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same in an action of debt and by imprisonment, as in the case of other ordinances.

BRIDGES.

SEC. 59. That for every wilful or malicious injury done to any bridges, authorized by the act of the Legislature at the session of 1844 and 1845, or that may hereafter be adopted by the mutual assent of the wards in said city, by any vessel or craft navigating the Milwaukee river, said vessel or craft shall be liable in an action by warrant, in the name of the city of Milwaukee for all such damage and injury, to be enforced' according to the provisions of "an act to provide for the collection of demands against boats and vessels," in the Revised Statutes.

REPEAL.

SEC. 60. This act may be altered, amended, or repealed by the Legislature, and the act entitled an act to change the corporate limits and powers of Milwaukee, and all acts amendatory thereof, are hereby repealed. Such repeal to take effect at the time when this act becomes operative: Provided, that all rights and remedies incurred or accruing under any of said acts or under any ordinance passed agreeably thereto, shall remain and be in favor of or against said city, in the same manner as the same would have been for or against said town, if this act had not been passed.

EXEMPTION.

SEC. 61. The following property, now, or at any time hereafter belonging to the city of Milwaukee, or either of the wards thereof, shall be exempt from levy or sale under any execution, viz: All engine houses, hook and ladder houses, together with the grounds or lots on which they are situated, and all fire engines, carriages, hooks, ladders, buckets, hoze, or any other fire apparatus used by any company created or authorized by the common council of said city: Provided,

that nothing herein contained shall exempt any of the aforesaid property from levy and sale on any execution forfeited on judgment rendered in favor of any person or persons who may have furnished any such fire apparatus on the credit of the city of Milwaukee, or either of the wards thereof.

REAL ESTATE.

SEC. 62. The city of Milwaukee, or either of the wards thereof, shall have power to lease, purchase, and hold real or personal estate, sufficient for the convenience of the inhabitants of said city, in the erection of market houses and other public buildings, and for other purposes, and may sell and convey the same at pleasure.

CONSTRUCTION.

SEC. 63. This act shall be a public act, and shall be construed favorably in all courts and places, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

APPROVED January 31st, 1846.

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SCHOOL LAW.

AN ACT in relation to Common Schools in the City of Milwaukee.

BE IT ENACTED by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

COMMISSIONERS.

SECTION 1. The several common schools which are now, or hereafter may be established within the corporate limits of the city of Milwaukee, shall be under the general control and supervision of a board of commissioners, consisting of three persons from each ward of said city, to be appointed by the mayor and common council thereof.

THEIR DUTIES.

SEC. 2. Within one week after the appointment of such board of commissioners, it shall be the duty of the individuals so appointed, to meet and organize, by the selection of president and secretary, and to divide themselves by lot into three equal classes; the terms of office of the first class to expire within one year from the date of appointment; those of the second class to expire in two years, and those of the third class to expire in three years from such date.

HOW APPOINTED.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee, annually, to supply by appointment, the vacancies occasioned in the board of school

commissioners by the expiration of the terms of office, and the persons so appointed shall hold their offices for three years, unless sooner removed, for misconduct or other sufficient cause, by a vote of two-thirds of the appointing board.

VACANCIES.

SEC. 4. It shall likewise be the duty of the mayor and common council of the city of Milwaukee, to supply by appointment any vacancies which may occur from time to time in the board of school commissioners, by resignation or otherwise.

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SEC. 5. The board of school commissioners are authorized and required,

TO ESTABLISH SCHOOLS.

1st. To establish and organize such and so many common schools within the corporate limits of the city of Milwaukee (including those now in operation) as they may deem requsite and expedient, and to alter or discontinue the same in their discretion.

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2d. To contract with and employ all teachers in the common schools; to remove any teacher for manifest incompetency, neglect of duty, or violation of contract; and out of the moneys appropriated and provided for school purposes, to pay the teacher's wages; to purchase or hire school houses, and to improve the same, as they may deem proper; to purchase or lease suitable sites or lots, and to erect thereon good school houses, and to enlarge, alter, or repair such school houses and their appurtenances, as their judgment may dictatate: Provided, that in no one year shall the sums expended for the various purposes, exceed

the amount raised and appropriated in that year, for the support and benefit of common schools.

TEXT BOOKS.

3d. To select and introduce into the several schools, uniform text books; to purchase, exchange, or repair necessary school apparatus; to furnish fuel, and to defray the contingent expenses of (of) the school.

TUITION.

4th. To fix the rate of tuition fees in said school, which rate shall not exceed one dollar and fifty cents per quarter of eleven weeks, for each scholar; and to exempt from the payment of such fees, or any portion of them, such persons as they may deem entitled to exemption by reason of their indigence, or for other sufficient cause.

EXPENSES.

5th. To defray the necessary contingent expenses of the board, including the annual salary to the clerk, which shall not exceed one hundred dollars: Provided, that the account of such expenses shall first be audited and allowed by the mayor and common council of the city.

RATE-BILLS.

6th. At the end of each term or quarter, to make out rate bills, containing the name of each person liable to pay tuition fees, and the amount for which such person is liable, and to deliver such rate bill, with a warrant attached for its collection, drawn by the mayor, to a collector or constable, designated by the board, who shall execute the same in like manner and with like effect with other warrants for the collection of taxes, and who shall previously execute to the board of commissioners, in their corporate capacity, a bond with one or more sureties, to be approved by said commissioners, or a majority of them, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty.

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