Wis. Stat. § 24.56

This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 24.56, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.

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Not to buy lands.

Official statutory text

The board, and all persons employed by it or about any of its respective offices, are prohibited from purchasing any of the public lands, directly or indirectly, either in their own name or in the name of any other person in trust for them or either of them; and for every tract or parcel of land purchased in violation hereof each such person offending shall forfeit not more than $250.

History: 1975 c. 365 ; 1979 c. 34 s. 699g ; Stats. 1979 s. 24.56; 1993 a. 16 .

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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