CHAPTER 130.-Exemption from execution, etc.-Personal property.

SECTION 2982, (as amended by chapter 63, acts of 1879; chapter 56, acts of 1881; chapter 117, acts of 1882; chapter 141, acts of 1883; chapter 336, acts of 1885, and chapter 536, acts of 1887). No property hereinafter mentioned shall be liable to seizure, or sale, on execution, or on any provisional or final process issued from any court, or any proceedings in aid thereof, except as otherwise specially provided in these statutes:

1. The family bible.

2. Family pictures and schoolbooks.

3. The library of the debtor and every part thereof;

4. A seat, or pew, in any house or place of public worship.

5. All wearing apparel of the debtor and his family; all beds, bedsteads and bedding kept and used for the debtor and his family; all stoves and appendages put up or kept for the use of the debtor and his family; all cooking utensils, and all other household furniture not herein enumerated, not exceeding two hundred dollars in value; and one gun, rifle or other firearm, not exceeding fifty dollars in value.

6. Two cows, ten swine, one yoke of oxen, and one horse or mule, or, in lieu of one yoke of oxen and a horse or mule, two horses or two mules, ten sheep, and the wool from the same, either in the raw material or manufactured into yarn or cloth; the necessary food for all the stock, mentioned in this section, for one year's support, either provided or growing, or both, as the debtor may choose; also one wagon, cart or dray, one sleigh, one plow, one drag and other farming utensils, including tackle for teams, not exceeding two hundred dollars in value.

7. The provisions for the debtor and his family, necessary for one year's support, either provided or growing, or both, and fuel necessary for one year.

8. The tools, implements and stock in trade, of any mechanic, miner, merchant, trader or other person, used or kept for the purpose of carrying on his trade or business, not exceeding two hundred dollars in value.

9. All sewing machines owned by individuals, and kept for the use of themselves or families.

11. Printing materials, and press or presses used in the business of any printer or publisher, to an amount not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in value: Provided, that no sum exceeding the sum of four hundred dollars shall be exempt from execution for payment of wages of laborers or servants for services rendered the defendant.

14. The interest owned by any inventor in any invention secured to him by letters patent of the United States.

15. The earnings of all married person or persons having a family dependent upon them for support, for three months next preceding the issue of any attachment, execution or garnishment, or proceedings supplementary to execution, to the amount of sixty dollars only for each month in which such earnings are made or earned, shall not be liable to seizure or sale on execution, or on any provisional or final process issued from any court or any proceedings in aid thereof, and in case any creditor proceeds by garnishment against any person or party who shall be indebted to, or have any property whatever, real or personal, in his possession or his control, belonging to such creditor's debtor, and such money or property, at the time of serving such process, was by law exempt from seizure or sale upon execution, said garnishee shall be entitled to judgment for his costs of suit: Provided, That no property exempted by the provisions of this section shall be exempt from attachment or upon execution issued upon a judgment in an action, brought by any person for the recovery of the whole or any part of the purchase money of the same property.

17. AH moneys arising from insurance of any property exempted from sale on execution, including the homestead, when such property has been destroyed by fire.

19. All moneys arising on any policy of insurance on the life of a minor, payable to his father or mother, or both, shall be exempt against the creditors of such father or mother, but not against the creditors of such minor.

20. Cemetery lots owned by individuals, and all monuments therein, the coffins and other articles for the burial of any dead person, and the tombstone or monument for his grave by whomsoever purchased.

The exemptions provided for in subdivisions three, six, seven, eight, eleven, *** fourteen, seventeen and nineteen of this section shall extend only to debtors having an actual residence in this state, and when such debtors and their families, or any of them, shall be removing from one place of residence to another. And no property exempted by the provisions of this section shall be exempt from execution or attachment issued upon a judgment in an action brought by any person for the recovery of the whole or any part of the purchase money of the same property. All articles exempted by the provisions of this section may be selected by the debtor, his agent, clerk or legal representative, when necessary to distinguish the same: Provided, That the property mentioned in subdivisions 5, 6, 11, * * 14, 15, 17, and 19, shall not be exempt from attachment or execution issued upon a judgment in an action brought to recover a claim for any female, manual or domestic labor rendered or performed by any person in or about the dwelling of another.

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CHAPTER 130.-Exemption from execution, etc.-Homesteads.

SECTION 2983. A homestead, to be selected by the owner thereof, consisting, when not included in any city or village, of any quantity of land not exceeding forty acres, used for agricultural purposes, and when included in any city or village, of any quantity of land not exceeding one-fourth of an acre and the dwelling house thereon and its appurtenances, owned and occupied by any resident of this state, shall be exempt from seizure or sale on execution, from the lien of every judgment, and from liability in any form for the debts of such owner, except laborers', mechanics', and purchase-money liens, and mortgages lawfully executed, and taxes lawfully assessed, and except as otherwise specially provided in these statutes; and such exemption shall not be impaired by temporary removal with the intention to reoccupy the same as a homestead, nor by a sale thereof, but shall extend to the proceeds derived from such sale while held with the intention to procure another homestead therewith, for a period not exceeding two years. Such exemption shall extend to land, not exceeding, altogether, the amount aforesaid, owned by a husband and wife jointly, or in common, and to the interest therein of a tenant in common, or two or more tenants in common, having a homestead thereon, with the consent expressed or implied, of the cotenants and to any estate less than a fee held by any person by lease or otherwise.

