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

No. 1859, Al Published May %, 1913.
CHAPTER 321. LAWS OF 1913.
AN ACT-To amend section 2261 Of the
statutes, relating to plats
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section l. Section 2261 OF the statutes
Is amended to read Section 2261. The
following requirements shall be fully
complied with to entitle map made I'M
der the provisions Of section
1850 Of the statutes to be recorded:
% On the face of the map
(a) The shape and all the
exterior boundaries Of the lands which
it Is intended to represent.
(b) The shape and boundar-
les of each subdivision and the contents
Of each lot containing an area Of more
than one acre.
of all exterior boundary lines and of the
boundary lines Of all lots or other sub
divisions designated on the map, and the
center line of all streets, when such
center line is not used as boundary line
shall be noted in their proper places.
(d) All monuments erected in
the field must be represented in their
proper places thereon, and the kind Of
material Of which such monument is
composed noted at the representation
, thereof.
(e) When an arc Of circle
is used as a boundary or for center
| line of road or street the main chord
shall be drawn in red, in it's proper place.
and on 1T shall be noted it's course and
length, the radius of the circle of which
such arc is part, the angle between the
main chord and the tangent. the defiec-
ton angle and the length of the deflec-
ton chord used in stalking out such arc.
GD The name given to the
tract of land SO divided and mapped. and
of the streets thereon.
ca On the face or back Of
, such offered for record shall
appear and be written the certificate of
the surveyor who surveyed and mapped
the land. which certificate shall be
sworn to before a notary public or other
officer authorized to administer oaths,
and shall contain
(a) A clear and concise de-
scriptfon Of the land so surveyed by legal
government subdivisions when practi-
cable; or. if the land so surveyed is lot,
block, or other subdivision of a town,
city, Or village plat. or addition thereto.
then by the number or other description
Of such lot, block, or other subdivision
otherwise by metes and bounds, starting
such description from some corner estab
lished in the government survey or
from some corner of subdivision of
section used and recognized by the Unit
ed States in the sale Of the public lands,
giving the town, range, section and
county wherein such corner is situated.
CD By whose order and d.
rection he made the survey and map.
Co That the map Is a correct
representation of all the exterior boun-
darieS of the land surveyed and Of the
divisions thereon made.
(d) That he has fully COM
piled with the provisions of this chapter
in surveying, subdividing, and mapping
the same.
(3) Immediately after the
certificate Of the surveyor shall appear
the certificate of the owner Of the land
in substantially the following form:
hereby certify that 1 caused the land
described in the foregoing certificate of
and mapped as represented on the within
map. Such certificate shall be signed
by the owner or by his lawful attorney
in the presence of two witnesses and he
shall acknowledge the same. Such exc
cuted certificate and the certificate Of
dorsed upon such map or attached there
to. Provided, however, that if the own
er of the land so plated and certified by
the surveyor shall have died without
having legally certified and acknowledged
said plat so as to entitle it to be re-
corded, but shall have sold and conveyed
lots therein describing them as lots
within said plat, and the streets upon
said plat if any there be thereon, shall
have been opened pursuant to said plat
for public use, and worked by public
authority with the consent of said owner,
such facts may be proven by the affi-
davit of the owner of any lot within said
plat Endorsed upon the back Of said plat
and thereupon the said plat and the in
dorsements thereon shall be entitled to
record in the same manner and with
like effect as if properly certified and
acknowledged by said owner.
Section g. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved MAY 26, 1913 Cow Law