Publication of Laws.
Milwaukee City Charter § 4-29
in effect4-29. Publication of Laws.
1. The common council of the city of Milwaukee are hereby authorized to cause this act [ch. 184, L. 1874], together with any other acts or parts of acts of the legislature of Wisconsin relating to it, affecting said city, and also any of the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of said city or any of its departments, and any other acts, resolutions, contracts or other documents relating to or affecting said city, to be printed and published in book form, and such book shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the contents and passage, and shall be a sufficient publication of all such acts, ordinances, by-laws, rules, resolutions and regulations, printed copies of the ordinances, by-laws, resolutions and regulations of the city of Milwaukee in any newspaper, book, pamphlet or other form purporting to be published by authority of the common council of said city shall be admitted in all courts of this state as presumptive evidence of such ordinances, laws, resolutions and regulations, and of the due passage, publication and recording thereof. (S. 1, Ch. 30, L. 1889.)
2. This act [ch. 184, L. 1874] shall not invalidate any legal act done by the common council of the city of Milwaukee, or by its officers, nor divest their successors under this act of any rights of property or otherwise, or of any liability which may have accrued to, or been created bysaid corporation prior to the passage of this act. (S. 16, Subch. 20, Ch. 184, L. 1874.)
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/CH4.pdf#page=8Fetched: 10/26/2026