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No. 3S7, Al Published May 10. 1913.
CHAPTER 200, LAWS OF 1918.
AN ACT-To create sections 3S0a and
396a of the statutes, relating to meet
ings of board of regents of the uni
versity and board of regents Of normal
schools.
The people of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. There are added to the
statutes two new sections to read Sec
ton 380a. The meetings of the board of
regents of the university shall be open
to the public and the press and all rec
ords of such meetings and Of all pro-
ceedings Of such board shall be open to
inspection by the public and the press
at any reasonable hours thereafter; pro-
vided, that said board may hold eXecu-
tive sessions, the findings of said execu-
tive sessions to be made a part Of the
records of the proceedings of said board.
Section 396a. The meetings of the
board of regents of the normal schools
shall be open to the public and the press
and all records of such meetings and Of
all proceedings of such board shall be
open to inspection by the public and the
press at any reasonable hours thereafter;
provided, that said board may hold eX-
ecutive sessions, the findings Of said ex-
ecutive sessions to be made a part of the
records of the proceedings Of said board.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pass
age and publication.
Approved May 8, 1913. Copy Law.
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No. 491, Al Published May 10, 1918.
CHAPTER 201. LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend subdivision co. of
section $50 of the statutes, relating to
powers of county boards.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section L. Subdivision CO. of section
$50 of the statutes is amended to read:
(Section $500 (9) To purchase land not
exceeding in value the sum of eight
thousand dollars for the purpose of hold
ing thereon fairs and exhibitions of an
agricultural character and to grant the
use thereof from time to time to agri-
cultural and other societies of similar
nature. All fences, buildings, sheds and
other improvements made on such lands
by societies using the same shall be
the property of the county; and for the
purpose of improving such lands the
county board may receive donations of
money, material or labor from any per-
son, town, city or village in the county.
Also to vote an amount not exceeding
two thousand five hundred dollars in the
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No 1913, 81 Published May 10, 1913.
CHAPTER 20S. LAWS OF 1918,
AN ACT-To repeal section 1943a or the
statutes, and to create section l943a,
relating to conditions affecting poll
cies of fire insurance, and providing a
penalty.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows
Section 1. Section 1943a of the statutes
is repealed.
Section g.. There is added to the
statutes a new section to read: Section
1943a. Except as otherwise provided by
law, no fire insurance company shall
issue any policy in this state containing
any provision limiting the amount to be
paid in case of loss below the actual
cash value of the property. if within the
amount for which the premium is paid.
unless, at the option of the insured, a
reduced rate shall be given for the use
of a co-insurance clause made a part of
with and without the co-insurance clause.
shall be specified upon every policy. Any
company may by SO providing in the
policy, distribute the total insurance in
the manner and upon as many items as
specified therein, or limit the amount re-
coverable upon any single item, article,
or animal to an amount not exceeding
the cost thereof, or to an amount speci-
fed in the policy Any company, officer,
or agent violating any provision of this
section shall be subject to the penalty
provided in section 1916.
Section 3. This act shall take effect
upon passage and publication.
Approved May 8, 1913. Copy Law.
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No. ss1, Al Published May 10, 1918.
CHAPTER 1913, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend section TT Of the
statutes, to enable the county board
in certain counties to fix 81 sum of
money, not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars, that may be retained from the
~ depository by the county treasurer;
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section Ut of the statutes
is amended to read: Section TIT. When
ever any county board shall designated
county depository in accordance with
the provisions of section 500, it shall be
the duty of the county treasurer, as soon
as the bond required by that section has
been approved and filed, to deposit as
soon as received all funds that come to
his hands in that capacity in excess OF
the sum he is authorized by such board
to retain in such depository, and any
sum SO on deposit shall be deemed to be
in the county treasury, and such treas
urer shall not be liable for any loss
thereon resulting from the failure or de-
fault of such depository without fault or
neglect on his part. Every such deposl-
tory shall on the first business day OF
each month, and oftener when required
file with the county clerk q statement OF
the amount of county money deposited
with it during the proceeding month, and
the treasurer shall at the same time file
with such clerk a statement showing the
amount of moneys received and diSburSed
Dy MIN during the previous HionLll. Inc
county board may fix the amount of
money which may be retained by the
treasurer but in no case shall the sum
exceed three thousand dollars; provided
that in all counties having a population
of two hundred thousand inhabitants or
over, the treasurer may retain such sum
as may be fixed by the county board, not
exceeding fifty thousand dollars and
there shall not be less than two such
repositories.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pass
age and publication.
Ann cd nGn,r I.aru
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Published May 10, 1913.

No. TAG, Al Published May TO- 1913.
CHAPTER 202, LAWS OF 1918.
