1910 of the stat
utes is amended to read: Section 1910. 1t
shall be the duty of the assessor of each
town, village, or city, at the time of max
ing the annual assessment of property to
collect statistics in relation to the princi-
pal farm products as follows, to-wit:
(a) OF wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye,
daGseed, potatoes beans, sugar-beets, cab
bageS, and cranbeTrteS;
% The number of acres devoted to the
cultivation of each, respectively, for the
current year, and also the number of bush
els of each, respectively, raised in the pre-
ceding year, except sugar beets and cab
bages, which shall be given in tons
(c) OF apples, the number of acres in
orchard, the number of trees of bearing age
the current year. and also the number of
bushels raised the preceding years;
I'D OF Strawberries, raspberries, black
berries, currants, and grapes the number
of acres Of each the current year. and the
number OF bushels or pounds OF each raised
In the preceding year;
(e) Or hops, tobacco, and fax fibre, the
number of acres the current year, the num-
Der of pounds raised the preceding year,,
(f) OF grasses, cultivated for hay. the
number of acres the current year, the num-
Der Of tons of hay raised the preceding
(gj OF growing timber, the number of
acres;
(h) OF milch cows. the number and
value;
q other cattle than mich COWS, num-
Der and value;
ID Horses Of all ages, number and value;
(k) Sheep and lambs, number and value
(D Swine, four months old or over, num-
Der and value;
(m) or clover and timothy, the number
of acres of each harvested for seed the pre-
ceding year, and the number of bushels of
each obtained tlerefrOm.
(2) And said assessor shall make dupli-
which he shall file In the office of the town
clerk of his town, and the other with the
clerk Of his county, on or before the
first day of August of the same
year.
(3) The county clerk shall on or before
the fifteenth day of August of each year,
forward to the secretary of the state board
of agriculture to be kept in his office. a GER
tifcate of the aggregate number of acres
and the amount of yield Of each of said
products, in his county, and the number
and value of animals, as ascertained and
compiled from the certificates of said as
SCISSOR and the secretary of the state board
of agriculture shall tabulate and publish
such statistical reports, each year, In the
annual report of such board of agriculture.
Section .. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after It's passage and
publication,
Approved June /, 1909
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The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly do en-
section i. section G95 of the statutes is
amended to read: Section 695 Each
member Of the county board shall be al
tjon for his services and expenses in at
tending the meeting of the board at the rate
OF three dollars per day for the time ne
shall actually attend. excepting sundays,
and six cents for each mile travelled in go
ing TO and returning from the place Of
meeting; but per diem allowance shan
be made for any time occupied in travelling,
where mileage is allowed therefor; and no
supervisor shall be allowed to draw pay for
more than fifteen days attendance on the
county board In any one year, except for
provided in section 66S; provided that in
counties where the population exceeds hf-
teen thousand, the county board may sit and
receive pay for not exceeding twenty days
in each year.
Approved June 1, 1909.
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No. 2ee. 81 Published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER go. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section S19c of the stat
utes, relating to powers of town boards
to purchase books or manuals relating to
duties of town officers.
The people of the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows;
Section /. There ia added to the stat
utes a new section to read Section Sl9c.
The town board shall have power to pur-
chase. or order the purchase for the use
of the officers of the town, of any hand,
duties of town officers. which, in the iudg-
ment Of said board, will be Of material as
sistance to such town officers In the per-
formgnce OF their official duties, and to pay
for the same out OF the general fund: pro-
vIdng, however that all books thus pur..
chased shall be and remain the property or
the town.
Section . This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its publication.
publication.
Approved June 1, 1909.
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No. 235 A published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER 245. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to amend section 2o91 of the stat
utes, relating to the contravention of
trusts In certain cases.
The people of the State of Wisconsin rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section L Section 2091 of the statutes,
is amended to read Section 2o91. /.
When the trust shall be expressed in the
instrument creating the estate, every SALE
conveyance or other act of the trustees in
contravention of the trust shall be ALSO
lutely void.
