venereal diseases; provided that these appropriations shall be contingent upon the allotment and payment of an equal sum to the state by the United States for the same purpose. All moneys paid into the state treasury by the United States for the same purpose are appropriated therefrom, and added to this appropriation. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon July 1, 1919. No. 96, S.] [Published March 5, 1919. CHAPTER 11. AN ACT to repeal section 20.13 and to amend section 20.12 of the statutes, relating to the department of engineering, and making appropriations. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 20.13 of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 2. Section 20.12 of the statutes is amended to read: 20.12 There is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of engineering: (1) Annually, beginning July 1, 1915, eighteen thousand dollars, for the salary of the chief engineer, and such other overhead salaries and expenses, or portions thereof, in connection with administering the work of the department, as cannot be apportioned and charged to other appropriations, as provided in section 34.02. be (2) On July 1, 1919, three thousand dollars, to used as a revolving appropriation, to cover the cost of salaries and other expenses incurred by the department, and which are by law chargeable to other appropriations; and whenever a statement of such salaries and other expenses, charged to this appropriation, are furnished to the various offices, the cost thereof shall be charged over to the proper appropriations for such offices, and credited back to this appropriation. (3) Annually, beginning July 1, 1919, sixty-one thousand dollars, for the operation of the light, heat and power plant for the capitol, and the heating plant for the executive residence. Of this appropriation twenty-five thousand dollars annually shall be used only for the purchase of coal, freight on coal, and cost of handling coal. (4) On July 1, 1919, three thousand three hundred forty dollars, and on July 1, 1920, three thousand six hundred forty dollars, for the repair and maintenance of all permanent property of the state at the light, heat and power plant and the heating plant for the executive residence, and for the repair and maintenance of the state capitol building and the machinery and equipment therein connected with the light, heat and power plant. On July 1, * (5) 1919, one thousand two hundred dollars for the purchase of permanent property for the light, heat and power palnt and the heating plant for the executive residence, and for the purchase of permanent property for the state capitol building and the machinery and equipment therein connected with the light, heat and power plant. (6) On July 1, 1917, the unexpended balance of the appropriation made by subsection (1) of section 20.13, for the execution of the functions prescribed by subsection (5) of section 34.02. (7) On July 1, 1919, eleven thousand five hundred dollars, and on July 1, 1920, eleven thousand five hundred dollars, for property repairs and maintenance of the state capitol. SECTION 3. There is appropriated from the general fund to the state department of engineering twenty-one thousand dollars, for the operation of the light, heat and power plant for the year 1918-1919. This appropriation shall be added to the appropriation heretofore made by subsection (3) of section 20.12 of the statutes, for the same purpose. SECTION 4. The unexpended balance in the appropriation made by subsection (2) of section 20.13 of the statutes shall revert to the general fund; the unexpended balance in the appropriation made by subsection (1) of section 20.13 having been transferred to the appropriation made by subsection (6) of section 20.12 of the statutes by chapter 195 of the laws of 1917 and this bill, the repeal of section 20.13 hereinbefore shall not be construed as affecting such balance so transferred. SECTION 5. cation. This act shall take effect upon passage and publi Approved February 28, 1919. No. 20, A.] [Published March 6, 1919. CHAPTER 12. AN ACT to repeal subsection (2) of section 20.55 of the statutes; and to amend section 20.555 of the statutes, relating to the department of insurance and making an appropriation. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Subsection (2) of section 20.55 of the statutes is repealed. SECTION 2. Section 20.555 of the statutes is amended to read: 20.555. There is appropriated from the general fund to the compensation insurance board, annually, beginning July 1, ten thousand * 1919, not to exceed dollars, to carry out the provisions of sections 1921-1 to 1921-28, inclusive. SECTION 3. On June 30, 1919, the unexpended balance in the appropriation made by subsection (1) of section 20.55 of the statutes shall revert to the general fund. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved March 4, 1919. No. 299, S.] [Published March 7, 1919. CHAPTER 13. AN ACT to amend subdivision 6 of section 5.26 of the statutes, relating to the time for filing independent and nonpartisan nomination papers. