Votes, how re

tified.

whereon is written or printed the words "For division," those wishing to vote against division, shall deposite a ballot, as aforesaid, "Against division."

SEC. 15. The votes so taken shall be returned and certified to turned and cer the clerk of the board of county supervisors of the county of Washington, on or before the second Tuesday of April next, and shall be canvassed in the same manner as is now provided for by law for the election of county officers, and if a majority of all the votes cast on that subject shall be in favor of a division, then said county of Washington shall be divided, and the county of Tuskola established as hereinbefore provided, and if there shall not be a majority of the votes given as aforesaid then the said county of Washington shall remain with its present boundaries.

the "

Secretary of SEC. 16. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State immeState to cause diately after the passage of this act to have the same published in act to be pubWashington Blade," published at Port Washington, and in lished the "Wisconsin Banner," and "Volksfreund," published in Milwaukee.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

/SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 8, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap 115

D. B. Packer.

An act to change the name of Daniel B. Pecker of Southport.

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

SECTION 1. The name of Daniel B. Pecker is hereby changed to Daniel B. Packer.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

MOSES M. STRONG,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Speaker of the Assembly,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 8, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap 116 An act to authorize R. C. Treat to construct and maintain a bridge across

Bridge built.

Fox river.

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

SECTION 1. That R. C. Treat, his associates, successors, or assigns, are hereby authorized to build, construct, and maintain a bridge across Fox river, on section number twenty-four, (24,) township number sixteen, (16,) of range number eleven, (11,) east.

SEC. 2.

Said bridge shall forever remain free of toll for cros- Bridge to be sing the same, and shall be constructed with a draw, capable of free. letting all boats pass and re-pass through the same without delay, and shall in no manner obstruct the free navigation of said Fox river.

SEC. 3. Any person or persons committing any malicious in- Injuries how jury to said bridge hereafter to be constructed according to the pro- punished. visions of this act, shall be liable to the owner or owners thereof, for the amount of injury so done, and all damages sustained may be collected before any court haying competent jurisdiction, and in accordance thereto, upon convicon therefor be punished in the manner prescribed by law for offences of that nature.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 8, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to confirm the report of commissioners to lay out and establish a state Chap 117

road from Newark to Fond du Lac.

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

SECTION 1. That the report of the commissioners appointed Report conby section five, of an act entitled, "an act for laying out certain firmed. roads therein described, approved March 31st 1849," to lay out and establish a state road from Newark to Fond du Lac, be hereby confirmed, and that the line of said state road be established as reported by said commissioners: Provided, No part of the expense of laying out said road shall be paid from the state treasury.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 8, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to authorize Pliny Pierce to build and maintain a dam on the Manito

woc river.

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

Chap 118

Dam authorized to be con

SECTION 1. That Pliny Pierce, his heirs, successors, and assigns, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to build and maintain a dam across the Manitowoc river, in the county of structed. Manitowoc, upon lots two and eight, in section fourteen, in town nineteen, range twenty-three, east of the fourth principal meridian, o erect mills or other machinery, or in any other manner to make

tain a lock.

use of the water for hydraulic purposes, to build wharves or buildings, that the said Pliny Pierce or his successors may deem necessary for the facilities of business.

SEC. 2. The dam shall not exceed eighty feet raise above the Dam to con- surface of said Manitowoc river at high water, and shall contain a convenient lock or locks, eighty feet long and twenty feet wide, for the passage of boats, barges, batteaux, or other water crafts, whenever the said river above, the said dam, shall be so improved as to be navigable for such boats, barges, or batteaux, and shall maintain said lock, and attend the passage of all boats, etc., through free of all charges to the owners of said boats, etc.

Slide to be built.

SEC. 3. The said proprietor shall construct and keep in good repair a sufficient slide, not less than thirty feet wide, and so constructed as not to cause a fall of more than three feet to every twelve feet of smooth surface, to admit of the passage of all rafts of timber, etc., down said stream.

SEC. 4. The legislature may at any time repeal, alter, or amend this act, so as to provide for the future improvements of the Manitowoc river.

SEC. 5. 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, February 8, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap 119

Road from

An act to provide for laying out a state road therein described.

