SECTION 5. The board, or any member thereof, or any person employed by the board for that purpose, shall, upon demand, have the right to inspect the books, records, and papers of any employer who is under investigation by the board and to examine under oath any officer, agent, or employe of such employer, provided that any person other than a member of the board who shall make such demand or conduct such examination shall first produce his authority therefor, signed by the board or a majority thereof.

SECTION 6. No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any books, records, papers or documents before the board on the ground or for the reason that such testimony, books, records, papers or documents may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture, but no person having so testified or produced such books, records, papers or documents, shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may have testified or produced books, records, papers or documents, provided that no person so testifying shall be exempted from prosecution or punishment for perjury in so testifying. Any person who shall wilfully interfere with the board or any of its employes in conducting any examination or who shall wilfully testify falsely to any matter or thing material to the investigation, or who shall, after a proper demand has been made therefor, fail or wilfully refuse to produce any book, record, paper or document which is in his possession or under his control, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars for each offense.

SECTION 7. Whenever the board shall have made and compelled an investigation under the provisions of this act, it shall make and file its written report thereon as soon as practicable, which report shall be open to the public and the board shall, immediately upon making and filing such report, furnish a certified copy thereof to the employer so investigated and a like certified copy thereof to his employes.

SECTION 8. There is appropriated from the general fund to the board of conciliation annually such sum as may be necessary to carry out its functions.

SECTION 9. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication.

Approved July 9, 1919.

No. 7, S.]

[Published July 14, 1919.

CHAPTER 531.

AN ACT to relocate and revise that part of section 605 of the statutes which confers upon the board of regents of normal schools the power to condemn lands.

The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 37.02 of the statutes is renumbered to be subsection (1) of said section; and a new subsection is added thereto to read:

(37.02) (2) Said board may acquire by condemnation proceedings in the manner provided by chapter 32 such parcels of land as it deems necessary for the use of any institution under its control whenever the board is unable to agree with the owner upon the compensation therefor, or whenever the absence or legal incapacity of such owner, or other cause, prevents or unreasonably delays such agreement.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication.

Approved July 9, 1919.

No. 351, S.]

[Published July 14, 1919.

CHAPTER 532.

AN ACT to amend the first paragraph of subsection 7 of section. 1770b, and the first paragraph of section 1774a and section 1786e-15 of the statutes, relating to reports of corporations. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of subsection 7 of section 1770b of the statutes is amended to read: (Section 1770b) 7. (First paragraph) Every foreign corporation which has heretofore filed with the secretary of state a copy of its charter or articles of association or incorporation or which shall hereafter file the same as required by this act, and every foreign corporation transacting business in this state shall annually, between the first day of January and the first day of * April, file with the secretary of state a report sworn to by the president, secretary, treasurer or general manager of the corporation, as of the first day of January, which shall state:

SECTION 2. The first paragraph of section 1774a of the statutes is amended to read: (Section 1774a) (First paragraph) Every corporation for profit, organized under the provisions of this chapter, shall annually, between the first day of January

April, file with the secretary

and the first day of of state, a report sworn to by the president, secretary, treasurer or general manager, or if the corporation is in the hands of assignee or receiver, by such assignee or receiver, as of the first day of January preceding, which shall state:

SECTION 3. Section 1786e-15 of the statutes is amended to read: Section 1786e-15. Every association organized under the terms of sections 1786e-1 to 1786e-17, inclusive, shall annually, on or before the first day of April of each

year, make a report to the secretary of state; such report shall contain the name of the company, its principal place of business in this state, and generally a statement as to its business, showing total amount of business transacted, amount of capital stock subscribed for and paid in, the authorized rate per cent of dividends on the paid-up capital stock, number of stockholders, total expenses of operation, amount of indebtedness or liabilities, and its profits and losses. Any association failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be subject to and governed by the provisions of section 1774a of the statutes in so far as said section relates to the failure of corporations to file reports and the penalty therefor.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication.

Approved July 9, 1919.

No. 251, A.]