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Subdivision 6 of section 5.26 of the statutes is amended to read: Section 5.26 (6) Such nomination papers shall be filed as follows: For candidates to be voted for throughout the state or any division or district embracing more than one county, in the office of the secretary of state, not more than forty nor less than thirty days before the election for which the nominations are made; for candidates to be voted for wholly within one county, in the office of the county clerk, not more than forty nor less than twenty days before such election, except for candidates for the office of county or district superintendent of schools, which shall be filed not more than forty nor less than twenty days before such election; for candidates to be voted for wholly within one city in the office of the city clerk, not more than fifteen nor less than twelve days before such election. Provided that nomination papers proposing candidates for judicial officers or for school board directors in the cases provided for in subsection (8), shall be filed not more than forty nor less than twenty days before the primary therein provided for. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved March 5, 1919. No. 255, S.] [Published March 10, 1919. CHAPTER 14. AN ACT to detach certain territory from the towns of Summit, SECTION 1. Township forty-three north, range fourteen west is detached from the town of Wascott, Douglas county, township forty-four north, range fourteen west is detached from the town of Gordon in said county and townships forty-three and fortyfour north, range fifteen west from the town of Summit in said county and such territory detached from the towns of Wascott, Gordon and Summit is created and constituted as a new town to be known and designated as the town of Dairyland. SECTION 2. The first town meeting of said town of Dairyland shall be held at the schoolhouse known as the Thompson schoolhouse located on southeast corner of section seven, in township forty-three north, range fourteen west. Such town meeting shall be held on the day appointed by law for the holding of annual town meetings in the year 1919; and the qualified electors of said town of Dairyland shall by ballot elect town officers for said town, and exercise all other powers and make such provisions for the town government as are now authorized by statute to be exercised and made at the town meeting of any town. SECTION 3. For the purpose of the election hereinbefore provided, the qualified electors of the said town of Dairyland, assembled at the place aforesaid, shall, between the hours of nine and eleven o'clock, in the forenoon of said day, choose three of their number to act as inspectors of said election, and such in spectors shall, before entering upon their respective duties, severally take the usual oath of office and file the same with their returns; and such inspectors shall respectively canvass and return the votes cast at such election in all respects as provided by law for inspectors at annual town meetings. A town clerk and also necessary clerks of election shall be appointed by said inspectors, or a majority thereof, to assist said inspectors in conducting said town meeting and in canvassing and returning the votes cast at such election. SECTION 4. Notice of such town meeting shall be given by the posting of a copy of this act in at least six public places in said town of Dairyland, at least five days before the time of holding said first town meeting, which notice may be posted in such town by any duly qualified elector thereof, who shall make a proper affidavit of such posting and file the same on the day of said first town meeting of his town with the inspectors chosen to conduct said first town meeting. SECTION 5. When said town meeting shall have been held as herein provided, and the town officers as required by law duly elected for said town, the said town of Dairyland shall be deemed to be, and shall be duly organized, and shall possess all the rights, powers, privileges and authority, and shall be subjected to the usual liabilities of other towns in the state of Wisconsin. After the said first town meeting in said town all annual meetings shall be held on the day provided by law for the holding of town meetings in other towns in the state of Wisconsin. SECTION 6. The assets and liabilities of the said towns of Wascott, Gordon and Summit shall be apportioned to the said town of Dairyland pro rata in the proportion provided in section 672 of the statutes. SECTION 7. The supervisors of the towns of Wascott, Gordon, Summit and Dairyland shall on the fifteenth day of April, 1919, meet at the Thompson school located as described in section 2 of this act, for the purpose of making a settlement between the said towns, according to the provisions of this act; and at such meeting or at any subsequent or adjourned meeting held by said. town boards of supervisors, any three of the supervisors shall have full power and authority to send for any persons, books, papers and records necessarily involved in the settlement between said towns. The town clerk of the town of Dairyland shall be and act as clerk of such joint meeting, and the town clerks of the towns of Wascott, Gordon and Summit shall be present and assist; sufficient duplicates or copies of all proceedings had shall be made in order that each town may have at least one for the |