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

nor more than i've hundred dollars for
each and every such violation, to be
collected in a civil action in the name
of the state.
10. In case the state board Of for
estry and any corporation or individual
operating any locomotive, donkey, or
threshing engine, or any engine, boiler,
or locomotive cannot agree as to the
most practicable device or. devices for
preventing the escape of sparks, Gin
derS, or fire from smoke stacks, ash
pans, or fire boxes, then the same shall
be determined by the railroad commits
sion of Wisconsin.
II. The state board of forestry shall
have the power to exempt from the
provisions of subsection l, 2, 3, and
Of this section any railroad, when, in
the judgment of said state board of
forestry, conditions along the right of
way are such that the reduced fire haz-
ard renders such protective devices un-
necessary.
Section 2. All acts or parts Of acts
conflicting with any Of the provisions
of this act are repealed In so far as
they are inconsistent herewith.
Section 8. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication.
Approved June 80. 1911. Copy Law.
No. S1G 81 6u9 nhMS OF 5Py 15 & 1911
AN ACT to amend subsection II Of the
first paragraph of section 926-11 of
the statutes, relating to the powers
OF common councils in cities under
special charter to issue bonds for the
construction or purchase of electric
or gas plants.
The people OF the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subsection IL of the first
paragraph of section 926-11 of the
statutes is amended to read: (Section
926-1l) II. For the construction or
purchase Of electric or gas
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved June 80. 1911. Copy Law.
No. GA 81 6u9 nh@s ~ 5PY ISL 1911
AN ACT to amend section 49, chapter
as. laws Of 1899, as amended by
g. district court for Milwaukee county
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows;
Section /; Section IS, chapter 21S,
laws Of 1899, as amended by chapter
Y, laws OF 1907, is amended to read:
Section IS. Every person convicted
action, and either party to civil
action, may appeal from the sentence
or judgment Of said district
court to the municipal court of said
ten days from the date of the sentence
or judgment in the district
court. Said municipal court is empOW-
cred to hear, try, and determine all
relating to appeals from JUS
tees courts, and the trial and deter
mination thereof shall apply to APP
peals from said district court to the
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. 581, 81 Published July 8, 1911
CHAPTER 497, LAWS OF 1911.
AN ACT to repeal section 925-l4 of
the statutes and to create a new sec
ton to be designated section 925-14,
relating to change of ward lines and
formation Of new wards in cities Of
the first. second, third, or fourth
classes.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 925-14 Of the
statutes is repealed.
Section, 2. There is created g new
925-14. l. In any city Of the first
class organized under this chapter the
numbers and boundaries of it's wards
may be changed by All ordinance intro
duced at q regular meeting of it's COM
mon council held in the month of May
published in the official paper of the
city, if any, otherwise in newspaper
designated by the ordinance, once In
before final action thereon and there
after adopted by vote of not less than
three-fourths of all the members of
said council; and, by two thirds vote
Of all it's members recorded Immediate
ly after each United States census tS
taken and the result thereof as to the
citys population is made known, the
common council may redistrict, read
just, and change the boundaries OF the
wards, create new wards, and CONSOLE
date old ones. No ward shall contain
population Of less than eight thousand
nor more than twenty thousand.
2. In any city of the second, third, or
fourth class organized under this chap
ter, the common council may cause TO De
introduced at any regular meeting
thereof an ordinance prescribing the
numbers and boundaries Of the wards
of such city. The question of the adop-
ton of such ordinance shall thereupOn,
said common council, be submitted to
the electors of such city at the next
municipal election. Notice of such sub
mission containing a copy of the ordi-
nance shall be published by the city
clerk in the manner and for the length
Of time the Notice of the election is re-
quired by law to be published; and he
shall provide for use by the electors in
voting for or against said ordinance
printed ballots in substantially the fo4~
lowing form:
For adoption of ward ordinance. ....
Against adoption Of ward ordinance.
If a majority Of the votes cast be in
favor of the adoption of the ordinance,
the common council shall, at regular
meeting Immediately after the election,
adopt or reject the ordinance by ma
jority vote of its members present. NO
ward shall contain a population of less
than fifteen hundred in cities of the
second class, nor less than one thou
sand in cities of the third class, nor
less than five hundred in cities Of the
fourth class.
5. In every city the wards shall be
mas compact form and contain as near
ly equal population as practica bic.
Whenever the numbers or boundaries
Of any wards are altered their original
numbers and geographical outlines
shall as far as possible be retained, and
no further such changes shall be made
for a period of two years except by
adding thereto territory newly added to
the city limits, Each new or altered
ward is entitled to, and shall have, the
same number Of aldermen, supervisors,
and ward officers that are allowed by
law to any other ward, and all wards
shall be equally subject to the provt-
sions Of the charter of the city. New
offices created and vacancies in office
occasioned by the formation of new
wards by the consolidation of old ones,
or by alterations Of their boundaries
shall be filled as follows: Every alder
man, ward, or precinct officer and
every election and ballot clerk residing
at the time Of formation or alteration
within the territory of the new or al
+ered ward shall become an alderman