Wisconsin Session Laws

VILLAGE Powers and duties of President,
General powers of President and Trustees,

Village authorities-peace officers,
Duties of Marshall,

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Duties of Treasurer,

Trustees to appoint Clerk,

When officers to take oath,

Special meetings,

Vacancies,

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Treasurer to sell, and give certificates,

Treasurer to deposit statement,

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Deeds---when Treasurer may execute,

Proviso,

Treasurer to advertise time of forfeiture,

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Fees for certain services,

Compensation of Street Commissioners,

Trustees to make an annual statement,

Persons redeeming lands, to pay interest at 25 per cent.,

Evidence of publication,

Provision for special election,

of Arena, county of Iowa-aet to change the name of,
of Omro-act vacating part of street in,

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Street vacated,

of Hazel Green, certain road therein declared a public highway,
Declared a public highway,

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of Sheboygan-act authorising trustees of to borrow money,
Corporation may borrow money and issue securities therefor,
Moneys-how to be expended,

of Waucoma—act authorising citizens of to build a meeting house
on the public square of said village,

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of Fond du Lac-act to vacate part of plat of,

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Declared vacated,

of Oshkosh--act to vacate part of town plat of, and to legalise a
subsequent survey,

Declared vacated,

Recent survey, declared legal,

of Westfield, Sauk county-act to vacate part of town plat of,
Declared vacated,

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306

When to take effect,

of Norris, in county of Sauk-act to change the name of,

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of Greenbush, Sheboygan county-act vacating a certain alley in, 419

Declared vacated,

When to take effect,

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

1. AN Act making an appropriation for the payment of money to the Reporter

of the decisions of the Supreme Court,

2. To change the name of the town of Buena Vista, in St. Croix County,

pay Joseph Bowron the sum therein named.

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appropriate money to pay the mileage of the members of the Legislature,
extend the time for collecting and making returns of taxes levied in the
county of Fond du Lac, for the year 1850,

authorize the assessment and collection of taxes in the city of Milwaukee,
appropriate a certain sum of money to the persons therein named,

8. Authorizing the collection of delinquent taxes in the county of Fon du Lac,

9. To authorize the town oard of supervisors of Mineral Point to levy a spe-

cial tax for the support of the Poor of said town,

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change the time of holding the county court for the county of Kenosha,

11. Relating to the village of Madison,

12. To change the name of the town of Elizabeth, in St. Croix County,

appropriate to J. & W. H. Carey, the sum therein named,

appropriate to James P. Greves, the sum therein named,

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appropriate to Hatch & Patterson the sum therein named,

appropriate to J. H. Brown the sum iherein named,

appropriate to Romanzo B. Rice the sum therein named,

appropriate to L. Rice the sum therein named,

extend the time for collecting taxes in the town of Hazel Green, Grant Co.,

appropriate to Alonzo Higley the sum therein named,

grant to the United States an acre of the school section in the city of

Racine,

22. In relation to the publication of legal notices,

23. To establish the Emerald Grove Academy,

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extend the time for collecting and making return of the taxes levied in the

city of Milwaukee for state, county, and school purposes, for the year

1850,

incorporate the fire department of the city of Milwaukee,

legalize the assessment of taxes, and to extend the time for the collection

of the same, in the town of Manchester, in Calumet County,

provide for laying out a certain road therein described,

amend See. 9, chap. 131, of the Revised Statutes,

change the name of the town of Farmersville, Dane County,

appropriate to Samuel W. Beall a certain sum of money,

authorize the construction of a bridge across the Fox River, at Depere,

amend an act entitled" An act providing for the sale of the school sec-

tion in the city of Racine,"

extend the time for collecting taxes in the town of Brooklyn, Sauk Co., 26
amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the appraisal and sale of
school lands, and for granting pre-emptions thereon," approved February
9, 1850,

36. To authorize Richard H. McGoon to construct and maintain a dam across the
Pecatonica river, in La Fayette County,

37. To amend the law in relation to the action of ejectment,

38. To amend sec. II. of "An act to provide for the improvement of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers, and connect the same by a canal,” approved August 8,
1848,

39. Providing for the election of a chief justice,

40. To appropriate to the legal representatives of Jackson Richardson, deceased,
a certain sum of money,

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appropriate to Emory Hall a certain sum of money,'

appropriate to David E. Wood the sum therein named,
pay to F. P. Catlin the sum therein named,

set apart and incorporate the county of Oconto,

extend the time for the collection of taxes in the town of Green Lake,
in Marquette County,

46. To change the name of Sarah Dyer to Sarah Whiting,

47. In relation to public printing,

48. To amend chap. 139 of title 33 of part 4 of the Revised Statutes,

49. To amend "An act to provide a block of marble or granite, to be placed in the
National Monument, at the city of Washington," approved February 9,
1850,

50. To appropriate the several sums therein named,

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pay David T. Dickson the sum therein named,

52. For the apportionment of school moneys for the year 1851,

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53. To regulate the distribution of the income of the school fund,
incorporate the Potosi and Dodgeville Railroad Company,
extend the corporate limits of the village of Madison,
authorize the Milwaukee and Janesville Plank Road Company to construct
branch roads,

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57. To vacate a part of the town plat of the village of Dunkirk Falls, in the
county of Dane,

58. To appropriate to King & Fuller the sum therein named,

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vacate a part of the town plat of the village of Rockport, in the county
..of Rock,

amend chap. 127 of the Revised Statutes,

change the name of the town of Olio, Sheboygan County,

change the course and width of Second street, in the village of White-
water,

vacate a part of the town plat of the Miltimore addition to Janesville,
amend the charter of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Co.,
- amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Kenosha,”
proved February 8, 1851,

66. To set apart and incorporate Door County,

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provide for making returns of the elections in towns to the clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of the county,

68. To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Racine and Rock River
Plank Road Company," approved March 6, 1848,

69. An act to legalize the assessment and collection of taxes in the town and
county of Marathon,

70. To incorporate the Packwaukie Bridge Company,

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vacate certain lots in the village of Saukville, Washington County,
amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Winnebago Lake and
Fox River Road Company," approved March 13, 1848,

73. To amend an act authorizing the laying out of a state road from Sheboygan

to Madison,

74. To appropriate to the county of Racine the sum of money therein named.
75. Making an appropriation for the payment of Canal Bonds numbers fifty-five

and fifty-six,

76. Making an appropriation for the paymant of Canal Bond number fifty-four,

77. To set apart and incorporate the county of Waushara,

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- authorize the construction of a dam across the Milwaukee River,
authorize the laying out of a state road in Marquette and Brown counties, 59

82. - amend an act entitled "An act granting to Marcus Warren and Moses S.

Calkins, the right to keep and maintain a ferry across the Wisconsin River,"

approved February 9, 1850,

83. To divide the county of Brown, and create the county of Ontegamie,

appropriate to Rev. Wesley Lattin the sum therein named,

appropriate to George H. Slaughter the sum therein named,
appropriate to Moritz Shoeffler the sum therein named,
appropriate to Moritz Sheffler the sum therein named,

88. amend an act entitled "An act to authorize Eliphalet S. Miner and Henry

Clinton to improve the navigation of the Grand Rapids in the Wisconsin

River," approved January 29, 1847,

89. To amend chap. 112 of the Revised Statutes, relative to proceedings in at-

tachment,

90. For the relief of the town of Depere, in the county of Brown,

91. To legalize the official acts of the town officers of the town of Ellington,

in Brown County,

92. To provide for the organization of electric telegraph companies,