at the county seat, during the months of October and Novem- may be paid. SEC. 3. That if any person or persons shall fail to pay the When taxes taxes charged against him, her, or them, on or before the second Monday of December next, after the same shall have been charged, such person or persons may pay the same at any time before the treasurer shall have distrained any prop erty, or sold any lands, or town lots, for the payment of such taxes, but shall be charged with ten per centum thereon for the use of the treasurer. urer shall SEC. 4. That the county treasurer shall make sale of de- When treas linquent lands and town lots, at the time, place, and same manner, that is now prescribed by law for the collector to do the same. in the make sale for county delinquent taxes. out of What property liable for SEC. 5. That if no lands or town lots be found, which to make the taxes, charged on personal property, the taxes. county treasurer may proceed at any time subsequent to the second Monday of December next, after such taxes shall have been charged, to collect the same by distress and sale of goods. and chattels, belonging to the person or persons charged with such delinquent taxes, in the same manner that is now by law required of the county collector. tion of treas SEC, 6. That the county treasurer shall be allowed the Compensa same compensation for selling delinquent lands and town lots, urer. and for making distress and sale of goods and chattles, for payment of taxes, that is now by law allowed the county collector for the same. Duty of treas arer. Per contago of treasurer. Oftoo of col SEC. 7. That the county treasurer shall do and perform all acts and duties that are now by law required of the county collector, which do not conflict with the provisions of this act. per SEC. 8. That the county treasurer shall be allowed one centum on all monies by him received or collected on the tax duplicate, not otherwise provided for in this act, in addition to the fees now allowed him by law.. SEC. 9. That the office of county collector, in the county lector abolish- of Grant, is hereby abolished. SEC. 10. That this act shall take effect from and after the first Monday of January next. WILLIAM SHEW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED, February 11, 1847. HENRY DODGE. President of the Council AN ACT To legalize the official acts of S. F. Seabury and Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That the official acts of S. F. Seabury, while acting as a justice of the peace, for the county of Iowa, shall not be deemed invalid on account of any informality or illegality in the election of said Seabury, but his said acts shall be as legal and binding as if his election had been in all respects conformable to law. SEC. 2. That the acts of Moses W. Rowley, a justice of the peace in and for the county of Dodge, shall not be considered illegal on account of any illegality, or informality in his election, but all his acts shall be as binding as if his election had been legal in all respects. WILLIAM SHEW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Council. APPROVED February 11, 1817. HENRY DODGE. AN ACT To provide for laying out certain territorial roads therein named. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That N. F. Hyer, D. L. Mills, and M. H. Dickinson, be, and they hereby are appointed commissioners Janesville to to lay out and establish a territorial road, commencing at Madison. Janesville, thence on the nearest and most direct practicable route, by Stone's bridge, Catfish mills, and Dunkirk, to Madi son, in Dane county. SEC. 2. That Jacob F. Adriance, Benjamin Seabring, and Grafton to Barton Sailsbury, be, and they are hereby appointed com- Fond du Lac. missioners to lay out a territorial road from Grafton, Wash ington county, to Fond du Lac, in Fond du Lac county, by such direct route as they shall find to be most feasible. SEC. 3. That Frederick Hilger, [and] John Mattis, be, Grafton to ingtor to Beaver Dam. and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a territorial road from Grafton, Washington county, to Prairieville, by the way of Cedarburg. SEC. 4. That T. W. Merrito, W. F. Stewart, and R. Sauk Wash Holmes, are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay out and establish a territorial road, from Sauk Washington, Washington county, to Sailsbury's mills, thence to Beaver Dam, in Dodge county, on the most direct and eligible route. to De Korra. SEC. 5. That John H. Manahan, Eli B. Chapman, and Beaver Dam John Van Eps, are hereby appointed to lay out and estab lish a territorial road, from Beaver Dam, Dodge county, to De Korra, Columbia county, by such route as they shall deem most suitable, and section three of an act entitled "an act to provide for the laying out of the territorial roads therein mentioned," approved February 3d, 1846, is hereby repealed. Alteration of Madison and SEC. 6. That the territorial road, known as the Madison Chicago road. and Chicago road, shall be, and the same is hereby so altered as to run west on the state line, from the point where it now strikes the state line, to within about sixty rods of the section corner between sections thirty-four and five, thence north, by the head of a spring, on P. W. Lake's land, thence north west, so as to strike the section line between sections thirty-four and thirty-five, at or near said Lake's gate, thence north, on said section line, to, or near a log house, on the land of Joseph J. Crumb, thence north westerly, so as to strike the north line of James A. Maxwell's farm, eighty rods west of the north east corner of section twenty-seven, thence dus north to the Bigfoot, or Geneva road, thence west to the ter ritorial road, near Douglas' tavern, and that so much of the said territorial road, as lies between said Douglas' tavern, on Bigfoot Prairie and the state line, is hereby declared to be vacated. Columbia to SEC. 7. That John Converse, George Knowles, and Syivester Corban, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a territorial road, from Columbus, in Columbia county, to Green Lake, in Marquette county, and section eight, of an act entitled "act to provide for the laying out the territorial roads therein mentioned," approved February 3, 1846, is repealed. returns made. SEC. S. Said roads shall be laid out, and returns made, Roads how agreeable to the provisions of an act to provide for laying out laid out and and opening territorial roads, and for other purposes, passed January 11th, 1840, and when so laid out shall be public highways, according to said act, and each of the aforesaid board of commissioners are hereby authorized to adopt as part of the roads hereby authorized any part of such public roads, heretofore laid out, as shall be suitable and proper. SEC. 9. That Evander M. Soper, Loyal H. Jones, and From Manito James D. Doty, be, and they are hereby authorized to lay out Woe to Win. and establish a territorial road, from Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc, to Winnebago Rapids, in the county of Winnebago. woc nebago. SEC. 10. That Rollin M. Pratt, Adam H. Van Slyke, Waterford to Southport. and William Hovey be, and they hereby are appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a territorial road from Waterford, in the county of Racine, on the best and most eligi ble and practicable route to intersect the Burlington and Southport road, at Hall and Pratt's tavern, in the town of Paris, in said county, and then to the village of Southport, in said county. croche. SEC. 11. That Harrison Reed, Henry Finch, and Joseph Nenah to Larmier, be, and they are hereby authorized to lay out and Rapid De. establish a road from Neenah, in Winnebago county to the United States road, at or near Rapid Decroche, in the county of Brown. to Waterloo SEC. 12. That John Hacey, H. W. G. McCaffaty, and Hacey's mills S. L. Corlin, be, and they are hereby appointed commission- road. ers to lay out and establish a territorial road, from Hacey's mills, in Dodge county, to the road from Waterloo, to Columbus, and to intersect the above named road at the distance of one mile and a half from the village of Columbus. Madison to SEC. 13. That S. L. Corlin, C. S. Bristol, and John Manson, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to Waupon. make such alterations in a territorial road leading from Madison to Waupon, by the way of Columbus and Beaver Dam, as in their judgment may be expedient. |