Q Provided. however, In case a benefi-
ciary Is an infant whose maintenance and
education is not sufficiently provided for
BY the trust and said infant has no other
him suitable maintenance or education. or
In case a beneficiary is an adult whose
maintenance is not sufficiently provided for
hv the trust who has become, or is unable
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trustee to whom any estate real or per-
Sonal, shall be devised bequeathed IN
trust for. In whom as trustee any trust
shall be created in any manner in favor or
for the benefit of any minor or other per-
son by the will of any deceased person. or
who may be appointed by any county court
to carry out the provisions or any. Will
which creates trust without naming
trustee, shall give bond to the county Judge
having jurisdiction Of the probate Of the
will in such sum and with such sureties as
the court may order, conditioned as follows
]. To make and return to the county
court. within such time as the court shall
direct, true inventory of all the goods,
cbattels, rights. credits, and estate so de-
viSed or bequeathed;
=, To annually render an account TO
such court of the trust estate IN his hands.
of the management, disposition, and annual
Income thereof;
3. To faithfully execute such trust I'M
der the direction of the court according TO
the true intent and meaning thereof.
4. TO adjust and settle his accounts
with such court at the expiration of his
trust and pay and deliver to the person
entitled thereto all balances money, and
property in his possession and for which
he is liable such trustee. But If the
bond be required of such trustee, none
need be given by him unless the court at
the time of proving the will or thereafter,
shall determine that a bond is required by
a change in the circumstances or situation
of the trustee or for other sufficient rca-
son. The cost of procuring a bond may be
allowed the trustee as provided in section
1882.
Section .. This act shall take effect aud
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved May %, 1909.
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No. 249. ST. Published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER $50, LAWS OF 1909.

CHAPTER $50, LAWS or 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 127a of the stat
utes. relating to commissioners on uni
form legislation and making an appro-
priation therefor.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows
Section l. Section 12Ta of the statutes
is hereby amended to read Section Ira.
=" Within thirty days after the
passage and publication of this act the gov
Grnor shall appoint three commissioners con m 81 en
missioners by the name and style of Com
mssioners for the Promotion of Uniformity
of Legislation In the United States" The
shall be three years from the first Monday
of June In the year In which he Is appoint
ed, provided that the terms of the COM
missioners first appointed under this act
shall be for one, two, and three years, re-
spectively, from the first Monday of June,
1909. Vacancies shall be filled for the resi-
the duty OF said board to examine the sub
jects of marriage and divorce, insolvency,
the form of notarial certificates, descent
and distribution Of property, acknowiedg..
ment of deeds, execution, and probate of
Wills, commercial papers, and other legal
subjects on which uniformity of Legislation
Is desirable to ascertain the best means
to effect uniformity In the laws OF
the states to represent this state in con-
ventions of like commissioners OF other
states; to consider and draft bills to be
submitted to the legislatures of the several
states and to devise and recommend such
other course of action as shall best ac-
compllsh the purposes for which 1t is APP
pointed. No member of said board shall re-
ceive any compensation for his services, but
each member shall be repaid from the state
treasury the amount of his actual travel
ling and other expenses incurred. in the
discharge of his official duty, after the
same shall have been audited by the score,
tary of state as provided In section las
of the statutes. There is appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated a sufficient sum to pay the
expenses of said commissioners when so
audited, not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Said board shall report to the governor Pc
legislature an account of Its
transactions and its advice and recommen-
dations to the legislature, which report
shall be communicated to the legislature by
the governor.
Section 2 This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after its passage ana
publication.
Approved June !, 1909.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13
No 500, A Published June 3. 1909,
CHAPTER 252, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to amend section 1929 of the
statutes, relating to the relief of soldiers,
sailors and marines.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly. do enact
as follows
Section /. Section 1929 of the statutes
is amended to read: Section 1929. Each
of each ward In every city, shall cause TO
be inferred III a decent and respectable man
ner in any cemetery in this state, other
than those used exclusively for the burial
of pauDers. at an expense to the county of
not less than thirty-fiye, nor more than
fifty dollars, the body of any honorably dis
charged soldier, sailor or marine and the
wives or widows of such soldiers, sailors or
marines who shall have. at any time, served
in the army or navy of the United States,
and who shall die not leaving sufficient
means to defray the necessary expenses of
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No. 81. Al Published June 8. 19l
CHAPTER 257, LAWS OF 1903

SI1fAI 1LEO ZOF, LAVE CE 1SU0'
AN ACT to amend section 491b of the stat
utes, relating to free high schools
The people of the State of Wisconsin repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly do enaS
as follows:
Section /. Section 491b of the statutes
Is amended to read Section 491b.
l. Upon receiving the reports and aF
pended certificate provided for in sectl@
496, It shall be the duty of the state super
lntendent to make a separate and dSJl5
class of the schools thus established aI.
