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


ton of such board the common council
may exercise the powers of such board
so far as may be necessary to carry out
the terms of any contract or complete
any proceeding already entered into by
such board.
Section 959-15s Such city is here
the powers, duties, and restrictions
herein upon any existing board or COM
mission, by an ordinance Of its COM
mon council in lieu Of creating board
of public land commissioners as herein
provided for.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
age and publication.
No G 2Si 81 s Ruf AMs 5 5RY 1911 + 1911
AN ACT to amend section 1870 of the
statutes, relating to plank and turn
pike road corporations.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly
do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1870 of the stat
utes Is amended to read: Section 1870.
The debts and liabilities of any cor
exclusive Of outstanding bonds and
debentures, shall not exceed in amount
at any one time fifty per cent. of the
amount of its capital stock actually
ties, exclusive of outstanding bonds
and debentures, shall at any time ex-
ceed such amount, the stockholders
Of debts or liabilities shall have been
created or incurred, shall be Jointly and
severally and individually liable for
such excess.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication.
Approved June 80, 1911. Copy Law.
No. $50, 81 1aPu6lishsesd JHly 8. 1911.
AN ACT to amend section ATT of the
statutes, relating to designating and
obtaining school house sites.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly
do enact as follows:
Section l. Section ATT Of the stat
utes is amended to read: Section AT.
Whenever school district shall have
designated, by a majority vote of the
electors thereof present at an annual
meeting, or at a special meeting called
for that purpose, a school house site,
or an addition thereto, and shall be un-
able to obtain the same on account Of
lease the same for a just and reason
able compensation, or on account OF
his being q nonresident, or unknown,
the district board, when directed so to
e at such district meeting shall
make application to the town board or
boards of supervisors of the
town or towns interested. to locate and
establish the site or any addition
thereto SO designated: provided that
every such school house site or any
school house site obtained by purchase
or grant shall be located and estab-
lished abutting on public highway or
street and that no school house shall
hereafter be erected on any
Site shall abut on a public
highway or street.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
- iCn4 j<zN
approved June 80, 1911. Copy Law.
No. tRA 81 s puP A%s ~ 5RlY 1sf1 1911
and adoption of dependent children.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin
do enact as follows:
Section i. Section 697-7 Of the stat
utes is amended to read: Section 697--
may receive into its charge and
under It's control by commitment or
otherwise, and become the legal guar
dian Of any child under sixteen years
such home for dependent children has
been organized, who shall be grossly
Ill treated by any person having or eX-
ercisipqg control over It. or who WI. sinai.
home, or be surrounded by bad or i'm
moral influences, or be dependent, or
whose parent or person standing in his
place, by an instrument in writing.
shall assign and commit such child to
the care and custody of such home for
dependent children. and all courts,
judges, justices of the peace. superin.,
other officers authorized by law to
commit dependent children to indus
trial schools, ,asylums, to state public
schools, or other institutions for tho
care Of dependent or neglected chill
dren, may commit any such child or
children to such home for dependent
children.
g. such home for dependent children
may procure suitable and proper homes
f 6sos and ID gs sw1y e Ss aata apoa
children during their minority ana is
hereby constituted the legal guardian
Of all children committed to or re-
ceived by it as aforesaid, and may
the adoption of any SUCH child by any
person or persons in the manner pro-
vided by law; and such consent given
and " effect as il given BY the parent
or parents of such child. Such written
consent shall be given Il In d l]2b t
s saere 4ns s shs ns sd w and
other delivered to. the county court IN
which the proceedings for adoption are
taken to be there filed. On the con
custody of said trustees over the child
adopted shall cease, except as herein.
after provided. 1t shall be the duty. of
the court making the order of adoption
to transmit q certified copy Of such
order to the trustees Of the institu-
ton from which such child was re-
ceived.
home for dependent children may enter
into written contract with any per-
son who shall take or receive any suoh
child otherwise than by adoption, and
such contract shall provide for the
proper care, education, and mainte-
nance of such child during Its minor
ity, and specify the amount to be paid
it at the expiration of the period of
such contract, provided that in no case
shall such contract contain any pro-
vision of a sectarian or partisan ma
ture regarding It's care custody, or ed
ucation.
4. It shall be the duty of the court
before whom such child Is presented
to procure a full statement as near as
possible setting forth all facts, show
! ing why such child or children should
be- committed to such home for de-
pendent children. Such statement shall
give the exact name or names, age or
ages of said child or children, when
and where born, full name of both par
ents, their family history in reference
| to tuberculosis, syphilis. insanity, and
epilepsy, whether living or dead. their
present residence, their previous resi-
dence, their financial condition, the