AN ACT-To amend section 1868 Of the
statutes, relating to the time within
which actions may be commenced on
guardians bonds.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1868 of the statutes
is amended to read: Section 1868. Every
bond given by guardian shall be filed
and recorded in the office of the county
court requiring the same, and in case of
any breach of the condition thereof may
be prosecuted in the name of the ward
for the use and benefit of such ward Or
of any person interested in the estate
whenever the county court shall direct;
and the proceedings in such action may
be as provided in respect to actions on
the bonds of executors and admln1Stra-
tors No action shall be maintained
against the sureties on any bond given
by guardian unless it be commenced
within four years from the time when the
guardian shall have been discharged;
provided, that in case an accounting
is had the time within which said action
may be commenced shall not terminate
in any event until one year after the
final determination of such accounting
discharge, the person entitled to bring
such action shall be under any legal dis
ability to sue the action may be COM
menced at any time within four years
after such disability shall be removed.
Amy action upon such bond by or in
behalf of one ward shall not bar or in
any way effect the right of any other
ward or wards interested to bring and
maintain an action thereon, but separate
actions or joint action may be main
tanned thereon by or in behalf of any
or all person interested. Nor shall any
such action impair any other remedy or
the ward. No accounting in the county
court shall be necessary before bringing
an action against sureties when the
guardian shall die or remove out of the
jurisdiction of the court appointing him
or shall for any reason become incom-
petent.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pass
age and publication.
Approved May g. 1918. Copy Law.
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No. 807, A. Published May 10, 1913.
GU I1rEER 2N2 LAWS OLE 1913.

No. SO7, Al Published May 10, 1918.
CHAPTER 203, LAWS OF 1918.
AN ACT-To amend section 1857 of the
statutes, relating to prosecutions in
cases of embezzlement or larceny as
a bailee.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section /. Section 1857 of the statutes
is amended to read: Section 1857. In any
prosecution for the offense of embezzl-
ing under section 4418 or for larceny as
a bailee under section 4415 1T shall be
sufficient to allege generally in the in
dictment or information an embezzle-
ment or larceny of money to a certain
amount or of property to certain value.
without specifying any particulars OF
any such embezzlement or larceny and
on the trial evidence may be given OF
any such embeZzlement or larceny COM
mitted within six months next after the
time stated in the Indictment or inform
alton; and it shall be sufficient to main
tain the charge in the indictment or
information and shall not be deemed a
variance if it shall be proved that any
money or property, of whatever amount
was fraudently embezzled by the de-
PENDANT within the said period Of six
months.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pass
age and publication.
Approved May 9, 1913. Copy Law.
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TPublished Nav 10. 1913.

No. s42, 81 Published May 10, 1913.
CHAPTER 210, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To repeal subdivision (c) Of
of section 1915, and sections 1858.
1861, and 1868; to create sub
division Co Of subsection 1, and sub
section 2 of section 1915, and section
1915m, of the statutes, relating to the
admission and licensing of insurance
companies and insurers, and providing
penalty.
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section L. Subdivision Co of subsec-
ton /, and subsections 2 and 8 of section
1915, and sections 1853, 1861. and
1868, of the statutes, are repealed.
Section 2. There is added to subsection
/ of section 1915 of the statutes a new
subdivision to read: (Section 1879 1. (c).
A Lloyds association, whereby each as
sociate underwater becomes liable for a
proportionate part of the whole amount
insured by a policy, may be admitted to
transact insurance, other than life in
surance, in the state. upon the same
terms and conditions as insurance COM
panies of other states of the United
States. ca No capital stock shall be re-
quired. (3) Each alien underwater shall
keep and maintain on deposit at all times
with the attorney or attorneys in fact
this state, a sum in cash or in securities
mentioned in section 1908, equal to three
times the maximum amount assured by
such underwater on any single risk. or
in lieu thereof the Lloyds association
may comply with subsection of this
section. (4) No underwater shall assure
any liability or any single risk in this
state Excluding reinsurance authorized
by the laws of this state} in excess of
ten per centum of the net worth Of such
underwater. (5) A statement of such
limit of single risk and of liability, and
of such net worth with the names, ad-
dresses and occupations of all individual
underwriters shall be filed with the appli-
cation for admission, and with each an
nual statement and oftener as required
by the commissioner.
Section g. There is added to section
1915 of the statutes a new subsection to
read: (Section 1870 2. (a) Any such COM
pany or other insurer shall first file a
written instrument, duly executed, de-
claring that it desires to transact the
business Of insurance in this state and
that it will accept license therefor
according to the laws of this state. which
shall cease and terminate in case such
insurer shall remove or make application
to remove into any court Of the United
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No. 1913, ST. Published May 10, 1913.

