Section 61.03. Maintenance or employment of band by a city or village  


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      governing board of any city of the first or second class  may,  and  the
      governing  board  of  a  city  of  the third class or of a village, if a
      proposition be submitted as provided in  this  section  and  adopted  by
      majority  vote  of  the  qualified  voters of the city or village voting
      thereon, shall provide for the maintenance or employment of a  band  for
      musical  purposes, for the entertainment of the public. In a city of the
      third class or a village, a petition, signed and duly acknowledged by at
      least five percentum of the qualified voters of the city or village  may
      be  filed,  within  sixty  days  and not later than thirty days before a
      regular municipal election therein, with the officer or board charged by
      law with the duty of preparing ballots for such election, requesting the
      submission thereat of the proposition  "Shall  this  city  (or  village)
      maintain  or employ a band at an annual expense of not exceeding (amount
      to be inserted) dollars?" Upon the due filing of such a  petition,  such
      proposition  shall  be submitted at such election in the manner provided
      in the election law, and notice  that  such  proposition  is  to  be  so
      submitted  shall be published by such board or officer as follows:  In a
      newspaper published in the city or village once in each of the two weeks
      preceding the election; but if there be no such newspaper, such board or
      officer shall cause such notice to be posted in ten public places in the
      city or village at least ten days before the election.  In such  a  city
      of  the  third  class or village, in which such a proposition shall have
      been adopted, a like petition may be presented after two years  for  the
      submission  of the proposition "Shall the maintenance or employment of a
      band by the city (or village) be discontinued?" Such  proposition  shall
      be  submitted  accordingly  and  if  adopted  by  majority  vote  of the
      qualified voters of the city or village voting thereon, the power of the
      city or village to maintain or employ such  a  band  shall  cease.  This
      section shall not apply to a city or village whose charter makes special
      provision  in relation to the maintenance or employment of a band by the
      city.