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

day OF July, and share or SUCH sum
proportionate to tho term of instruction
Of any such pupil who shall be so in
structed less than nine months during
such year; the said sum of two hundred
dollars to include instruction In music
and manual training, and to cover neces-
sary expenses for material and printing
in connection with work OF any such
school or schools; and the state
superintendent Of public instruction shall
make such inspection of the day schools
for the blind as he shall deem necessary.
The cost Of such inspection shall be
charged to the appropriation for the state
superintendent Of public instruction.
Section 81. Section 1850 or the stat
utes is repealed.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Section %. Section 145Sa of the stat
utes is amended to read
Section 1458a. Said board may occupy
such rooms In the capitol as may be as
signed for that purpose by the superin-
tendent Of public property. They shall
have sole control Of the affairs of the
department of agriculture and of all state
fairs and state fair grounds, and may
make such bylaws, rules and regulations
in relation to the management Of the bust
ness Of such department and said fairs
and the offering OF premiums thereat, as
they shall from time to time determine.
The board shall make report of their
action to the governor on or before the
first day of December in each year. The
ture shall end on June 80.
Section %. Chapter 431 of the laws Of
1909 is repealed.
Section "a. Section 14S0t-15 of the
statutes is repealed.
CANVASSERS, STATE BOARD OBJ.
Section %. Section SO of the statutes
Is amended to read:
Section SO. The secretary of state,
treasurer and attorney general shall con-
Stitute the board of state canvassers, two
shall 0IIOrHm the
Sactfon of business, and If one only OF
said officers attend on the day appointed
for a meeting Of such board, the clerk OF
the supreme court, on being notified by
the officer SO attending, shall attend
without delay with such officer and with
him shall form the board. When mem
Der Of said board is a candidate for an
office as to which the votes are to be
canvassed by him, the chief justice.
upon the request of any opposing candi-
date, shall designate some other state
officer, or judge Of the circuit court
who shall act in his stead at the session
of the board at which the votes given
for such member are to be canvassed
Section 26. There Is added to section lie
of the statutes a new subsection to be
numbered and to read: (Section 170) 40
Each state officer or judge designated by
the chief justice to act as one Of the
board of state canvassers, shall receive
a compensation for attendance and ser
vices not exceeding fifteen dollars per
day, to be fixed by the board, for each
day he shall be absent from his place of
residence and engaged in such service
and attendance. Payments under this
subsection shall be charged to the appro-
priation for the state board Of canvassers
Section II. Chapter 259 of the laws of
1899 and chapter 321 of the laws of 1903
are repealed.
CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
h
section of section 99o-5 and paragraphs
fourth and fifth of section 990-7 of the
statutes are amended to read:
Section 990--3. AS soon as sections $50
i to 990-32, inclusive, shall go into eff
feet the governor shall, by and with the
advice and consent Of the senate, appoint
three persons to serve, one for six years.,
one for four years, and one for two years,
as civil service commissioners, and the
said three commissioners shall constitute
the civil service commission Of this state
Every alternate year thereafter, the gov
ernor, with the consent of the senate,
shall appoint one person as the successor
of the commissioner whose term shall eX-
pire, to serve for the term of six years
from the date of the appointment, and
until successor is appointed and quail
fed The governor may remove any COM
missioner at any time for inefficlency, ne
elect of duty, or malfeasance in office
At no time shall more than two commits
cal party. Any vacancy in such commits
sion shall be filled by appointment by the
governor, subject to confirmation by the
senate, but any appointment shall be In
full force until acted upon by the senate
The commissioners shall hold no other
lucrative administrative office under the
United States or the state Of Wisconsin.
Each commissioner shall qualify
by fling with the secretary of state an
oath to perform faithfully the duties Of
his office.
Section 99O-4 The civil service COM
mission may elect one of It's members
president, and may employ chief exam
liner, who shall be eX-officio secretary,
and may employ such additional
clerks or examiners as may be necessary.
The commissioners may designate
persons in or out of the official service
of the state or Of any city or county who
SHALL if in the service, with the consent
of the head Of the department or office in
which said person serves act as local ex-
aminer. Such persons in the official ser
vice in the performance of such duties
as the commission shall direct, shall be
under the direct and sole control of the
commission, and their duties shall be
considered part Of the duties of the office
in which they are serving, and time shall
be allowed therefor during office hours
and no extra compensation shall be paid
such officers for such service.
(Section 5000 g. All salaries. ex-
penses and disbursements of the commits
sioners and their subordinates and en-
ployes within the amount appropriated
for this. purpose shall be paid out of the
state treasury, as the salary and expenses
of other state officers are paid.
(Section 800 Fourth. Have power
to subpoena and require the attendance
in this state of witnesses and the pro-
duction thereby of books and papers pert
inent to the Investigation and inquiries
hereby authorized, and to examine them
and such public records as it shall require
in relation to any matter which it has
authority to investigate. In the discretion
of the commission, fees may be allowed to
witnesses, and on their certificate, duly
audited shall be paid by the state treas
urer, for attendance and travelling as pro-
vided in section 4067 Of the statutes of
1898, and shall be charged to the appro
priation for the civil service commission.
All officers in the civil service, and their
deputies, clerks, subordinates and en-
ployes, shall attend and testify wnen re-
uuested to do so by said commission Any
disobdience thereto, or neglect of any sub
poena issued by the said commissioners,
or any one of them, or their secretary or
chief examiner, to any person, or the re-
fusal of any witness to testify to any
matter regarding which he may lawfully
be interrogated, shall be held a contempt
of court, and it shall be the duty of the
circuit court Of any county, or the judge
thereof, on application of the commits
sion, or any commissioner, to compel the