maintained In the districts designated y
section 49la as amended by this act, any
each such school shall be entitled to r,
ceive from the general fund of the Sta'
annually, half the amount actually "a
pended for instruction therein and say
superintendent shall fix the amount to Y
paid to each of said high schools and ceEt
fly the same to the secretary of state al ns
time and In the manner he Is now lequh,
to fix and certify to him the amount 10 y
paid to high school districts; provided tG|t
the amount so appropriated TO any hEt
school having a principal and one asSiSUI
shall not exceed nine hundred dollars S5
the amount so appropriated 10 any LIZ
school having a principal and two assn
ants shall not exceed twelve hundred u,
lars, and the amount so appropriated VI
any high school having q principal @i.
three or more assistants shall not eAVe"|
fifteen hundred dollars ,o.,a
2 The amount of any such ceFJnee@.,
shall be paid at any time after tue NV
day of December, out of the state tEeasSgs.
to the district treasurer; but the VIZ WIZ
amount SO paid shall not exceed nifty lI,
sand dollars In any one year to TINS c'5 y
Of free high schools, and If more Is Nj
manded by such districts they shan ~ P"'I
proportionally. ..,,or,
g. The secretary of state shall annu u".3A
include and apportion in the state IS i3 N
such sums as shall have been 50 pau NJ
addition to the amount authorized " NJ
paid In aid Of free high schools oy .r mi,
ton 496 and in addition to all other su"'
levied for the yenr. .sat
Section . This act shall take e a,s
and be In force from and after July us
1909.
Approved June 1, 1000. II
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No 455. ST. Published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER 236. LAWS OF 1909.

No. 455 ST. Published June 2, 1909
CHAPTER 236, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 1888 of the
statutes, relating to guardians and wards
and the support of a ward.
The people of the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section l. Section 1888 of the statutes
is hereby amended to read: Section 1888.
Every guardian shall manage the estate OF
his ward frugally and without waste and
apply the personal property or the income
therefrom or from the real es-
tate, as far as may be necessary for the
suitable education, maintenance, and sup
port of the ward and of his family, If there
be any legally dependent upon him for sup
port and also for the care and proper pro-
lection of the real estate of such ward
If the personal property and in
come from the real estate shall
be insufficient for those pur-
poses, the guardian may also sell the real
estate upon obtaining license therefor, as
provided by law, and shall apply the pro-
ceeds of such sale, so far as may be neces-
sary for such maintenance and support as
aforesaid.
Section q This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved June /, 1909.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-08-13
No. 100, Al Published May 81, 1909
CHAPTER %. LAWS OF 1909

AN ACT to authorize cities of the first
class TO purchase automobiles for the use
of their various departments.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows
Section l. In all cities OF the first class
of this state, whether operating under q
general or special charter, whenever the
board of public works shall deem il for the
best interest of the city to purchase auto
mobiles for the use of any of the depart.
ments OF said city without the intervention
of formal contract, they shall report the
same 10 the common council with their rea-
sons therefor. and the common council may
by resolution authorize said board TO
purchase such automobiles ANY resolu-
tion for the purchase of automobiles as
herein authorized. shall not be adopted ex-
cept with the approval of two-thirds of the
members-elect of the common council and
in the manner required by law where the
expenditure of money Is Involved
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No. $50, A Published June 8, 1909.
CHAPTER $50. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to appropriate to Louise ]. Ander-
son and William Anderson the sum of
money herein mentioned
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated
out of any moneys In the general fund of
the state treasury, not otherwise appropr-
ated, the sum of One Hundred and Fifty
William Anderson her husband, in full for
injuries sustained and received by the said
Louise j. Anderson on July 27. 1908, by be-
negligence on her part while attending an
entertainment given by the Ben Greet play
ers on the University grounds at Madison,
advertised on the programme Of the Uni
said injury being caused by the collapse of
effectively constructed elevated seats.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved June 1, 1900.
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Approved June 1, 1909.
No. 365. S. Published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER ga, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section 197Sx of the
statutes, relating to Insurance corpora
tionS,
The people of the State of Wisconsin,, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows
Section /. There is added to the stat
utes a new section to read: Section 191Sx.
All corporations, associations, partnerships,
or individuals organized and engaged for
profit in the business of providing for the
payment OF funeral, burial, or other ex-
penSes of deceased members. or to holders
of benefit certificates therein, shall be held
to be doing an insurance business under the
provisions of section 1878 of the statutes
Benefit certificates issued by any such
corporation, association, partnership, or Tin IN.
diyIdual shall, within thirty days after
maturity of such certificate be payable to
the surviving husband or wife, If living; If
not, then to any child of suitable age, or
to the personal Representatives of said de-
ceased person, in cash only.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after Its passage and
publication.
Approved June l. 1909.