ject to execution

debt.

SEC. 13. The property of every individual, which may be Property sub invested in said corporation shall be liable to be taken in exe- in payment of cution for the payment of his or her debts, in such manner as is or may be provided by law: Provided, that all debts due said company from such individuals shall be first paid.

SEC. 14. The debts and liabilities of said corporation shall Directors, when individually linot exceed in amount at any one time fifty per cent. of its capi- able. tal actually paid in, and if debts and liabilities shall at any time be incurred to a greater amount than by this section is provided for, the directors of said company shall be jointly and severally individually liable for such excess, in addition to their other liabilities as provided for in this act.

creased

SEC. 15. The directors of said company may, at any annu- Stock-how inal or special meeting of the stockholders, with the consent of a majority in amount of said stockholders, provide for such increase of the capital stock of said company to complete said road.

SEC. 16. If said company shall misuse or abuse any of the Limitation. 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.

Company

SEC. 17. The said company shall be liable for all injury Liability of which any person may sustain in his person or property, by reason of the said road being out of repair, or of any defect in said road.

SEC. 18. This act may be altered or amended by any future legislature of the State of Wisconsin.

FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved, March 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

An Act to amend Section Fifty-six of Chapter Sixteen, of the Revised Statutes

Chap. 149. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. That so much of Section fifty-six, of chapter sixteen, of the Revised Statutes, as provides that the damages allowed by the Supervisors in the laying out or altering any highway, shall not in the aggregate exceed fifty dollars upon any one road so laid out or altered by them, is hereby repealed. FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved March 6th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY:

Chap. 150. An Act to amend Chapter nineteen, of Title seven, part first of the Revised StatutesThe People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. That so much of Section forty-two, of Chapter nineteen, Title seven, part first of the Revised Statutes, as When Town Su- make it the duty of the Town Superintendent of Common Schools to ap- Schools to apportion the school monies received from the Town portion monies. and County Treasurers, on the first Monday of April in each

perintendent of

Proviso.

Of Notice.

Chap. 151

Chap. 152

year, is hereby repealed, and hereafter it shall be the duty of the said Superintendent to apportion the School monies received from the Town and County Treasurer, on the first Monday of March in each year, or as soon thereafter as they shall receive the same: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to interfere with the provisions of an act for the apportionment of School moneys for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

SEC. 2 The notice hereafter required by subdivision twelve, of section eleven of said chapter nineteen, shall be the same as that provided in section twenty-nine, of said chapter nineteen. FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved, March 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

An Act to appropriate to C. Clements the sum of money 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 C. Clements, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five dollars, in full for publishing proposals for doing the State printing in 1850, which notice was published in the Kenosha Telegraph, by order of the Secretary of State. FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved March 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

An Act to appropriate to Timothy Burns 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 Timothy Burns the sum of six hundred and twenty-one dollars, in full for ser

vices as commissioner in locating state lands, 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.

Approved, March 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

An Act to appropriate to Thomas Bullen the sum of money therein named.1

The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate Chap. 153 and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to Thomas Bullen, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten dollars in full payment of principal and interest due on Territorial Scrip numbered eight hundred and eighty-nine, dated February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-two.

FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved March 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

An Act to appropriate to John W. Hunt the sum of money therein named.

The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate Chap. 154 and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to John W. Hunt to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twenty-five dollars in full pay and satisfaction for twelve and a half days work in writing up the journal of the Senate for the session of eighteen hundred and fifty. SEC. 2. There is hereby further appropriated to John W. Hunt the sum of five dollars to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated in full pay and satisfaction for writing up the journal of the Assembly for the session of eighteen hundred and fifty, to be paid to the said Hunt on presentation to the Treasurer of the certificate of the Secretary of State that the said Hunt has completed the writing up of said journal. FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.
SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved, 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap. 155 An Act to vacate a portion of the plat of the village of Darlington in the county of

La Fayette.

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

SECTION 1. Block twenty-three and Galena and John streets in the village of Darlington be and the same are hereby vaca

ted.

FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governer and President of the Senate.

Approved, March 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

Chap. 156

An Act to amend Section two of Chapter one hundred and eight of the Revised Stat

utes.

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

SECTION 1. Section two, of Chapter one hundred and eight of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended so that the same How suit may shall read as follows: "Any one or more of the persons so hold

be brought.

Proviso.

ing lands may institute a suit in the circuit court for the county in which the lands, or any portion thereof lie, by a bill in equity for a division and partition thereof, according to the respective rights of the parties interested therein, and for a sale of such premises, if it shall appear that the partition thereof cannot be made without great prejudice to the owners: Provided, That when suit is thus instituted if the complainants bill does not ask for a division and partition or sale of all the lands so owned by the parties to the bill, either of the parties thereto may cause said bill to be so amended as to include all the lands thus owned: Provided also, That when there shall be no appearance on the part of the defendant or defendants to the suit, the comWhen complain plainant shall pay the costs of suit and partition, unless his bill al to pay costs. of complaint asks for a division and partition or sale of all the lands owned by said parties as in the first section of this act mentioned, or unless the said defendant or defendants shall have been served with personal notice.

Proviso.

FREDERICK W. HORN,

Speaker of the Assembly.

SAMUEL W. BEALL,

Lt. Governor and President of the Senate.

Approved March 6th, 1851.

NELSON DEWEY.

An Act authorising [the construction of Wharves in the city of Milwaukee.

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

Chap. 157

struction.

SECTION 1. It shall be lawful for the alderman of the Third Ward of the city of Milwaukee, to cause the construction of a substantial wharf four feet in height above the surface of the river, upon so much of the established dock line as lies below or easterly of Milwaukee street, in the Third Ward of said city; also for the alderman of the Fifth Ward of said city, to cause the construction of a like wharf upon the established dock line from the alley between blocks numbered sixty-seven Points of Conand sixty-eight, to the line between fraction three and four in section thirty-two, town seven, range twenty-two, according to the survey of the United States; also to dredge (or excavate) the river in front of said wharves, at least one hundred feet in width, and of sufficient depth to afford safe and convenient navigation of the same for vessels of the largest class; the earth so excavated shall be deposited upon the lots opposite such excavation.

levied and paid.

SEC. 2. To defray the expenses of constructing said wharves Expenses how and of dredging (or excavating) the river in front thereof, as aforesaid, there shall be assessed by the assessors of the said Third and Fifth wards respectively, under the direction of the aldermen thereof, a special tax upon each of the lots fronting on said improvements, in proportion to the extent of front of each such lot, which tax shall be collected in the same manner as is now or hereafter may be provided by law for the assessment and collection of taxes in the city of Milwaukee.

ers of lots how

SEC. 3. The said aldermen shall cause notice to be given Notice to ownto all persons interested, by publication in some daily newspa-ven. per published in the city of Milwaukee, for thirty days, which notice shall state the number of the several lots and blocks on which said improvement is to be made, the names of the owners thereof, if known, a specification of the work to be done, and the length of time in which the improvement is required to be made, by the owner or owners of the several lots therein specified.

elect.

SEC. 4. The owner or owners of any of the said lots may Ownors may im make or cause to be made, a wharf, and dredge or cause to be prove if they so dredged the river in front of his or their lot or lots, in pursu ance of the first section of this act, and no tax or assessment shall be levied or collected upon any such lot or lots: Provided, Proviso. The same shall be completed within six months after the first