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1971-72 Wisconsin Statutes

(Only Printed Volumes are Certified under s. 35.18 (2), Wis. Stats.)

The following list provides links to all of the Chapters of the Wisconsin Statutes, 1971-72.

Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and Civil Divisions of the State.

  1. Sovereignty and jurisdiction of the state.
  2. Division of the state into counties, and their boundaries.
  3. Congressional districts.
  4. Assembly and senate districts.

Elections.

  1. General provisions, scope, definitions.
  2. The electors.
  3. Election officials, boards, observers; selection and duties, canvassing.
  4. Nominations, primaries, elections.
  5. Post election actions; direct legislation.
  6. Dates and notices.
  7. Corrupt practices relating to elections.

General Organization of the State, Except the Judicial Department.

  1. Legislative branch.
  2. Constitutional offices and interstate bodies.
  3. Structure of the executive branch.
  4. Department of administration.
  5. Resignations, vacancies, and removals from office.
  6. Public state debt.
  7. Official oaths and bonds; custody of official property.
  8. Appropriations and budget management.
  9. Department of military affairs.
  10. Department of local affairs and development.

Public Domain and the Trust Funds.

  1. Public lands and conservation.
  2. Entry and sale of public lands.
  3. Trust funds and their management.
  4. Protection of forest lands.
  5. Public parks and places of recreation.
  6. Public forests.
  7. Fish and game.
  8. Navigable waters, harbors and navigation.
  9. Regulation of dams and bridges affecting navigable waters.
  10. Eminent domain.
  11. Public deposits.

Public Printing.

  1. Public printing and the distribution of laws and public documents.

Educational Institutions.

  1. University of Wisconsin.
  2. State universities.
  3. Vocational, technical and adult education; county teachers colleges.
  4. Higher educational agencies and compact for education.

Employe Trust Funds.

  1. General trust fund for public employes.
  2. Public employes retirement (except teachers).
  3. Teachers retirement.

Cultural and Memorial Institutions.

  1. Libraries.
  2. Historical society and local historical societies.
  3. Veterans' affairs, benefits and memorials.

Charitable, Curative, Reformatory and Penal Institutions and Agencies.

  1. Social services.
  2. Rehabilitation and relief of blind and deaf persons.
  3. Children's code.
  4. Public assistance.
  5. Tuberculosis sanatoriums.
  6. State mental health act.
  7. Support of dependents.
  8. Prisons; state, county and municipal.
  9. Youth service act.
  10. Vocational rehabilitation.
  11. Prison labor.
  12. Paroles and pardons.
  13. Private asylums, hospitals and societies.

Functions and Government of Municipalities.

  1. Counties.
  2. Towns.
  3. Villages.
  4. Cities, general charter law.
  5. County and city civil service.
  6. Other forms of city government.
  7. Municipal budget systems.
  8. General municipality law.
  9. Municipal borrowing and municipal bonds.

Statistics.

  1. General statistics.
  2. Collection of vital statistics.

Taxation.

  1. General property taxes.
  2. Income and franchise taxes for state and local revenues.
  3. Inheritance, estate and gift tax.
  4. Tax appeals commission; department of revenue.
  5. Collection of taxes.
  6. Land sold for taxes.
  7. Taxation of public utilities and insurance companies.
  8. Taxation of forest crop land; selective sales and use tax law.
  9. Motor vehicle fuel taxes.
  10. State tax sharing.

Highways and Bridges, Drains and Fences.

  1. Laying highways.
  2. Town highways.
  3. County highways.
  4. State trunk highways; federal aid.
  5. Department of transportation.
  6. Miscellaneous highway provisions.
  7. Flood control.
  8. Drainage of lands.
  9. Fences.
  10. Soil and water conservation.

Agriculture; Foods and Drugs; Markets.

  1. Department of agriculture.
  2. Plant industry.
  3. Animal health.
  4. Agricultural marketing act.
  5. Food regulation.
  6. Weights and measures.
  7. Cold storage warehouses and refrigerated food lockers.
  8. Marketing; warehouses; trade practices.

Regulation of Industry.

  1. Department of industry, labor and human relations.
  2. Workmen's compensation.
  3. Employment regulations.
  4. Minimum wage law.
  5. Employment agents.
  6. Master and apprentice.
  7. Mining and smelting.
  8. Unemployment reserves and compensation.
  9. Motor vehicles.
  10. Employment relations.
  11. Fiduciaries.
  12. Uniform joint obligations act.
  13. Aeronautics.

Public Instruction.

  1. State superintendent; general classifications and definitions; handicapped children.
  2. Co-operative educational service agencies and agency school committees.
  3. School district reorganization.
  4. General school operations.
  5. Milwaukee school system.
  6. School district government.
  7. School finance.

Regulation of Trade.