CHAPTER 161.-Suits for wages.

SECTION 3783a, (added by chapter 223, acts of 1883). Whenever the plaintiff in an action commenced in justice court for the recovery of a claim for work and labor performed, shall have been required to give security for costs, and the plaintiff shall make oath before the justice that he has a valid claim against the defendant for work and labor performed, and that he is unable to procure security for such costs, the action shall not be dismissed for want of such security.

CHAPTER 185.-Fire-escapes on factories, etc.

SECTION 4575a, (as amended by chapter 50, acts of 1885). Any person, persons, or body corporate, owning, occupying or controlling any factory, workshop or structure three or more stories high, in which several persons are employed at any kind of labor, on or above the third floor or story, shall provide and keep connected with the same, one or more good and substantial metallic or fire-proof ladders, stairs or stairways, ready for use at all times, reaching from the cornice to the ground, on the outside of such building, and placed in such position as to be easy of access to the occupants of such building in case of fire, and sufficient to furnish reasonable means of escape to the persons employed therein, from each and every floor or story. And any such person, persons or corporate body who shall, for three months after the passage and publication of this act fail to provide and keep such means of escape from fire, shall be subjected to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding three months, at the discretion of the court.

CHAPTER 186.-Sunday labor.

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SECTION 4595. Any person who shall keep open his shop, warehouse or workhouse, or shall do any manner of labor, business or work, except only works of necessity and charity, on the first day of the week, shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars; and such day shall be understood to include the time between the midnight preceding and the midnight following the said day,

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SECTION 4596. Any person who conscientiously believes that the seventh, or any other day of the week, ought to be observed as the Sabbath, and who actually refrains from secular business and labor on that day, may perform secular labor and business on the first day of the week, unless he shall wilfully disturb thereby some other person, or some religious assembly on that day.

CHAPTER 201.-Convict labor.

SECTION 4938. The warden is authorized and empowered, by and with the advice and approval of the board of directors of said prison, to lease, from time to time, the labor of such portion of the prisoners confined therein, together with such shop room, machinery and power, as may be necessary for their proper employment to such persons, for such purposes, upon such terms and conditions, and for such length of time, not exceeding five years at any one time, as he shall deem most conducive to the interests of the state and the welfare of the prisoners. SECTION 4939. In every contract made pursuant to the authority herein conferred, there shall be reserved to the directors of said prison, and to the warden and each and every of his subordinates, full power and authority to prevent the demanding or imposition of unusual or severe labor, or labor whereby the health or safety of the convicts may be impaired or jeopardized; *

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SECTION 4943. Before entering into any contract for the leasing of convict labor, the warden shall, by public advertisement, invite sealed proposals for the hiring of such labor, shop room, machinery and power. Such advertisement shall specify the time and place when and where such proposals will be opened and considered, and there shall be reserved the right to reject any or all bids that may be made.

ACTS OF 1885.

CHAPTER 48.-Wages preferred—In payments by receivers.

SECTION 1. Whenever in the course of any action or proceeding, a receiver shall be appointed by any of the courts of this state, to manage or conduct the mercantile or manufacturing business of any person, firm or corporation, or to settle, adjust, or close up any such business, it shall be the duty of such receiver to report immediately to the court so appointing him, the amount due by suck person, firm, or corporation, to employés and laborers in such business; and it shall be the duty of said court to order the said receiver to pay out of the first receipts of said business, after the payment of costs, debts due the United States or the state of Wisconsin, all taxes and assessments levied and unpaid, and the current expenses of carrying on or closing said business under his administration, the wages of all such employés and laborers, which had accrued within three months immediately prior to the appointment of such receiver.

CHAPTER 48.-Wages preferred-In assignments.

SECTION 2. In every voluntary assignment hereafter made for the benefit of creditors, the claims of all servants, clerks or laborers for personal service or wages owing from the assignor for services or labor performed for the three months preceding such assignment, shall be preferred over the claims of all other creditors, and shall be paid first by the assignee, after the payment of costs, debts due the United States or the state of Wisconsin, all taxes and assignments levied and unpaid, expenses of the assignment, and executing the trust.

CHAPTER 85.-Railroad companies—Liability for wages due from predecessors.

SECTION 1. Whenever any railway corporation in this state shall become the successor of a preexisting railway corporation, it shall become charged and liable for the amount then due the employés and laborers upon said road for a period not exceeding six months prior to becoming such successor.

CHAPTER 174.-Protection of employés as voters.

