Chap. 185 Chap. 186. An Act to appropriate a certainļ sum of money to Charles Weed. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to Charles Weed the sum of twenty-four dollars, in full pay and compensation for furnishing two Blank Books, of eight quires each, for the Journals of the present session of the Legislature, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Appoved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY.] ་་) An Act to appropriate to Grant County the sum of money therein named, The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate und Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the county of Grant, the sum of one hundred and thirty-five dol lars and thirty-three cents, the same being in full of the amounts overpaid by said county into the State Treasury for the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and eighteen hun dred and fifty, in consequence of double assessments for three years. "FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON: DEWEY. Chap. 187 Governor to ap The People of the State of Wisconsin représented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The Commander-in-chief of the Militia of this point General State shall appoint the General Staff, and for the purpose of enumeration and enrollment of the militia, the State of Wis Staff consin shall be divided and organised into military divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions and companies, as follows, to Military Divis wit: First division-The counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, ions. Racine, Kenosha, Walworth and Jefferson. Second division The counties of Dane, Rock, Greene, Iowa, Lafayette and SEC. 2. Each division shall be divided and organised into two brigades, as follows, to wit: First division-the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha and Jefferson, shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Racine, Kenosha and Walworth shall constitute the second brigade. Second division-The counties of Dane, Rock and Greene shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Iowa, Lafayette and Grant shall constitute the second brigade. Third division-The counties of Dodge, Columbia, Marquette and Waushara shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Fond du Lac, Sheboygan and Washington shall constitute the second brigade. Fourth division-The counties of Winnebago. Calumet, Waupacca and Manitowoc shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Bryn, Utagamie, and Door shall constitute the second brig Fifth division-The counties of Crawford, Richland, Sauk and Adams shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Portage, Marathon, Chippeway, St. Croix,, La Pointe, Bad Crosse and Oconto shall constitute the second brigade. iments and bat Each brigade shall be divided and organised into as Division by regmany rements as there are counties within its bounds; each talions. County constituting a .egimental command, except wherein sepaattalions, are herein provided for. bien safer The, counties of Marathon, Chippewa, St. Croix, Inhalte, Bad Ax, La Crosse, Oconto, Waushara, and WauBasca shalt each constitute a separate battalion. SEC. 5. Each county shall be divided and organised into Division of com companies as follow, to wit: Each town in each county as organ ised under the town system of government shall constitute a. separate company beat." panies. A ions to be gov SEC. 6. The said divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, Military Divisand companies shall be officered and commanded in all respects erned by militia in conformity with the provisions of the several acts of Con- laws of U. S. ess of May eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, and of April twenty, eighteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States,"" .SEC. 7. The Governor shall appoint and commission all of the Governor to approper officers in the said divisions, brigades,regiments,battalions ficers. point proper of 'I Proviso. 'Persons to be enrolled. Previse? Town Assessor to furnish Clerk and companies, according to their respective ranks: Provided, that commanders of divisions, of brigades and regiments may select the staff officers of their respective commands. SEC. 8. Every free, able-bodied white male person who has resided within this State one month, and is between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, shall be enrolled in the militia of this State: Provided, that exemptions from the performance of militia duty may be granted, as hereafter provided by law. SEC. 9. Itshall be the duty of the town Assessor in each town of Supervisors in each county, as organised under the town system of governWith a militiament, on or before the first Monday of July annually, to make out and return into the office of the Clerk of the board of Supervisors of the county, a list of the names of all free able-bodied white male persons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, who have resided for the term of one month within the bounds of said town, which list shall be separate from his assessment list, and shall be headed "Militia List;" for which service such assessor shall receive the sum of one cent for each person so by him returned on said list, to be paid in like manner as other services of such Assessor are paid. Commanders of regiments to eral. SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the several commanders of make returns to each regiment and separate battalion, on or