Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-06-16

shall hold license for the sale OF
intoxicating liquors.
Chapter 127 page, increasing the
scope Of the statutes relating to Ia
bells and trademarks.
Chapter 1914 (Browne), amending
the statue authorizing boards OF ed
ucation in cities of the third class to
have charge of the erection of school
buildings to apply to the boards OF
education in cities of the fourth class.
Chapter 211 (Stout), making it the
duty of the attorney in the state fire
marshal's office to assist district at
torneys in the prosecution of all ar
son cases in the courts of the state
and increasing the tax upon fire in
surance companies for the mainten-
ance of the fire marshaPs depart
ment to three-eighths of one per cent
on their premium receipts.
Chapter "a (Fairchild), providing
for the examination under the dis
covery statute, section 1895, of offic-
ers, agents or employees of the adj
verse party and of officers of cities,
towns, villages and counties.
Chapter 1872 (Martim, providing
that convicts in Waupun shall not be
paroled until at least one-half of the
full term shall have been served and
that life convicts shall not be par
rolled unless they have served 80
years less the dimunition which
would have been allowed for good
conduct had the sentence been 80
years
Chapter 20 (Thomas), amending the
statute relating to the taxation of
personal property by providing that
timber. railroad ties and
other articles not manufacturers
stock shall be assessed in the district
where located.
Chapter SO (Donald), exempting
from taxation all memorial halls
owned by the G. A. R. or soldiers
associations and actually
occupied by a post of the G. A. r. or
the Women's Relief Corps or a
camp Of the Sons of Veterans which
contain memorial tablets, etc.
Chapter "a (Whitehead), prohib-
iting persons representing them
in the state unless duly licensed I'M
der a penalty of a fine of not less
than $25 nor more than $500 or by
in the county jail not
more than one year, or by both such
fine and Imprisonment.
CHAPTER 119 committee on for
estry), requiring corporations main
tanning and operating railways to pro-
vide fire patrols during dangerously
dry seasons, and authorizing the
state board OF forestry to inspect To-
opera ed through forests,
brush or grass land to see that the
provisions of the statute regarding
fire screens are compiled with.
Chapter 126 (Owen), prohibiting
gifts or payments to any officer or
Of the state engaged in the
examination, investigation or prose-
cution of any oank, trust company, |
building and loan association, insur-
ance company, etc. directly or indi
rectly from any such bank, company
or society.
Chapter 1876 (Randolph. by re-
quest), extending the powers of the
railroad rate commission to cover
complaints regarding the service in
with the transportation of property
or charges for storage or that any
car service or demurrage charge is
illegal or exorbitant.
Chapter 179 (Sanborn), prescribing
a new oath for admission to the
bar in Wisconsin.
Chapter $50 (Sanborn), extending
until January l, 1911, the period with
in which public utilities in this state
may surrender their license, permit
or franchise and come under the in
determinate franchise act.
Chapter 1856 (Fairchild), adding a
new sub-chapter to the banking laws
of the state providing for the organi-
cation for trust company banks with
a capital stock of at least 100000
and not to exceed s5000,O00 except
that in cities of less than 100, 900 in
habitants il may be less than $780,
OOO but not less than S50,0OO: re-
quiring the deposit with the state
treasurer of no. less than so per
cent of the capital, provided that no
corporation shall be required to de-
post more than 100000, the depos.
1T to be in cash, bonds, mortgage.
etc. and providing that no such
trust company bank shall receive de-
posits subject to draft or check or
payable on demand and reauirfn-
such banks to submit % the same
exam nation as other classes of
banks in the state.
Chapter 1919 (Fairchild), authorizing
the payment annually out of the state
treasury to city or village schools for
the bind he sum of 5000 for each
blind pupil therein. who shall have
been instructed for nine months dur
ing the year preceding, and a proper