ADVERTISEMENT.

In preparing these acts for publication, where a superfluous word has been found in the enrolled bill, it has been printed in the text, but in italics, and inclosed in a parenthesis, (thus).— Where a word has been found necessary to sustain the sense of the context, or, where one word has been obviously mistaken for another, the word supposed to be proper has been supplied, but in brackets, [thus]; thus adopting a plan heretofore adopted in publishing the laws for the sake of uniformity.

ERRATA-Page 35, in the 8th line of Section 1, for "1845" read

A1841."

Page 96, in the last line on the page the word "ten" is wanting in a part of the edition.

Page 117, in the title of the first resolution for "cop" read "copies."

OF THE

TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN.

AN ACT to provide the means to pay the Public
Debt of the Territory.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

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SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the county assessors of the Duty of Asseveral counties, which have not adopted the provisions of an act entitled "An act to provide for the government of the several towns in this territory, and for the revision of county government," and of the town assessors of the several towns in those counties which have adopted the provisions of said act hereafter to assess all lands, town lots and out lots at their cash value, which are not exempt from taxation by the laws of the United States, or of this Territory, not including any improvements made thereon, either in building or otherwise, but including all merchandize and stock actually paid in any incorporated company separately from other property, and to enter the valuation of the same separately on their assessment rolls.

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SEC. 2. For the purpose of raising a territorial revenue, there shall be annually levied in each of the counties of this Territory by the proper county authorities, upon the property subject to taxation for county purposes, in each county, a territorial tax equal in Amt. of tax amount to a sum which would be raised by a tax of one and a half mills on the dollar, on the assessed value of the property mentioned in the first section of this act within such county, which tax shall be levied and embraced in the tax rolls and collected and To be paid inpaid into the county treasuries in the same manner that county taxes are in the respective counties; provided county scrip shall not be received for such tax.

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Evidences of SEC. 3. All evidences of territorial indebtedness, except such indebtedness

to be received as relate to the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal, which shall in payment. have been issued by authority of law, shall be received in payment of said territorial tax.

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SEC. 4. The county treasurers of the several counties shall pay ver to territori- over the amount of territorial tax by them received to the treasurer al treasurer. of the Territory and take his receipt therefor, and the Auditor of the Territory upon the presentation of such receipts, shall credit the counties respectively with the amount thereof.

SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the clerk of board of county commissioners and county supervisors of the several counties in this Territory, as soon as the assessment roll in their respective Connty Clerks counties, shall be completed and corrected as provided in the first tified statem'ts section of this act, to transmit to the auditor of the Territory a to Auditor,

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certified statement of the amount of such assessment, the aggregate number of acres of land assessed in their respective counties. the assessed value of such lands and of the town lots and out lots in their respective counties exclusive of improvements thereon, the assessed value of all such improvements, and of all personal property assessed in their respective counties to be certified and returned in separate items.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the auditor of the territory to keep an account current with the several counties in this Territory, in which account current he shall annually charge the said counties with such sum as will correspond with the amount of territorial tax directed to be levied by this act.

SEC. 7. The Auditor of the Territory shall keep an account current with the Treasurer of the Territory, in which he shall charge the Treasurer with all sums paid to him by county treasurers respectively, as shall appear by such Treasurer's receipts, and he shall credit the Treasurer with all evidences of debt authorized by this act, to be received by him as vouchers, and which shall have been paid to him in pursuance of this act, which the treasurer shall present: which vouchers, when thus presented and credited, shall be cancelled by the Auditor, and reported to the next Legislative Assembly at its next annual session, by the Auditor.

SEC. 8. The first monies which may be returned by the collectWhat monies ors, collected on the county or territorial assessment of any year, to be paid to territorial treashall be paid by the treasurer of each county to the Treasurer of the Territory, according to the provisions of this act.

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