pose of establishing a public library for the county and may enter into an agreement to maintain a public library in consideration thereof, and shall be bound to faithfully perform such agreement. In such case the said board of libraries have full power to properly administer the same.

SECTION 8. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication.

Approved March 26, 1901.

No. 105, A.]

[Published March 28, 1901.

CHAPTER 92.

AN ACT providing for the separate assessment of land and the buildings and improvements thereon, and amendatory of section 1052, of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898.

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

Value of lands and improvements to be entered separately. SECTION 1. Section 1052, of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following words: "In one column he shall enter the value of the land, exclusive of the buildings thereon; in a separate column under the head "improvements," he shall enter the value of such buildings, together with machinery and fixtures therein, if any, not separately assessable, as personal property; and in the third column he shall enter the value of both land and improvements."

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 26, 1901.

No. 225, S.]

[Published April 2, 1901.

CHAPTER 93.

AN ACT relating to certificates of juror's attendance to amend section 2560 of the statutes of 1898.

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

Duty of juror before receiving certificate. SECTION 1. Section 2560 of the statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words "certificate shall be receipted for by the juror" in the fifth and sixth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the following words: "Jurors shall make affidavit thereto and receipt for same," so that said section as amended, shall read as follows: Section 2560. The clerk of the court whenever a jury shall be discharged, or at the end of each term of court, or within ten days thereafter, shall make out a certificate to each juror attending the court, certifying the number of days attendance, the number of miles travelled, and the amount of compensation due him, and every such juror shall make affidavit thereto and receipt for same, before it shall be delivered to him, and thereupon the county treasurer shall pay the amount thereof out of the county treasury.

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

Approved March 28, 1901.

No. 318, S.]

[Published April 2, 1901.

CHAPTER 94.

AN ACT requiring the attorney general to make a biennial report, and providing for the publication of the same.

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

What to report. SECTION 1. The attorney general shall prein each even numbered year a report, to be delivered by

pare

him to the governor on or before the tenth day of December, containing an account of all matters pertaining to this office for the biennial period and the substance of all legal opinions rendered by him on matters of public interest, together with an index of the same.

Number of copies to be printed. SECTION 2. This report shall be published by the commissioners of public printing in the public documents of the state and there shall also be published by the commissioners of public printing one thousand separate copies to be bound in cloth, of which number one hundred and fifty copies shall be delivered to the attorney general for distribution, and the balance shall be delivered to the superintendent of public property and distributed by him as and in the manner provided by law for the distribution of reports of the other elective state officers.

SECTION 3.

This act shall take effect and be in force from

and after its passage and publication. Approved March 28, 1901.

No. 45, S.]

06. 204

[Published April 2, 1901.

CHAPTER 95.

AN ACT to enable cities of the fourth class to build and maintain public water and electric lighting works.

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

Cities may own personal and real property for purpose of act. SECTION 1. Every city of the fourth class in the state of Wisconsin, whether operating under a general or special charter, is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase, lease or construct steam power or water power for the purpose of maintaining and operating for public use, lighting plants and water works, and for such purpose may lease, purchase and hold the necessary real and personal property.

Authority granted by act to be authorized by vote of people. SECTION 2. The authority and power granted in section one of this act shall be exercised only when the same shall have been

ratified by a two-thirds vote of the voters in such city at a special election called for that purpose, as special elections are now authorized to be called, providing however, that no such exercise of power shall require the expenditure of a sum greater than three per cent. in any one year on the taxable property of said city.

Conflicting laws repealed. SECTION 3. All laws interfering with 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 28, 1901.

No. 309, S.]

[Published April 2, 1901.

CHAPTER 96.

AN ACT to amend section 935 of the statutes of 1898, relating to the annual reports of free public libraries.

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

SECTION 1.

When and what to report. Section 935 of the statutes, is hereby amended by adding after the words "annual report," in the second line, the words "on or before the first day of July in each year," and at the close of the section the following words: "and they shall send one copy of this report to the Wisconsin free library commission." The said board shall also include in the said annual report the names of the directors whose terms expire at the time the report is made," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 935. The said board of directors shall make an annual report, on or before the first day of July in each year, to the council or proper board stating the condition of their trust, the various sums of money received from the library fund and all other sources, and how much money has been expended, the number of books and periodicals on hand, the number added during the year, the number lost or missing, the number of books loaned out, and the general character of such books, with such other statistics, information and suggestions as they may deem of general interest, and

they shall send one copy of this report to the Wisconsin free library commission. The said board shall also include in the said annual report the names of the directors whose terms expire at the time the report is made.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 28, 1901.

No. 288, S.]

[Published April 2, 1901.

CHAPTER 97.

AN ACT relating to the reports of state officers and the chiefs of bureaus and departments.

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

SECTION 1.

To report receipts and disbursements to governor. The respective state officers, heads or chiefs of bureaus and departments of the state service and the several boards having control of the charitable, and penal and educational institutions. of the state including the normal schools and state university shall, on or before the tenth day of January in each odd-numbered year, make and deliver to the governor a brief succinct, detailed report of all receipts and expenditures in their respective offices, boards, bureaus or departments for the biennial term ending the first Monday of January.

To report expenses of department. SECTION 2. The respective state officers and chiefs or heads of all bureaus and departments and regents of state university and normal schools shall in each odd-numbered year, on or before the tenth day of January make and deliver to the governor in tabular form a complete, concise and detailed report of the expenses of conducting such office, bureau or department, normal schools and state university for each year of the biennial term ending on the first Monday in January preceding the date of such report, and shall accompany such report with a like detailed statement or report of the receipts and expenses of conducting such office, bureau or