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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
No. 142, A. Published Nav 10. 1909.
CHAPTER 15A LAWS or 1909

MO- dHAP4ER ISL F" IA%s W 81 1902 81 B90'
AN ACT to amend sections 560f 560g,
b6Oh and 560l Of the statutes; and to
create section soon OF the statutes, relat-
.r Ing to state aid for rural schools
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented, Ia Senate and Assembly. do en-
Section /. Sections 5000, 560g, 56Oh and
560l OF the statutes are amended to read
Section 56Of. Every school district which
shall have maintained 8 school or schools
for eight months the previous year. sup
piled needfui apparatus and text books,
and Eept the school house and out buildings
IN proper condition and repair, shall for
the purposes Of this act, be deemed to
nave maintaiued rural school or schools
OF the second class.
Section b6Og; Every school district not
composed wholly or in part of an incor-
porated village or city, nor containing a
state graded school, which shall have main
talned school or schools for eight months
school building and out buildings, needfui
apparatus, supplementary readers and in
stalled an adequate system of ventilation,
and done efficient work, shall for the pur-
poses OF this act, be deemed TO have main
t0lned rural school or schools of the first
class
Section 56oh Any district maintaining
q rural school or schools of the second
class shall be entitled to a share In all state
and county school moneys. Any district
maintaining rural school or schools of
20 the moneys specified for rural schools of
the second class, to special state aid to the
amount OF hfty dollars per year for each
school so maintained for three years to be
paid from the state treasury.
Section 560l. To each district which
shall comply with all the provisions of this
act and whose application for aid shall
have been approved by him, the state su.
perintendent shall apportion the sum of
fifty dollars Cor each rural school of the
nrst class maintained by said district which
shall be paid in the same manner as other
forms OF special state aid are now paid
section 2. There Is added to the stat
utes a new section to read Section 56On.
L. AS used IN sections 560f, 560g. 560h,
B60i, $500, 560k, 1901, soon and Soon the
words school, district" shall include sub
districts In towns which have adopted the
township system OF school government
T. Nothing contained in this act shall be
construed SO as to Increase the number of
payments which may be received by any
district for any school qualified as required
BY sections 560f, 560g. 560h, 560i, 560i,
06OG, 900. and 560m to more than three on
account Of any one school.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
pc n force from and after its passage and
Approved May IS, 1909.
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No. 200. A. Published Nav 81. 1909
CaApIER 100. LAWS OF 1909.


CHAPTER 169, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to create section 1S05m of the
statutes. providing for the use of cabooSe
cars On freight train and regulating the
construction and size thereof.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly do en-
act as follows
Section 1. There is added to the statutes
a new section to read: Section 1SO6m. /.
0n and after July LIST. 1910, it shall be IN
lawful for any person corporation. or com
pany. operating any railroad or railway in
the state Of Wisconsin 70 require or permit
the use OF any caboose cars unless said
cahoose cars shall be equ pped With at least
two regulation four-wheeled trucks, except
on trains used exclusively for hauling logs.
Z. ANY person. corporation or company
operating any railroad or railway in the
state OF Wisconsin violating any of the pro-
visions Of section / of this act shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less
than FIVE hundred dollars nor more than one
thousand dollars for each offense.
3. 1t shall be tine duty of the railroad
commission Of Wisconsin to enforce this
act
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved May 20. 1909.
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No. no A. fp,bl;s,,oa - -, -
of1AET Ter 175, LAWS OF 1909.
An sr aGT providing for the improving Of the
~ souh b.ls,a at the executive residence and
sns oallo ng thereon OF a boat honsa
n madks and drive and making an ammo,
ne re-. people pig Of the State of Wisconsin rep-
act as follows: eenois' 10 en-
nre seasson / The superintendent of public
pia 1fh as Is directed to do the grading
neeted with the executive ti res g1omnds con,
hie s - by the construction Of the new
sal hda 5he g IIe is also directed to build
va p IIss or nqus Sc and the necessary cement
arn 9se , = There is appropriated out Of
wise a aopFop IN the general fund not other
lars ps exceeding the sum Of two thousand dol dol.
Section 3. This act shah take effect and
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/. The state board of control
reformatory to leave the institution and go
at large in case the conduct of such inmate
for reasonable time has inspired the board
Of control and the superintendent Of the re-
formatory with the belief that he VIII be
honest and Industrious provided that some
suitable employment or situation has been
secured IN advance for such inmate.
2 The board OF control may
at any time before the term Of commit
ment Of any paroied inmate expires revoke
hts parole and order his return to the re-
formatory Such order mag be executed by
or under the direction OF the superintendent
of the reformatofy.
Section .. THIS act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved May 10, 1909.
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No. 90 Al Published Nav % 1000
CHAPTER Ia. LAWS OF 1904.

