No. 283, S.] [Published April 24, 1901. CHAPTER 195. AN ACT to amend section 925-147 of the statutes of 1898, relating to treasurer's notice in collection of taxes. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Extension of time as to payment of taxes. SECTION 1. Section 925-147 of the statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by striking out the word "tenth," where it occurs in the third line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "thirtyfirst" so that said section when so amended shall be and read as follows: Section 925-147. On the receipt of such tax roll the treasurer shall give one week's notice thereof in the official paper; such notice shall specify that the taxes must be paid on or before the thirty-first day of January following. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 19, 1901. No. 282, S.] [Published April 24, 1901. CHAPTER 196. AN ACT to amend section 925-143 of the statutes of 1898 relating to tax warrants. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Duty of clerk as to tax roll; form of warrant; in cities. SECTION 1. Section 925-143 of the statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by striking out the words "last Monday of January," where they occur in the twenty-third and twenty-fourth lines of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "second Monday of February," and by striking out the words "day above specified," where they occur in the twenty-seventh line of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "fifteenth day of March next," so that said section when so amended shall be and read as follows: Section 925-143. It shall be the duty of the city clerk to make out a complete tax roll in the manner and form provided by law, and as soon as practicable after the levy shall have been made by the council as prescribed in the preceding section, and the certificate of the county clerk showing the amount of state and county taxes apportioned to the city shall have been received, to cause the same to be extended upon such tax roll upon a uniform percentage by setting opposite the description of each lot, tract or parcel of land, and to the name of each person named in said roll, in proper columns, such proportionate share of the sums of taxes so levied as may be chargeable upon such lot, tract or parcel of land or against such person, and also enter and extend upon such tax roll all special assessments required to be entered thereon. To such tax roll shall be appended a warrant signed by the mayor and clerk, substantially in the following form: To city treasurer of the city of You are hereby required to collect from each of the persons and corporations named in the annexed tax roll, and from the owners or occupants named of the real estate described therein, the taxes set down in such roll, opposite to their respective names and to the several parcels of land therein described; and in case any person or corporation. upon whom any such sum or tax is imposed shall refuse or neg lect to pay the same, you are to levy and collect the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person or corporation so taxed, and out of the moneys so to be collected, after deducting your fees, you are first to pay to the treasurer of said. county, on or before the second Monday of February next, the sum of for state taxes, you are to retain and pay out as city treasurer according to law the sum of balance of said moneys you are required to pay to said treasurer for county purposes on or before the fifteenth day of March next; by which day you are further required to make return to said treasurer of this warrant with said roll annexed, together with your doings thereon as required by law. Dated the 19-. Mayor. and the day of Clerk. And in cities where the school district system is in force the city clerk shall, upon the receipt by him of the statement or statements of the amount of school tax apportioned to the part. of the district or districts respectively within such city, extend the same upon the tax roll and apportion the same as required by law. And in such cities the warrant for the collection of taxes shall, in addition to the other aforesaid directions, therein require the city treasurer to pay out according to law, from the money so collected by him, to the person or persons lawfully entitled thereto the amount of the district school tax collected by him thereunder. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 19, 1901. No. 249, S.] [Published April 24, 1901. CHAPTER 197.* AN ACT to provide for binding the exchanges of the Wisconsin academy of sciences, arts and letters. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Binding of exchanges. SECTION 1. Section 341 of the revised statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "The secretary of state may authorize the state printer to bind in suitable binding all periodicals and other exchanges which the society shall hereafter receive, at a cost not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars. The secretary of state shall audit the accounts for such binding." SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 18, 1901. *See chapter 447, 1901. No. 183, S.] [Published April 24, 1901. CHAPTER 198. AN ACT to authorize Casper Faust, his heirs, associates and assigns, to build and maintain a dam across the Little Wolf river. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Location and purposes of dam. SECTION 1. Casper Faust, his heirs, associates and assigns, are hereby authorized to build and maintain a dam across the Little Wolf river on any lands that he or they may own or control in the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section numbered eight (8) in township numbered twenty-two (22) north of range numbered fourteen (14) east, for Loomage, hydraulic and manufacturing pur poses. Log slides to be maintained. SECTION 2. The aforesaid persons, their heirs and assigns, shall maintain suitable slides in said dam for running logs, timber or lumber over the same and shall keep the same in repair, the same shall be kept open at all times when the river is at a driving stage and there are logs, timber or lumber to run over said dam, when it is not necessary to hold the water back to maintain sufficient head for the purposes for which the said dam is maintained. Control of dam. SECTION 3. The control of said dam, the slides and gates of the same, shall belong to the aforesaid persons, their heirs and assigns. Right of repeal reserved. SECTION 4. The right is hereby reserved by the legislature to amend, alter or repeal this act. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 19, 1901. No. 184, S.] [Published April 23, 1901. CHAPTER 199. AN ACT to provide for the preparation of a course of study in the elements of agriculture for district schools, for courses of study for secondary schools of agriculture and domestic economy in rural communities, for courses of study in manual training and domestic economy in graded schools, and for the securing of information as to the necessary steps in obtaining properly trained teachers of agriculture, manual training, and domestic economy and making an appropriation therefor. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Duty of L. D. Harvey, as commissioner. SECTION 1. L. D. Harvey is hereby appointed a commissioner until the second Monday in January, 1903, with authority and it shall be his duty to prepare a detailed course of study in the elements of agriculture adapted to the needs of instruction in the district schools of the state; he shall also prepare courses of study for secondary schools of agriculture and domestic economy adapted to the needs of rural communities. These courses of study shall embrace the following subjects: the soil, plant life and animal life of the farm, farm accounts, manual training, and domestic economy. He shall prepare a syllabus of the course of study in each subject, in such detail and with such elaboration of the body of knowledge to be considered, as may be necessary for the organization and administration of the courses of instruction in these branches. As to cost of introduction of courses in graded and village schools. SECTION 2. He shall investigate and determine the character, extent, and cost of courses of instruction in manual training and domestic economy adapted to graded schools, in operation in the cities of this and other countries, and through bulletins and public addresses give information to school boards and communities as to courses and character of instruction which have proved most satisfactory under trial, and which seem best adapted to the needs of city and village schools in Wisconsin. As to where best teachers may be found. SECTION 3. He shall determine where the most thoroughly trained and best equipped teachers of the subjects herein named may be found, and shall |