shall be be no two such daily papers, then from all newspapers published regularly at least once a week in said city for at least two consecutive years next prior to the date of the bids; and shall require the delivery of such proposals in writing duly sealed and directed to said clerk, on or before the first Tuesday of May, of the then current year. No bids for either kind of work shall be considered by said clerk, except from a newspaper which has been published regularly in said city at least two years consecutively next before the date of the bid, and as provided in the preceding sentence of this section; such bond or deposit shall be required with each bid as the common council may direct. The said When bids clerk shall, on the first Tuesday of May in each opened. year, at twelve o'clock at noon in the presence of the mayor or an alderman open all such bids or proposals, and shall thereupon, in the pres ence of the mayor or an alderman, enter upon a record to be kept by the clerk for that purpose, all said proposals for either kind of work with the respective prices for which such newspaper or newspapers shall offer to do either the advertising or the publication of the proceedings of the common council. And thereupon said clerk shall transmit all such proposals to the common council, at the next meeting thereof held after the opening of such proposals and a statement of all such proposals, designating therein the newspaper or newspapers which shall respectively do such advertising or such publication of proceedings or both of them, at the lowest prices for the year ensuing. The common council shall thereupon at said meeting thereof, by its resolution, designate and award such advertising and such publication of council proceedings to the newspaper or newspapers, published in said city, which shall respectively offer to do such advertising and such publication of proceedings, or either at the lowest price, for the year then ensuing. And if two or more bids shall be received for either the advertising or the publication of the pro Charters which fied. ceedings for the same price, then and in such cases such advertising or such publication of the proceedings or both shall be let to that lowest bidding newspaper or lowest bidding newspapers, as the council may select. And whenever the successful bidder for the advertising or for the publication of proceedings as aforesaid, or for both, shall have executed the contract, he or they shall execute and file with the city clerk such bond for the faithful performance of such contract, as the common council may require, and after such contract and bonds shall have been duly approved as aforesaid, such newspaper or newspapers shall thereupon publish all such ordinances, notices, council proceedings and other proceedings as are required by the charter of the city, or by resolution or ordinance of the common council, to be published in a public newspaper, and which such newspapers shall have contracted to publish, for the compensation specified in their proposals and contract, and no lower nor higher, and shall receive no other compensation therefor; provided, however, that said common council shall reject all bids exceeding legal rates for like work, and in case of the rejection of all bids for either advertising or publication of proceed ings, for such cause, it shall thereupon be the duty of the said common council to direct said city clerk to re-advertise for proposals for such advertising or publication of proceedings, as the case may be, in the same manner as hereinbefore in this act provided, and the said clerk shall thereafter transmit to said common council the proposals so received by him, in the manner aforesaid. The said common council shall designate the newspaper or newspapers receiv ing the contract for such advertising as the proper official newspaper or newspapers of the said city. SECTION 2. Any provision of any charter incofct modi- consistent herewith is hereby amended, modified or repealed by this act to the extent necessary to give full force and effect to the intent hereof. Section forty-six of chapter three hundred and twenty-six, of the laws of 1889, is hereby repealed, in so far as it relates to cities of over ten thousand inhabitants. present SECTION 3. None of the provisions of this Not to affect act shall affect any contract for doing the work contracts. specified in section one hereof now in existence, but as to any such city in which a contract is in existence, this act shall take effect immediately upon the termination of such contract. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 9, 1895. No. 9, S.] [Published April 15, 1895. CHAPTER 177. AN ACT to submit to the people an amendment to section 1, of article 10, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin. amendinent. Whereas, At the biennial session of the legis- Constitutional lature of this state for the year 1893, an amendment to the constitution of this state was proposed and agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, which proposed amendment was in the following language: "Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That section 1, article 10, of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin be amended by striking out this sentence: Provided, that his compensation shall not exceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars annually.'" The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution of the state of Wiscon Shall be submitted to a vote of the people in November, 1896. sin shall be submitted to a vote of the people of this state in the manner now provided by law for the submission of proposed amendments at the next general election in November, 1896. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 11, 1895. No. 232, S.] [Published April 18, 1895. Terms of court in sixth circui changed. CHAPTER 178. AN ACT fixing the terms of the circuit court in the sixth judicial circuit. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The terms of the circuit court for the several counties of the sixth judicial circuit, shall be as follows: For the county of La Crosse, the second Tuesday in January, the first Tuesday in May and the second Tuesday in September. For the county of Monroe, the third Tuesday in March and the first Tuesday in October. For the county of Juneau, the second Tuesday in April and the third Tuesday in November. For the county of Trempealeau, the first Tuesday in March and the third Tuesday in October. For the county of Vernon, the second Tuesday in June and the second Tuesday in December. Every general term of said court in each of said counties shall be a special term for the whole judicial circuit. SECTION 2. Section 2, of chapter 2, of the laws of 1893, and chapter 137, of the laws of 1893, are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July first, 1895. Approved April 11, 1895. No. 243, S.] [Published April 15, 1895. CHAPTER 179. AN ACT authorizing the State Historical Society to sell and convey certain real estate. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: sell property Washington Wis. SECTION 1. Section 1, of chapter 54, of the Authorized to laws of 1893, is hereby amended by striking out on West the words "go to said society's binding fund," Ave., Madison at the close of said section, and substituting therefor the words "be devoted to such purposes as the executive committee of said society may elect," so that said section shall read as follows: "Section 1. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin is hereby authorized to sell and convey certain real estate on West Washington avenue, city of Madison, known as 'the Draper homestead,' being lot number four, block number fifty-one, according to the recorded plat of said city, and the buildings thereon. The proceeds from such sale shall be devoted to such purposes as the executive committee of said society may elect." SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 11, 1895. |