CHAPTER 174, LAWS or 1904.
AN ACT to authorize the comm ssioners Of
public lands. to loan portion of the
trust fund OF the state to Portage coun-
ty and authorizing the county of Portage
to borrow said funds
The people Of the State of Wisconsin. rem
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section /, The commissioners of public
iahdS are authorized TO loan portion of
the trust funds of this state, not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars to the county
OF Portage, state of Wisconsin and the
said county Is authorized to borrow OF said
commissioners the said amount and to is
sue to said commissioners certificates of
the Indebtedness so contracted. The said
indebtedness shall bear interest at the rate
OF three and one-half per cent per annum
payable annually; and the said Indebted
ness shall be paid in ten equal annual paw
ments the first payment falling due on the
first day of July of the next succeeding
year after said Indebtedness shall have been
created. 0-
Section 2. Each and every year until
the entire loan is repaid the secretary of
state SNAIL, when he apportions the state
tax among the several counties of the state
and certfles the same to the county clerr
add TO the state tax which would be nron-
eFiy chargeable to the county of PORTAGE
the annual interest due the state on such
loan, together with the amount of the prin-
clpal sum so loaned falling due on the first
day Of the following July. 1t shall he the
duty OF the county clerk of Portage county
amount so due from the county of Portage
TO include said amounts in his apportion,
ment OF the state taxes to said county and
the same shall be levied and collected ont
OF the taxable property of said county and
pald over TO the county treasurer of the
county or Portage, and by him 10 the state
treasurer. in the same way and at the same
tine as other state taxes are collected and
paid. "'i"
Section B. It is provided that said conn
~ ~ u eo rortage shai never. during the Pc
pa1d become indebted or contract debts for
greater amount, including debts heretofore
contracted, as well as that herein author
Med. than i've per centum on the value of
al taxabie property in said county. to he
asceftalned by the last assessment for +bo
state and county taxes previous IA - ipo .me
act. W Ills
Section 4 Before contracting any in.
ueDIednesS hereunder, and before a1v ~
sa trust funds shall be delivered To tba
saq county Of Portage in exchange For
sald eert-hcates of Indebtedness. the eounfv
BOARD OF said county, at a ragIIlar or on9
cial meeting, shall by resolutions aeceI+ tba
pIVVislobs or THIS act and the terrns and
LIMITATIONS herein provided. and ebaIl et fia
1it1 me secretary of state COPIES of said
resolutions. certified by the cIerir of said
county me certificates of in6ehfednesS
~ PROVIDED for shall be made pavab3a
- the commissioners of public lands and
eaaH pc signed by the chairman of said
county clerk of said county ~ the
section .. This act shall tal<a efsoo+ on5
publication. p@SSase anu
Approved May 81, 1909.
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Madison and the board OF supervisors OF
said county
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after Its passage and
publication.
Approved May is, 1909.
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No. II 81 Published Nav 21 1909
CHAPTER III. LAWS OF 1909

No. II ST Published Nav 21 1909
CHAPTER III, LAWS or 1909.
AN ACT to amend section AIT of the stat
ntes. relating to the location of school
house sites
The people Of the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows
Section l. Section ATT of the statutes liz
amended to read: Section All Whenever
school district shall have designated by
majority vote of the electors thereof
present at an annual meeting, or at 8 spe-
clal meeting called for that purpose
sch0olhouse site, or an addition thereto and
shall be unable to obtain the same on ac-
count Of the refusal of the owner to sell
or lease the same for just and reasonable
compensation. or on account of his being a
nonresident or unknown. the district board
when directed so to do by vote of the cleo
tors OF such district meeting shall make ap-
plication to the town board Of their town to
locate and establish the site or any addi-
tion thereto so designated provided that
every such schoolhouse site or any school
house site obtained by purchase or grant
shall be located and established abutting on
a public highway OR street, and that no
schoohouse hereafter to be erected shall be
erected on any site unless such site abuts
on public highway or street.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage and
publication.
Approved May 20. 1909.
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No. 1913. AL Published May 10. 1909.
CHAPTER 1853, LAWS or 1909.

