AN ACT

To amend an act entitled "an act to incorpo rate the village of Southport."

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

SECTION 1. The corporate limits of the village of Southport, shall hereafter include and embrace the district of country following: The southeast quarter of section thirty, fractional section thirty-two, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section thirty-one, the east half of the southwest quarter of section thirty-one, and the east half of section thirty-one, in township two, north of range twenty-three east, and also the north half of fractional section five, the east half of the northeast quarter of section six, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section six, and the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section six, in township one, north of range twenty-three east.

SEC 2. The said village shall be divided into three wards, as follows: The first ward shall include all that district of country within the following bounds, commencing on the lake shore, at the mouth of Pike creek, thence up the center of the main channel of said creek to the quarter section line, at the bridge west of the Congregational church, thence west on the said quarter section line to the western limits of the corporation, thence south along the western limits of the corporation until it intersects a line drawn through the southeast and southwest corners of the first western addition to said village, thence east along said last mentioned line to the southeast corner of said addition, thence north to a point of intersection with the center of Wisconsin street extending westwardly, thence east along the center of said Wisconsin street to the lake shore, thence along the lake shore to the place of beginning. The second ward shall inelude all the

corporate territory of said village lying north of the first ward, and the third ward shall include all the corporate territory of said village lying south of the first ward.

to vote.

SEC. 3. In addition to the persons now qualified by law, every male resident of said village, of foreign birth, of the Who qualified age of twenty-one years and upwards, who shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States pursuant to the laws thereof on the subject of naturalization, shall be a qualified elector of said village: Provided, that no person shall be entitled to vote for village officers, who has not resided in said village for the period of thirty days next preceding any election.

SEC. 4. The president, recorder, marshal, and treasurer Officers to be of said village shall be elected by the qualified electors there- elected. of. There shall be chosen by the qualified electors of each ward two trustees and one assessor tor such ward. The persons respectively having the highest number of votes for the above named offices respectively shall be elected to said effi

ces.

SEC 5. The board of trustees of said village shall meet When meetmonthly at such times and places as the board shall from ings held. time to time determine. The president of the village shall Duty of presi preside at such meetings, and shall have a casting vote in dent. all cases where the trustees are equally divided. Four trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business. In case of resignation or absence of the president, the board of trustees may choose one of their number president pro tempore, and such president pro tempore shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of president of the village for the time. being.

SEC. 6. In case of a vacancy in the office of president or

trustees of said village, the recorder shall give notice of an How vaeanelection as now prescribed by law, to fill such vacancy. In cies filled.

case of vacancies in other offices, the board of trustees shall fill the same by appointment, and the persons so appointed shall hold their offices until the next annual election.

SEC. 7. The president and recorder shall have power to

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call special meetings of the board of trustees whenever, in their judgment, it shall be required.

SEC. 8. In addition to the powers heretofore granted to powers grant the board of trustees of said village, they shall have power to vacate streets and alleys in said village upon petition of a majority of the persons owning lots adjoining said street or alley: Provided, that if any person shall feel himself ag grieved thereby, he shall have the right to a jury to assess the damages and benefits which shall be sustained or accrue to any person by reason thereof, in the manner provided in the tenth section of the act to which this act is amendatory, and the damages and benefits shall be collected and paid as required by said section.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

SECTION 1. That the trustees of school district number Authority of one, in the town of Calumet, Fond du Lac county, be, and trustee, di- they are hereby authorized to levy a tax on the taxable propFond du Law. erty in said district, in the aggregate not to exceed one hund

ttrist No. one

red dollars, for the purpose of paying the debt incurred by said district in building a school house, and to purchase a stove for the same.

six, Sheboy

SEC. 2. That the trustees of school district number six, in the county of Sheboygan, be, and they are hereby authori- Of district No zed to levy a tax on the taxable property in said district, in the aggregate not to exceed two hundred dollars, for the purpose of building a school house.

gan.

Of district No

eighteen,

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SEC. 3. That the trustees of school district number eighteen, in the town of Madison, Dane county, be, and they are hereby authorized to levy a tax on the taxable property in town of Madison, Dane. said district, in the aggregate not to exceed one hundred and twenty-five dollars, for the purpose of building a school house. That the trustees of school district number four, in the town of Windsor, Dane county, are hereby authorized to four, town of Windsor, levy and collect a tax, on the taxable property in said district, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, for the purpose of building a school house in said district, on any land acquired by them for that purpose, a deed or lease for which the said trustees and their successors may receive and hold for the use of said district.

How tax collected and re

SEC. 4. The said tax in the several school districts above mentioned shall be collected and returned in the same manner as is now provided by law: Provided, that a majority turned. of the legal voters in said districts, present at a meeting to be called for that purpose in the several districts, shall vote to levy such tax.

TIMOTHY BURNS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

HORATIO N. WELLS,

APPROVED March 11, 1848.

President of the Council.

HENRY DODGE.