for permanent the several towns in the county of Columbia on the first Tues- Electors to vote day in April, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, the electors of location said county shall be and are hereby authorised to vote for the permanent location of the county seat of said county at Fort Winnebago in said county; if said Fort Winnebago shall receive a majority of all the votes cast on that subject at such town meetings, then Fort Winnebago shall be and remain the permanent county seat of said county. same as for gen SEC. 2. The same restrictions and qualifications shall be ob. Restriction, &c. served by the people and authorities in conducting the election eral election. for the location of the county seat as is now provided by law for conducting general elections. Returns to be SEC. 3. The votes cast for the location of the county seat, canvassed as reshall be returned and canvassed in the same manner as votes turns for election of County cast at elections for county officers. officers. SEC. 4. The votes shall be by ballot and shall have written Form of Vote. or printed, or partly written and partly printed on each of them the words "Fort Winnebago, Yes," or "Fort Winnebago, No." SEC. 5. If said Fort Winnebago shall not receive a majori- Seat shall be esty of all the votes cast on this subject at such town meetings, tablished at then the county seat shall be permanently established at Wyo cena. When County wyocena. make deed of Land necessary for County SEC. 6. The proprietors of the village where the said coun- Proprietors to ty seat may be located, shall make to the county a warrantee deed of land suitable and sufficient upon which to erect all coun- building. ty buildings, to be selected by the board of Supervisors of said county. visors to notify of result-who the same. SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the board of Clerk of SuperSupervisors within ten days after the votes cast upon this sub- Clerk of Court ject have been canvassed, to notify the Clerk of the county shall publish court of the result of such election for the location of the county seat, and upon the receipt of said notice, the Clerk of the court shall cause the same to be published in one of the newspapers printed in the village of Madison, and also in the newspapers published in the said county of Columbia. Location fixed on publication SEC. 8. From and after the publication of said notice, the county seat of said county of Columbia, shall be located in ac- of notice. cordance with said notice, namely, at Fort Winnebago, if a majority of all the votes cast on that subject are in favor of that place, or at Wyocena, if a majority of all the votes cast on that subject are not in favor of Fort Winnebago. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. DUNCAN C. REED, President pro tempore of the Senate. Approved, March 15th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. An Act to appropriate to the County of Rock, the sum herein named The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and six dollars and eighty cents, to be paid to the treasurer of the county of Rock, in full for keeping and maintaining Thomas H. Dodson, a state convict, for the term of forty-two weeks, prior to and up to the twelfth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. DUNCAN C. REED, President pro tempore of the Senate. Approved, March 15th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. Chap. 314 Boundaries. An Act to incorporate the City of Milwaukee. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. That the district of country included within the following limits and boundaries in township numbered seve of range numbered twenty-two east, in the county of Mila kee, to wit: Beginning on the lake shore, in the northerly tar of Milwaukee Bay, where it is intersected by the section in running east and west on the north side of section numbere twenty-two, thence west along said line 5 chains to the cur ter section post between sections fifteen and twenty two, then north on quarter section line, twenty chains to the norther corner of the south-east quarter of the south-west quarter said section fifteen, thence west to the north-west corner said quarter quarter section, thence south to the south-we corner of said quarter quarter section, so as to include Alms House farm, thence west along said section line and north line of section twenty-one and section twenty, to quarter post on the north line of section twenty, thence s along the quarter section line to the centre of said section bered twenty, thence west along the quarter section line said section numbered twenty, and section numbered ninez to the west line of said township and range, thence south a the said range line to the north boundary line of township bered six, thence east along said north line to the lake shore the southerly part of Milwaukee Bay, thence from a therein in range with the south side of the south pier of the government harbor, the line shall diverge and run south easterly in a direct line to and along the south side of said pier to the further extremity thereof, and five hundred feet beyond, and from thence due east to the eastern boundary of the State in Lake Michigan, thence north to a point opposite the place or point of beginning, thence west to the place or point of beginning, shall be a city, by the name of "Milwaukee," and the people now inhabiting, and those who shall hereafter inhabit within the district of country hereinbefore described, shall be a municipal corporation, by the name of the "City of Milwau- Name of City. kee," and shall have the general powers possessed by cities, at the common law; and in addition thereto shall possess the powers hereinafter specifically granted; and the authorities thereof shall have perpetual succession, shall be capable of Corporate Powcontracting and being contracted with, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all courts of law and equity; and shall have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at pleasure. SEC. 2. For the better government of the said city, the district of country comprised in the limits described in the first section of this act, shall be divided into five wards, as follows: All that part of said district which lies east of the middle of Milwaukee river and north of the middle of Wisconsin street, shall be the first ward; all that part of the said district which lies west of the middle of Milwaukee river, and north of the middle of Cedar street, and its extension to the west line of the city, shall be the second ward; all that part of the said district which lies east of the middle of the said river, and south of the middle of Wisconsin street, shall be the third ward; all that part of the said district which lies west of