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

No. 431, 81 Published August IA, 1913.
CHAPTER TIA. LAWS OF 1913
AN ACT-To repeal sections 697-60
697-61, 697-62, 697-6S, 697-64,
697-65 and 697-66 of the statutes,
to create new section Of the stat
utes to be numbered section 697-60,
relating to the issue of special i'm
prov ement bonds by counties for the
purpose of retaining land for agri
cultural use and to amend section
258 of the statutes, relating to the
investment of the trust funds.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin.
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. Sections 697-60, 697-61,
697-62 697-63, 697-64, 697-65 and
697-66 Of the statutes are repealed.
Section 2. There is added to the
statutes q new section to be numbered
and to read: Section 697-60. /. For
the purpose of promoting the public
welfare by the proper development of
natural resources, the county board Of
any county may issue special improve
ment bonds in the manner prescribed
in this section subject to the reStric-
ton on county Indebtedness imposed
by section 8, article XI Of the consti-
tuition, and may loan the proceeds on
the security of agricultural lands to
settlers within the county to assist
them in reclaiming land within the
county for agricultural use by drain
ing said land where necessary and by
removing from it's such stumps, brush,
fallen or standing timber or stones as
prevent an efficient use Of the land
for agricultural purposes.
2. Any county board which desires
to avail itself Of the authority granted
by this section may elect two persons
to serve for a term of four years as
members of board to be known as
the county reclamation board and may
request the governor to appoint a
third person to serve with the two
elected members for a term Of four
years and the governor shall make
such appointment within thirty days
of the delivery Of the request. The
three persons so chosen shall constitute
the reclamation board of the county
and shall hold office until their re-
spective successors are qualified. Upon
or before the expiration Of the terms
Of the members of the reclamation
board first chosen it shall be the duty
Of the county board and the governor
to choose successors to the said
members for terms of four years and
thereafter the county board and the
governor shall choose members of the
recIama ton board every four years so
long as a reclamation board is neces-
sary to carry out the provisions OF
this section. One Of the members of
the T0CldUldIlOu OOdIQ SIId1l pS d GUM
petent surveyor.
The compensation of each member
of the reclamation board shall be fixed
by the county board at sum not ex-
ceeding five dollars per day for actual
service rendered in addition to actual
and necessary expenses. Claims for
such compensation and expenses shall
be submitted by voucher and when
audited in the same manner as other
claims against the county are audited,
shall be paid from the reclamation
fund hereinafter provided for, or in case
no moneys in the reclamation fund are
available for this purpose, from any mon
eys in the county treasury not other
wise appropriated, but in the latter
case the amounts SO taken from the
county treasurer shall be returned to
the said treasury from the reclamation
fund as soon as any moneys in the
said fund become available for the
purpose.
8. Before entering upon his duties