[Published July 14, 1919.

CHAPTER 533.

AN ACT to amend section 52.02 of the statutes, relating to the examination, commitment and charges for support of inmates of the homes for feeble-minded.

The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Subsection (1) of section 52.02 is amended to read: (52.02) (1) Except as otherwise provided, sections 51.01 to 51.10, 51.17 and 51.19 shall govern the examination, commitment and custody of feeble-minded, epileptic, and idiotic. persons; but all commitments of such persons shall be to one of the institutions named in section 52.01. In cases of alleged feeble-mindedness, the examination may be made by a clinical psychologist and a licensed physician skilled in mental diagnosis; but no person shall be recognized as a clinical psychologist unless he has received the doctorate degree in psychology, with work in

neurology and psychiatry and has had not less than two years of successful experience in clinical psychological work.

SECTION 2. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 52.02 are renumbered to be, respectively, subsections (3) and (4) of said section; and a new subsection is added to said section, to read: (52.02) (2) The appointment of the physicians to examine any person alleged to be feeble-minded shall be in writing and substantially in the following form: The county judge of

M. D., and

-county, Wisconsin, to Ph. D.,

M. D., qualified examiners for feeble-mindedness of said state: You are hereby appointed to make personal examination of who is alleged to be feeble-minded, or an epileptic, and by such examination and by inquiry to satisfy yourselves fully as to the mental condition of the said report the result of such examination and inquiry to me at the earliest practicable time. Such report will consist of your answers to the following questions:

and

(a) What is the name of the person alleged to be feebleminded?

(b) What is his age and date of birth?

(c) Where was he born?

(d) What has been his general health and bodily condition?

(e)

What is now his general health?

(f) Does he walk?

(g) At what age did he begin to walk?

(h) At what age was any peculiarity first noticed?

(i)

In what manner did such peculiarity first manifest itself?

(j) Is he defective in memory?

(k) Is he defective in judgment?

(1) Is he defective in moral sense?

(m) Does he learn as rapidly as the average normal child? (n) Did normal mental defect become apparent after the age of puberty?

(0) Is there any peculiarity or defect of speech? If so, describe the same.

(Cases of dementia developing in adults and cases of other forms of adult insanity are not eligible for admission to the home.)

(p) Is there any infirmity of body or limbs, any paralysis, or any striking physical peculiarity? If so, describe the same. (q) Is he now subject or has he ever been subject to epilepsy, convulsions, or fits of any kind? If so, describe fully.

(8) Does he understand language?

(t)

At what age did he commence to talk? (u) Can he dress and undress himself?

(v) Can he do any work? If so, what kind?

(w) Does he sleep well and quietly?

(x) Has he any unfortunate or vicious habits?

(y) How does he pass his time?

(z) What cause has been ascribed for his mental deficiency? (za) State any other facts that may have a bearing on the question under investigation.

(zb) In your opinion is he feeble-minded or an epileptic, and if so, state the grounds for your opinion?

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication.

Approved July 9, 1919.

No. 419, S.]

[Published July 14, 1919.

CHAPTER 534.

AN ACT to amend subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 10.04 of the statutes, relating to appointment of election officers in cities of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1. Subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 10.04 of the statutes are amended to read: (10.04) (1) Such board of election commissioners shall, during the month of January, 1920, and during the same month biennially thereafter, appoint three qualified voters as inspectors of election for each precinct in said cities. They shall be citizens of the United States; shall be men of good repute and character; able to read and write the English language; be of good understanding and capable. They must have resided in the ward for which they are selected to act not less than one year prior to their appointment, and be entitled to vote therein at the next election, and not hold any other public office or employment, notary public excepted, and shall not be candidates for any public office while acting as such inspectors of election.

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(2) The said board shall also appoint at the same time two ballot clerks in cach precinct who shall possess the same qualifications and serve under the same restrictions as the inspectors aforesaid.

(4) Said inspectors and ballot clerks shall be appointed for terms of two years and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Said inspectors shall, during said term, serve as