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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-07-15
No 240 81 Published June z 1909
CHApTER DO LAWS OLE 1909.

AN ACT to amend section 127a Of the stat
utes relating to commissioners on uni
form legislation and making an appro-
priatlon therefor
The people Of the state of Wisconsin, rep
resented IN Senate and Assembly. do en-
act ms follows
section /. Section 1874 Of the statutes
Ia hereby amended 10 read Section l27a,
within thirty days after the
passage and publication OF this act the gov
crnor shall appoint three comm sBioners
who are hereby constituted board of COM
mesloners by the name and style of Com
IN ssioners FOR the Promotion Of Uniformity
of Legislation In the United States" The
term OF Once Of each such commissioners
shalt he three years from the FIRST Monday
OF June In the year IN which he Is appoint
ed, provided that the terms Of the com
mss'0ners 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 hlled for the resi-
due OF the unexplrcd term. 1t shall be
the duty of said board to examine the sub
1ects Of marriage and divorce, insolvency,
the form of notaria certificates descent
and distribution Of property acknnwledg.
ment OF deeds execution, and probate Of
subjects on which uniformity Of legislation
IL desirable; 10 ascertain the best means
to effect uniformity in the laws Of
the states TO represent this state In con-
vcutlons OF like commissioners OF other
states: to consider and draft bills to be
submitted 10 the legislatures Of the several
states; ana 70 bFNlSP HUN Te'oIlhtHu sUtll
other course Of action IA shall best ac-
compIleh the purposes for which It Is ap-
pointed. No member Of said board shall re-
cpiye any compensation for his services, but
each member shall be repaid from the state
treasury the amount of his actual travel
Ing and other expenses incurred In the
discharge OF his official duty. after the
same shall have been audited by the secrc-
iary of state as provided in section 14J
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 i've hundred dollars
Said board shall report to the governor be.
fore the time fxed for the meeting OF the
legislature an account of its
transactions and It's advice and recommen-
dations To the legislature, which report
shall DO communicated to the legislature by
the governor.
Section 2 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. 37S, s. published June 2, 1909.
CHAPTER 235 LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to amend subsection II OF section
7T6 of Che statutes, comforting upon
towns the powers conferred upon villages
when directed by resolution Of the direc-
tors.
The people Of the state Of Wisconsin, rep
resented in senate ana Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section l. Subsection - of section 716
Of the statutes is amended 10 read 13.
Ali powers relating 10 villages and con
ferred upon village boards by the provls-
ions Of chapter 40 of the statutes, except
ing those, the exercise of which would CON
iict with the statutes relating to towns
and town boards are conferred upon towns
which contain population of not less than
five hundred and having therein one or
more untncorporatod villages, and may be
exercised by the board OF such town when
directed by resolution OF the electors there
of at an annual town meeting.
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. t33 :. Published MAY 81. 1909
CHAPTER oo2 LAWS OE 1000

AN ACT to amend subsection y of section
1Gl OF the statutes. relating to powers
nf county superintendent 10 hold school
bonrd conventions
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly. do en-
net az follows:
Section /, Suhqect ion Of section 4f1
OF the statutes Is amended TO read O.
lie county or district superintendent Of
schools Shall annually call and hold Mt
least one school bonrd convention for his
superintendent district at the county seat
or some other convenient place. for the pur-
pose Of consultation advice and instruction
upon matters pertaining to the management
OF the schools. The county superintendent
may determine the number Of days each
convention shall be In session provided no
convention shalt be held for more than two
consecutive days. Each district clerk shall,
aud the director aud TREASURER may attend
Such convention Each member present
shall be allowed two dollars for each day q
attendance at the convention provided hls
certificate OF attendance shall show that he
was present ut each session Of the cOnveu-
ton, and mileage at the rate of three cents
per mile each way, going and returning to
and from said NEE ting, said sum TO he
PAID from any moneys In the school district
tfcaRury not otherwise appropriated Such
per diem and mlleHge shall be In full pay
mpnt Of all expenses incurred by each mem
Der while In attendance ut the convention.
The county superintendent Shall keep "A rec.
ord OF the attendance OF all members Mt
each morning, afternoon or evening sea.
sIon Of the convention during the days the
convention shah he In session ana shall
Issue tn each member In attendance n GER
tIncate settling forth the actual attendance
OF each Of said members. which shan be
filed With the school district clerk and serve
as basis or evidence for drawing the
necessary warrant upon the district treas
ury
Section .. This act shall take effect and
y" n force from and after It's passage and
publication.
Approved May 90. 1909
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No 500, A. published June =. 1903
CHAPTER 252, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to amend section 1929 OF the
statutes. relating to the relief or soldiers,
sailors and marines
The people of the State of Wisconsin. repre-
scented in senate and Assembly. do enact
aS follows
section / Section 1a2og Of the statutes
Is amended TO read section 1523g, Each
town board. village board and the aldermen
of each ward III every city. shall cause TO
be Inferred In decent and Respectable nun
nor In any cemetery in this state, other
than those used exclusively for the burial
Of pnupers, nj an expense TO the county Of
not less than thlrty.hye nor more than
fftv dollars the body Of any honorahly dis
charged soldier. sailor or marine and the
wives or widows OF such soldiers, sailors or
marines who shall have. at any time. served
and who shall die not leaving sufficient
means to defray the necessary expenses Of
n decent burial or under financial circum
stances which would distress his family to
pay the expenses of such Duriai
Section . This act shall take effect and
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No sBt Published Nav n 1909
CHAPTER 223. LAWS OF 1909.

