CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. Chapter 184, Laws of 1874, As amended by Acts of the Legislature to and including as amendments thereto, up to and including those passed by the AN ACT to revise, consolidate and amend the charter of the city of Milwaukee, approved February 20, 1852, and the several acts amendatory thereof. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: CHAPTER I. CITY AND WARD BOUNDARIES. waukee. SECTION 1. All the district of country in the county The city of Milof Milwaukee contained within the limits and boundaries hereinafter described, shall be a city by the name of Milwaukee; and the people now inhabiting, and those who shall hereafter inhabit, within the district of country so described, shall be a municipal corporation by the name of the "City of Milwaukee," and shall have the general powers possessed by municipal corporations at common. law; and, in addition thereto, shall possess the powers Powers conferred. hereinafter specifically granted; and the authorities thereof shall have perpetual succession, shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of sueing and being 1 Boundaries of the city of Milwau kee. sued, of pleading and being impleaded, in all courts of law and equity; and shall have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at pleasure. City charters are public acts of which courts are bound to take judicial notice. Janesville vs. M. & M. R. R. Co., 7 Wis., 410. Terry vs. Milwaukee, 15 Wis., 543. Alexander vs. Milwaukee, 16 Wis., 264. State ex rel Cothren vs. Lean, 9 Wis., 254. A municipal corporation cannot be made liable as garnishee. Buftham vs. Racine, 26 Wis., 449. Merrell vs. Campbell, 49 Wis., 535. The corporate authorities of Milwaukee were authorized to contract for the construction of a breakwater designed to protect certain streets in the city from destruction by the waters of Lake Michigan, by virtue of the general powers possessed by municipal corporations at common law. Miller vs. Milwaukee, 14 Wis., 699. A municipal corporation, under its general common law powers, has no authority to employ counsel to aid in criminal prosecutions instituted on behalf of the State against persons, formerly officers of the city, for crimes committed under color of the discharge of their official duties. Butler vs. Milwaukee, 15 Wis., 546. SECTION 2. The territory included within the following boundaries and limits shall constitute the city of Milwaukee, to-wit: Beginning on the shore of Lake Michigan where it is intersected by the quarter section line in section ten of township seven north, range twentytwo east, in said county of Milwaukee, running thence. west along the said quarter section line to the northwest corner of the southeast one-fourth of section twelve, of township seven north, range twenty-one east, thence south along the north and south quarter section line through said section twelve, and the continuation thereof to the southwest corner of the southeast one-fourth of section twenty-five, of township seven north, range twenty-one east, thence east along the south line of said southeast one-fourth section twenty-five to the southeast corner thereof, thence south along the west line of section thirty-one, of township seven north, range twenty-two east and the continuation thereof, to the southwest corner of the northwest one-fourth of section seven, of township six north, range twenty-two east, thence east on the quarter section line running east and west through said section seven, and the continuation thereof to the oneeighth section line running north and south through the southwest one-fourth of section nine in township six north, range twenty-two east, thence south along said one-eighth section line to the south line of said section nine, thence east along the south line of sections nine and ten to the east boundary of said county of Milwaukee, thence north to a point due east of the place or point of beginning, thence west to said place or point of beginning. As amended by Chapter 449, Laws of 1891. Former amendments to Charter of 1874, are as follows: Chapter 272, Laws of 1883. Chapter 116, Laws of 1885. Chapter 37, Laws of 1887. Chapters 56, 450 and 437, Laws of 1889. 1 SECTION 3. The said city shall be divided in Number of wards. (eighteen) wards, numbered and bounded as follows: Chapter 388, Laws of 1885. Chapters 36, 37, 38 and 416, Laws of 1887. Chapter 449, Laws of 1891. boundaries. The First ward shall embrace all that part of said dis- First ward trict which lies east of the center of the Milwaukee river, north of the center line of Juneau avenue, south of the center line of Brady street, produced east, to its intersection with the center line of Prospect avenue, thence northeasterly with the center line of Prospect avenue to a point where it would be intersected by the northerly line of lot twenty, in block one hundred and ninety-nine, in Rogers' addition, produced west, thence along the northerly line of said lot to Lake Michigan, thence east. to the east boundary of the city. boundaries. The Second ward shall embrace all that part of said Second ward district which lies west of the center of the Milwaukee river, south of the center line of Vliet street, north of the center line of Cedar street, and east of the center line of Thirteenth street. boundaries. The Third ward shall embrace all that part of said Third ward district which lies east and north of the center line of the Milwaukee river and of the straight cut harbor, and south of the center line of Wisconsin street and a line east from the point where the center line of Wisconsin street intersects the shore of Lake Michigan. 1 Fourth ward boundaries. Fifth ward boundaries. Sixth ward boundaries. Seventh ward boundaries. Eighth ward boundaries. Ninth ward boundaries. Tenth ward boundaries. The Fourth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies west of the center line of Milwaukee river, south of the center line of Cedar street, east of the center line of Thirteenth street and of Muskego avenue, to the south boundary line of section thirty and north of the south boundary line of sections twenty-nine and thirty, in township seven north, range twenty-two east. The Fifth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies east of the center line of First avenue, south of the south boundary lines of the Fourth and Third wards, herein before described, and north of the center line of Greenfield avenue and its continuation east, to the east boundary of the city. The Sixth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies west of the center of the Milwaukee river, north of the center line of Vliet street, east of the center line of Seventh street, and south of the center line of North avenue. The Seventh ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies east of the center of the Milwaukee river, north of the center of Wisconsin street and a line due east from the point where the center line of Wisconsin street intersects the shore of Lake Michigan, and south of the center line of Juneau avenue. The Eighth ward shall embrace all that part of said. district which lies south of the north boundary lines of sections thirty-one and thirty-two, in township seven north, range twenty-two east, west of the center line of First avenue, and north of the center line of Greenfield avenue. The Ninth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies west of the center line of Seventh street, north of the center of Vliet street, and south of the center line of Walnut street to its intersection with Fond du Lac avenue, and south of the center line of Fond du Lac avenue to the west boundary line of the city. The Tenth ward shall embrace all that part of said district, which lies west of the center line of Seventh street, between the center lines of Walnut and Burleigh streets, and west of the center line of Louis avenue and its continuation from the center line of Burleigh street to |