CHAPTER 108.

[Published March 12, 1868.]

AN ACT to amend chapter 155 of the general laws 1863, entitled "an act to codify the laws of this state relating to common schools."

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 11 of said chapter 155 is hereby Section eleven amended so as to read as follows: Section 11.

In all amended. cases where an alteration of the boundaries of a school district shall be made the town supervisors shall within three days thereafter give notice thereof by filing a copy of the order so altering the same with the town clerk, and with the clerk of the district or districts affected by such alteration; and no alteration of any school district made without the consent of a majority of the district board, endorsed on such order, shall take effect until three months after notice given, as above specified, unless such alteration is made in compliance with the order of the state superintendent of public instruction, given in the decison of an appeal regularly taken; nor shall any alteration of an organized district be made to take effect between the first day in December in any one year and the first day of April following.

The six amended.

SECTION 2. Section 46 of said chapter 155 is hereby section fortyamended so as to read as follows: Section 46. director, treasurer and clerk shall constitute the district board. Meetings of the board may be called by any two members thereof by serving upon the other member a written notice of the time and place of such meeting, at least twenty-four hours before such meeting is to take place.

nine amended.

SECTION 3. Section 99 of said chapter 155 is hereby Section ninetyamended so as to read as follows: Section 99. He shall also within the time mentioned in the preceding section make and deliver to the county treasurer a written statement of the whole number of children in each town in the county over the age of four and under the age of twenty years, returned from districts which have maintained school for five or more months

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hundred and

during the past year, as appears from the town clerk's report.

SECTION 4. Section 102 of said chapter 155 is heretwo amended. by amended so as to read as follows: Section 102. Every applicant for a certificate of the third grade shall be examined in orthoepy, orthography, reading, penmanship, intellectual and written arithmetic, English grammar, geography, history of the United States, and the theory and art of teaching, and if found qualified shall receive a certificate which shall qualify the holder to teach in any town in the county in which he is examined: provided, that the county superintendent may limit such certificate to any town in the county, and may also issue limited third grade certificates for a less period than one year, and for a particular district, whenever by examination he is satisfied that the applicant is qualified to teach in such district, and is not qualified to teach in every district of the town for which he is licensed and provided further, that no person shall receive a certificate of any grade who does not write and speak the English language with facility and cor

rectness.

Approved March 5, 1868.

Amended.

CHAPTER 109.

[Published March 11, 1868.]

AN ACT to amend sections 2 of chapter 177 of the revised statutes, entitled "of indictments and proceedings before trial."

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 177, of the revised statutes, entitled "of indictments and proceedings before trial," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: An indictment for crime punishable by imprisonment for life, may be found at any period. All other indictments for other crimes shall be found and filed within two years after the commission of the offense, where the offenders shall be known; but any period during

which the party charged was not actually and publicly a resident within the state, or when the party commiting the offence was unknown to the sheriff or prosecuting attorney of the county where the offense was committed, shall not be reckoned as part of the two years.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 5, 1868.

CHAPTER 110.

[Published March 14, 1868.]

AN ACT requiring reports from unorganized banks and bankers.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

port semi-an

SECTION 1. Every person, association of persons, Unorganized and body corporate, except such bodies corporate as banks must reare expressly authorized by the state or national bank- nually. ing law, shall report semi-annually in writing to the bank comptroller, or to such state officer as banks organized under the general banking law of this state are now or may be required hereafter to render their reports; such report to be verified by the affidavit of such person or any member of such association or corporation, and to contain the total amount due depositors, the amount of funds on hand, the names of the person or persons interested in or carrying on said business, the the total amount of the capital stock employed in said business, and such other items, so far as practicable, as bankers under the state banking laws are required to report.

sessment.

SECTION 2. That the amount of capital stock so re Capital stock; ported by such person, association of persons, or body subject to ascorporate, shall be subject to assessment, and shall he taxed in the locality where such business may be transacted, and such taxes shall be payable and collectable at the same time and in the same manner as now provided by law for the collection of other taxes, and the

amount of taxes so collected shall be construed and received as an equivalent for a license to conduct sai business.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect from and after the thirtieth day of May next. Approved March 6, 1868.

How trust fund to be invested.

Bonds to be deposited with

CHAPTER 111.

[Published March 11, 1868.]

AN ACT to authorize the investment of the trust funds.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. In addition to the other means of investment as now provided by law, the commissioners of school and university lands are authorized to invest the principal of the school, university, normal school and agricultural college funds, now in the treasury or which may hereafter be received, in the bonds of the United States, and in the bonds of the New England states, New York and Ohio.

SECTION 2. The bonds so purchased by the comtatt treasurer. missioners shall be deposited with the state treasurer; and the secretary of state is hereby directed to include in the quarter-yearly examination and report of the condition of the treasury, an examination and report of the amount and kind of securities belonging to the trust funds on deposit in the treasury.

SECTION 3. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication, Approved March 6, 1868.

CHAPTER 112.

[Published March 12, 1868.]

AN ACT to provide for levying and collecting a state tax for the year 1868.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. There shall be levied and collected for Amount of the year 1868, a state tax of two hundred and fifty-state tax to be nine thousand and 90-100 dollars in addition to the amount authorized to be levied by existing laws; said tax to be apportioned among and assessed upon the several counties of this state as provided by law; and such tax shall be levied upon the taxable property of the state and collected and paid into the treasury as provided by law.

of state shall

SECTION 2. [The] secretary of state shall apportion When secretary said tax among the several counties of the state as apportion tax. provided by law, on or before the second Monday in October next, and certify the same to the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county as provided by law: provided, that in case the appropriations made by the present legislature shall exceed in amount the esti mate reported by the joint committee of the senate and assembly upon which this state tax is based, then the secretary of state s shall add such amount of excess to the amount specified in the first section of this act; and provided, further, that in case the appropriation made by the legislature shall be less than the amount estimated by said committee, then a corresponding amount shall be deducted from the amount specified in the first section of this act.

amount each

rears

SECTION 3. The secretary of state shall also specially Shall certify certify to each county the amount for which such county is in arcounty is in arrears to the state at the time of the ap portionment of the state tax, which amount shall be levied and collected, and paid into the treasury with the tax for the year 1868.

of boards.

SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the clerks of Duty of clerks the boards of supervisors of the several counties to levy the amount of state taxes apportioned to and charged against their respective counties, including 8 GEN. LAWS.