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Wisconsin Statutes Police and Fire Fighting Service (Ch. 213) § 213.02. City and village fire company trustees: election, powers

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The members of any fire company, in any city or village, which has been organized and has elected those officers required by law, and whose organization and election of officers have been confirmed by the governing body of the city or village, may, when assembled at their usual place of meeting and according to the rules of the company, elect annually not less than 3 nor more than 9 trustees. The trustees shall have the power to do any of the following:

(a) Take charge of the property of the fire company, and transact all business relative to the investment, care and disposal of the property.

(b) Have a common seal that the trustees may alter at their pleasure.

(c) Take possession of, and, pursuant to the rules of the company, manage, control, purchase, take, receive, recover and hold, sell, convey, mortgage, demise, lease and improve all of the property of the company, including all burial places belonging to the company and erect and put in repair all buildings necessary for the company.

(d) Sue and be sued in all matters pertaining to the property and the debts, claims, demands and liabilities of the company under the name “trustees of ․․․ (name the company of which they are trustees)”.

(2) All property conveyed to a fire company or to any person as trustee for the use of a fire company shall vest in the trustees of the company as fully as if originally conveyed to the trustees, and shall be held by the trustees and their successors in trust for the company, subject to the provisions of sub. (1).

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