No. 206, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 143. AN ACT to repeal section 649-23 of the statutes, relating to the Wisconsin national guard, and to create a new section of the statutes relating to the Wisconsin national guard. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 649-23 of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 2. There is added to the statutes a new section to be numbered and to read: Section 649-23. The governor shall have authority to order, not to exceed one of each in any one year, a camp for advanced instruction in rifle practice and competition, a field camp of instruction for officers, and a field camp of instruction for non-commissioned officers; the duration of any such camp not to exceed six days, and the attendance to be limited to such officers and enlisted men as the governor may direct. The quartermaster-general shall, subject to the approval of the governor, furnish necessary transportation to the officers and men and provide for the proper maintenance of the camps. Officers and men detailed for duty at these camps shall receive such pay as the governor may direct; provided, such pay shall not exceed the pay of officers and men at the annual encampments. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved May 27, 1915. No. 218, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 144. AN ACT to repeal subsection 5 of section 94-9 and sections 4543e and 4543e-1, relating to filing of financial statements of candidates. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Subsection 5 of section 94-9 and sections 4543c and 4543c-1 of the statutes are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved May 27, 1915. No. 242, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 145. AN ACT to amend section 959-410 of the statutes, relating to powers of councils as to police and fire commissions in cities of the fourth class. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 959-410 of the statutes is amended to read: Section 959-41o. In any city having a population of four thousand or less, sections 959-411 and 959-41m of the statutes shall only apply if the common council, by a majority vote of all members elected and the approval of the mayor, or by a twothirds vote of all of the members elected without such approval, shall adopt said sections; but the common council may at any time thereafter rescind such action by a like vote, and thereupon said sections shall not apply. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved May 27, 1915. No. 272, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 146. AN ACT to amend section 905m of the statutes, relating to street improvements in villages. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 905m of the statutes is amended to read: Section 905m. The provisions of section 905 shall apply to alleys. The provisions of sections 1210d, 1210e, 1210ee, 1210f, 1210g and 1210h, inclusive, of the statutes, shall apply to villages. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and pub lication. Approved May 27, 1915. No. 278, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 147. AN ACT to amend section 10 of chapter 391, laws of 1911, as amended by chapter 16, laws of 1912 and chapter 5, laws of 1913, relating to registration cards in cities of the first class. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 10 of chapter 391, laws of 1911, as amended by chapter 16, laws of 1912 and chapter 5, laws of 1913, is amended to read: (Chapter 391, laws of 1911, as amended by chapter 16, laws of 1912 and chapter 5, laws of 1913) Section 10. Registration cards shall be printed in the form of a request to the voter to properly fill in the spaces provided for information for registration purposes, and notice shall be given thereon that, if necessary, the blanks may be filled in by some other person, except that in the space provided for the signature, the voter himself must sign his name or make his mark. The cards shall contain such questions as may be necessary to obtain required information to determine the applicant's right to registration. Such cards shall also be furnished by the secretary of election commissioners to any person applying for them either in person or by mail. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved May 27, 1915. No. 332, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 148. AN ACT to amend section 4099 of the statutes, relating to the proofs required in actions brought in a justice's court upon ac count. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 4099 of the statutes is amended to read: Section 4099. In any action in a justice's court, in which the defendant shall be personally served with the summons or shall appear, when the plaintiff shall file a written complaint, claiming an indebtedness upon account, verified in the manner prescribed for verification of pleadings in a court of record an affidavit of the plaintiff or of his agent, acquainted with the facts, stating the names of the parties plaintiff and defendant, that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff upon the account alleged in the complaint, in a specified amount, when the same became due, what · set-offs should be allowed, and what payments have been made. and when made, if any, and the true balance due, with a copy of the account affixed, shall be received as presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated. When made without the state such affidavit must * be certified as prescribed in section 4203. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved May 27, 1915. No. 344, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 149. AN ACT to detach certain territory from the village of Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, and to attach the same to the village of East Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby detached from the village of Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, and attached to the village of East Milwaukee, Milwaukee county, Wisconsin, the following described real estate situated in the county of Milwaukee and state of Wisconsin, to wit: Commencing at a point on the shore of lake Michigan and eight hundred ten and forty-eight one-hundredths feet north of the south line of the northeast quarter of section three, township seven north, range twenty-two east, running thence west and parallel to the south line of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of section three, two thousand and seventy feet or thereabouts to the center of Frederick street, so-called; thence north no degrees and seven minutes, east eighty-one and one onehundredths feet to a point in the center of Frederick street, socalled; thence east on a line which is eight hundred ninety-one and forty-eight one-hundredths feet north of and parallel to the south line of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of section three, two thousand and fifty feet or thereabouts to the shore of lake Michigan; thence southeasterly along the shore of lake Michigan to the place of beginning. SECTION 2. The provisions of section 959-8, of the statutes, shall not apply to the detaching of said territory from said village of Whitefish Bay and its attachment to the village of East Milwaukee. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication, Approved May 27, 1915. No. 378, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 150. AN ACT to amend section 925-50 of the statutes, relating to day for meeting of common councils. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 925-50 of the statutes is amended to read: Section 925-50. The council shall hold its first meeting in each year on the third Tuesday of April, and unless a different day be designated by resolution or ordinance, shall thereafter hold a regular meeting on the first Tuesday of each month, and at such other times as the council may direct. The mayor may call a special meeting by a written notice to each of the members, to be served personally or left at their several places of abode at least six hours prior to the time for such meeting. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved May 27, 1915. No. 384, S.] [Published May 31, 1915. CHAPTER 151. AN ACT to amend the ninth paragraph (Eighth circuit) of sec- SECTION 1. The ninth paragraph (Eighth circuit) of section 113.06 of the statutes is amended to read: 113.06 (Ninth paragraph) Eighth circuit. In the county of Buffalo on the third Monday in February and the fourth Monday in October; in the county of Dunn on the second Monday in March and the second Monday in September; in the county of St. Croix on the fourth Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September; in the county of Pepin on the third Monday in April and the third Monday in October; in the county of Pierce on the second Monday of May and the Monday following the last Thursday in November. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved May 27, 1915. |