General Charter Law of Wisconsin: Organization and Government of Cities Under General Law, Chapter 40a of the Statutes as Amended by the Laws of 1899, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1907 and 1909

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Democrat Printing Company, state printer, 1910 - Local government - 168 pages

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Page 50 - To compel witnesses to attend and testify before it, upon all matters connected with the operation of this act, in the same manner as is or may be provided by law for the taking of testimony before notaries public; and its president, or any member of said board, may administer oaths to such witnesses.
Page 91 - ... provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 152 - ... warrant was drawn shall pay the same, and he shall be credited upon his next following contribution to such fund the amount so paid with interest thereon at the legal rate from the date of such payment to the date such next following contribution...
Page 38 - To do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health or the suppression of disease.
Page 50 - ... shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, either before or after receipt by the beneficiary.
Page 24 - Duties of mayor — to be the chief executive officer and head of the police. The mayor shall take care that the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city are duly observed and enforced, and that all other executive officers of the city discharge their respective duties.
Page 47 - All rewards in moneys, fees, gifts and emoluments that may be paid or given for or on account of extraordinary...
Page 38 - To make regulations to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases into the city, to make Quarantine Laws for that purpose, and enforce the same.
Page 21 - When two or more candidates for an elective office shall receive an equal number of votes for the same office, the election shall be determined by the casting of lots in the presence of the common council, at such time and in such manner as they shall direct.
Page 146 - ... jury of the county in which the offense is charged to have been committed...

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