of at least seven days shall be given by said board by publication in the official paper to the effect that such board will meet at a certain time and place for the purpose of making such assessment and that all persons interested may appear and be heard upon the matter of the assessment, and the apportionment of the expense herein provided for among the lots in the sewerage district. At least one day prior to such hearing the board shall make and file in its office a plat, report or table intelligibly exhibiting the sums to be assessed on all the lots in the district which plat report or table shall be open to public inspec tion. Cost of sewers at street and alley crossings, how paid; main sewers. SECTION 2. Section 925-218 is hereby amended by striking out the words, "two dollars" where they occur in the second line of said sub-section and inserting in lieu thereof the words, "the amount," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 925-218. The cost of all sewers in street and alley crossings and of all sewers in excess of the amount per linear foot chargeable to lots and lands as provided in section 925-216 of all catch-basins for receiving water from the gutters and of the overflow pipes connecting them with the sewers of all temporary catch-basins, of repairing and cleansing of sewers and all expenditures for temporary work necessary to carry on the system of sewerage herein provided for, and all the cost of constructing sewers not provided for by special assessment, shall be paid out of the fund of the proper sewerage districts; and all cleaning and repairing of sewers and catchbasins and all temporary work necessary to be done as above stated shall be done by the authority of the board of public works, as may be necessary or by the officer or officers discharg ing the duties of such board. The cost of constructing the main sewers within the city limits or extending beyond the same may be paid for in whole or in part by the city out of the general fund or out of the funds of the proper sewerage district, or by abutting property owners, as the common council shall by ordinance direct. Payment of contractor. SECTION 3. Section 925-220 is hereby amended by adding to the end of said section the words, "said certificates shall be proceeded with and shall have the like effect as other certificates given for street improvements chargeable to lots, as provided in section 925-189," so that said seetion when amended shall read as follows: Section 925-220. Any person to whom a contract is awarded for the construction of a sewer, shall receive in payment certificates against the lots, parts of lots or parcels of land so as heretofore directed to be assessed, so far as the same will go in liquidation of the amount of such contract and shall be entitled to receive city orders for the balance due, payable only out of the fund of the proper district, and it shall be the duty of the board of public works, after the completion of any contract and acceptance of the work, to issue such certificates on the request of the person entitled to receive them, and where any sum is found to be due a contractor over and above the amount of certificates so to be issued and received in part payment, to certify the same to the council which may direct an order to be drawn for the payment of such sum. All certificates of special assessments for building sewers shall be signed by the mayor and clerk, countersigned by the comptroller and delivered to the persons entitled to receive the same, said certificates shall be proceeded with and shall have the like effect as other certificates given for street improvements chargeable to lots, as provided in section 925-189. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 25, 1901. No. 321, A.] [Published April 27, 1901. CHAPTER 216. AN ACT to appropriate money for the purchase of stationery for the use of the state. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Purpose of appropriation. SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eight thousand dollars for the purchase of stationery for the state officers and departments for the years 1901 and 1902 and for the legislative session of 1903, said sum being the amount estimated to be necessary for the purpose specified. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 25, 1901. No. 366, S.] [Published April 30, 1901. CHAPTER 217. AN ACT to empower the county board to fix the salary of the sheriff, and his under-sheriff and deputies, and the number of his deputies. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Change from fee to salary system, how effected; salaries how paid; accounting for fees. SECTION 1. The county board of any county in this state may at any time, before or during the term of office of the sheriff, by resolution, change the method of compensating the sheriff, under-sheriff and deputies from fees, now provided by law, to salaries, and shall, at the same time, fix the amounts of the salaries to be paid the sheriff, under-sheriff and deputies and the number of deputies to be appointed by the sheriff and paid by the county, provided, that whenever any county board so changes the method of compensating the sheriff, under-sheriffs and deputies, and so fixes their salaries and the number of deputies, the same shall remain and be the salaries of the sheriff, under-sheriff and deputies, and shall fix the number of deputies during the term of the sheriff then in office; and the county board of such county shall, thereafter, at their annual meeting preceding the election of the sheriff, fix the amounts of the salaries of the sheriff to be elected and his undersheriff and his deputies and the number of the deputies for the term. Such salaries shall be paid at the end of each month, and the sheriff shall keep accurate books of account, in which shall be entered from day to day, in a journal, the items of service and the fees and the name of the particular proceeding or action in which the same is rendered, and shall carry the items of charges into a ledger account, with proper reference to such journal entries; and he shall pay to the county treasurer all fees, per diem and other emoluments of whatever kind received by him, and shall at the end of each quarter of the year file with the county clerk, to be laid before the county board, a sworn statement of all such fees, per diem and emoluments collected by him or for him during the quarter of the year, and all the expenses of his office during such time. And the salaries of the sheriff, under sheriff and deputies, so paid shall be in lieu of all fees, per diem and compensation for services rendered by them, except for keeping and maintaining prisoners in the county jail. Repealed law. SECTION 2. Chapter 151 of the laws of 1899, being "an act relating to the appointment and salaries of undersheriff and deputy sheriffs in all counties in this state having a population of more than one hundred thousand" is hereby repealed.. Application of act. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication, and shall apply to all sheriffs, including those now holding office or hereafter to be elected. Approved April 26, 1901. No. 443, A.] [Published April 30, 1901. CHAPTER 218. AN ACT to provide fishways in dams and other obstructions in the Big Elk river and south fork of Flambeau river in the county of Price. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate und assembly do enact as follows: Fish commission to approve plans for fishways. SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of all persons, firms or corporations owning, managing, occupying or having in charge any dam, boom, pier or other obstruction of any kind whatsoever in, on or across the streams of Price county known as the Big Elk river and south fork of Flambeau river, to construct and maintain in or upon such dam, boom, pier or other obstruction a good and sufficient fishway which will permit the certain and easy passage of fish up and down said rivers and upon plans which shall be approved by the board of fish commissioners of the state of Wisconsin, and it shall be the duty of all such persons, firms or corporations owning, managing, occupying or having in charge any such dam, boom, pier or other obstruction in or on said rivers as aforesaid, to keep such fishways in good repair and open for the easy and free passage of fish up and down said rivers from the first day of March until the fifteenth day of May next ensuing in each and every year. Penalty for failure to maintain. SECTION 2. Any person, or persons, firm or corporation who shall neglect or refuse to construct or keep in repair or keep open a fishway as required by the provisions of this act, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of suit for each and every such offense; one-half of the fines so collected shall be paid to the complaining witness. Conflicting laws repealed. SECTION 3. All acts or parts of acts in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 26, 1901. No. 58 S.] [Published April 30, 1901. CHAPTER 219. AN ACT to amend section 1337 of the statutes of 1898, relating to the removal of fences. The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows: Section Removal when not required to be made. SECTION 1. 1337 of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by striking out the words "first day of November" in the second line of said section 1337, and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "first day of October;" so that the said section 1337 when so amended shall read as follows: "Section 1337. No person shall be required to remove any fence under the above provisions except between the first day of October and the first day of April, unless the same shall have been made within three months next before the making of the order for the removal |