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The County Board of Supervisors of St. Croix County, Wisconsin does
ordain as follows:
Section I.
Whoever violates the following, when the value of the property
does not exceed $50,is guilty of a violation of this ordinance, and
shall be penalized as provided in Section III of this ordinance'.
(a) Intentionally takes and carries away, uses, transfers, conceals,
ar retains possession of movable°:;,property of another without his consent
and with intent to deprive the owner permanently ofpossession of such
property.
Section II.- Definitions.`
(a) "Property" meUns all forms of tangible property, whether real
or personal, without limitation including electricity, gas and documents
which represent or. embody. a chose in action or other intangible rights.;
(b) "Movable property" is property whose physical location can be
changed, without limitation including electricity and gas, documents which
represent or embody intangible rights, and things growing on, affixed to.or
found in land.
O "Value"means the market value at the time of the theft or the
o,,st, to the victim of replacing the property within a reasonable time after
the theft, whichever is less, but if the property stolen is a document
evidencing a chose in action or other "intangible right, value means either
the market value of the chose in action or other right or the intrinsic
value of the document, whichever is greater. If the thief gave consideration
for, or had a legal interest in„ the :stolen property, the amount of such con-
sideration or value of such interest shall be deducted from the total value
of the property.
(d) "Property of another" includes property in which the actor is a
co-owner and property of a partnership of which the actor is a member, unless
the actor and the victim are husband and wife.
Section III. Penalty.
Any person who violates this ordinanceshall, upon conviction, be subject
to a forfeiture of not more than $5oo together with coats of prosecution ' .,
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and penalty assessment; and in default of payment of such forfeiture and 1r0 r ;
ubject'to imprisonment in the County Jail until such 3+gv15�
costs, shall be s
aid but not to exceed 30 days. V '
forfeiture and coat be paid,
Section IV.
Any future amendments, revisions or modifications of Wisconsin +�
Statutes Section 943.20(1)(a) and 943.20(2) incorporated herein, ar®
tended to be made part of this ordinance as such amendments, revisions, '�E 1
or modifications are made to said Statutes.
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This ordinance shall take.a$lect and�be'in force from and after
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proper passage and publication pareuant toWisconsin
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I, F Verna Stohlberg, County Clerk in and for said County, do here6 t ,.�"•
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No, 58 (82) �6oardrof Supervisors atue and correct ,,:
of said Ordinance adopted by the St, Croix County aw *
their meeting held on the 10th day of August, 1982. a ,
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