CHAPTER 3. [Published February 2, 1869.] AN ACT to provide postage stamps for the use of members of the legislature. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: to furnish SECTION 1. The superintendent of public proper- Superintendent ty is hereby authorized to procure and deliver to the lieutenant governor and each member of the senate and assembly, as soon as practicable, this, and at the opening of each annual session hereafter, postage stamps to the amount of twenty-five dollars, and of such denominations as those receiving such stamps may desire. SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated out of Appropriation, the general fund of the state, not otherwise appropriated, a sufficient sum of money to carry this act into ef fect. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 1, 1869. CHAPTER 4. [Published February 17, 1869. AN ACT in relation to service of process. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: make return SECTION 1. Whenever, in any action brought by sheriff shall the attorney general in the name of the state, against any banking association, organized under the laws of this state, the sheriff to whom the summons in such case has been or shall hereafter be delivered for service, shall make return thereon that no officer of such corporation can after due diligence be found within his county, and that he is informed and believes that no such officer is a resident of the state, and shall verify the same by his affidavit, the attorney general shall cause a copy of such summons to be published in the state paper once in each week, for at least four successive weeks. Upon filing such proof of that publication as is required by subdivision three of section 13 of chapter 124 of the revised statutes with the clerk of the court in which such action is brought, the service of such summons shall be deemed complete, and the court shall proceed as though personal service had been made on such corporation. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication. Approved February 16, 1869. Secretary of state to audit aecounts. Treasurer to pay warrant. Appropriation. CHAPTER 5. [Published February 20, 1869.] AN ACT to provide for the payment of the expenses for the reception of the Minnesota legislature. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The secretary of state is hereby directed to audit all bills and accounts incurred for the proper reception of the legislature and state officers of the state of Minnesota, and issue his warrant therefor upon the certificate of the chairman and secretary of the joint committee of this legislature appointed upon reception. SECTION 2. The state treasurer is hereby required to pay all warrants issued agreeably to the provisions of section 1 of this act. SECTION 3. There is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropri ated, a sum sufficient to pay all bills and accounts described in section 1 of this act. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force. from and after its passage. Approved February 17, 1868. CHAPTER 6. [Published February 18, 1869.] AN ACT to amend section one of chapter 23 of the general laws of 1868, entitled "an act to provide for holding the annual meeting in school districts where graded schools are taught." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section one of chapter twenty-three of Amended. the general laws of 1868, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 1. The annual meeting of all school districts in which graded schools of two or more departments are taught, shall be held on the second Monday of July in each year, at seven o'clock in the afternoon." SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 17, 1869. CHAPTER 7. [Published February 18, 1869.] AN ACT to repeal chapter 155 of the general laws 1868, entitled an act to amend section 24 of chapter 13 of the revised statutes, entitled "of counties and county officers." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 155 of the general laws of Repealed. 1868, entitled "an act to amend section 24 of chapter 13 of the revised statutes, entitled 'of counties and county officers," is hereby repealed, and said section 24 of chapter 13 of the revised statutes is hereby revived. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 17, 1869. Judge to appoint phonographic report er. Reporter to be ties. CHAPTER 8. [Published February 25, 1869.]. AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a phonographic reporter for Columbia county, and fix his compensation. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The judge of the circuit court of the 9th judicial circuit is hereby authorized to appoint a phonographic reporter for the circuit courts of Columbia county, to be styled "official reporter of circuit courts of Columbia county," who shall be skilled in the practice of his art, and who shall hold his office until removed as hereinafter mentioned: provided, however, that the judge shall have power to remove said official reporter on account of incompetency, misbehavior or negligence in the discharge of his duty, the order for the same to be entered upon the record of either of the circuit courts in said circuit, and every vacancy caused by such removal, or by death, resignation or otherwise, to be filled by appointment as in the first instance. SECTION 2. The said reporter shall be a sworn sworn-his du- officer of the court, and shall cause the proceedings in each case to be reported, unless otherwise specially directed by the judge, and he shall discharge such duties as the judge may direct, and when a transcript of the reporter's notes in any case is desired, the court shall direct the reporter to make a fair transcript of his notes in such case, and when so made, said tran script shall be filed in said court among the papers in said cause. SECTION 3. The phonographic reporter shall be His compensaallowed a per diem compensation, to be fixed by the tion. court, which shall be audited and certified, and paid in like manner as prescribed by law for the payment of the sheriff and other officers attendant upon the court: provided, that the said per diem compensation shall not exceed the sum of seven dollars per diem. pensation. SECTION 4. In addition to the above compensation, Additional comthe reporter shall be allowed as fees a price per folio, to be fixed by the court, for making and furnishing transcripts of his short hand notes of the testimony or other proceedings in the court in the trial of any action, and the charges for such transcript, when made, shall be estimated and certified by the said presiding judgė, and when so certified, shall be forthwith paid under the order of court, by the party on whose behalf the same was ordered, and the amount so paid shall be allowed and taxed as costs in said cause: provided, however, that the said transcript, when paid for, shall be filed in said court, among the papers in said cause, subject to be used by the respective parties as the court shall direct; and provided, moreover, that upon failure to pay said charges under such order of the court, the party or parties so failing may be proceeded against by attachment as in other cases, for non-compliance with the orders of the court; and provided, moreover, in trials upon indictment, the court may order a transcript to be made in cases of conviction, and the charges for the same shall be audited and paid for in the same manner as the reporter's per diem compensation. visors may ter SECTION 5. The board of supervisors of Columbia Board of supercounty shall have power to te minate the operations minate operaof this act, by resolution of the board, at any annual tions of act. session of the board in November. SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 17, 1869. |