the north boundary line of the city, north of the center line of Walnut street from the center line of Seventh street, to where it intersects the center line of Fond du Lac avenue, and north of the center line of Fond du Lac avenue, to the west boundary of the city, and south of the center line of Burleigh street, from the center of Seventh street to the center of Louis avenue, and south of the north boundary line of the city from the center of Louis avenue, to the west boundary line of said city. The Eleventh ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies south of the center line of Greenfield avenue, west of the center line of First avenue between the center lines of Greenfield avenue and Maple street and west of the center line of Eighth avenue between the center lines of Maple and Burnham streets and north of the center line of Maple street, between the center lines of First and Eighth avenues, and north of the center line of Burnham street from the center line of Eighth avenue to the intersection with the center line of Forest Home avenue, and north of the center line of Forest Home avenue from the center line of Burnham street to the west boundary line of the city. Eleventh ward boundaries. boundaries. The Twelfth ward shall embrace the northeast one- Twelfth ward fourth of section eight in township six north, range twenty-two east, and all that part of said district which lies east of the center line of First avenue, and south of the center line of Greenfield avenue and its continuation to the east boundary of said city, and north of the center line of Lincoln avenue and its continuation east, to the east boundary of said city. boundaries. The Thirteenth ward shall embrace all that part of said Thirteenth ward district which lies west of the center line of Milwaukee river, north of the center line of North avenue from the center line of Milwaukee river to the center line of Seventh street, and north of the center line of Burleigh street from the center line of Seventh street to the center line of Louis avenue, and east of the center line of Seventh street from the center line of North avenue to the center line of Burleigh street, and east of the center line of Louis avenue and its continuation north to the north boundary of said city, from the center line of Burleigh street to the north boundary of said city. 1 The Fourteenth ward shall embrace all that part of Fourteenth ward said district which lies west of the center line of First boundaries. 1 Fifteenth ward boundaries. Sixteenth ward boundaries. Seventeenth ward boundaries. Eighteenth ward boundaries. Not to repeal or avenue and south of the center line of Maple street between the center lines of First and Eighth avenues, and south of the center line of Burnham street, from the center line of Eighth avenue to the intersection with the center line of Forest Home avenue, and south of the center line of Forest Home avenue from the center line of Burnham street to the west boundary line of the city. The Fifteenth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies west of the center line of Thirteenth street, south of the center line of Vliet street, and north of the center line of Cedar street. The Sixteenth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies west of the center line of Thirteenth street and Muskego avenue to the south boundary line of section thirty, south of the center line of Cedar street and north of the center line of Canal street. The Seventeenth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies east of the east line of section eight, in township six north, range twenty-two east, and south of the center line of Lincoln avenue and its continuation east to the east boundary of said city. The Eighteenth ward shall embrace all that part of said district which lies east of the center line of Milwaukee river, from the north boundary line of said city to a point where the center of Milwaukee river would be intersected by the center line of Brady street produced west, and which lies north of the center line of Brady street from said Milwaukee river to the intersection of the center line of Brady street with the center line of Prospect avenue, thence northeasterly along 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, easterly to Lake Michigan, thence easterly to the east boundary line of said city of Milwaukee. SECTION (3) 4. Nothing in this act shall be considered modify charter, or or construed as repealing or modifying the charter or any rights of any cemetery association existing law pertaining to, or in any way affecting the powers, rights, interests, property, exemptions or privileges, of any corporation, society or association, now owning or using for cemetery or burial purposes any thereunder. 1 lands within the limits described in section one of this act; and any provisions of the charter or ordinances of the city of Milwaukee, and acts amendatory thereof, and any general statutes of the state, prohibiting the location or use of lands for cemetery or burial purposes within the limits of the city of Milwaukee, or relating to the taking of lands for any public use, or to the opening, vacation or improvement of streets, alleys or highways, or to any other public work or improvements by said city, shall not have reference or application to such corporation, society or association, or any of the lands owned and used by them for cemetery or burial purposes; provided, however, any such corporation, society or association, if it request connections may the same, shall be furnished by said city, upon such terms and regulations as may be just, connections with its water and sewerage systems, and the service of its police and fire departments. Chapter 449, Laws of 1891. Water and sewer be made. CHAPTER 309, LAWS OF 1895. SECTION 1. The common council of all cities of the first class, and of all cities organized under special charter, containing a population of forty thousand and upwards, is hereby authorized by a two-thirds vote, on or before the first day of December after each state and national census, to redistrict, readjust and change the boundaries of wards within such city, so