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 So, further it is enacted, that every hotel, or other building, more than two stories in height, containing apartments above the ground floor, designed for occupancy by fifty people or more, shall be provided with not less than two flights of fire-proof stairways, and that the inside walls or casings of every elevator for the conveyance of passengers to and from the upper stories shall be constructed of fire-proof material throughout. In all inns, and hotels, there shall be provided not less than one efficient and faithful watchwomenwatchwoman [sic], who shall be on duty from ten o'clock in the evening until five o'clock in the morning.

If any parent shall willfully abandon his or her child, or children, leaving them in a destitute condition, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and if any husband shall willfully abandon his wife, leaving her in a destitute condition, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.

All gambling devices whatsoever, are prohibited at all meetings of agricultural societies of Wisconsin, and no appropriation made by the state to any such society shall be paid until the society shall present a sworn statement of its president and secretary to the effect, that all gambling and gambling devices are excluded from its fair grounds.

All ballots which are cast at any election must be carefully preserved so that, in the event of a contest between opposing candidates, they may be recounted.

An appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars per annum for each of the two years next ensuing, was made by the legislature, to be used for the prevention of Asiatic cholera in Wisconsin.

A public school for dependent and neglected children was established by the legislature, and the sum of thirty thousand dollars appropriated therefor.

Whenever any wire or cable, used for any telegraph, telephone, electric light, or other electric purpose, is or shall become attached to any building, or extend over any land, no lapse of time whatever shall raise a presumption or justify a