the middle of said river, south of the middle of Cedar street, and within sections numbered twenty-nine and thirty, shall be the fourth ward, and the residue of said city shall be the fifth ward. ers. Division by Wards. who to elect. SEC. 3. On the third Tuesday of May next, and on the first City officersTuesday of April in each year thereafter, the male persons who are qualified by the constitution of this State to vote for State and county officers, and who have resided within the city one year, and within the ward where they shall propose to vote ten days next preceding any election, may, within their wards, at such places as may be designated by the present Common Council for the said first election to be held on the third Tuesday of May next, and by the Select and Common Councils for the elections thereafter, vote for one Mayor, one Treasurer, one Marshal, and one Attorney for the city; and for the ward in which they vote, one Alderman, to represent said ward in Aldermen to be inspectors of elections. and to be a member of the Select Council of said city, three Aldermen to represent said ward in and to be members of the Common Council of said city; one Constable, one Street Inspector, and three Assessors of Taxes for said ward; and at the election to be held on the first Tuesday of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and at the election to be held each second year thereafter, in and for each ward one Justice of the Peace. SEC. 4. The elections in said city shall be held and conducted by the Aldermen of the Common Council of each ward, who shall be the inspectors of elections, and shall take the usual oaths or affirmations as prescribed by the general election laws of this State to be taken by the Judges and Inspectors of elections, and shall have power to appoint Clerks of such elections, and to administer the necessary oaths. Said election Elections- how shall be held and conducted in the same manner and under the conducted. When oath to be taken. same penalties, and vacancies in the boards of Inspectors thereof filled as required, directed and specified in the laws of this State regulating elections. SEC. 5. If either of the inspectors shall suspect that any person offering a vote does not possess the qualifications of i elector, or if such vote be challenged by an elector, the inspec tor before receiving the vote of any such person, shall require him to take the following oath: "You do solemnly swear ( affirm, as the case may be) that you are twenty-one years a age, that you are a citizen of the United States (or have declare your intention to become a citizen conformably to the laws of the United States, on the subject of naturalization) that you have resided within this city one year and within this ward ter days next preceding this election and that you have not vote at this election ;" and if the person offering to vote shall tak such oath his vote shall be received. And if such person sta take such oath falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of wilful s corrupt perjury, and upon conviction thereof upon indictmen shall suffer the punishment provided by law for persons guilty Penalty for ille of perjury. If any person, who is not a qualified voter sha vote at any election, or if any person duly qualified shall vo in any other ward than the one in which he resides, or sh vote more than once at any one election, he shall be liable an indictment and on conviction thereof shall forfeit and pay sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or less than twentyInspectors to dollars. It shall be the duty of the inspectors to keep a lis challenged votes the names of all persons whose votes may be challenged aforesaid and who shall swear in their votes; and if any inspe tor shall knowingly and corruptly receive the vote of any p son not duly authorised to vote, or shall make out false retur gal voting. keep a list of Clerks-Penal ance. of an election, or any clerk shall not write down the name of Inspectors and every voter as he votes, or shall wilfully make untrue and in- ties for malteascorrect count and tallies of votes, each and every such inspector and clerk shall be liable to indictment and on conviction thereof shali severally forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than one hundred dollars. All such indictments shall be tried in the circuit court of the county of Milwaukee, and all the penalties imposed by this section shall be for the benefit of the poor of said city. Inspectors to make duplicate returns to coun tice to aldermen SEC. 6. When an election shall be closed and the number of votes for each candidate or person voted for, shall be counted and ascertained, the said inspectors shall prepare and make ci and give no under their respective hands and seals duplicate returns thereof elected stating therein the number of votes for each person for each and every office, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered such returns to the select and Common Councils at the times and places appointed for them respectively to meet and receive the the same; and within twenty-four hours after the election of Aldermen the inspectors holding such election shall give notice in writing to each of said Aldermen elected of their respective elections. elect Plurality to SEC. 7. The person receiving the highest number of votes at an election for any office created by this act shall be declared duly elected to said office; and in case of a tie or even number of votes having been given to two persons for the same office a new election shall be ordered and held. Every person elected or appointed to office in pursuance of this act shall hold his said office and discharge the duties thereof, for one year, (except Justices of the Peace who shall hold for two years) unless removed therefrom, and until his successor shall be duly elected or appointed and qualified. Persons elected Term of office. or appointed to fill vacancies shall hold their said offices and discharge the duties thereof for the term of and according to the conditions, with the same rights, and subject to the same penalties as the person whose office they may be elected or appointed to fill. SEC. 8. Special elections to fill vacancies in any office or for any other purpose shall be held and conducted by the Aldermen of the Common Council, in and for each ward in the same manner, and the returns thereof shall be made in the same form and manner as general or annual elections, and within such time as may be prescribed by ordinance. SEC. 9. The Select Council of said city shall be composed of one Alderman from each ward, and the Common Council shall be composed of three Alderman from each ward. SEC. 10. The Aldermen elected to the Select and Com Special Elec tions, how made Select Common |