Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04


luton, declared by tWo-thirds vote of
the members elected to the city council
or county board, to be necessary for any
immediate purpose, or any ordinance
or resolution making any appropria-
ton for maintaining the city or county
government or maintaining or aiding
any public institution. The part of
such appropriation, not exceeding the
next previous annual appropriation for
the same purpose, shall take effect and
be available a t the time fixed by law.
Inc increase in any such appropria-
ton shall only take effect as in the
case of other ordinances or resolutions,
and such Increase or any part thereof
Speclhed in the. petition may be re-
ferred to vote of the people upon pc
titiOn.
3. If within twenty days after the
passage and publication of any ordi-
nance or resolution, a petition, signed
by qualified electors of the city or
twenty per cent Of all the votes cast
for governor in such city or county at
the last preceding regular election,
shall be filed with the city or county
clerk and certified by him to the city
council or county board, praying that
the operation of such ordinance or res
olutlon be suspended, the operation or
Such ordinance or resolution, unless the
same shall be an emergency ordinance
or resolution, shall be suspended. AT it's
next regular meeting, or at special
meeting prior to the time OF its regu-
lar meeting, the city council or county
board shall consider such ordinance or
resolution, and either repeal 1T or sub
nit it to the electors of the city or
county at the next regular election or
| at a special election, to be called for
that purpose, if no such general or
| special election shall be held within
ninety days. If any such ordinance or
| resolution shall be approved by ma
jority of the electors voting thereon,
it shall take effect and be in force
from and after twenty days from the
date of the election.
| 4. An emergency ordinance or reso-
| luton shall remain in force notWlth-
standing any petition filed upon it, but
| such ordinance or resolution shall
stand repealed from and after twenty
days after being rejected by majority
| of the qualified electors voting thereon.
5. Nothing contained in this section
shall apply to any city ordinance which
grants a franchise for public utility,
or authorizes the issue of municipal
| bonds.
Section 39k. 1. Every petition sub
hitting proposed ordinance to the
city council or county BOARD, and every
pel4Cion for the suspension of an ordi-
nance or resolution, shall be filed with
| the clerk of the city or county. Sigma
lures to such petition may be upon diff
| or substantially similar headings.
2. Each signer shall add to his sigma
| ture his place Of residence, giving the
street and number, and one s1gner OF
| each paper Of such petition shall make
| oath before an officer competent to ad-
minister Oaths, that the statements
| therein made are true, as he believes,
and that each signature to the paper
| appended is the genuine signature OF
! the person whose name 1T purports to
8. Within ten days from the date of
| fling such a petition, the clerk shall
| examine and ascertain whether or not
said petition is signed by the requisite
number of qualified electors, and he
shall attach to said petition his certih-
cate showing the result OF said eXaml-
| nation.
! tition is shown to be insufficient, the
| particulars Of such insuffciency shall
be set forth in such certificate, and it
may be amended within ten days from
| the date of said certificate by the ad-
| ditiOn of signatur or otherwise.
| 3. If the petition shall be found to
| be sufficient the clerk shall certify and
submit the same to the council without
Section 39l. The veto power of the
mayor shall not extend to measures
adopted by vote Of the people. ee...
| and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication.
| Approved July 3, 1911. Copy Law
No. 81 p 51 fu IAWs or 5FlY Y9i ISL
AN ct to create section 4S5d Of the
Schools Si,' pubic buildings and public
property for public meetings.
| The people of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
Section 1. There is added to the
statutes a new section to read: Sec
! ton 435d. /. Upon application of not
| less than One-half of the voters reSid-
| ing in the district, the school board or
other body having charge OF. school
houses or other public buildings or
grounds which are capable of being
more widely used as public meeting
places for nonpartisan gatherings of
| citizens for the presentation and dis
! cuSsiOn of public questions or for other
civic, social or recreational activities,
| shall allow the use of such buildings or
grounds for the open presentation and
free discussion of public questions, and
may allow the use of such buildings or
| grounds for such other civic, social and
recreational activities as in the opinion
| of the controlling board do not inter
| fere with the prime purpose of the
building or grounds.
2. Where the citizens of any COM
munity are organized into nonpartl-
san, nonsectarian, nOneXclusiVe aSSo-
| citation for the presentation and discus
sion of public questions, the school
board or other body having charge of
the schoolhouses or other public prop
critics which are capable of being used
as meeting places for such organiza-
ton, when not being used for their
prime purpose, shall provide, free of
charge, light, heat and Janltor service,
where necessary, and shall make SUCH
other provisions as may be necessary
for the free and convenient use OF SUCH
DuIIQllS
ton for weekly, bi-Weekly or monthly
gatherings at such times as the citi-
zens' organization shall request or
designate.
having charge of the school houses or
other public properties, may provide
for the free and gratuitOus use OF the
school houses or other public properties
under their charge for such other civic,
social and recreational activities, as in
their opinion do not interfere with the
prime use of the buildings or proper
ties.
4. The person or persons making APP
pIication for the use of school house
or other public property for PUBLIC
meetings, shall be responsible for all
damage to the property occurring at
such meetings, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and upon failure of the re-
sponsible person or persons to respond
in damages for any such injury to the
pro erty, the school board or other
board in charge of the school house or
other public property, may refuse all
future applications for the. wider use Of
the property until such injury is re-
paired, without expense to the board
in charge OF the property.
Section 2. All acts and parts of acts
conflicting with any provisions of this
act are repealed in so far as they are
inconsistent herewith.