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 Empowering county boards to fix compensation of the register of deeds and to change the same from a fee to salary system.—Chapter 400.

Permitting cities of third and fourth class through the mayor, clerk and common council, to execute trust deeds or mortgage, to secure the payment of bonds heretofore or hereafter issued by any city for the purchase of electric light or water works plants and the appurtenances of such plants.—Chapter 411.

Creating the office of city forester in cities of the first class and prescribing his powers and duties.—Chapter 408.

Conferring powers of self government on cities and providing for charter conventions.—Chapter 476.

Empowering any city to create by ordinance of its common council, a board of public land commissioners of five members, appointed with powers of converting streets and highways designated by the common council of such city into parkways or boulevards.—Chapter 486.

Authorizing common councils of cities of the first class to license and regulate persons, firms and corporations engaged in the installing, erecting, constructing, or altering of any electrical work in any building, or part of building, in said cities.—Chapter 482.

Permitting tax levy of $264/1000$ of a mill for library in the city of Milwaukee.—Chapter 109.

Granting certain submerged lands along lake shore of Milwaukee for park and boulevard purposes.—Chapter 198.

Permitting all cities to erect public lavatories and to maintain them by letting out privileges to news venders, etc., or out of the general city fund. — Chapter 19.

Permitting cities of first and second class to fix rates of wharfage.—Chapter 42.