No. 326, S.] [Published April 21, 1919. CHAPTER 95. AN ACT relating to the state indebtedness to the Normal school fund. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The state indebtedness of five hundred fifteen thousand seven hundred dollars to the Normal school fund, as adjudged by the supreme court April 15th, 1916, in state ex rel. Owen vs. Donald, and evidenced by certificates of indebtedness executed pursuant to chapter 25 of the general laws of 1866, and of record in the offices of the secretary of state and state treasurer, shall be dealt with according to the provisions of such chapter, as heretofore, until paid or otherwise ordered by the legislature. SECTION 2. The further indebtedness of the state to the Normal school fund of nine hundred ninety-six thousand, five hundred ninety-one dollars and seventy-seven cents, as adjudged by the supreme court in state ex rel. Owen vs. Donald, on account of money and property belonging to such fund which was diverted therefrom to state purposes, making a total of state indebtedness to such fund of one million five hundred twelve thousand two hundred ninety-one dollars and seventy-seven cents, shall be evidenced on the records of the secretary of state and the state treasurer by the execution and filing of a certificate or certificates in the same form and terms, as to interest and otherwise, as the certificates of indebtedness now owned by the Normal school fund under said law of 1866, and such law, so far as applicable, shall apply, in all respects, to the certificate or certificates hereby provided for evidencing said indebtedness to said fund of nine hundred ninety-six thousand, five hundred ninety-one dollars and seventy-seven cents as aforesaid. SECTION 3. On the first due date of interest on the certificate or certificates hereby provided for, the secretary of state shall compute interest at the rate provided for therein from the date. of the judgment in the supreme court, to wit, the 15th day of April, 1916, up to and including the 31st day of May, 1919, in harmony with said law of 1866, and place the amount of such interest to the credit of the normal school fund, and the same and subsequent annual interest payments shall be treated as required in case of the certificates heretofore issued under said law of 1866 to said fund. SECTION 4. The creation of evidence of indebtedness on the records in the offices of the secretary of state and the state treasurer in harmony with said judgment of the supreme court and hereby provided for, shall not change or impair the lien of the aforesaid indebtedness of nine hundred ninety-six thousand, five hundred ninety-one dollars and seventy-seven cents, as adjudged by the supreme court, in respect to the one hundred fifty-seven thousand, ninety-one and forty-four one hundredths acres of land the state holds which were acquired with the money which the court determined belonged to the Normal school fund; but such lien shall remain, as adjudged by the court, until such indebtedness shall have been paid; provided, that any of such lands may be sold at the fair market value thereof, as the legislature may direct, freed from said lien, the proceeds of any such sale to be paid, within one week after receipt, into the Normal school fund, to apply in payment of such indebtedness. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage and publication. Approved April 18, 1919. No. 87, S.] [Published April 26, 1919. CHAPTER 96. AN ACT to detach certain territory from the counties of Shawano and Oconto, and attach the same to Brown county. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The northeast quarter of section one, township twenty-five, range eighteen east, and the southeast quarter of section thirty-six, township twenty-six, range eighteen east is detached from Shawano county and attached to the county of Brown, and the southwest quarter of section thirty-one, township twenty-six, range nineteen east is detached from the county of Oconto and attached to the county of Brown so that all the territory comprising the village limits of the village of Pulaski shall be a part of the county of Brown instead of being divided between the counties of Shawano, Oconto and Brown. SECTION 2. The territory hereby detached from Shawano county and attached to Brown county shall not be liable for any portion of the indebtedness of Shawano county, and said territory shall not be entitled to share in, participate or receive or be entitled to any part of the county property or funds of Shawano county, and the territory hereby detached from Oconto county and attached to Brown county shall not be liable for any of the indebtedness of Oconto county, nor shall it participate in, re ceive or share in any part of the county property or funds of Oconto county. SECTION 3. The board of supervisors of the county of Brown shall procure or cause to be procured at the expense of said county of Brown, duly certified transcripts of such records as may relate in any manner to or affect real estate or any other roperty or business or proceeding pertaining to the said territory so detached from the counties of Shawano and Oconto and attached to the county of Brown. The amount to be paid for such duly certified transcript shall not exceed the amount per folio as allowed by law for similar work, and for each certificate the sum of fifteen cents and no more shall be allowed; such duly certified transcripts shall be admissable as evidence in all courts of this state and shall be prima facie evidence of the matters therein contained. SECTION 4. All lands and real estate being a part of the territory so detached from Shawano and Oconto counties and attached to Brown county heretofore sold for taxes, or which may be sold for taxes shall be subject to redemption, and those remaining unredeemed may be advertised and conveyed by the county of Brown, and the deeds issued upon such lands by the county of Brown by or through its officers shall be as effectual as other tax deeds, and