Wisconsin Session Laws

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Democrat Printing Company, state printer, 1858
 

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Page 499 - 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 505 - Facts were committed, and the Defendant may plead the General Issue, and give the Special Matter in Evidence...
Page 390 - ... apprehend any and all persons in the act of committing any offense against the laws of the state, or the ordinances of the city...
Page 295 - ... nauseous house or place, to cleanse, remove, or abate the same from time to time as often as it may be deemed necessary for the health, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of said city.
Page 575 - 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 254 - ... appointment, take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this state, and file the same duly certified by the officer...
Page 361 - To compel the owner or occupant of buildings or grounds to remove snow, dirt or rubbish from the sidewalk, street or alley opposite thereto, and to compel such owner or occupant to remove from the lot owned or occupied by him, all such substances as the board of health...
Page 93 - Three for one year, three for two years, and three for three years, and members shall be eligible for reappointment.
Page 351 - ... receive payment of the bill and to sue any party thereto that his indorser could have sued, but gives him no power to transfer his rights as indorsee unless it expressly authorise him to do so.
Page 571 - ... during the absence of the mayor from the city, or his inability, from any cause, to discharge the duties of his office, the president shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of mayor.

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