AN Act to amend section dill Of the
statutes, relating TO collection OF tuition
Tor non resident students who attend
county training schools for teachers
The people Of the state OF Wisconsin rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do en-
net as fOlows
Section /. Section 4li--l1 OF the stat.
utes Is amended 10 read Section Ali.
Whenever any person not residing In any
training school district shall become
student in any training school, the board of
such school ~ hereby empowered TO charge
n tuition fee for such person TO be fixed bg
n majority Of the members OF said board
1T regular meeting thereof provided that
such tuition fee shnll not exceed seventy
i've cents per week for each non resident
pupil
The county board Of supervisors Of the
county OF which such person Is "a bona fde
resident, Is hereby authorized 10, md
shall provide by Tux upon the
property of the county, sum sufficient TO
provide for the payment Of the tuition on
account Of the residents of said county
who have attended such teachers trimming
school. and the amounts so levied shall be
collected when and rs other taxes are col
lected, ana shall bee paid by the county
treasurer of said county to the county treas
urer Of the county In which the
training school enrolling such person Is
situated. and the amount so received by
such treasurer shall be placed to the credit
or the teachers training school district.
Section 2 This act shall take effect and
be 10 force from ana after its passage and
publication,
Approved May %. 1909.
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10. pa, s. Published June 2. 1909
CHAPTER 243. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT TO amend subdivision of section
TT6 OF the statutes, relating to the pow
ers of town meeting.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented In Senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows:
Section l. Subdivision Of section 776
Is amended to read 7. To authorize the
town board to Issue and negotiate bonds
Of the town, not exceeding five thousand
dollars in the aggregate, for the purpose
Of defraying the expenses Of building any
bridge over any stream In such town, when
the cost thereof shall exceed the sum OF
two thousand dollars; to authorize the
town board to issue and negotiate bonds
Of the town. not exceeding five thousand
dollars In the aggregate, for the purpose OF
defraying the expenses of building roads
Such bonds may be made payable at diff
ferent times, not, however TO exceed five
years from the date thereof, with interest
The powers conferred by subdivisions )
aud shall not be exercised at any such
town meeting unless the town board shall
have given notice Of their intention TO pre-
sent the proposition to such meeting as Is
required In case of special town meetings,
nor unless resolution or order to be voted
upon containing the particulars required by
section III shall be first publicly
read to such meeting before the vote shall
be taken.
Approved June l, 1909
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No. 454, :. Published May II. l9o3
CHAPTER 221, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to amend subsection - Of section
29S2 Of the statutes relating To exemp'
lions from execution.
resented in Senate and Assembly. do on
act as follows ,
Section |. Subsection - OF section W.
Of the statutes is amended TO read ~
The shares held by a member OF a local
building and loan association as the same
ia defined IN section 200o TO the value or
one thousand dollars al the time OF me
withdrawal thereof; but this subdivision
shall not apply to any person owning
homestead which Is exempt.
The exemptions provided for In suhdiys-
ions three six seven. eight, nine eleven,
thirteen. fourteen. seventeen,
nineteen. and twenty two Of this section
shall extend only 10 debtors having an aC-
tual residence 10 this state, and when such
debtors and their families or any OF tH'Ii
shall be removing from one place or resi-
dence TO another. and those granted in
subdivisions five six. eleven, thirteen, four
and twentv.two hereof shall not be claimed
as against an attachment or execution ~
sued upon judgment for the plaintiff in
m action brought to recover compensation
for any manual or domestic labor rendered
or performed by any female In or about
tho dwelling Of another. No property OK
empted by the provisions OF TINS section
shall be exempt from execution or attach
ment brought by any person Tor the fecoV-
cry Of the whole or any part OF the pur-
chasc-rnoney of the same property. All ar
t'cles so exempted may BE- selected by tho
debtor, his agent. clerk. or legal represen-
tatve, when necessary TO distinguish the
same and Il they shall fail or neglect TO
claim such exemption, the debtors wife,
unless she shall have deserted HIM, may,
before sale. select the same and in her own
name maintain an action for the recovery
of the possession. or the value thereof, II
the same shall have been taken away, pro-
ylded the claim OF exemption ana selection
have uecu made.
Section This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after It's passage and
publication
Approved NAV % 1909
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So I7G. S. Published June 2, 1909.
CHAFTER 238, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT IN amend section 24o7 OF the stat
utes. relating to printed cases for use IN
the supreme court.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do en-
Act as follows
Section / Section 210T of the statutes
Is amended 10 read Section 2407 !. The
supreme court shall be vested With all
power and authority necessary for carrying
Into complete execution all Its judgments
aud determinations in the matters afore-
snid md for the exercise OF Its jurisdiction
as the supreme judicial tribunal OF the
state agrcoablv TO the usages ana prlncl-
pies OF law and to make. annui, amend,
or modify the rules of practice therein from
time TO time as II shall see Mt, not lncons4s-
tent with the constitution anu laws.
2 The supreme court may by rule pro-
vide that no party In any action or pro-
ccedng before the supreme court snail be
required to prepare and furnish any print
cd case or other printed abridgement or the
record or of the proceedings heretofore
had
Section . This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after Its passage ana
publication.
Approved June l. 1909.
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CHAPTER 900. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section 752m Of the
statutes. relating to duties Of district at
t0rnrvs.
The people Of the state of Wisconsin. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do ell
act NJ follows;
Section l. There Is added 70 the stat
ute4 a new section to read Section 152m.
II shall be the duty of the district attor..
nev. under the supervision and direction OF
the attorney general, and upon his request
10 brief and argue all criminal cases
brought by appeal or vri error or GER
tilted from hs county to the supreme court.
For such services rendered such district
attorney shall receive fom his cou"tv h's
actual expenses
Section 2 This act shall take effect and
hp in force from and after Its passage and
publication,
Approved June l. 1909.
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No 455. s. Published June ., 1909
CHAPTER 22R. 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 1883 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.
II the personal property and In.
come from the real estate shall
be- insufficient fox those pur..
poses The guardian may also sell the real
estate. upon obtaining a license therefor as
provided hy law, and shall apply the pro-
ceeds OF such sale. so far as may be neees-
sary for such maintenance ana support as
Aforesaid.
Section . This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved June /, 1909
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No. 81, A. Published June 3. 1909.
CHAPTER 257, LAWS OF 1909