CIAPTER 1853, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 1931a of the
statutes, relating to reinsurance by town
mutual Insurance companies.
Mhe people Of the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows
Section / Section 1931a of the statutes
10 amended to read Section 1931a. ANY
such corporation may, at any annual meet
Ing or special meeting thereof convened for
that purpose authorize its board Of direc-
tors to effect reinsurance In some other
town Insurance company Of this state, do
Ing business In the same or adjoining terri
tory and in like manner to re-insure similar
risks Of any other such corporation.
Section z. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after It's passage and
publication.
Approved May IS, 1909.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-15
No. 5S1 Al Published May 10, 1909.
CaAPTER 16I, LAWS OF 1909.

No, 581 A. Published May 10, 1909
CHAPTER 161, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to repeal subsection 6 and amend
subsection OF section 1897 of the stat
fisheries
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
Section /. Subsection of section 1907
of the statutes is repealed.
Section Q Subsection of section 1897
is remembered and amended to read ::
g. They shall report in
December of each even-numbered
wear to the governor their trans
actions for the biennial term ending the
preceding thirtieth day of = June. .
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved May 10, 1909.
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No. 40, A. 4
CHAPTER
T Published May 10, 1909.
81. LAWS OF 1909.


AN ACT to amend SUBDIVISION OF section
49, OF the statutes, relating to the Am
nv ltation OF notice Of personal injury
Ihe people OF the State OF Wisconsin, rep
resented Ia Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows
Section l. Subdivision Of section 1922
or the statutes is amended to read (Sec-
tion 4222.) 5. An action to recover dam
ages Tor an injury TO property, real or per-
Sonal, or Tor an injury TO the person. char
acter or rights OF another, not arising on
contract, except in case where different
period is expressly prescribed. But no ac-
Clon to recover damages for injuries to the
person, received without this state, shall
be brought In any court IN this state when
such action shall be barred by any statute
or limitations of actions Of the state or
county In which such injury was received
unless the person so injured shall, at the
time OF such Injury, have beer a resident
OF this state. NO action TO recover dam
ages for an Injury TO the person shall be
maintained unless within two
years after the happen ing OF the event caus-
ing Such damages, notice in writing, signed
by the party damaged, his agent or attor-
ney, shall be served upon the person or
corporation Dy whom 1t Is claimed sucn
damage was caused. stating the time and
place where such damage occurred. a brief
description OF the injuries, the manner In
which they were received and the grounds
upon which claim Is made and that sat4s-
faction thereof is claimed Of such person
or corporation. Such notice shall be given
IN the manner required for the service Of
tice shall be deemed insufficient or invalid
solely because of any inaccuracy or failure
therein in stating the description Of the
Injuries, the manner In which they were
received or the grounds on which the
claim is made, provided it shall appear
that there was no intention on the part
Of the person giving the notice to mislead
the other party and that such party was
not ln fact misied thereby provided, that
the provision herein requiring notice Of
two years shall not apply to any
event causing damage which happened be-
fore the passage and publication
OF this act. When an action shall
be brought and a complaint actually served
therein within two years after
the happening of the event causing such
damages, the notice herein provided for
need not be served.
Section 2. All acts or parts Of acts con-
dlctlng with this act are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be La force from and after It's passage and
publication
Approved May Is, 1909.
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No. 572, AL Published May 10, 1909.
CHAPTER 1852, LAWS or 1909.

AN ACT to amend section 258am Of the
statutes relating to loans to towns or to
town and village jointly.
The people OF the State Of Wisconsin. rep
resented 10 Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
Section l. There is added to the stat
utes a new section to read Section assam.
The said commissioners may invest the said
trust funds In loans to any two towns, to
any town and village or to any town and
city Jointly and all provisions Of law rel
alive to loans Of such trust funds to a sim
gle town shall also be applicable to such
Joint loan to such two towns or to such
town and village. Every payment Of inter-
est or principal upon said loan shall be paid
by the two towns, by the town and the viii
lage or by the town and city pro rata ac-
cOFding to the last equaIi2ed assessed value
thereof
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
DO in force from and after Its passage and
publication
Approved May Is, 1909.
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No. 156. ~ (Published Nav 81 1909
CHAPTER 10. LAWS OF 1909.

