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rogatories as may be put to him touching the matter of such complaint or refuse to obey any other order of the court made in such proceedings, the court may, by warrant for that purpose, commit him to the common jail of the county, until he shall submit to the order of the county court.

Conflicting laws repealed. SECTION 3. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication. Approved Feb. 28, 1901.

No. 55, A.]

[Published March 1, 1901.

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT to make the requirements for administrators' bonds uniform with the requirements for executors' bonds, and amending section 3809 of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898.

The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Bond to have one or more sureties; separate bonds. Section 3809 of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898, is hereby amended by omitting the word "such" where it occurs in the third line of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one or more" and also by inserting the words "one or more" between the words "with" and "sureties" where they occur in the eighth line of said section; so that said section when so amended sha.l read as follows: Section 3809. Every administrator before he enters upon the execution of his trust and before letters of administration shall be granted to him, shall give a bond to the judge of the county court, with one or more sureties, as the court shall approve, with substantially the same conditions as are required of executors by section 3794, with such variations only as may be necessary to make it applicable to the case of an administrator. When two or more persons shall be appointed administrators of any estate, the county court may take a sep

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arate bond from each with one or more sureties or a joint bond from all, with sureties.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication.

Approved Feb. 28, 1901.

No. 96, A.]

[Published March 1, 1901.

CHAPTER 25.*

AN ACT to amend section 2464, of Wisconsin statutes of 1898, relating to county courts.

The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows:

What county judges may hold special terms; where held. SECTION 1. Amend section 2464, Wisconsin statutes of 1898 by inserting before "Columbia," in the second line, the word "Grant," also by inserting in line six of said section, after the word "counties," the words, "in the county of Grant, at the city of Platteville," so that said section when amended shall read as follows: Section 2464. The county judges of the counties of Grant, Columbia, Waukesha, Pepin, Dodge and Green Lake may keep their offices and hold special terms of the county court at any time between the times of holding the regular terms and transact any business which might be done at, or which may be continued from, any regular term to such special term at the following places in their respective counties: In the county of Grant at the city of Platteville; in the county of Columbia at the city of Columbus; in the county of Waukesha, at the city of Oconomowoc; in the county of Pepin, at the village of Pepin; in the county of Dodge, at Beaver Dam and Mayville; in the county of Green Lake, at Princeton and Berlin. All orders, judgments and business which shall be made or done at such special terms and places, or as shall have been heretofore so made or done, are declared valid.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force, from and after its passage and publication.

Approved March 1, 1901.

*See chapter 454.

No 50, S.]

[Published March 6, 1901.

CHAPTER 26.

AN ACT to amend section 3358 of the statutes of 1898 relating to the service of notices to quit.

The people of the State of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows:

Proceedings to remove tenant; holding over after lease expires; default in payment of rent; absent tenant; after notice. SECTION

1. Subdivision 2 of section 3358 of the statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following; "In case the tenant of the demised premises can not be found, and there is no person residing on the premises, then such notice may be served by affixing same in a conspicuous part of the premises, where it may be conveniently read for at least ten days before an action is brought for the removal of such tenant under this section," so that said section, when so amended shall read as follows; Section 3358. In the following cases any tenant or lessee at will, or by sufferance, or for any part of a year, or for one or more years of any real property, including a specific or undivided portion of a house or other dwelling, and the assigns, under-tenants or legal representatives of such tenant or lessee may be removed therefrom in the manner prescribed in this chapter, except that nothing herein contained shall affect the provisions of section 2197a.

1. When such person holds possession after the expiration of the term by lapse of time or after such tenancy at will or sufferance has been terminated by either party in the manner provided in section 2183 and 2184, and without the permission of the landlord.

2. When such person holds over without such permission after any default in the payment of rent pursuant to the agreement under which he holds and three days' notice in writing, requir ing in the alternative the payment of the rent or the possession of the premises, has been served in behalf of the person entitled to such rent on the person in possession of the same in manner provided in section 2636 for the service of a summons, and such notice may be served by the lessor or any person in his behalf. In case the tenant of the demised premises can not be found, and there is no person residing on the premises, then such notice may be served by affixing same in a conspicuous part of the premises,

where it may be conveniently read for at least ten days before an action is brought for the removal of such tenant under this section.

3. When such person holds over without such permission, contrary to any other conditions or covenants of the agreement under which he holds, after three days' notice requiring the delivery of the possession of the premises has been served, as above required, on the person holding such possession.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 2, 1901.

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No. 39, S.]

[Published March 6, 1901.

CHAPTER 27.

AN ACT relating to terms of court in the twelfth judicial circuit and amendatory of section 2424 of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898.

The people of the State of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Twelfth circuit terms; when and where held. Section 2424 of the Wisconsin statutes of 1898 is hereby amended by striking out all after the word "of" in the first line of that part of said section relating to terms of court in the twelfth judicial circuit, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Jefferson on the first Monday of February, the second Monday of June and the third Monday of September; in the county of Green on the first Monday of April, the fourth Monday of June and the third Monday of October; in the county of Rock on the fourth Monday in February, the first Monday in June. and the third Monday in November, so that said part of said seetion when so amended shall read as follows: Twelfth Circuit.In the county of Jefferson on the first Monday of February, the second Monday of June, and the third Monday of September, in the county of Green on the first Monday of April, the fourth Monday of June and the third Monday of October, in the county of Rock on the fourth Monday in February, the first Monday in

June and the third Monday in November. No jury shall be summoned for either of the terms held in June.

Conflicting laws repealed.

SECTION 2. All acts and parts of

acts conflicting with this act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July first, 1901.

Approved March 2, 1901.

No. 51, S.]

[Published March 6, 1901.

CHAPTER 28.

AN ACT to make recitals in deeds and wills evidence in certain cases.

The people of the state of Wisconsin represented in senate and assembly do enact as follows:

Recitals as to pedigree, etc.; foreign or domestic will, when admissible. SECTION 1. The following shall be section 2216c of the statutes of 1898: Section 2216c. Whenever any deed, mortgage, land contract or other conveyance shall contain a recital in respect to pedigree, consanguinity, marriage, celibacy, adoption or descent, and shall have been recorded in the proper register's office for twenty years and in other respects shall be admissible in evidence under sections 2215a, 2216, 2216a, 2216b, or any other provision of the law making the same evidence, the same shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of such facts so recited. Any will of real estate, or a copy thereof, foreign or domestic, containing any such recital shall also be admitted in evidence as prima facie evidence of such recital if the same has been proved or admitted to probate and in other respects admissible.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 2, 1901.

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