tions of said city, and shall be formed only by voluntary enlistments. Every member of each company shall be exempt from highway work and poll tax, from serving on juries, and from military duty during the continuance of such membership. And any person having served the full term of seven years, in either of said companies, shall be for ever thereafter exempt tain services. from serving on juries, from poll tax and from military duty, except in cases of insurrection or invasion.

Firemen ex

empt from eer

When Mayor

may disband

SEC. 64. If any of the said fire companies now formed, or that may be hereafter formed, shall cause, incite, or create any companies riot, mob, quarrel or disturbance with any other company, or any person or persons, the mayor shall enquire into the matter of such riot, mob, quarrel or disturbance and shall disband said company, and require the said company to deliver up its fire apparatus whatever the same may be, and shall prohibit its meetings.

Councils may

make tempora

SEC. 65. The council may make temporary loans on the cred it of the city for pressing and necessary city purposes at a rate of ry loans. interest not exceeding ten per cent per annum, and the amount of said loans with interest shall be paid out of the first taxes assessed and collected after the date or dates of such loan. And the councils shall not authorise, make, or contract for any loan on the credit of said city for a longer period than one year as aforesaid, unless in pursuanee of a vote of a majority of inhabitants thereof voting at a special election held for the purpose within said city, as other special elections are held; and at such election no vote shall be received from any person unless he is qualified to vote according to this act. And it may be lawful for the aldermen of the common council in any ward, Street Commisacting as street commissioners, in pursuance of a vote of the make loans in inhabitants of their ward qualified to vote as aforesaid, to make temporary loans at a rate of interest not exceeding ten per cent. per annum, for the purpose of making or improving the streets, lanes and alleys within their ward, and the said sums so loaned shall be paid out of the first ward taxes assessed and collected after the dates of such loans. And all monies so as aforesaid loaned for the use of the city or any of the wards, shall be received by the treasurer, and disbursed by him as other monies.

SEC. 66.

sioners may

certain cases.

City not liable

The said city shall not be sued nor shall the pro- forward debts. perty thereof be liable for any debt contracted by or in behalf of any ward; but any person having a debt, claim or demand against a ward may sue such ward by its name or number of the city of Milwaukee, as the case may be, and collect the amount of his judgment, claim or demand of the goods, chattels, land and property of such ward, not by law exempt from

Aldermen of

ors of towns.

execution, and service of process upon a majority of the alder men of such ward shall be sufficient notice.

SEC. 67. Each and every ward in said city shall constitute Ward to do du: and be a separate township or town, under the law regulating town and county government; and as such shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers of towns in the county of Milwaukee. And the aldermen of each ward shall be the supervisors of said ward or town, and shall do and perform all the duties required and authorised by law to be done by Supervisors of towns. The alderman of each ward elected to the select council shall be the chairman of supervisors, to meet with and act in the county board of supervisors, in the same manner and with the same rights and powers as by law are prescribed and exercised by other members of said county board.

Aldermen to be overseers of the poor.

City liable for damages by moo or riot

SEC. 68. The almshouse belonging to the said city, and the lands appurtenant thereto, shall be managed and superintended by a joint committee of the select and common councils. Whenever the poor of Milwaukee county and the said city are not provided for by the county, the aldermen of the select council shall have charge of the county poor within his ward, and the aldermen of the common council shall have charge of the city poor of their wards; and in all things relating to their duties as overseers or guardians of the poor, the said aldermen shall be directed, governed and controlled by the laws of the State for the relief and support of the poor. And the said aldermen of the common council shall in all things act as a board within their respective wards, and shall report in writing to the councils, at the expiration of every two months, the number of poor they had charge of during said time, and the amount expended in their relief. And it shall be lawful for the councils at all times to pass and enforce all ordinances necessary for the proper management of the said alms-house and lands, and for the due and proper care and relief of the poor of said city, not inconsistent with the laws of this State.

SEC. 69. In all cases where any dwelling-house or other building or property, real or personal, shall be destroyed within the said city, in consequence of any mob or riot, it shall be lawful for the person or persons interested in and owning such property, to bring suit against the said city for the recovery of such damages as he or they sustained by reason of the destruction thereof, and the amount which shall be recovered in the said action with costs shall be paid out of the city treasury, on certificate of the amount of said recovery and costs by the clerk of the court wherein the said action was brought.

SEC. 70. The person or persons whose property is injured

may

person concern

or destroyed may have and maintain his or their action against Action all and every person engaged or participating in said riot or any and every it mob, to recover full damages for any injury sustained: Provided. red, that no damages shall be recovered by the party injured Proviso against any of said riotors, for the same injury for which compensation shall be made by the city.

rard sha

city may bring

uit to recover consequence of

damages paid in

riot.