NJ. 100, \, iIuDiiSNeU NAV Il 1909.
CHAPTER 40, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT to amend subsection of section
l2aO of the statutes relating to highway
taxes.
The people OF the State of Wisconsin. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section /. Subsection of section 1910
OF the statutes. is amended to read: (Sec-
ton 1240l :. The residue of the highway
taxes, to an amount of not less than one
nor more than seven mills on the dollar.
shall be assessed on the valuation of the
real and personal property In each town or
superintendent district; provided that in
addition to such amount there may be as
sessed any additional amount which shall
have been authorized by the last preceding
annual town meeting. not exceeding fifteen
mills on the dollar of such valuation pro-
vided, further that no town containing less
than five hundred Inhabitants shall levy or
collect in any year q highway tax of more
than two thousand dollars. including the
amount voted by any town meeting and the
amount levied by the supervisors. and that
no town containing two congressional town
ships or more shall levy or collect a high
way tax. exclusive of that first authorized
herein, of more than three thous-
and dollars in any year
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after it's passage and
publication.
Approved Nav 20 1909
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No 295. Al Published Nav 10 1909
CHAPTER 159, LAWS OF 1909.


AN ACT to create section 1943l of the stat
utes providing that all insurance con-
tracts be in writing and providing against
discrimination in premiums thereon
Tie people of the tate Of Wisconsin. rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
act as follows:
Section L. There is added to the stat
utes new section to read Section 1881
no insurance company doing business in
this state, other than life Insurance COM
pany, .and. no agent. officer or employe
thereof. shall offer to pay or allow. or
oHer or agree to pay or allow as an induce
ment TO any insurance, any rebate of the
premium paid or payable under it's policy.
or any special favor, advantage. benefit
valuable consideration or induceInent what
eyer YER not specified IN It's policy Any person
subsections 4, 5, 6, aud s of section 1850
of the statutes
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
be IL force from and after its passage and
Approved May 49, 1909
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No. 69T. A. I TPuhlished Nav 10 1000
CHAPTER 100, LAWS or 1909.
AN ACT to amend section 49441. OF the
statutes. authorizing the state board Of
control TO parole inmates of the Wiscon-
sin state reformatory.
The people OF the State of Wisconsin. rep
act as follows:
Section |. Section 4944j Of the stat
utes, Is amended to read: Section 4944i
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lifting materials TO be used in such con-
cause the shafts OF openings IN each door to
be enclosed or fenced in on all sides by
barrier at least eight. feet in height If a
building in course OF construction is five
stores or more in height no lumber or tim
Der needed for such construction shall be
holsted or lifted on the outside of such
building.
Section 2 This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage aud
publication
Alproved May 10. 1909
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AN ACT to authorize the comm ssioners Of
public lands to loan a portion of the
trust fund Of the state. to Portage coun-
ty, and authorizing the county of Portage
to borrow So id funds -
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Section 1494x-I4 For the purposes of
this act a sample Of agricultural seed, as de-
shall consist Of not more than four or less
than two ounces Of the seed to be exam
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90 When seed of rape {brasslea rapa L)
contains five or more per cent of common
mustard (brassica arvensis L., or black
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The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-01-01
What the Women Said


The women have been congregating unusually Of late
in southern tier New York town. and a wise one,
with ten words has turned the ordinary clattery-spat
terry thought bubbling into stream. She said: "Last
month ended first no-license year. What Of it?''
1t may be worth noting that woman, in the dis
cussion engendered has backed up against any mans
Preside, smoke-ringed opinion in the matter Perhaps
this feminine lonethnling carries in itself the first
modest tay-on for the order
The lineman's wife, who has lived in many places,
emitted the first rounded opnion eve had the best
saloons in the state think Where else would saloon
keeper come did Mr.. Kern, and tell my boy
there too much? I'd rather my husband would stop in
place like that than to be finding bottles about the
house, as | do now.''
The next clear word from farm four miles in
the hills. Only strong feeling and long thought could
have pulled the quiet woman out to say: Il will come
down and work day and night, any way can my
knees in the street if need be- to hold the town dry
You know why It's been new kind Of year for
the first prospecting in ten Yes there's hard
cider drunB-sometmes too much-and every
knows how it last Fourth But the habit is broken
the habit of running to town. with all its paltry
deserted work and miserable night hours of wait
ing keeping all poor sick and OH it's been
a good year, up way-a kind of year for us.
That Clean Feeling
'Best of ALL think and my girls think too said
Mrs Van Ness els the feeling-the clean feeling
walks the town. No lodging round to avoid Han
sons and the other They may be drinking just
behind the walls but the streets anyway,
and the place somehow has different feel to
clearer, prouder-and my girls notice it too
sThose that want it will get it, said the linemans
wife sMrs Hurd's Bonnie was carried home helpless
Saturday night
''And the mother takes it cheerfully broke in Mrs.
Hurd's neighbor. "tWhats spree and them
says Mrs. Hurd. IT'S the ble-dribble, many
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-01-01
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE


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