Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-08-29

Senate and Assembly. do enact as follows:
Section l. There is added to the statutes new
section to read: Section 1850. l. The secretary
of shall audit. provided in section 1853 OF
the Statutes the claim Of the 0conto Fails inter
township fair association for state aid for the year
1912 and shall audit the claim Of Nsaid fair associa
ton for state aid each hereafter that said fair
association shall comply with the provisions OF SAID
section 1863.
q There is appropriated out Of any moneys in the
state treasury not otherwise Appropriated any aouns
suttcicne to the amount Of the claims OF said
fair association.
section 2. This act shsn take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved May 26. 1913.
No. 5, ST. published May 20. 1913.
CHAPTER 323. LAWS OF 1873
AN ACT 10 repeal section 1529a Of the statutes to
repeal chapter 245 laws of 1893 to repeal chapter
l529a-l section 1915. relating to the Wisconsin
veterans home. and making an appropriation
therefor.
The people of the state Of Wisconsin represented in
Senate and Assembly do enact as follows
Section l. Section I529a Of the statutes and chap
ter $685. laws 1891 chapter 248. laws Of 1893.
are repealed.
Section 2. There is added to the statutes three
ncw sections to read: Section 1894 l. There shall
be paid by the state to the treasurer OF the
board Of trustees of the Wisconsin veterans home an
institution incorporated under the laws Of this state
under the auspices of the department OF Wisconsin.
Grand Army of the Republic, three dollars and hfty
cents week for each inmate and employee In such
home.
9 There shall be paid by the state treasurer to
The treasurer of the board of Of the Wis
consin veterans home thirty dollars for the burial
of each deceased inmate OF such home VINO snau De
buried in ihe cemetery of such home
8. Payments for the burial Of inmates shall be
made upon monthly bills properly verified by the oath
OF the president and secretary Of said board stating
the and date of burial Of each deceased inmate
aaricd in such cemetery
4. Payments for the maintenance OF inmates snail
be allowed only for such inmates and employees as
mentioned in subsection Of this section Such
monthly bills properly verified by the oath Of the
president and the secretary Of said board stating
the Of each inmate or employee for whose main
cnarce compensation is claimed the length of time
during the month preceding rendition OF such bills
for which compensation is claimed and such other
reasonable information as the secretary OF state may
require.
). The allowance provided In subsection Of this
section shall be for the maintenance Of such EN-
ployecs who actually maintained in said home
and for such inmates INDECENT soldiers sailors
and marines who have honorably discharged from
the service Of the federal government who are
residents of this state, and such INDECENT soldiers
sailors and marines who shall have served In any
the United States being credited to the state of Wis
consin, together with their wives or widows. who
are not residents of this state, and who cannot be
received into any national home for disabled yolun-
teers, and such INDECENT women, residents OF this
state. as were employed as army nurses ana sucn as
are mothers, wives widows of men who were union
soldiers. sailors or marines during the civil war
Section 1529a Il. !. The members Of the board Of
trustees Of the said Wisconsin veterans home shall
execute the of Wisconsin joint and several
bond their part in the penal sum OF twenty five
thousand dollars with two or more good and suf-
cent sureties conditioned that they will faithfully
expend and apply moneys appropriated by the state
and to the several objects and purposes for which
the same appropriated, and all moneys received
at any time from the state of Wisconsin for the use
and benefit of the home and that they Will, in all
respects. faithfully discharge their duties as such
trustees. And the treasurer of the said board Of
trustees and Of said home shall make and execute to
the state Of Wisconsin a bond In the penal sum OF
fifty thousand dollars, with two or more glffic1ent
surcties, which bond shall be conditioned that all
moneys appropriated by any act Of the legislature
Of the state of Wisconsin in any wise derived
the safe of Wisconsin,, shall be paid out Dy
him only for the uses and purposes specified In the
act making such appropriation and for the faithful
accounting therefor and the payment to his sue
cessor in office such treasurer or the return TO
the state treasurer of this state Of all moneys 80
priation. The sureties upon such bond shall sever
ally justify their responsibility such suretes by
in which the sureties to each such bond
shall Justify shall not be less than double
the. penalty Of said bond, and the said bonds
shall be approved by the governor. and filed in the
office of the secretary of state. Until the bonds
heleinbcfore provided shall be each properly made.