  1. Grain warehouses.
  2. Creditors' actions.
  3. Auctions and auctioneers.
  4. Trade-marks, badges and labeled products.
  5. Trusts and monopolies.
  6. Miscellaneous trade regulations.
  7. Notaries and commissioners of deeds.
  8. Money and rates of interest.
  9. Beverage, cigarette and oleomargarine taxes.

Public Health.

  1. Health; administration and supervision.
  2. Local health officials.
  3. Wisconsin general hospital.
  4. Communicable diseases.
  5. Water, ice, sewage and refuse.
  6. Plumbing and fire protection systems.
  7. Miscellaneous health provisions.
  8. Medical societies.
  9. Corpses.
  10. Funeral directors and embalmers.
  11. Cemeteries.
  12. Barbers.
  13. Cosmetology law.
  14. Hotels, restaurants and vending of foods and beverages.
  15. Uniform controlled substances act.
  16. Pure drinking water.

Police Regulations.

  1. Uniform machine gun act.
  2. Department of justice.
  3. Safeguards of persons and property.
  4. Oil inspection.
  5. Strays and lost chattels.
  6. Unclaimed property.
  7. Animals distrained.
  8. Animals doing damage.
  9. Dogs.
  10. Miscellaneous police provisions.
  11. Intoxicating liquors.
  12. Unclaimed property.

Partnerships and Corporations.

  1. Uniform partnership act.
  2. Uniform limited partnership act.
  3. Business corporations.
  4. Nonstock corporations.
  5. Miscellaneous corporate provisions; turnpike corporations.
  6. Securities of public service corporations.
  7. Co-operatives.
  8. Credit unions.
  9. Religious societies.
  10. Fraternal societies.
  11. Railroads; organization and management.
  12. Railroads; construction.
  13. Railroads; regulations and liabilities.
  14. Street and interurban railways.
  15. Motor vehicle transportation act.
  16. Public service commission; regulation of railroads, street railways, interurban railways and express and telegraph companies.
  17. Regulation of public utilities.
  18. Municipal acquisition of utilities.
  19. Municipal power districts.
  20. Donor annuities.
  21. Insurance department.
  22. Insurance corporations in general.
  23. Insurance — Town mutuals.
  24. Fire insurance.
  25. Insurance — Surety, credit, casualty.
  26. Workmen's compensation insurance.
  27. Life insurance.
  28. Unfair insurance business methods.
  29. Fraternal benefit societies.
  30. Insurance — Miscellaneous provisions.
  31. State insurance.
  32. Employe welfare funds.
  33. Title guaranty corporations.
  34. Firemen's associations.
  35. Small loans.
  36. Savings and loan associations.
  37. Investment associations.
  38. Seller of checks.
  39. Finance companies, auto dealers, adjustment companies and collection agencies.
  40. Investments.
  41. Banking department.
  42. State banks.
  43. Mutual savings banks.
  44. Trust company banks.
  45. Miscellaneous banking provisions.
  46. Business development credit corporations.
  47. Foreign corporations.

Administrative Procedure and Review.

  1. Administrative procedure and review.

Public Records.

  1. Recording and copying of public records in populous counties.
  2. Public institutions in populous cities.

Platting Lands.

  1. Platting lands and recording and vacating plats.

Fraudulent Conveyances and Contracts.

  1. Fraudulent conveyances and contracts relating to real estate.
  2. Fraudulent contracts.
  3. Uniform fraudulent conveyance act.
  4. General provisions relating to fraudulent conveyances and contracts.

The Family Code.

  1. Marriage.
  2. Property rights of married women.
  3. Actions affecting marriage.
  4. Actions abolished.

Courts of Record.

  1. Court of impeachment.
  2. Supreme court.
  3. Circuit courts.
  4. County courts.
  5. Municipal court.
  6. Jurors.
  7. General provisions concerning courts of record, judges, attorneys and clerks.
  8. Judicial branch agencies and committees.

Procedure in Civil Actions.

  1. Civil actions, and parties thereto.
  2. Place of trial of civil actions.
  3. Commencing civil actions.
  4. Pleadings.
  5. Arrest and bail.
  6. Replevin.
  7. Attachment.
  8. Garnishment.
  9. Injunctions, ne exeat and receivers.
  10. Practice regulations.
  11. Issues, trials and judgments.
  12. Costs and fees in courts of record.
  13. Executions.
  14. Remedies supplementary to execution.
  15. Writs of error and appeals.
  16. Ejectment.
  17. Partition.
  18. Partition of personal property.
  19. Foreclosure of mortgages.
  20. Waste.
  21. Nuisances.
  22. Provisions relating to land.

Actions and Proceedings in Special Cases.

  1. Actions against state.
  2. Actions against corporations.
  3. Actions by and against executors, administrators, heirs and legatees.
  4. Collection of forfeitures.
  5. Liens.
  6. Liens against vessels.
  7. Habeas corpus.
  8. Mandamus and prohibition.
  9. Quo warranto.
  10. Contempts in civil actions.
  11. Disposition of lands of wards; specific performance; change of names; establish heirships.
  12. Foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement.
  13. Arbitration.

