Old ordinances to remain in force.

City shall assume the vil

bilities.

All village

over to city.

schools shall be raised and disbursed in like manner as heretofore.

SECTION 140. All ordinances and regulations now in force in the village of West De Pere, and not inconsistent with this act, shall remain in force until altered, modified or repealed by the common council, after this act shall take effect.

SECTION 141. All actions, rights and penalties. fines and forfeitures, in suits or otherwise, which have arisen or accumulated under the several ordinances or acts incorporating West De Pere village, shall be vested in and prosecuted by the corporation hereby created.

SECTION 142. All moneys, property, effects and property to go credits belonging to the present village of West De Pere shall belong to the city of Nicolet, and shall be transferred to the proper officers of said city by the persons in charge of the same as soon as such officers shall be elected and qualified.

Lawful claims, debts, etc., to be assumed by city.

Plat of city required to be

made.

Name of plat.

Repealing section.

SECTION 143. Any lawful debt, claim, demand or right of action against the present village of West De Pere shall be and become a lawful debt. claim, demand or right of action against the city of Nicolet.

SECTION 144. The common council of said city is hereby authorized and empowered to cause to be made by some competent person a plat of all pieces or parcels of land within said city, which are not embraced and described in any of the recorded plats of land in said city, which plat shall plainly define the boundary of each tract or lot of land designated thereon, and each tract or lot of land embraced in said plat, shall be designated by a number placed thereon. The said plat when completed, shall be certified to by the person making the same, and shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, by the mayor and clerk of said city, and when so certified and acknowledged shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Brown county.

SECTION 145. The said plat shall be called and known as "Assessors' sub-division of lands in the city of Nicolet."

SECTION 146. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with and contravening this act are hereby repealed; but nothing in this act contained shall be construed to repeal, alter or amend the following named acts or either of them, but the same

shall continue in force; the said city of Nicolet succeeding to all the rights and privileges conferred therein upon the village of West De Pere, to-wit: Nothing in this [act] contained shall be construed to repeal, alter or amend the following named acts or either of them: Chapter 409 of the general laws of this state, passed in the year 1864, entitled "an act to authorize the village of De Pere and the town of Lawrence to purchase or lease a certain bridge across Fox river." Chapter 157, of the general laws of this state, passed in the year 1880, entitled "an act to amend chapter 409, of the general laws of 1864, entitled an act to authorize the village of De Pere and the town of Lawrence to purchase or lease a certain bridge across Fox river." Chapter 245, of the general laws of this state, passed in the year 1881, entitled "an act relating to the building of bridges by villages situated upon the opposite sides of a river or other body of water in this state, and authorizing villages to borrow money for the purpose of building, purchasing or leasing bridges, and making section 1322 of the revised statutes applicable to the purposes and objects of this act."

loan.

SECTION 147. The city council is hereby au- May make a thorized and empowered, and it shall be lawful and legal for it to effect a loan and borrow a sum of money, not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000), for the purpose of taking up two thousand dollars ($2,000) school district bonds, and twelve hundred and seventy dollars ($1270) bridge bonds, and seventeen hundred and thirty dollars ($1730) to apply to general fund of the city for year 1883, with interest, not to exceed seven (7) per cent. per annum, and to be paid on or before April 1, 1884. This section shall only apply to the present year, 1883.

SECTION 148. This is hereby declared a public Public act. act, and shall be liberally construed in all courts in this state.

SECTION 149. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 4, 1883.

[No. 473, A.]

[Published April 14, 1883.]

CHAPTER 356.

AN ACT to amend section 9, of sub-chapter 14, of chapter 159, of the laws of 1878, entitled "An act to revise the charter of the city of Chippewa Falls."

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 9, of sub-chapter 14, of chapter 159, of the laws of 1878, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "Unless said board selects some other person to act as such secretary."

SECTION 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 4, 1883.

I, ERNST G. TIMME, Secretary of State, of the state of Wisconsin, do hereby certify that the foregoing copies of city charters and their amendments have been compared by me with the original enrolled acts, deposited in this office, and that they appear correctly printed.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the lesser seal of state, at the capitol, in the city of Madison, this 15th day of August, A. D. 1883.

[L. S.]

ERNST G. TIMME,

Secretary of State.