AN ACT to amend section 491b Of the stat
49,, utes, relating to free high schools.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented In Senate and Assembly, do enact
Section l. Section 491b of the statutes
IS amended to read Section 4olb.
l. Upon receiving the reports and APP
pended certificate provided for IN section
4ef. II shall be the duty of the state super
lntendcnt to make a separate and distinct
class OF the schools thus established and
section 491a as amended by this act aud
each such school shall be entitled to re
ceive from the general fund Of the. state
annually, one-half the amount actually ex-
pended for Instruction therein: and said
superintendent shall fix the amount to be
paid to each OF said high schools and certl-
time and In the manner he Is now required
to fix and certify to him the amount to be
paid to high school districts; provided that
the amount so appropriated to any high
school having a principal and one assistant
shall not exceed nine hundred dollars, ami
the amount so appropriated to any high
school having a principal and two assist
ants shall not exceed twelve hundred dol
lars, and the amount appropriated to
any high school having {, principal and
three or more assistants shall not exceed
fifteen hundred dollars.
2. The Amount Of any such certificate
shall be paid at any time after the arst
day of December, out of the state treasury
to the district treasurer; but. the whole
amount SO paid shall not exceed fifty thou
sand dollars In any one year to this class
Of free high schools, and II more Is de.
manded by such districts they shall be paid
proportionally.
3. The secretary Of state shall annually
include and npportion in the state tax all
such sums as shall have been SO paid, In
addition TO the amount authorized to bs
paid in aid OF free high schools by SEQ
tion 49G and In addition to all other sums
levied for the year.
Section 2 This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after July drst,
1909.
Approved June ]. 1905
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No. 900 s Published June ., 1909
CIiApTER 232. LAWS OF 1908.