SECTION 1. Any person who prevents, hinders, controls or intimidates another from exercising, or in exercising the right of suffrage by means of threats of depriving such person of employment, or occupation, or by threats of refusing to renew contracts for labor, at any election in this state, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail, not more than one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

CHAPTER 190.-Factories-Doors to swing outward.

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ACTS OF 1887.

CHAPTER 46.—Fire escapes, etc., on factories.

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SECTION 1. Any architect who shall draw plans for or superintend the erection of any * * *, factory without providing in said plans the fire escapes and outward swinging doors now required by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined twenty-five dollars for the first offense and one hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.

SECTION 2. Any person or persons, body corporate, official or officials, who shall erect or cause to be erected, any building named in this act without providing the fire escapes and outward swinging doors, or who shall neglect to provide the same as required by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined one hundred dollars.

CHAPTER 126.-Co-operative associations.

SECTION 1. Any number of persons not less than five, may become a body corporate for the purpose of engaging in and carrying on any trade or business upon the mutual, reciprocal or co-operative plan, under such rules and regulations as they may adopt conformably to the provisions of this chapter

SECTION 2. Such associations, having duly filed articles of incorporation according to law, may sue and be sued, hold property and execute deeds and contracts, and have all the rights and privil ges of other corporations or citizens. SECTION 3. No member of such association shall hold more than one office at one time.

SECTION 5. The shares shall not be less than one dollar nor greater than ten dollars each. But members of any such association, or the association itself, may own shares in any similar association, limited by section 3, of this act: Provided, That the association, as such, may own as much as one-third of the capital stock of any similar association; but no association shall have more than one vote in the management of the affairs of any other association in which it may be a shareholder.

SECTION 9. The capital stock of members shall be exempt from execution and attachment, except for the debts of the association; and no member shall be liable for such debts, beyond a sum equal to the par value of his capital stock paid up; and then only in the proportion that his stock bears to the entire stock paid up of the association.

CHAPTER 287.-Conspiracy.

SECTION 1. Any two or more persons who shall combine, associate, agree, mutually undertake, or concert together for the purpose of wilfully or maliciously

injuring another in his reputation, trade, business or profession, by any means whatever, or for the purpose of maliciously compelling another to do or perform any act against his will, or preventing or hindering another from doing or performing any lawful act, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.

CHAPTER 349.—Blacklisting.

SECTION 1. Any two or more employers who shall agree, combine, and confederate together for the purpose of interfering with or preventing any person or persons seeking employment from obtaining such employment, either by threats, promises or by circulating or causing the circulation of a so-called blacklist, or by any means whatsoever, or for the purpose of procuring and causing the discharge of any employé or employés by any means whatsoever, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one month or by a fine not less than fifty dollars, or by both.

CHAPTER 427.-Intimidation of employés, injuring property, etc.

SECTION 1. Any person who by threats, intimidation, force or coercion of any kind shall hinder or prevent any other person from engaging in or continuing in any lawful work or employment, either for himself or as a wage-worker, or who shall attempt to so hinder or prevent, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

SECTION 2. Any person who shall individually or in association with one or more others, wilfully break, injure or remove any part or parts of any railway car or locomotive, or any other portable vehicle or traction engine, or any part or parts of any stationary engine, machine, implement or machinery, for the purpose of destroying such locomotive, engines, car, vehicle, implement, or machinery, or of preventing the useful operation thereof, or who shall in any other way wilfully or maliciously interfere with or prevent the running or operation of any locomotive, engine or machinery, shall be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail or the state prison not exceeding two years, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

CHAPTER 437.-Convict labor.

SECTION 1. The state board of supervision of charitable, reformatory and penal institutions is hereby authorized, whenever in the opinion of such board it is best for the interests of the state, to establish in the state prison the business of manufacturing, to create a debt in a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, * * * for the purpose of purchasing machinery and materials to carry on the business of manufacturing within such prison.

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SECTION 2. Whenever such board of supervisors shall * * determine to commence the manufacture of goods, wares and merchandise, within such state's prison, such board shall file written estimates of the materials and cost of same desired to be purchased, and * * * the secretary of state shall draw his warrant on the treasury for the amount necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, not exceeding the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

SECTION 3. In case of the manufacture of goods under sections 1, and 2, of this act, the state board of supervision shall dispose of said goods to the best interests of the state, and at the best prices obtainable.

CHAPTER 453.-Factories and workshops.

SECTION 1. The state factory inspector, his assistants, or any officer of the bureau of labor and industrial statistics, shall examine elevators used for carrying freight or passengers, or both, and shall condemn those found to be defective or unsafe by written notice given to the proprietor or owner, or the agent of either, or by posting said notice on the elevator walls or cab. And if any elevator so condemned shall be continued in use without repairs, and loss of limb or life result therefrom, the owner or proprietor so keeping it in use shall be held fully responsible, civilly and criminally, for said loss of limb or life.

SECTION 2. The said factory inspector, or any officer named in section 1, of this act, shall have power to order bull-wheels, fly-wheels, tumbling-rods, elevator