approved and filed required, no money shall
be paid out of the state treasury in pursuance OF
any act of appropriation by the state. and the
treasurer of said Wisconsin veretans' home the
time being, who may receive any moneys appro-
priated. shall not upon the expiration Of his term OF
Office his resignation thereof or removal therefrom.
state to his successor until such successor shall
have executed and filed an approved bond as
herein required, but discharge himself from
further liability by depoating any balance OF such
moneys in his hands with the state treasurer
2. If any additional land shall be purchased with
the moneys at time appropriated by the state
to the said Wisconsin veterans home. the title
thereto shall be taken to the state and shall be held
by and for the and purposes of the said home
long used for the present objects and purposes
thereof. and no payment shall be made out OF the
state treasury or otherwise for any such land until
the title shall have been examined and the
thereof to the state OF Wisconsin approved BY
the attorney general and every such deed of con-
veyance shall be Immediately recorded in the Office
of the proper register Of deeds by the board OF
trustees Of said home and thereafter filed with the
secretary OF state
g. 1t shall be the duty OF the board Of trustees
of said home to to be kept true and accurate
account of the disbursements of all moneys derived
from the state at any time, and annually to make
report in writing to the governor, giving true and
itemized account in such form he may require or
prescribe of all expenditures made of moneys appro-
prated or in any manner derived from the state,
and also of the and number of inmates. the
date of admission, time of occupancy, age. and resi-
dence of each. the regiment, company, battery, or
other similar organization in which such inmate
served during the civil war; or of the person on ac-
count of which such Inmate was admitted to the
home and also the names. number and salaries OF
the officers employees, and aborers employed In said
home and the fund from which they are paid. and
also the total of the receipts and expenditures
of the said Wisconsin veterans home, and such
other detail pertaining to or affecting expenditures
for its maintenance benefit. may be required
by the governor. Such report shall the period
the fiscal year ending June 30, and be submitted
on or before the first day of August each year.
4. The state board of control. such board as
may be by law intrusted with the supervision Of
state Institutions shall not less than twice in each
visited by committee of at least two Of the mem,
of such board who shall carefully examine into
the management of said home. its system of accounts
and of keeping books. and methods of purchase Of
supplies therefor, and the Of their issuance
and expenditure and and keeping Of the inmates
Of said home, the provision made for the comforts
of such inmates their treatment by officers and
poyees and such other details Of the management Of
the said home they may deem proper to inquire
into and as shall be thought likely to promote the
objects for which the IL maintained: and they
shall make full report thereon to the governor and
to the legislature in the required by Law. and
it shall be the duty of the board Of trustees and the
officers and employees Of said home to facilitate such
examination and inquiries By disclosing all facts in
relation to same and exhibiting all books papers,
and vouchers affecting the expenditure Of moneys
But this section shall not give to the said state
board Of control any power Of direction or
thority interfere with the management Of the said
home by the said board Of trustees thereof estab-
shed and provided in accordance with the articles
of organization and bylaws thereof 1t being designed
hereby only to enable full and correct information in
respect such circumstances to be presented to the
governor and laid before the legislature.
Section 1915. /. There is annually appro-
priated July first. payable from the general fund.
sufficient to carry out the provisions Of section
1529a-
O. There is annually appropriated on July first
five thousand dollars payable from the general fund
to the treasurer OF the board Of trustees OF the
wisconsin veterans home be used BY said board
for property repairs and maintenance
Section 8. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after July l. 1913.
Approved May 26, 1913.