the county clerk of the county of Brown is hereby authorized and empowered, and it is hereby made his duty to execute and deliver to the persons entitled thereto under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Wisconsin tax deeds upon all lands unredeemed from any tax sale prior to the year A. D. 1920 made by the county of Shawano or Oconto and embraced within the territorial limits of the territory so attached to Brown county by which tax sale certificates have been heretofore issued by said county of Shawano or Oconto, or which may be hereafter issued on sales of land returned delinquent and sold previous to the passage, publication and taking effect of this act. The county clerk of the county of Brown is hereby authorized and it is hereby made his duty to vary the phraseology of such tax deeds from the form prescribed by the statute of the state of Wisconsin so as to make the recital of the said tax deeds conform to the facts in regard to the sale of lands and the issuing of certificates of sale therefor, and in all matters of recital and description necessary vary and change the same so as to conform to the facts in each case and no tax deed issued by the county clerk of the county of Brown under the provisions of this act shall be adjudged void on account of the form thereof providing that such deeds are in the form provided by law and modified as authorized by this act, and all such deeds shall be as valid and effectual to pass the title of lands described therein to the grantee named in such tax deeds as if said lands had remained in and such tax deeds had been executed by the county clerks of either Shawano or Oconto county in which such lands were situated at the time of the tax sale thereof. SECTION 5. In the event of any liability to the supervisor from the village of Pulaski representing the village of Pulaski on the county board of Shawano county, and to the supervisor from the village of Pulaski representing the village of Pulaski on the county board of Oconto county for salary because of the termination of their respective offices through this enactment, the village of Pulaski shall be liable therefor. SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon May 1, 1919. No. 91, S.] [Published April 26, 1919. CHAPTER 97. AN ACT to amend subsections (1), (2), and (4) of section 39.14, SECTION 1. Subsections (1), (2) and (4) of section 39.14 of the statutes are amended to read: (Section 39.14) (1) The committee on common schools provided for in subsection (2) of section 39.13, on the first Tuesday after their appointment and annually thereafter on the first Tuesday in May shall upon the nomination of the county superintendent or the county superintendent elect appoint one supervising teacher with the qualifications hereinafter provided, to assist the county superintendent in supervising schools. In counties or superintendent districts having more than one hundred twenty-five schools the committee on common schools may on the first Tuesday in May, upon the nomination of the county superintendent or the county superintendent elect, appoint two supervising teachers with the qualifications hereinafter provided, to assist the county superintendent in supervising schools. The county superintendent or county superintendent elect shall, immediately upon the passage of this act, and annually thereafter on or before the May, file with the chairman of the committee on common schools the names of * first Tuesday in * persons qualified under the provisions of subsection (3) to hold. the position of supervising teacher. The number of names so filed shall be three times the number of persons to be appointed in any county or superintendent district. If the county superintendent and the county superintendent elect are not one and the same person the nominations provided for in this subsection shall be filed with the chairman of the committee on common schools by the county superintendent elect. * (2) The committee on common schools shall make the appointment or appointments provided for in subsection (1) from the eligible list so filed by the county superintendent or the county superintendent elect and fix the monthly salary to be paid such supervising teacher or teachers within the salary limitations fixed in this subsection. The supervising teacher when so appointed shall be employed for ten calendar months. The county superintendent shall determine the months in the year during which the supervising teacher shall be employed, provided that no supervising teacher shall be employed and paid for more than ten months in any one year. The salary of the supervising teacher shall not be less than * eighty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars per calendar month. In addition to this salary the supervising teacher shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. The salary of the supervising teacher shall be paid in ten equal monthly installments. The county board of supervisors in every county shall appropriate money to pay the salary and expenses of the supervising teachers, provided for in this section, until such times as the county or superintendent district shall be reimbursed by the state for the amount paid for such purposes. The county board of supervisors are authorized to make provisions for the monthly payment of the salary and expenses of each supervising teacher. (4) It shall be the duty of the supervising teacher, during the time the schools are in session, to supervise and assist, under the direction of the county superintendent, the teachers employed in the schools of the county or superintendent district, devoting special attention to the less experienced teachers. He shall, under the direction of the county superintendent, assist in organizing and administering the schools in the county, classifying them according to the character of the work done, and in grading pupils toward the development of their individual capabilities. He shall endeavor to stimulate an interest among the |