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

No. I'll, AL Published March 8, 1918.
CHAPTER 5, LAWS OF 1913
AN ACT-To amend sections L, 2, sub
section of section 4, subsection of
section 5, subSectionS and of section
6, sections Z, 8 and 10 of chapter 391,
laws of 1911 as amended by chapter Is,
laws of 1912; to repeal sections s, Is, Is,
II, Is, 20 and % to 33, inclusive, of the
tions to be numbered 8, Is, 16, IT, Is, 20,
and % to 33 of the same chapter, re-
lating to registration and elections in
cities of more than one hundred thou
sand inhabitants, and providing PEN
atty.
The people of the State of wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section 1. Sections l. 2, subsection Of
section 4, subsection 2 of section 5, sub
sections 3 and of section 6, section Of
chapter 391, laws of 1911, as amended by
chapter 16, laws of 1912 are amended to
read Section l. There is created board
of election commissioners for each city
having more than one hundred thousand
inhabitants, however Incorporated, COM
posed OF three members, who shall be ap-
pointed as follows: The mayor of each
said city shall appoint three members
for terms of one, two and three years, re-
pectively, dating from July LIST, in the
year in which they are appointed, and IN
qualified. Successors shall be appointed
in like manner and their terms of office
shall be three years in all cases and until
their successors are commissioned and
qualified. The board shall be composed
of one member from each of the three
dominant political parties, as shown by
the returns of the last preceding general
election, and appointments shall be made
in accordance with this rule. The party
affllat1on in each case shall be attested
by the respective chairmen of the city
committees of the several political par
ties before such appointment shall be in
force The board shall choose its own
chairman. In case of vacancy for any
cause in said board, the same shall be
filled by appointment of the mayor
for the unexpired term. Such commits
sioners shall be legal voters, and resi-
dents of the state for at least five years,
and of the city for like period OF time.
They shall hold no other public office, the
office of notary public excepted and
or appointive public office, while members
of such board, and shall, before entering
upon the duties of election commission
ers, subscribe to an oath binding them to
support the constitution of the United
states and Of the state of Wisconsin, and
to conduct themselves faithfully and i'm
partially in office; said oath Of office to
be filed in the office of the city clerk.
Section 2. 1. Said board of election
commissioners shall have power to en-
ploy a secretary, who shall prepare and
furnish copies of all Registrations and
all books, maps, instructions and blanks
LOT the use ana guidance OF inspectors
of election and ballot clerks and all rules
and regulations pertaining to registration
and conduct of elections, and who shall
perform such other and further duties
pertaining to their department or to the
city clerks office as may be required of
him by the board of election commits
sioners, and he shall receive such sal
airy as the common council may deter
mine. The appointment and removal of
such secretary shall be subject to the
civil service laws of this state applicabl
to such cities.
2. The board may procure a seal with
which to authenticate official papers and
documents.
3. The board of election commission
ers is authorized to employ such addi-
tional clerical assistants as shall be
necessary from time to time, who shall
receive such compensation as the common
council shall determine.
A. The city shall furnish office room
in the city hall for said commissioners
and all expenses incurred by the board
under this act shall be paid out of the
city treasury, and the common council
shall provide a sufficient fund for such
commission in the budget as they deem
necessary for the purposes provided by
law The expenses incurred by said
board shall be paid upon the orders Of
said board, signed by the chairman and
secretary, and countersigned by the city
comptroller Such orders shall be made
payable to the order of the persons in
whose favor they shall have been issued,
and shall be the vouchers for the city
treasurer for the payment Of such or
derS.
(Section A. 8. Before entering upon
the duties of their offices, each inspector
and ballot clerk SO appointed shall sub
scribe to like oath to that taken by the
election commissioners, which shall be
! filed Il with the board of cleo
ton commissioners and which shall be
| for the faithful performance Of their du-
| ties during their entire term Of office,
| and no further oath shall be required of
| them
| (Section 50 2. On the day and at the
| hour named for the beginning of such
session, the election commissioners shall
meet at their office and consider the OBJ
| jections made to the appointment of any
| commissioners may examine under oath
| any person appearing before them. They
| shall decide each case as soon as the evil
| dence therein is before Them and an
I nounce their decision Immediately, an
| nouncng also the dissent of any COM
missioner, if the decision of the board is
| not unanimous. A minute shall be made
| of any such decision, setting forth all
| objections made against any provisional
| appointee and the findings of the ma
/ jority thereon, and of the dissenting
! member thereon, IL there be any dissent.
| If all objections to such provisional APP
! pointees are not concluded on said day
| the commissioners shall sit from day to
/ day, between the same hours and at the
same place, until all such objections are
| disposed of.
(Section So 8. (a) Not later than ten
/ DAYS succeeding the publication of said
/ list, and after they have been duly noti-
| fed Of their appointment, the appointees
shall file their oath Of office Wits the