Who exempt half cent per mile. No toll shall be exacted of any person while acfrom paying tually going to or returning from any religious meeting on Sunday,

toll

Punishment

for injury.

Directors liable

or from any person liable to do military duty while actually going to or returning from any military parade or review, at which their attendance shall be by law required; and the toll gatherer at any of said gates erected on said road, in pursuance of this act may detin and prevent from passing such gate any vehicle, carriage or animal, subject to toll, until the toll thereon is paid.

SEC. 10. Any person who shall wilfully break or throw down any said gate on said road which may have been erected in pursu ance of this act, or shall do any damages to said road, or forcibly or fraudulently pass any such gates without having paid the legal toll or to avoid the payment of the legal toll, shall with his, or her team, vehicle, or carriage or animal, turn out of said road or pass around such gate for the purpose of avoiding such toll, and return again on said road, shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding ten dollars, to and for the use of said company, (and also for such damages of said company) and also for all damages of said company, to be recovered by said company in the name of the president and directors of the Fort Winnebago and Duck Creek plank road company in [an] action of trespass or trespass on the case according to law.

SEC. 11. The debts and liabilities of said corporation shall not for increase of exceed in amount at any one time fifty per cent of its capital accapital stock. tually paid in, and if debts and liabilities shall at any time be in

curred to a greater amount than by this section is provided for, the directors of said company shall be jointly and severally indi vidually liable for such excess in addition to their other liabilities at law as provided for in this act.

SEC. 12. If said company shall misuse or abuse any of the privileges hereby granted, the legislature may resume all and singular the rights and privileges vested in said company by this act, and may establish rules and regulations for the government of said company in relation to said road and the use of the same. MOSES M. STRONG,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate Approved, February 9, 1850.""

Chap 259 An act to vacate a part of the plat of the village of Hustisford in the county

Part of plat of Hustisford vacated.

of Dodge.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Issembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Lots eighty-three, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred and fourteen, one hundred and fifteen, and hundred and

thirty, in the village of Hustisford, in the county of Dodge, and also Griffith street in said village, are, hereby vacated.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to appropriate to Peter W. Matts the sum therein named.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Chap 260

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to Peter P. W. Matts. W. Matts the sum of forty-five dollars in full for his attendance on the Supreme Court as sheriff, at the June term of said court 1849: Also the further sum of fifty-seven dollars and fifty cents for his attendence on the Supreme Court as sheriff at the Janu ary session of said court, 1850.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to appropriate to Ephraim F. Ogden the sum therein named.,

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Chap 261

SECTIONI. There is hereby appropriated to Ephraim F. Ogden the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, being in full for E. F. Ogden. three certain territorial scrips, Nos. 202, 225, and 226, being for fifty dollars each, by his surrendering and placing on file in the office of the secretary of state the said territorial scrip

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W, BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to appropriate to the county of Milwaukee the sum therein named.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Chap 262

SECTION 1. That there be and hereby is appropriated out of Milwaukee co

any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the county of Milwaukee the sum of thirteen dollars and fifty cents, for moneys paid to Cramer and Curtis for publishing as per order of the governor, a description of Deutzhold the murderer. MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap 263

An act to appropriate to L. O. Shrader the sum therein named.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to L. O. Shrader to L. O. Shrader. be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. the sum of fourteen dollars and sixty-six cents in full for his fees as clerk of the district court in the suit, the territory of Wisconsin vs. James D. Doty, Jolin F. O'Neil, and Augustus Bird.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap 264

Racine co

An act to appropriate to the county of Racine the sum therein named.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and 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 Racine the sum of four hundred [and] twenty-six dol lars in full for board and clothing furnished state prisoners up to January 8, 1850,

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate,

Approved, February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY,

An act to appropriate to King & Fuller the sum therein named.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate

and Assembly do enact as follows:

Chap 264

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any King & Fulmoney in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to King & Ful-ler.

ler the sum of forty-five dollars in full for newspapers furnished

the members of the present legislature.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to pay Bird & Mills the sum therein named.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Chap 265

SECTION 1, That there is hereby appropriated out of the state treasury the sum of nine dollars and fifty cents to R. Bird and F. Bird & Mills. J. Mills out of any monies not otherwise appropriated for newspapers furnished during the present session of the legislature.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate."

Approved, February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

1 An act to appropriate to James Morrison the sum therein named.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

**

Chap 266

SECTION 1, There is hereby appropriated to James Morrison, post master at Madison, the sum of one thousand and ninety-five J. Morrison. dollars and eighty-five cents for the postage of the senate and assembly during the present session.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Chap

An act to amend the existing laws relating to the assessment and taxation of personal property. ...

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate Land Assembly do enact as follows :'

SECTION 1. That each individual subject to taxation, in giving in his personal property for assessment, shall be permitted to deduct from the same the sum of all just and bona fide debts and liabilities, owing by him to other persons, and he shall be assessed for the balance remaining if any there be.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved February 9, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap 268 An act to organize a sixth judicial cirenit and to provide for the election of a

What counties to constitute

the sixth judicial circuit.

When courts

Circuit Judge therefor.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION. From and after the first Monday in the month of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty, the counties of Crawford, Chippewa, Bad Axe, Black River, St. Croix, and La Pointe shall be organized into and constitute a judicial circuit, to be known and designated as the sixth judicial circuit.

SEC. 2. The circuit courts of the said sixth judicial circuit to be holden. shall be holden at the times and places following, to wit:

6

When judge to be elected.

In the county of Crawford on the first Monday in May and the second Monday in November of each year.

In the county of Bad Axe on the third Monday in May and the fourth Monday in November of each year.

In the county of St. Croix on the first Monday in August and the first Monday in February of each year.

In the county of La Pointe on the second Monday in September and the second Monday in March in each year.

SEC. 3. An election for judge of the said sixth judicial [circuit,] shall be held on the first Monday in the mouth of July next, the election shall be conducted and the votes canvassed in the same manner as at general elections for state and county officers; the inspectors or judges of said election shall make returns to the clerk of the board of supervisors of their respective counties, immediately after the same are canvassed, and the said clerks of the board of supervisors shall file the sanie in their offices, and forthwith transmit a certified copy thereof to the governor of the state, at Madison.

Governor,Sec- SEC. 4. On the first Monday in August or as soon as the reretary of State turns from all the counties of said circuit are received by the govand Treasurer ernor, he together with the secretary of state and treasurer, shall