treasury of said corporation subject to the payment of such delinquents proportion, on future losses and expenses, and the balance if any remain shall be returned to the party from whom it was collected, on demand, after thirty days from the expiration of the term for which insurance was made. On failure of funds how to SEC. 10. If the available funds on hand, and the amount of deposite notes should be insufficient to pay the loss occasioned by any fire or fires, in such case the suffers insured by said company proceed. shall receive towards making their respective losses, a proportionate dividend of the whole amount of said deposite, according to the sums to them respectively insured; and in addition thereto, a sum to be assessed on all the members of said company, on the same principles as regulated the amounts of their respective deposite notes, but not exceeding one dollar to every hundred dollars to them respectively insured; and no member shall be required to pay for any loss occasioned by fire, at any one time more than one dollar on every hundred dollars insured in said company, in addition to his deposite note, nor more than that amount for any such loss, after his said note shall have been paid in and expended, but any member upon payment of the whole of his deposite note, and surrendering his policy before any subsequent expenses or loss has occurred, may be discharged from said company: Provided, No policy shall be issued by said company till application be made to such company for insurance to the amount of twenty thousand dol lars at least, and no insurance shall be made by said company for a longer period than seven years. SEC. 11. If it shall happen at any time that an election of di. rectors shall not be made on any day when, pursuant to this act, it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved; but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold and make an election of directors, (by a notice being given by any member of such company) in manner as provided in the second section of this act. Election of di rectors, &c. on. SEC. 12. The operations and business of the Milwaukee Mu- When business tual Fire Insurance Company, shall be carried on in the village of to be carried Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, and this act shall take effect immediately after its passage, and shall continue in force twenty years, but the legislature of this territory or state, as the case may be, may at any time alter, modify, or amend its provisions. SEC. 13. The corporation hereby constituted, may have and use a common seal, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded Powers of corby said corporate name, and the president and directors of said poration. corporation shall have power to appoint such officers, agents, and servants as they may find necessary, prescribe their duties and require bonds for the faithful performance thereof, and may from time to time adopt such by-laws and regulations for the transaction of the business of said company as they may deem expedient; such by-laws and regulations not to be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this Territory; and such laws shall determine as near as practicable the rates of insurance on the To take an oath. Effect of in different classes of property, and the sums to be deposited for any insurance. They shall also fix the sum to be insured, and the majority of the whole number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transacting any business required by this act. SEC. 14. The directors, before they execute any of the duties of their office, except choosing a president, shall severally take an oath or affirmation that they will faithfully, diligently, honestly, and impartially perform the duties of their respective offices, according to the best of their skill and abilities. SEC. 15. If any insurance shall subsist in said company and at or in any other office of insurance, or for any other person or surance with- persons, against the loss by fire, at the same time the said insurout notice, in ance made by the company established under this act shall be any other co. deemed and become absolutely void, unless such double insurance subsist with the consent and approbation of the company. Approved, December 27, 1837. Effect of republication. SEC. 2. Copies of the said act published as provided in the preceding section shall have the same force and effect, and be of like authority in all courts of justice as copies of the original act heretofore printed and published by the Territory of Wisconsin: Provided, That this act shall give no force to the act so to be published beyond what the printed copies now have. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly, SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate. Approved, January 29, 1850. NELSON DEWEY, Chap. 33. Title to be vested &c. An act for the relief of Mary Kinner and Mary C. McCoy. THE People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. That a full and perfect title in fee simple to lots marked on the plats of the United States survey, as lots No. 1, 2, 3, and 4, in section No. seven, (7,) township No. sixteen, (16) north of range No. twelve, (12,) east of the fourth principal meridian; the same containing, according to said survey, two hundred and five, 30-100 acres, be, and the same hereby is, vested in John Shaw, for the sole use and benefit of Mary Kinner and Mary C. McCoy and their heirs. SEC. 2. The said John Shaw may, at any time with the conHow land sold. sent of said Mary Kinner and Mary C. McCoy, convey and dispose of said land, or any part thereof. And the said John Shaw is hereby authorized and empowered, in case of any such conveyance or disposal, to make and deliver all deeds and other instruments necessary to pass the title in fee, or any interest of the said Mary Kinner and Mary C. McCoy in and to said land to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. Board of Public Works to account, &c. SEC. S. The treasurer of the board of public works be, and he Treasurer of is hereby directed, to account to the treasury of said board of public works, for the sum of two hundred and fifty-five 85-100 dollars, being the amount in full paid by John Shaw, for the tracts of land described in this act, in the same manner all other monies coming into said treasury are required to be accounted for by said treasurer: Provided. He produces and delivers up to said treasurer his receipts thereof. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, all laws now in existance to the contrary notwithstanding. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly, SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate. Approved, January 29, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Wisconsin Chap 34. Phalanx." THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Sen ate and Assembly, do enact as follows: & c. SECTION 1. An act entitled "an act to incorporate the Wiscon- Council ausin Phalanx," approved February 6, 1845, is hereby so amended, thorized to sell as to allow and authorize the council to sell and convey real estate by their official act; also to lay out and have recorded a village plat with streets and squares, and public lots. SEC. 2. The said act is further amended by repealing sections sixteen and seventeen of the same. SEC. 3. It shall not be lawful for the council or other officers of said Phalanx to purchase real estate in their corporate capacity after the passage of this act. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly, SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate, Approved, January 29, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to provide for the payment of the salaries of State Officers. THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The following sums are hereby annually appropriated to be paid out of the state treasury, for the objects hereinafter named, to wit: Chap. 35. For the salary of governor, the sum of twelve hundred and fifty Governor. dollars. Secretary of Treasurer. Attorney Gen oral. Superinten dent. Judges. Librarian. For the salary of secretary of state, the sum of twelve hundred dollars. For the salary of state treasurer, the sum of eight hundred dollars. For the salary of attorney general, the sum of eight hundred dollars. For the salary of state superintendent of public instruction, the sum of one thousand dollars. For the salaries of the judges of the circuit courts, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars each. For the salary of state librarian, the sum of three hundred dollars. SEC. 2. The salaries of the above named officers shall be drawn When paya- from the state treasury, in equal quarterly payments, payable upon the first day of January, April, July, and October, of each year. ble. Chap. 36. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt, Governor and President of the Senate. Approved January 30, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to appropriate to George H. Slaughter 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 G. H. Slaugh- any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to G. H. Slaughter the sum of seventy-two dollars, in full for one hundred and forty-four township plats furnished commissioners to locate state lands. rer. Chap. 37. Name changed. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly, SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate. Approved, January 30, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to change the name of Eliza C. Wyman. THE People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The name of Eliza C. Wyman is hereby changed to Eliza C. Brooks. SEC. 2. This law shall take effect immediately. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved January 30, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes for the year 1849, Chap. 38. in the town of New Berlin. THE People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The supervisors of the town of New Berlin, in Supervisors to the county of Waukesha, are hereby authorized to appoint, by appoint asses warrant under their hands, any number of persons not exceeding sors. five, to make an assessment of the taxable property in said town, who shall at the time, be residents thereof; and shall, previous to entering upon their duties, severally take, and subscribe the oath prescribed by law to be taken and subscribed by town assessors. SEC. 2. The persons so appointed and qualified, shall there- Duties of perupon immediately proceed to ascertain and assess the value of the sons so appointaxable property in said town, and complete, review, correct, and ted. certify the assessment roll thereof, in the manner prescribed by an act to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes, passed at the January session of the legislature of the state of Wisconsin, in 1849, and shall deliver the same to the clerk of said town. The Time of delive ery extended. SEC. 3. The said assessment roll, when perfected and delivered Validity of asas aforesaid, shall be of equal validity to, and shall have the same sessment roll, force and effect to all intents and purposes as an assessment roll of said town, made, constituted, and delivered to the town clerk thereof, within the times and in the manner prescribed by said act. SEC. 4. The time for the completion and service of said roll, shall be the 16th day of February, 1859, at 1 o'clock A. M. time for the delivery of the assessment roll, with the warrant annexed, to the treasurer of said town, is hereby extended to the 23d day of February, 1850; and the time for the payment of the state and county taxes apportioned to said town, is extended to the 25th day of March, 1850; and the town clerk and treasurer of said town, are hereby invested with all the powers necessary by law, for making out and collecting the town, county, and state taxes, within the time above specified. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect, and be in force from and after its passage. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved January 29, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act for the division of the county of Racine and the erection of the county of Kenosha. THE People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate und Assembly, do enact as follows: Chap. 39. Boundaries of SECTION 1. All that portion of the present county of Racine, lying within the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing at the south-west corner of said county, and running thence east on nosha. county of Ke |