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

SECTION 1. That Abraham Morton, Jacob Low, and A. A. Buffalo lake to Bull, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish Plover. a state road from the outlet of Buffalo Lake in Marquette county, situated in town 15, section 16, range, 10, to Plover in Portage county: Provided, No expense for laying out said road shall be paid from the treasury of the state.

MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly,

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February 8, 1850:

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to authorize the construction of a dam across the Fox river in the county of Racine.

THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate

and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Chap 120

SECTION 1. James Catlin, his associates, successors, heirs, and Authorized to assigns are hereby authorized to build and maintain a dam not ex- build dam, ceeding four and a half feet in height, across the Fox river in the county of Racine, at or near the south line of section number 33, in township number 3, north of range number 19 east, on any lands there situated, which he may now own, and may make use of the waters of said river for hydraulic purposes: Provided always, That by the building of said dam the navigation of said Fox river shall not be injured in any manner whatever: Also provided, The erection of the dam shall not flow the lands of others than the said Catlin or his associates.

SEC. 2. The legislature may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this act so as to provide for the improvement of said river. MOSES M. STRONG,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate.

Approved, February, 8, 1850.

NELSON DEWEY.

An act to provide for laying out a state road from Manitowoc Rapids to Me- Chap 121

nasha.

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

SECTION 1. That David B. Knapp, David W. Halstead, and Daniel H. Whitney, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a state road, commencing at the Rapids on the Manitowoc river in Manitowoc county, thence along said river on the most practicable route, to or near the forks of said river, intersecting a road now laid out from the forks of said river to Stockbridge in Calumet county, thence westerly along said road, crossing the military road at or near the mission school house in Stockbridge, to Lake Winnebago, thence along the shore of said Lake Winnebago to the village of Menasha in the county of Winnebago.

Commission

ers appointed.

SEC. 2. The said commissioners shall receive such compensation for their services as the board of supervisors in the several Compensation counties through which said road shall pass may deem sufficient: Provided, That the state shall in no wise be accountable for said services.

SEC. 3. That Nathan G. Van Horn, Peter W. Matts, and John CommissionT. Haight, be, and hereby [are] appointed commissioners to sur- ers appointed. vey and lay out a state road from Fort Atkinson in Jefferson, via. Clinton in Dane county to Mineral Point: Provided, That the supervisors of the counties through which said road may be laid

shall pay such amount for such services as to them may seem

Chap 122 an act to change the place of holding the county court in the county of Ra

Court to hold session at Burlington.

Pond to be given.

Court to hold sessions at Waterford.

Bond to be given, &c.

When act to take effect.

cine.

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

SECTION 1. Every other general and special term alternately of the county court in and for the county of Racine in this state, shall hereafter be held at the Odd Fellows' Hall in the town of Burlington in said county, or at such other place in said town as the judge of said county court shall direct until herein otherwise provided.

SEC. 2. A good and sufficient bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars shall be executed to the board of supervisors of said county of Racine, with a condition therein contained, that the obligors named in such bond shall furnish and provide a good and sufficient court room for the holding of said court in said town of Burlington, free of all costs and charges to the county of Racine. The aforesaid bond shall be executed by three or more persons residents of said county, who shall severally take and subscribe an oath or affidavit, stating that he is worth the sum of two thousand dollars, over and above his debts and liabilities, and shall be approved by the judge of the first judicial circuit court of this state, and delivered to the clerk of the board of supervisors of said county of Racine.

SEC. 3. From and after the first Monday in March eighteen hundred and fifty-three, every other general and special term alternately of said county court, shall be held at such place in the village of Waterford in said county of Racine as the judge of said court shall direct, for the term of three years: Provided, That on or before the first day of January A. D. 1853, a bond in all respects similar to the one mentioned in section two of this act, and with like condition to furnish a court room free of charge, at said village of Waterford, shall be executed, approved, and delivered as specified in said section number two.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect when the bond mentioned in the aforesaid section number two, shall have been approved and delivered as hereinbefore specified, and not otherwise. All writs, suits, process, and other proceedings of said court, which shall be returnable at the city of Racine, at the time this act shall take effect, are hereby made returnable at the town of Burlington in said