before the first day Adjutant Gen- of November annually to make out a separate roll of each company within the bounds of such regiment or separate battalion, which roll shall be copied and taken from the several returns of the town Assessors made as aforesaid; which said company rolls so made out shall be returned by such commanding officers, and separate battalions within one month thereafter to the Adjutant General, certified by such commanding officer to be the several rolls of the companies of militia within the bounds of his command; and any neglect or failure to perform the said duty shall be deemed a vacation of the commission of the officer so in default, unless such neglect or failure shall be accounted for satisfactorily to the Commander-in-chief. Duty of Adju" tant General. SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the Adjutant General to receive and distribute all orders from the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of the militia, to the several officers of the said militia; he shall furnish to the several officers of the militia, all forms and returns connected with a proper discharge of their respective duties, for which forms and returns, together with all postage on letters or packages from or to him on subjects connected with military duty he shall be paid out of the State treasury on settlement of his account with the auditor; he shall give explanations and information on all matters connected with military duty to all milita officers whenever required by them; he shall receive and file all returns made to him of the militia, agreeably to law, keep a book constituting a gen- bounds Divis SEC. 12. Whenever, according to the returns of the nu- Alterations of merical force of divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions or ions, &o, to be companies, it shall, in the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief made by generbecome necessary to make any alterations in their respective bounds either by consolidation, or augmentation, in number in any manner whatever, the same shall be effected by general orders, and thereafter all officers necessary to be appointed in conformity wilh such alterations shall be appointed and commissioned according to the provisions of section seven of this act. panies to report SEC. 13. It shall be the duty of the several Captains or Volunteer comcommanding officers of each volunteer corps of infantry, artil- to Adjutant lery, riflemen, cavalry, or mounted men, to make return of and General. report to the Adjutant General annually, of the respective rolls of their companies at the same time that returns are herein required to be made by the commanding officers of regiments and separate battalions. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. Chap. 188 An Act to incorporate the Palmyra and Jefferson Turnpike and Plank Road Commissioners to receive subscription to Company., The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 1 SECTION 1. That John C. Holmes, Daniel Howel, A. B. Curtis, J. Powers, Elijah Higgins, Zebena Wilson, P. H. TurStock on notice. ner, E. W. Graves, Reuben Wilson, Aaron Rankin, William! Barre, Milo Jones and Dwight Foster, be and are hereby appointed commissioners, under the direction of a majority of whom, subscriptions may be received to the capital stock of the Palmyra and Jefferson Turnpike and Plank Road Company, and they may cause books to be opened at such times and places as they shall direct, for the purpose of receiving subscrip tions, by publishing in a newspaper printed in the county of Jefferson, at least thirty days previous to opening the books of said company for the purpose, of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of the company, giving notice of the times and places of receiving subscriptions. Name of corporation. A -1009 v o svo Route of Road. mea' SEC. 2. All persons who shall become stockholders pursuant to the provisions of this act, are hereby created a body corporvic abate in lat, with continued's by there and style of the Palmyra and Jefferson Plank Radomialy, the par pose of constructing a tired Won the toledofe pismyrog in the county of Jefferson, to the oil of Temerson, Inread Colinty, Ohlso to estable consider anello d or enou from any point of the que Lage, in Jefferson bounty as shall be demput most waterbebas Corporate Powd corporation Puién comanda pa so sure of live whic be sued in all counts; to fit aigi put cubset anb nang For all Such real estate and personal estates y d necesfor the construction and manateen offerte to have amas Poalp? use a common seal, and to pass all by laws necessary for the government of said company cust) th of of roger Shares of Stock SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty dop lars each, and shall be assignable and transferable in such manner as shall be prescribed by-laws in the of said company. ers. transferable. Meeting to choose Direc ed. SEC. 4. Whenever ten thousand dollars of the capital stock tor-how call- shall be subscribed for, and distributed, and ten per cent paid thereon to said commissioners for the use of said company, it shall be the duty of the commissioners named in this act, to call a meeting of the stockholders at such time and place as they shall designate, by giving public notice thereof in a newspaper published in said county through which said road is run," for the purpose of choosing five directors of said company, and the persons then chosen shall be the first directors of said com 66 |