Laws of the State of WisconsinR. A. Bird, printer, 1874 Some volumes issued in two parts. |
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Page 483 - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever...
Page 470 - State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside.
Page 506 - Such books and records shall be open at all reasonable times to the • inspection of any official charged with the enforcement of this Act.
Page 227 - ... county, by causing a written notice of such appeal to be served on the clerk of such board within thirty days after the making of such decision...
Page 626 - The common council shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, and be the judge of the election and qualification of its own members, and have the power to compel the attendance of absent members.
Page 44 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 63 - ... shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court...
Page 451 - The verdict of a jury is either general or special. A general verdict Is that by which they pronounce generally upon all or any of the issues, either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant: a special verdict is that by which the jury find the facts only, leaving the judgment to the court.
Page 622 - The president shall preside over the meetings of the common council, and during the absence of the mayor from the city, or his inability from any cause to discharge the duties of his office, the said president shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the mayor.
Page 621 - Every civil officer, except members of the general assembly and such inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office...