SEC. 71. It shall be lawful for the said city, when damages Against whom bly shall be recovered against the city as aforesaid, to bring a suit bed or suits in the name of the city against any or all persons engaged or in any manner participating in said mob or riot, or against the Mayor, Alderman, Justice of the Peace, Marshal, Assistant marshal, or Sheriff, or other officer charged with the maintenance of the public peace, who may be liable by neglect of duty as aforesaid, for the recovery of all damages, costs and expenses incurred by said city, and said suits shall not abate or fail by reason of too many or too few parties defendants being named therein, but the same shall to all intents and purPoses be treated as actions of trespass brought by the owner sof such property.

said

the s

his re

Bridge-by whom to be con

SEC. 72. A wooden bridge shall be constructed across the, Milwaukee river, from Water street in the first ward to the foot structed. of Cherry street in the second ward of said city, twenty feet wide, and without a draw. The first and third wards of said

alty shall build the said bridge across the river proper at Water

I thes

and remove

treet as aforesaid; and the second and fourth wards shall do he remainder of the work to connect the said bridge with the nain land at Cherry street by the first day of March, one housand eight hundred and fifty-two. And after said bridge when Counci's so constructed, the bridge over said river at Chesnut and may construct Division streets shall be removed at the joint expense of the bridge. aid first,second,third and fourth wards in proportion to their tax sts. And if the said bridge should not be constructed as Dove directed, and the bridge at Chesnut and Division streets ot removed by the first day of March, one thousand eight hunred and fifty-two, it shall be lawful and the councils of gaid ty are authorised and empowered to build said bridge and move the said other bridge; and shall assess and collect in e same manner as other city taxes are assessed and collected special tax upon the taxable property in each of said wards the amount of the said work, in proportion to the amount ereof herein directed to be done and performed by each ward spectively: Provided, that if any ward shall have done and Proviso. ly completed its share of said work, then no such tax shall assessed upon such ward.

SEC. 73. Until the first day of August next, the bridges ross the Milwaukee and Menomonee rivers within said city ed by city.

When bridges

to be maintain

Bridges to be

draws.

shall be kept up and supported by the several wards, according to the laws now in force and the system now in use. After the said first day of August next the said bridges shall be kept up, rebuilt, repaired and tended at the expense of said city. SEC. 74. All the said bridges shall forever be and remain free, and to have free of toll, and the three lower bridges across the Milwaukee river shall be so constructed with such draws that any water craft navigating said river can pass through the same, and shall be so attended that no unnecessary delay shall be made to the passing of the same. And the said city shall be liable to pay all damages which any water craft may sustain by delay in passing or by unavoidably coming into contact with such bridge in pass ( ing or attempting to pass the same.

General penal

ties for wilful

ال

SEC. 75. The general laws for the preservation of bridges, injury extended and the punishment by such laws provided for wilful and malicious injuries done thereto, are hereby extended to and shall include the said bridges; and shall apply to any wilful or malicious damage which may be done to either of them by any person or persons whatever. And the Mayor of said city may have and exercise full jurisdiction in administering said laws, and also the ordinances that may from time to time be passed for the regulation and preservation of said bridges, and to enforce the penalties prescribed in said laws and ordinances. And in case any damage may be done by any vessel or water craft, or by the master or commanding officer thereof, such vessel or water craft may be proceeded against under the laws to provide for the collection of demands against boats and vessels. SEC. 76. There shall annually be assessed on the taxable es-how assess property of said city, a city tax for the maintenance of the bridges within the limits of said city, not exceeding in any one year one-half of one per cent. upon the valuation of said taxa ble property, and the said tax shall be assessed and collected, and disbursed in the same manner as the other city taxes are directed to be assessed, collected and disbursed, and shall be assessed and collected at the same time and by the same collectors as the other city taxes.

Tax for maintenance of bridg

ed, &o,

Select Alder

men to be the

SEC, 77. The aldermen or members of the select council shall board of health. Constitute the board of health of said city; but if at any time any of such aldermen should be unable from any cause to perform said duty, it shall be competent for the councils in convention assembled to appoint some competent person of the ward of such aldermen a member of the board in room of such alderman. The board of health shall at all times be subject to and governed by such ordinances, rules and regulations as may be adopted by the councils.

SEC. 78. The said city or any of the wards thereof shal

real estate.

have power to lease, purchase and hold real or personal estate City and wards may purchase sufficient for the convenience of the inhabitants thereof in the and sell certain erection of market houses and other public buildings and for other purposes; and may sell and convey the same at pleasure and the same shall be free from taxation.

to transfer pa

cessors.

SEC. 79. The Clerk, Treasurer and other officers of the Present officers city of Milwaukee as now organised shall transfer all the books, pers, &c., to sucpapers and moneys which may be in their hands, to the City Clerk and Treasurer who may be elected or appointed agreea bly to this act. Provided, That the said Treasurer shall con- Proviso. tinue in the discharge of the duties of his office until the first day of June next, anything in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And if it should be deemed necessary by the present common council, the financial committee of the present board of common council shall audit and adjust the accounts of said Treasurer, and report the same to the councils to be elec-. ted in pursuance of this act for their final action.

SEC. 80. An Act to incorporate the city of Milwaukee ap- Acts repealed. proved January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and forty six, an Act relating to bridges in the city of Milwaukee approved February second, eighteen hundred and forty-six; an act relating to certain streets in the city of Milwaukee approved February second, eighteen hundred and forty-six; an act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of Milwaukee," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; an act to authorise the levy of a special tax in the third ward of the city of Milwaukee, approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; an act to levy a special tax in the fifth ward of the city of Milwaukee, approved March cleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; an act additional to an act to incorporate the city of Milwaukee, approved August tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; an act amendatory to an act entitled "an act to authorise the levy of a special tax in the fifth ward of the city of Milwaukee," approved August nineteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; an act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the city of Malwaukee and acts amendatory thereto, approved March twelfth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine; and all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with, or superceded by the provisions of this act are hereby repealed: Provided, That an act to authorise a Provisc. special tax in the third ward of the city of Milwaukee, approv ed February ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty, shall continue in force three years from and after the passage of this act. And the repeal of said acts and parts of acts shall not in any manner affect, injure, or invalidate any contracts, acts, proceed- tracts ings, suits, vested rights, claims, debts, or demands that may

Repeal not to invalidate con