AN ACT TO create section siAc Of the stat,
utes, relating to powers OF town boards
10 purchase books or manuals relating to
duties Of town officers.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin. rep
resented In Senate and Assembly. do Gu
oct us follows
Section l. There Ia added 10 the stat
utos new section to read Section SIDE.
The town board shall have power to pur.
chase, or order tho purchase for the use
nf the officers Of the town. of amy hand
books or manuals relating 10 the powers and
duties Of town officers which In the iude-
mtut IL said board. Will be of material as
sstnure to such town officers In the per-
furmRnco nf their Official duties and 70 pay
fnr tho same out Of the general fund pro
yidiug However that all books thus pur
chased shall be aud remain the property Of
the town
section 9 This act shal take effect aud
bc In force from aud after Its publication.
publication.
Approved June l 1909.
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CHAPTER 234. LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT to create section l3'S& OF the
statutes, relating to insurance corpora
lions.
The people OF the state Of Wisconsin, rep
resented n Senate and Assembly, DO en-
act "a follows
Section l. There Is added to the stat
u,ss n new section to read Section l9iSE.
All corporations, associations, partnerships.
or individuals organ zcd and engaged TOR
profit in the business of providing for the
payment of funeral. burial, or other eS-
penses Of deceased members. or to holders
of benefit certificates therein, shall be held
to be do .nS an Insurance business under the
provisions of section 1878 al the statutes.
BENEFIT certificates issued by any such
corporal ion, association, partnership. or IN
dlyidual shall. within thirty days afler
maturity of such certificate. he payable 70
the surviving husband or wife. If living II
not, then TO any child Of suitable age, or
to the personal representatives. OF SAID de-
ceased person, in cash only
Section .. This act shall take effect and
he in force from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved June / 1909
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AN ACT to authorize cities OF the nrst
class to purchase automobiles for the use
Of their various departments.
The people Of the state Of Wisconsin, repre-.
scented Ia senate and Assembly, do en-
act as follows
Section l. In all cities of the nrat class
OF this state, whether operating under a
general or special charter. whenever the
board Of public works shall deem II for the
best interest u the city to purchase auto
mobiles Tor the Use ~ any IL the depart.
mehts ~ said city without the Intervention
oI formal Contract they shall report the
same - the common council with their ren
sons therefor and the common council NAV
b. resolution authorize said board IL
purchase SUCH automobiles Any rtRolu.
ton Tor the purchase Of automobiles az
herein authorized. shah not he adopted *.
cept with the approval 81 two.thirds uf the
members elect Of the common council and
In the manner required BY law where the
expenditure Of money III involved
Section :. Jhis act shall take effect and
be IN force from aud after It's passage and
publication.
Approved May 20. 1905
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<0 40 81 tPubl'shed June .. 1900.
CHATTER 227. LAWS OF 1905.

AN ACT to amend section G2a--2Ga Of the
statutes. relating to terms OF oihce IN
cities
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin, rep
resented IN Senate and Assembly, do en-
act aS follows:
Section l. Section 025--26a of the stat
utes il amended to read Section 90
2Ga ! In cities of the second third and
fourth classes he terms of office Of all
city officers hereafter chosen by the elect
ors except aldermen of cities governed by
special charter. shall be two years; and
also except supervisors, who shall be elect
ed annually. and their term of office shall
be for one year, unless otherwise prov died
for In cities operating under special char
tiers. or unless the common council shan
by ordnance provide different term Tor
said officers or any Of them.
2 This act shall not affect the term Of
Office Of any city officer which exceeds two
g. The common council may by ordln-
ancc adopted and published al any time
prpvous 20 the pubiicati on OF notice of the
election at which aldermen are to be elect
ed provide for the division OF
the aldermen into two classes. one class 20
bp elected for two years, and the
Other for four years
and thereafter the term of office of all such
aldermen shall be four years.
Xii ordinances adopted under the authority
herein granted shall be deemed adopted.
only uy1n the affirmative vote of two
thir 81 the members elect of the council,
which vote shall be recorded.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and
he IN force from and after its passage and
publication.
NDUrOyr1 Nav 81 1909
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No So, s Published May 81. 1909
CHAPTER 224, LAWS OF 1909.

AN ACT tn create section 472Aa of tho
statutes relating to wri:s OF error on
behalf OF the state In criminal cases
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, rer.
resented In Senate and Assembly. do en-
act an follows
Section /. new section of the statutes
Ia hereby created TO read Section 4T24a
When "a trial court in criminal case shall,
before jeopardy has attached, render final
Judgment adverse TO the state, writ Of
error may issue on behalf OF the state TO
review such Judgment. provided that no
writ OF error shalt be taken by or allowed
the state In any case where there has been
a verdict In favor Of the defendant.
Section z This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after ita passage and
publication
Approved NAV 20 1908