Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

No. 65S, AL Published June IS, 1913.
CHAPTER 400, LAWS OF 1913
AN ACT-To amend section 931, sub
SECTION Of SECTION 9933, sections 935,
119 of the statutes, relating to the
Issue and payment of city orders.
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly.
Section /. Section 931, subsection 3
of section 933, sections 935, 925-43,
925-95b, 925-95c and 925-119 of the
statutes are amended to read: Section
city of the second, third or fourth
classes, and the board of trustees Of
every village, and the board Of every
town, may establish, equip and main
room, or maintain and support any
public library and reading room al
ready established therein, and may an
nually levy and cause to be collected
a tax upon the taxable property Of
such city, village or town, to provide
a library fund, to be. used
exclusively to maintain such library
lieu Of supporting and maintaining
such a public library and reading
room, the common council or every
city of the classes named, having a
board of education, may, when deemed
best for the interests of the city, levy
such tax and authorize the board of
education of such city to apply ana ex-
pend the same in aid of the mainten-
public library and reading room, free
to all inhabitants Of such city, al
ready established and maintained
therein by any society. association or
corporation, and the y board
Of education shall in such cases deposit
with the city clerk the vouchers or
bills covering the expenditures Of such
library from such tax fund, and the
10
urer, who shall pay the same as pro-
vided in subsection of section 933
of the statutes.
(section $3.50 8. They shall have
lures Of all moneys collected or dom
ated for the library fund, the purchase
of a site and the erection of the Ii
brary building thereon, and the su
pervision, construction, furnishing
care and custody of the building or
rooms constructed, leased or set
apart for library purposes; and such
moneys shall be drawn from the treas
ury in the manner pres
cribed herein. The library board shall
audit and approve all vouchers for the
expenditures of such library and shall
forward the same to the city clerk
with statement thereon signed by
the secretary that the expenditure has
been incurred and that the library
bill. The city clerk shall thereupon
draw his order upon the treasurer, and
the same shall be paid as other city
orders are paid.
fore the first day of August of each
year the said board Of directors shall
make an annual report for the year,
Such report shall be submit
ted to the wisconsin free
condition of their trust, the various
sums of money received from the Ii
brary fund and all other sources, and
the number Of books and periodicals
on hand, the number added during the
year, the number lost or missing, the
number of books loaned out, and the
general character of such books, with
such other statistics. information and
suggestions as they may deem of gen.
eral interest. The said board
shall also include in the, said annual
whose terms expire at the time the re-
port is made.
2. Within thirty days after the
conclusion of the fiscal year of the
town, city or village in which such
library is located, the library board
tion of their trust, the various sums of
money received for the use of such
library during the year, specifying
separately the amounts received from
appropriations, from the income of
| trust funds, from rentals and other
revenues of the library ana from other
sources. they shall also set out sep
arately the condition of the perma-
nent trust funds in their control The
said report shall state In detail the
( disbursements on account of such IL
/ brary and shall contain an estimate of
/ the needs of the library for the next
succeeding fiscal year.
| Section 925-43. The city treasurer
shall collect all city, county and state
| taxes, receive all moneys belonging
| to the city or which by law are di-
| raoted tO he Maid To him keen an 10
curate account of the same in suitable
books prepared for that purpose and
| pay over the money in his hands ac-