that the wards shall be as nearly equal in population as may be, and for accomplishing the purposes of this act, such common council may create new wards and consolidate old ones, but no ward shall be created having a population less than eight thousand nor exceeding twenty thousand. In the redistricting of the city, as herein provided, the original numbers of the wards and the geographical outline shall as far as possible be retained, and the wards so created and the old ones the boundaries of which are changed shall be in as compact form as practicable. Common Council to change ward boundaries, when. CHAPTER 166, LAWS OF 1893. SECTION 1. Section 18, of chapter 392, of the laws of Wisconsin for the year 1856, is hereby amended by striking out all of said section after the word and figures "section 18," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: In case of an extension of the corporate limits of the city of Milwaukee beyond such points and places where toll gates are erected, in such cases toll gates are to be removed beyond the limits of the city of Milwaukee, the distance of one-half of one mile, and in case said company fails Amends Sec. 18, Ch. 392, Laws of 1856. Toll gates, when to be removed. 1 and neglects to remove such toll gates, such toll gates shall be thrown open upon complaint by any person being made in writing, in manner provided by sections 19 and 20, of this chapter, and remain open until such removal. Adjacent territory, how annexed. CHAPTER 245, LAWS OF 1895. SECTION 1. Section 18, of sub-chapter 4, of Chapter 326, Laws of 1889, is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: Section 18. Three-fourths of the electors and the owners of at least one-third of the taxable property, according to the last tax roll, in territory adjacent to such city, may present a petition to the common council of such city asking for annexation thereto; provided, that if no electors reside therein, such petition must be signed by the owners of at least three-fourths of the taxable property desired to be annexed before the common council shall have power to act thereon; provided further, that the common council of such city, may upon the petition of one-half of the resident electors and by the owners of one-half of the real estate within the limits of the territory proposed to be annexed, pass an ordinance annexing such proposed territory when the proposition to annex has been submitted to a vote of the electors of the district to be annexed and a majority of the resident electors have voted in favor therefor. SECTION 2. Whenever a proposition to annex territory has been submitted and not adopted the same or substantially the same proposition shall not be again submitted within two years thereafter. SECTION 3. Chapter 214, Laws of 1893, is hereby repealed. Adoption of ordinance, to operate as annexation. SECTION 21, OF CHAPTER 326, LAWS OF 1889, AS SECTION 21. The adoption of said ordinance shall operate to annex such territory to said city and of the ward or wards designated therein, ninety days after the same is passed and published. The validity of the proceedings annexing such territory shall not be called in question collaterally in any of the courts of this state; nor shall the validity of any such proceeding be called in question in any other manner in the courts of this state, unless the action or proceedings therefor be commenced within ninety days after such ordinance is adopted. The sufficiency of all pending proceedings wherein the full time of ninety days has not elapsed, shall be determined by the provisions of this enactment except in cases where some action or proceeding has been commenced in court. Property belonging to a town does not become the property of the city upon the annexation to the city of the territory embracing such property. Town of Milwaukee vs. City, 12 Wis., 103. 2 CHAPTER II. OFFICERS AND ELECTIONS. SECTION 1. The officers of said city shall be a mayor, City officers. two aldermen from each ward, constituting a common council, a city treasurer, a city comptroller, a city attorney, a city clerk, a board of public works, a city engineer, a school board, a tax commissioner, ward assessors, a board of commissioners of the public debt, a board of health, justices of the peace, a chief of police, one chief engineer of the fire department, one or more harbor masters, three inspectors of election for each ward or election precinct, and as many bridgetenders, firemen, constables, policemen, and such other officers and agents as may be provided for by this act, or as the common council may from time to time direct. Chapter 205, Laws of 1887. The general powers of the city government are vested in the common council, with special delegations of power to particular subordinate officers and subordinate agencies or bodies, for the better and more convenient administration of city affairs. Koch vs. Milwaukee, 89 Wis., 220. elections. SECTION 2. The annual municipal election in said Annual municipal city shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each year, at such place or places in each election precinct as the common council shall designate, at which time there shall be elected by the qualified voters of said city, in the manner herein provided, all officers required to be elected at a general municipal election. The polls of such election shall be opened and closed at the same hours which are or may be prescribed by law for the opening and closing of the polls at general elections in the State of Wisconsin. Ten days previous public notice of the time and place of such election, and of the officers to be elected, shall be given by the city clerk, by publication in one or more newspapers published in said city. SECTION 3. The mayor, treasurer, comptroller, attor- Elected by the peoney, aldermen, justices of the peace and constables shall ple at large. be elected by the people. The mayor, treasurer, comptroller and attorney shall be elected on the first Tuesday of April, A. D. 1874, being the first municipal election. under this act, biennially thereafter. The officers so elected shall enter upon the duties of their respective |