Procedure in Circuit Court in Small Claims Type Actions.

  1. Procedure in county court in small claims type actions.

Municipal Court Procedure.

  1. Municipal court procedure.

Vehicle Code.

  1. General provisions.
  2. Registration of vehicles.
  3. Vehicle title and anti-theft law.
  4. Operators' licenses.
  5. Financial responsibility.
  6. Rules relating to civil and criminal liability.
  7. Rules of the road.
  8. Equipment of vehicles.
  9. Size, weight and load.
  10. Powers of state and local authorities.
  11. Snowmobiles.

Uniform Commercial Code.

  1. General provisions.
  2. Sales.
  3. Commercial paper.
  4. Bank deposits and collections.
  5. Letters of credit.
  6. Bulk transfers.
  7. Warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title.
  8. Investment securities.
  9. Secured transactions; sales of accounts, contract rights and chattel paper.

Wisconsin Consumer Act.

  1. General provisions and definitions.
  2. Consumer credit transactions.
  3. Consumer approval transactions and advertising.
  4. Insurance.
  5. Remedies and penalties.
  6. Administration.
  7. Debt collection.

Regulation and Licensing.

  1. Department of regulation and licensing.
  2. Division of nurses.
  3. Accounting examining board.
  4. Examining board of architects and professional engineers.
  5. Athletic examining board.
  6. Basic sciences examining board.
  7. Chiropractic examining board.
  8. Dentistry examining board.
  9. Medical examining board.
  10. Optometry examining board.
  11. Pharmacy examining board.
  12. Pharmacy internship board.
  13. Real estate examining board.
  14. Veterinary examining board.
  15. Watchmaking examining board.
  16. Psychology examining board.
  17. Nursing home administrator examining board.
  18. Hearing aid dealers and fitters examining board.

Securities Regulation.

  1. Wisconsin uniform securities law.
  2. Corporate take-over law.
  3. Wisconsin franchise investment law.
  4. Department of business development.

Insurance Code.

  1. General provisions.
  2. Administration of the insurance laws.
  3. Insurers in general.
  4. Domestic stock and mutual insurance corporations.
  5. Regulation of insurance holding companies and intercorporate transactions relating to insurers.
  6. Nondomestic insurers.
  7. Risk sharing plans.
  8. The regulation of investments.
  9. Accounting and reserves.
  10. Rate regulation.
  11. Insurance contracts generally.
  12. Insurers rehabilitation and liquidation.
  13. Insurance security fund.

Property.

  1. Interests in property.
  2. Trusts.
  3. Powers of appointment.
  4. Condominiums.
  5. Landlord and tenant.
  6. Conveyances of real property; recording; titles.
  7. Mortgages and land contracts.
  8. Miscellaneous property provisions.

Probate Code.

  1. Definitions and general provisions.
  2. Intestate succession.
  3. Wills.
  4. Opening estates.
  5. Powers and duties of personal representatives.
  6. Inventory.
  7. Claims.
  8. Sale, mortgage and lease of property.
  9. Family rights.
  10. Accounts.
  11. Closing estates.
  12. Summary procedures.
  13. Ancillary procedures.
  14. Probate court bonds.
  15. Notice, appearance, appeal and miscellaneous procedure.
  16. Guardians and wards.
  17. Trust fund investments.
  18. Adoption of adults.

Provisions Common to Actions and Proceedings in All Courts.

  1. Witnesses and oral testimony.
  2. Depositions, oaths and affidavits.
  3. Documentary and record evidence.
  4. Presumptions and judicial notices.
  5. Limitations of commencement of actions and proceedings.
  6. Miscellaneous general provisions.

Relief of Prisoners.

  1. Persons in jail on civil process.

Criminal Code.

  1. General provisions.
  2. Crimes against life and bodily security.
  3. Crimes against public health and safety.
  4. Crimes against reputation and civil liberties.
  5. Crimes against property.
  6. Crimes against sexual morality.
  7. Gambling.
  8. Crimes against government and its administration.
  9. Crimes against public peace, order and other interests.

Criminal Procedure.

  1. General provisions.
  2. Commencement of criminal proceedings.
  3. Bail.
  4. Preliminary proceedings.
  5. Proceedings before and at trial.
  6. Criminal trials.
  7. Sentencing.
  8. Appeals, new trials and writs of error.
  9. Sex crimes law.
  10. Uniform acts in criminal proceedings.
  11. Inquests of the dead.

Newspaper Publication.

  1. Publication of legal notices; public newspapers; fees.

Construction of Statutes, Repeal of Existing Laws, Curative Acts.

  1. Construction of statutes.
  2. Time when statutes take effect and repeal of laws.
  3. Curative acts.

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