No 1913, ST. Published May 10, 1913.
CHAPTER 207. LAWS OF 1918.
AN ACT-To amend section 1869 of the
statutes, relating to libel
The people of the State Of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
Go enact as follows:
Section !. Section 1869 of the statutes
is amended to read: Section 1859. l. Any
person guilty Of libel shall be punished
by Imprisonment in the county Jail not
more than one year or by fine not ex-
ceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
2. Every person who, in the presence
and hearing of another other than the
person slandered, whether he be present
or not, shall maliciously speak of or
famatory words or language which shall
injure or impair the reputation of such
person for virtue or chastity or which shall
expose him to hatred contempt, or ridi-
Guile shall be guilty of a msdemeanor for
which said person shall be punished as
heretofore provided in subsection one.
Every SANDER herein mentioned shall
be deemed malicious if no justification
therefor be shown and shall be justified
when the language charged as SLAM
derous, false, or defamatory was true
and was spoken with good motives and
for justifiable ends.
8. No conviction shall be had under
the provisions of subsection two upon
the testimony of the person slandered
unsupported by other evidence. but must
be proved by the evidence of at least
heard and understood the language
charged as slanderous or by admission of
the defendant
Section q This act shall take effect
upon passage and publication.
Approved May 9, 1913. Copy Law.
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No. 70, 81 Published May 8, 1913.
CHI IorCER 1Q1 LAWS OLE 1913

Il, D..
CHAPTER 191, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend subsection 1 of
section 2464 of the statutes, relating
to special terms of county courts.
The people of the State of Wisconsin.
represented in Senate and Assembly.
do enact as follows:
Section l. Subsection 1 of section
2464 of the statutes, is amended to
read: (Section 2464) 1. The county
judges of the counties of Buffalo.
Columbia. Dodge, Fond du Lac Grant,
Green Lake, Jefferson, Monroe, Pepin,
Shawano, Trempealeau, Walworth,
Washington, and Waukesha
may keep their offices and hold spe-
cia1 terms of the county court at any
time between the times of holding the
ness which might be done at, or
which may be continued from, any
regular term to such special term at
the following places in their respec-
tive counties:
In the county of Buffalo, at the city
of Fountain City;
In the county of Columbia al the
city of Columbus;
IN the county of Dodge, at the cities
of Beaver Dam, Mayville and Water
town;
In the county of Fond du Lac at
the cities of Ripon and Waupun;
In the county of Grant, at the city
of Platteville;
In the county of Green Lake, at the
village of Princeton and the city OF
Berlin;
In the county of Jefferson, at the
city of Watertown;
In the county of Monroe, at the : =
cities of Sparta and . Tomah;
lage of Pepin;
In the county of Shawano, at the
village of Wittenberg;
In the county of Trempealeau, al
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No. caA p 49, E" hAWs o oF 1 IL 1918
AN ACT-To detach certain territory
from the town of Lincoln in Bayfield,
county, and to create the town of
Kelly.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly.
do enact as follows:
Section 1. All that territory in the
town of Lincoln in the county of Bay
field and state Of Wisconsin, described
as follows, to wit: Township forty-s
north, range five west, is hereby detach-
ed from the said town of Lincoln and is
constituted and created a separate town.
to be known and designated as the town
of Kelly.
Section @ The qualified electors of
the town of Kelly shall meet at the
Maple Ridge schoolhouse in section
twenty-on said township forty six
Tuesday in May, 1918; and the qualified
electors Of the town Of Lincoln shall meet
at the usual polling place in said town
of Lincoln, on the second Tuesday in
May, 1918, and at each of such meetings
in each of their respective towns in the
manner provided by law, shall elect town
officers for each of their respective towns,
and the qualified electors of each Of said
towns shall have the power to do any
and all things that the qualified electors
of any duly organized town have the
, power to do. Notice of such first town
meeting shall be given by the clerk of
Il6 Town OF I1UcOliI ny pOoIlIS hOlACC
thereof in at least three public places in
each of said towns.
Section When such election shall
have been held as herein provided, and
the town officers required by law elected
and duly qualified, the said town of KEEL
~ shall be deemed to be duly organized
| and shall possess all the rights, powers
and liabilities of other towns in this state.
| Section f. On the last Tuesday of May,
| 1913 at ten o'clock a. M, the town boards
! of the town of Lincoln and the town of
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toxicating liquors or drinks to any per-
son shall have been forbidden in the man
ner provided by law every person who
shall sell or give to, or for, or purchase
hibited person any such liquors or drinks
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars and the costs of
prosecution; and in default of imme
date payment thereof he shall be COM
thirty days unless sooner discharged
by the payment Of such fine and costs.
