AN ACT To provide for levying a tax on Jefferson school district in the town of Grafton for building a school house, and on district number one, in the town of Elkhorn, for the same purpose. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: levy tax. SECTION 1. That the trustees of Jefferson school district, Trustees of Jefferson in the town of Grafton, Washington county, are hereby auschool district thorized to levy a tax upon all the taxable property in said authorized to school district not exceeding six hundred dollars, for the purpose of building a school house and appurtenances and the purchase of a site for the same: and that said tax be collected, and, accounted for, in the same manner as other school district taxes. Provided, that the legal voters of said district Proviso. vote to raise said tax in the manner now provided by law. number one in thorized to SEC. 2. That the trustees of school district number one, Trustees of in the town of Elkhorn, Walworth county, are hereby au- school distriot thorized to levy a tax upon all the taxable property in said Walworth district, not exceeding six hundred dollars, for the purpose county, an of building a school house therein, and for the purchase of a levy tax. site therefor, and of suitable appurtenances: Provided the Proviso. legal voters of said district shall vote to raise said tax in the manner now provided by law. SEC. 3. The said last mentioned tax shall be collected and accounted for, in the same manner as other school district taxes. TIMOTHY BURNS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Council. APPROVED, February 26, 1848. HENRY DODGE. To change the name of Mary Ann Conner and. and make her the heir at law of Harris H. H. Briggs and Eleea Briggs.. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That the lawful name of Mary Ann Conner shall hereafter be Sarah Briggs, by which name she shall be called and known to all legal intents and purposes. SEC. 2. The said Sarah Briggs shall be the child and heir at law of Harris H. H. Briggs and Eleea Briggs, the wife of said Harris, and it shall be the duty of the said Harris H. H. Briggs, and Eleea Briggs, to maintain and educate the said Sarah in the same manner as if she were their natural child: Provided however, that nothing in this act contained shall preclude the court of chancery, or any other court of competent jurisdiction from taking into their custody the said Sarah Briggs, as a ward of said court, and from the disposing of her in such manner as shall seem meet to them; nor shall any thing in this act contained prevent the natural parents of said Sarak from having the custody and care of her, in case such court or courts may deem it for the best interest of.the said Saarh, that such nat rai parents shou d have the care of maintaining and educating her. TIMOTHY BURNS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. HORATIO N. WELLS, President of the Council. APPROVED, February 28, 1848, HENRY DODGE. AN ACT To change the name of Henry Heap, to Henry Heap Kendall. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That Henry Heap's name be, and the same is hereby changed from Henry Heap to Henry Heap Kendall. TIMOTHY BURNS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. HORATIO N. WELLS, President of the Council. APPROVED, February 28, 1848. HENRY DODGE. AN ACT To dissolve the marriage contract between Samuel Burdick and Ellen Burdick. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin : SECTION 1. That the marriage contract heretofore existing between Samuel Burdick and Ellen Burdick, be, and the same is hereby dissolved, and the parties to the contract are by virtue of this act restored to all the rights and privileges of unmarried persons. TIMOTHY BURNS. Speaker of the House of Representatives. HORATIO N. WELLS, President of the Council. APPROVED February 28, 1848. HENRY DODGE. Name and poration. AN ACT To incorporate the Du Lac Academy. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That there be established and located in the style of cor village of Milton, Rock county, a seminary of learning, by the name and style of the "Du Lac Academy," and that A. P. Blakeslee, Nathan G. Storrs, L. G. Baldwin, A. Allen, A. Walker, C. G. Stillman and J. Stillman, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby created a body politic by the name and style of "The Trustees of the Du Lac Academy," by which name they and their associates and successors shall forever be known and declared; and shall have succession, and power to acquire, receive, purchase, possess, hold, retain and enjoy, in deed and in law, to themselves and their successors, property, real, personal and mixed, and the same to sell, grant, or convey, rent or otherwise dispose of at pleasure, for the purposes of education, and no other: Provided, the amount of real estate owned by said association shall at no time exceed the sum of ten thousand powers of dollars; and they shall have power under said corporate General name, to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, corporation. plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts and places, in all suits, actions and complaints and causes whatsoever; and they shall have a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure. SEC. 2. The stock of said corporation shall consist of Amount and shares of five dollars each, which shall be deemed personal stock. nature of property, and be transferable on the books of said corporation in such manner as may be directed by the trustees of said academy. elected. Sec. 3. The corporate concerns of said corporation shall Officers how be managed by a board of seven trustees, and a majority of said trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. They shall be elected annually on the first Monday of June, by the stockholders of said company, and shall hold their office for the term of one year, and until others are chosen in their place. The election shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share owned by him to the number of four shares, and one vote for every four shares owned by him over and above the number of four shares. Votes may be given in person or by proxy. All meetings of the stockholders shall be called by the trus tees, or a majority of them, by posting up notices of said meeting in four public places within the bounds of said stockholders two weeks previously to said meeting. All meetings shall be held in the village of Milton. SEC. 4. The persons named in this act shall be the first Certain perboard of trustees and shall hold their offices for the term of sons trustees. one year from the first Monday in January, 1813, and until others are chosen in their place. SEC. 5. Instruction shall not be given in the school on the Instruction seventh day of the week, Saturday, nor on Sunday the first not to be giv. en or business day of the week; and no meeting of the corporation shall be transacted on held on either of those days for the purpose of transacting certain days. any business relative to the interests of said corporation. SEC. 6. The annual income of said academy shall never exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. SEC. 7. The trustees of said academy (besides the gene |