Who commis sioners. Affairs of corporation to be SEC. 3. The capital stock of the said corporation, shall be one thousand two hundred dollars, which shall be deemed personal property, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each. SEC. 4. That Asa Kinney, John Fowle and Lewis D. Hobart shall be commissioners for securing subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation, who shall give at least six days notice of the time and place the books will be opened, for the receiving of subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation. SEC. 5. The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by managed by three directors to be annually chosen by the stockholders from three directors among themselves, as soon as may be after twenty-five of the shares has been subscribed for, the commissioners shall give notice of the time and place at which a meeting of the stockholders will be held for the choice of directors, and conduct the election of directors and certify the same, which shall be made a matter of record in the company's book, which shall be sufficient evidence of the election of the directors therein named. All future elections shall be held at the time and in the manner prescribed by the bye-laws of said corporation, each stockholder shall be allowed as many votes as he owns shares, and a plurality of votes shall determine the choice. Corporation may purchase lands. Stockholders liable for debts By laws valid in law. SEC. 6. The said corporation is hereby authorized to purchase or lease such lands as shall be necessary for conducting the business of said pier. No stockholder shall be allowed to subscribe for more than three shares at the first opening of the books. the stock is not all taken at the first opening of the books,the stock holders shall have the power to direct by a vote how the balance shall be taken. If SEC. 7. The stockholders hereby incorporated, shall be made liable and held responsible for all debts contracted by said pier company, in the same manner as if associated together as general partners. SEC. 8. That all bye-laws, rules and regulations, made and adopted by the stockholders for the building of said pier, as well as for the management of the business of the corporation, the transfer of the stock and all other matters necessarily connected with said corporation, shall be valid in law: Provided, they shall con- Proviso. form to the laws of the Territory and of the United States. SEC. 9. That this act may be altered, amended or repealed, Legislature at the pleasure of the legislature, and nothing herein shall be may amend or repeal. canstrued to confer upon the said corporation any vested rights, so as to preclude the legislature from repealing, altering or amending this act at any time. SEC. 10. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. APPROVED January 23d, 1845. AN ACT to legalize the organization of school districts in Washington county. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That all school districts in the county of Wash. ington, set off by the commissioners of common schools, in said county, since said county was organized for county purposes, are hereby declared to be organized; and all votes and acts of school meetings of such districts, are as valid from their date, as they would have been if proper plats of said district had been filed in the clerk's office by said school commissioners; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. AN ACT to repeal an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Fond du Lac Company," approved February 9th, 1842. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That the act entitled "an act to incorporate the Fond du Lac Company," approved February 9th, 1842, is hereby repealed: Provided, that said Company shall be liable for all debts, which may have been contracted by said Company in as full and ample a manner as if this act had not been passed. APPROVED February 8th, 1845. expenses AN ACT to provide for the payment of the of the Legislative Assembly, therein named. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That there shall be paid out of the sum appropriated by Congress for defraying the expenses of the Legislative Assembly of this Territory, for the year ending 30th June, 1845, To P. C. Hale, thirty-five dollars and fifty cents, being part of a balance disallowed at a previous session, for binding, candles and freight; and if drawn, to be in full. To John S. Littell, eighty-one dollars and fifty cents, for the Law Library, to 30th November, 1844, to be drawn by John Y. Smith, from the Secretary, as per order, and forwarded to Mr. Littell. To George Hyer, sixty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents, being in full for a balance due him for printing journals of the last session, and Reports of the Supreme Court, and not paid by the Secretary. To Orvill Brown, seven dollars and fifty cents, for six days labor done in cleaning capitol. To Robert Moore, twenty-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents, for twenty-three and a half days work done about the capitol, clean. ing, repairing and laying down carpeting. To Joseph Delon sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents, balance due for work done about the capitol in cleaning repairing and laying down carpeting. To C. Latham Sholes, twenty dollars and sixty-five cents for four hundred and thirteen numbers of the Southport Telegraph furnished to the members during the present session. To Marshall M. Strong, three dollars, for publishing in Racine Advocate "An act to ascertain the indebtedness and the taxable property of the Territory." To L. P. Harvey, fifteen dollars and seventy-five cents, for forty-five copies of the Southport American furnished members of the Legislative Assembly, three hundred and fifteen numbers at the present session. To Henry C. Parker, nine dollars and twenty-five cents for work done by order of Superintendent of Territorial Property for the Legislative Assembly in repairing desks, fixing maps, &c. To Rev. E. S. Miner, for services as chaplain to the council during the present session of the legislative assembly; one hundred dollars. To John Y. Smith, superintendant of Territorial property, for services as librarian and taking charge of capitol furniture of legislative halls and property, his salary from 1st July 1844, to 1st July, 1845; three hundred dollars. To John Y. Smith, for cash paid on official letters and Law Library, six dollars and ten cents. To John Y. Smith, for cash paid for cleaning capitol and carpets, carriage of candles from Milwaukee, making five maps for the legislative halls, library and governor's room, and steel pens for the use of the legislature; fifteen dollars and eighty-seven cents. To John Y. Smith, for an assistant librarian; one hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty cents. To. S. M. Van Bergan, for hay to put under carpets, hauling water for cleaning capitol, and one hundred and seventy-five cords of wood, cutting and hauling the same to the steps of the capitol for the use of the legislative assembly; three hundred and seventysix dollars and fifty cents. To J. A. Brown for publishing in the Milwaukee Courier, an act of the legislative assembly "entitled an act to ascertain the indebtedness and taxable property of the Territory," approved January, 31, 1844; five dollars. To La Fayette Kellogg, for preparing the Journals of the House of Representatives of the present session for publication, and affixing an index thereto; two hundred dollars. To Ben C. Eastman, for preparing the Journal of the Council of the present session for publication, and making and affixing an index thereto; two hundred dollars. To Simeon Mills, for incidental printing done for the legislative assembly at its present session including daily journals, rules, reports and documents; twelve hundred eighty-seven dollars thirty-six cents. To John A. Brown, for two hundred and ninety-four copies of the Milwaukee Courier furnished the members of the legislature at its present session, fourteen dollars and seventy cents. To Jerome L. Marsh, for forty-two copies of the Independent American furnished the members of the legislature at its present session, two dollars and ten cents. To Moritz Schoffler, for one hundred and nineteen copies of Wisconsin Banner, five dollars and ninety-five cents, for the use of the members of the Legislative Assembly. To Charles H. Larkin, for transporting candles and andirons from Milwaukee to Madison, for the use of Legislative Assembly six dollars. To Steptoe Catlin, for postage on letters, papers and other doc uments of the members of the Legislative Assembly, during the present session, six hundred and twelve dollars and forty-one cents. To D. M. Keeler, for copies of the Milwaukee Sentinel furnished the members of the Legislative Assembly, during the present session. To William J. Swain, for materials furnished for and repairing stoves and mending seal press for the use of the Legislative Assembly, the present session, four dollars. To Moses M. Strong, three dollars per day extra, for forty-nine days services a [as] President of the Council, one hundred and forty-seven dollars. To Marshall M. Strong, three dollars per day, extra, for one day's service as President pro tem of the Council, three dollars. To George H. Walker, three dollars per day, extra, for fifty days |