The person to whom the selling to or
purchasing or procuring for any such
ardent, spirituous or intoxicating drinks
has been prohibited may be arrested on
of any supervisor, trustee, alderman,
county superintendent of the poor,
mayor. chairman of the county board or
district attorney and brought before any
Justice of the peace of the county to
testify as to where and from, through or
by whom or by whose agency he, obtain,
ed or procured intoxicating drinks, and
If he shall refuse to testify he shall be
committed to the county Jail to be de-
tanned therein until he shall so testify
or be discharged by order of the court
In any such prosecution it shall not be
necessary to allege in the complaint or in
formation any facts tending to show that
the person to whom such liquors or
drinks We're sold or given was person
to whom the sale OF such liquors or
drinks might lawfully or properly be
forbidden, but it shall be sufficient TO
allege generally that such liquors or
drinks were given or sold by the accused
to such person.
Section q This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved May 8, 1913 Copy Law.
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No. 6. AL Published May 8, 1918.
CHAPTER 1856, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend section 1885 of
may bring action for the recovery
for death by wrongful act.
The people of the State of Wisconsin.
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
statutes is amended to read: Section
4256. Every such action shall be
brought by and in the name of the
personal representative of such de-
ceased person, and the amount re-
covered shall belong and be paid over
to the husband or widow of such de-
ceased person, If such relative sur
yive him or her; but if no husband CT
widow survive the deceased the amount
recovered shall be paid over to his
or her 1ineal descendants and to his
or her lineal ancestors in default of
such descendants, but if no husband,
or widow or lineal descendant, or an
ceStor survive the deceased, the
amount recovered shall be paid over
every such action the jury may eive
such damages, not exceeding ten thou
sand dollars, as they may deem fair
and just in reference to the pecuniary
injury, resulting from such death to
the relatives of the deceased specified
in this section; and nonresident alien
surviving relatives shall be entitled
to the benefits of this section; provid-
ed, that il there be no cause of &C
ton in favor of the estate of such de-
cedent and the person or persons to
whom the whole amount sued for and
recovered belongs, as above provided,
shall be the husband, widow, or parent
or parents Of the deceased, suit may at
his or her or their option be brought
directly in his or her or their name or
names instead of being brought in the
name of the personal representative of
such deceased person.
Section 2. This act shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after it's
passage and publication.
AnnrnNad MAY & 1913 Cnnv aw
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Published May 9. 1913

No. %, Al Published May 8, 1913
CHAPTER 1877, LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend subdivision (15)
of section 1882 of the statutes, re-
lating to property exempt from ex-
ecution.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section l. Subdivision (15) of sec
TO read: (section 29S29 151 The
earnings of any person or persons
having a family dependent upon him
or them for support at the time of the
commencement OF proceedings for the
collection of the debt, including the
earnings of any minor child or chill
dren whose earnings contribute to the
support of such family, for three
months next preceding the issue of
any writ of attachment, execution,
garnishment or the institution of pro-
ceedings supplementary to execution,
to the amount of sixty dollars only
r each month IN which such earnings
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aggregate for all societies In the county
in any one year to aid in the purchase
fair grounds for any organized agricul-
tural society, or to aid any organized
agricultural society or any Incorporated
poultry association in its preparations
for or conduct Of its public exhibitions;
and any amount SO voted shall be paid
upon demand by the county treasurer
70 the treasurer OF such organized agri-
curate record of the expenditures thereof
by such society and file a verified copy of
such record with the county clerk with
in one year after the receipt of such
amount from the county treasurer. Pro-
viding that no appropriation shall be
made to any agricultural society or other
society of a similar nature in excess Of
or in preference to any appropriation
for any other such society In the county
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pass
age and publication.
Approved May 9. 1913. Copy Law
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N'' C 5fGi Fai' i95, LAWS OF isis:
AN ACT-To amend section 1880 or
the statutes, relating to amount OF
bond of municipal treasurerS.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1880 of the
statutes is amended to read: Sec
ton 1880 The treasurer of each town,
city or village shall execute and de-
liver to the county treasurer bond,
with sureties, to be approved, in case
of a town treasurer, by the chairman
Of the town, and in case of city or
village treasurer by the county trea-
amount of state and county taxes ap-
not exceeding five hundred thousand
dollars, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties Of his office
and that he will account for and pay
over according to law all state and
county taxes which shall come into his
hands. Provided that when such
bond is executed, or the condition
thereof guaranteed, solely by surety
company as provided in section 1866
SO, such bond shall be in sum equal
to the amount of such state and county
taxes The county treasurer shall give
to said town, city or village treasurer
a receipt for said bond, and file and
safely keep said bond in his office.
Section 2. This act shall take eff
feet upon it's passage and publication.
Approved May s, 1913. Copy Law