Year: 1873




Approved March IT, 1873.


Published March 27, 1881


CHAPTER 267. |
AN ACT to authorize town supervisors to lay out


public highways in certain cases.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in


senate and assembly, do enact as follows: I
Section l. When any person shall present to
the board of supervisors of any town, affidavit
satisfying said board thut he or of real
estate within said town, which is occupied by some
person persons living thereon, describing the
same), and that said real estate is shut out from all
public highways by being surrounded on all sides
by real estate belonging to other parties that he or
she is unable to purchase from any of the said par
ties the right of way or through the same to
public highway, that it cannot be purchased eX-
cept at exorbitant price (n which case the
minimum price for which the same can be pur-
chased by said applicant shall be stated) the SAID
board of Supervisors may, at their discretion, after
ten days and within thirty days, proceed to lay
out public highway of not more three rods in
width TO said real estate in such places as TO them
snail seem most proper and shall assess the DAM
ages aud advantages 70 the owner or of real
estate over or through which the shall be laid,
! the amount whereof. when so assessed, shall be
paid by the town provided, that the amount OF
damages so assessed by the supervisors shall in
case exceed one-half of the minimum price stated
in the affidavit provided, further, that an appeal
| may be taken from the assessment of damages and
conducted in like manner appeals from decisions
of town supervisors in laying out, altering or dis
continuing or in refusing to lay out, alter or dis
continue public highway.


| See 2 Notice of the time and place of meeting
to lay out said highways shall be gwen by said su
pervisors by posting written printed notices
thereof three of the most public places in said
town, is provided by law for laying out pub
! lie highways.


Sec s. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions hereof, are hereby repealed.


Sec. l. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 10, 1878.


Published March 26, 1881
CHAPTER 145.


IAN ACT to enable certain towns in conjunction


with adjacent counties in another state to aid in


maintaining hospital for INDECENT and other sick


persons and to authorize said towns to levy a tax
for such purpose.


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in


senate and assembly, do enact as follows:


Section 1. It shall be lawful for any town in this
state, acting in junction with adjacent county
in another state to keep and maintain hospital for
the of INDECENT and other sick persons of SAID
town and county, and SAID town may receive all
rights purchases grants and donations made to and
by the association formed or to be formed by
said town and county, and by their associate
perpetuate, keep and maintain said hospital. and
acting in junction with the board Of supervisors
of said adjacent county in said other states may
make such rules and regulations as shall be neces
sary for the proper conduct OF the officers OF such
association.


Sec. 2. Said town, at any meeting of Its board of
supervisors, may appoint three trustees for said
association, for year, one for two years and
for three years, and shall annually thereafter
appoint one trustee who shall hold his Office for
three years. said trustees acting conjunction with
three trustees to be appointed by the board super
Yisors of said adjacent county i'll SAID other state,
shall at the annual meeting of the trustees of said
association. the ninth day OF October, 1873, enter
upon their duties trustees Of said association and
the terms of office shall be deemgd to commence at
the said annual meeting for each year, after the
ninth day of October, 1873, the said three trus ees
acting with the three trustees appointed by the
board of supervisors Of said adjacent county in said
other state shall constitute The board trustees for
said association; the said board of trustees shall
ILL., 4rf1o
resident of either said town said county, in the
other state, and such other officers shall be re-
quired to conduct said hospital and the officers of
| the association, who shall hold their Offices for one
year they may MAJ all needful bylaws, rules and
regulations that shall become necessary to carry out
! the objects of the association. majority of the
members of the board of sup rvisors of said
and county may amend any bylaw, rule or regu-
Iation MADE by said board of trustees if in their
judgment the same is improper or Objectionable.
Said board of trustees may receive for the use OF
the hospital any grant of lands and any donation of
money, lands or property which may De made for
the use of the same, and shall have full control of
/ the same. and of al. property belonging to said
association, and may grant and convey al lands
whlcE may be granted to the same and which may
| not be needed for the use of said hospital. All
grants of land for the use of said hospital may be
made to the trustees of said association formed
to be formed under the laws of this state, such
other state by It's corporate name and STYLE and by
that name be conveyed by deed signed by the
president and trustees of said association.
Sec 8. Every town in this state which has formed
u
tabishng hospital for the of the INDECENT and
other sick, in conjunction with ad accent county
IN another state, is hereby authorized and empow-
ered by the board OF supervisors OF such town, to
issue and negotiate the bonds of such town to an
amount not to exceed five thousand dollars at one
time, such bonds not to run over five years, and
not to draw ten per cent interest per annum,
for the purposeof aiding the erection of suitable
buildings for such hospital; and said board may
also appropriate su fcient sum of money to deray
the expense of aintaning such hospital, and may
levy and collect tax for the payment of the princ


pal and interest of any bonds OF the town issued
for that purpose, and for the payment of the appro
priation made, il the same is provided
by for levying and collecting taxes for other tow
purposes.


are hereby authorized to provide for the care OF
such sick and disabled INDECENT persons who NAV
! become charge on the poor fund in said town il
the hospital of such association, and to defray the
expenses Of such care out of the poor fund of sait
town.


Sec. s. This act shall take effect and be in fore,
from and after its passage and publication.


Approved March u, 1873.


[Puplished March 27, 1871
:, CHAPTER 293, E


AN ACT regulating the salaries of the judges of th


supreme court.


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
: Section L. The salary of the chief justice and o
each Of the associate justices of the supreme cour
? of the state of Wisconsin, hereafter elected o


appointed, is hereby established at the OF fiv
! tnousand doLars per apnum and there is hereb


annually appropriated, to be paid out of the stat
l treasury IN the manner now provided by law, th


sums above named.


See 2 All acts or parts of acts contravening thi
act are hereby repealed


Sec 5. This act shall take effect and be in for,
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 10, 1873.


= Published March 81, 1871


CHAPTER 100,
l AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and twelv
of the general laws of the year 1859. entitled a


act to amend chapter one hundred and twenty q
the revised statutes, entitled :" OF courts held
. justices of the peace
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
t senate and assembly do entct as follows:
Section l. Section three of chapter one bundre
. and twelve of the general laws OF the wear 1859
hereby amended so as to be read as follows If .


the expiration Of the time for appeal the appeaI ha
been perfected. and the successful party has no


filed with the justice his recognizance as provide
= in the next preceding section, then such propert
S shall not be delivered to the successful party
: Sec. 2. IN case an appeal has been taken and tb
successful party has not before the exDiration q
the time for taking such appeal, entered into an,


fled with the justice the recognizance REQUIRED a
him to entitle him to the delivery such prortv
4ta shall he bo,r