port to Beloit.

D. Whitney, be, and they are hereby appointed commission- From Southers to lay out a territorial road, commencing at Southport, thence to D. Stevens', thence to Waller's bridge, thence to Knoxon's corners, thence to Liberty, thence to Wilmot, thence along the south line of the territory, as near as the ground. and circumstances will admit, to Beloit.

SEC. 20. That so much of the teritorial road, as now laid, To alter road leading from Delavan, in the county of Walworth, to Wa- from Delavan tertown, by Palmyra, in Jefferson county, as lies between to Watertown the point where said road crosses the line between the lands of Daniel Bigelow and Benjamin Rand, on section twenty, in township three, north of range sixteen east, and the point where it intersects the United States road from Milwaukee to Janesville, is hereby vacated, and the road as now travelled from the point first above described, to said United States road intersecting it at the house of John Byrd, and thence. along said United States road to the second point as above described, is hereby established as a portion of said territorial road.

part of road.

SEC. 21. That so much of the territorial road from Mukwanago to Fort Atkinson as lies between the north and south To vseate quarter line of section thirty-five, and north and south quarter line of section thirty-three, in town five, range sixteen. east, is hereby vacated,

son to Fort Atkinson.

SEC. 23. That Nathan Hazen, George Bartholomew, and From MadiCharles Cornelinson, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a territorial road from Madison to Fort Winnebago, on the nearest and most feasible route.

From a cer

SEC. 23. That Jonathan Lawrence, James T. Mason, and J. W. Graves, be, and they are hereby appointed commission. tain point to ers to lay out certain territorial roads, to wit: Commencing Cooksville. at a certain black oak tree, on the east side of the Badfish, and on the centre line of section thirty-six, townof Rutland, thence sontheasterly, taking the most practicable route to John Curtis' dwelling, thence to Cooksville, so called, in Rock county. Also to lay out another highway, beginning at the From same above mentioned black oak tree, tbence east on the quarter point to M line of section thirty-six, in Rutland, and section thirty oue ville road.

son and

From Bass

in Dunkirk, until it intersects the highway leading from Janesville to Madison, near the dwelling of Esq. Adams.

SEC. 24. That John Shephard, A. B. Vaughn, and S. G. Barber, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to Creek bridge lay out a territorial road, commencing at the Bass Creek to McMillan's bridge, on the road from Beloit to Janesville, from thence on ptairie. the nearest and best route to intersect the road leading from Janesville to Madison through Cookstown, at or near the lone tree on McMillan's prairie.

From a certain to the Watertown

road.

SEC. 25. That Hiram Fuller, E. K. Vaughn, and Westerly McDonald, be, and they are hereby appointed commisand Waupon sioners to lay out a territorial road, commencing at or near the quarter post, between sections twenty and twenty-one, in, town twelve, range fifteen east, thence running in a norther ly direction until it intersects the Watertown and Waupon road.

From Delafield to Fond du Lac.

Act of com

SEC. 26. That Whitman Sales, Chester H. Daily, and George S. Seleck, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a territorial road on the nearest and most feasible route from Delafield to Fond du Lac.

SEC. 27. That the acts of the commissioners of highways missioners de- of the town of Muskego and Vernon, in altering a portion of clared valid. the Milwaukee and Beloit road, on section eighteen, in Muskego, and section thirteen and twenty-four, in the town of Vernon, made December 23, 1844, be, and they are hereby declared valid.

Road to be altered.

From Ayres to old milita ry road.

SEC. 23. That Silas P. Wheeler, John Ingraham, and Hiram Brown, be, and they are hereby appointed commissiouers to alter a territorial road leading from Janesville to Albany. Said alteration to commence where the road now crosses the section line between sections twenty-three and twenty-four, of town three, range nine east, thence to rua west until it again strikes the road as now laid.

SEC. 29. That Lorenzo A. Farr, Abijah Davis, and E. C. Fuller, [Tuller,] be, and they are hereby appointed commis sioners to lay out a territorial road, commencing at Mr. Ayres' dwelling, in Dane county, thence by the way of Palm

er's mills to the old military road, near Mr. Van Winter's, in Columbia county.

SEC. 30. That David Newland, Alvin Foster, William M. Larrabee, and A. S. Story, be, and they are hereby appoint- From Sheboy ed commissioners to lay out a territorial road from Sheboy-con. gan, Sheboygan county, to the town of Horicon, Dodge coun

ty, on the nearest and most feasible route.

gan to Hori

SEC. 31. That Daniel Lovejoy, William Dudley, and Alanson B. Vaughan, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a territorial road, commencing at or From a certain point to near the corners of sections thirteen, eighteen, nineteen, and Janesville. twenty-four, in town five north, on range line between ranges ten and eleven east, thence in a southwesterly direction, via Cookstown, to Janesville, in Rock county.

Milwaukee

SEC. 32. That Daniel Lovejoy, Joseph K. P. Porter, and Robert R. Cowan, be, and they are hereby appointed commis- From Whitesioners to lay out a territorial road, from Whitewater, thence water to the to the Indian ford, on Rock river, town four, range twelve and Mineral east, thence to, at, or near Cook's mills, thence on the nearest Point road. and best route to the territorial road located in 1845, from Milwaukee to Mineral Point, to intersect said road at or east of the point where said road crosses the Pecketonica river.

SEC. 33. That Daniel Lovejoy, Alanson B. Vaughan, and Henry G. Spencer, be, and they are hereby appointed From Jetferson to Camp commisioners to lay out a territorial road from Jefferson, in bell's.bridge." Jefferson county, via Dunkirk, in Dane county, and Cook's mills, on section six, town four, range eleven east, to Campbell's bridge, in Green county.

SEC. 34. That Jonas Maxwell, William H. McIntosh, and Chester Matson, be, and they are hereby appointed commissiyners to lay out and establish a territorial road, commencing at Madison, in the county of Dane, and running thence by way of Palmer's mills, the mouth of Kowan's creek, on the Wisconsin river, lot number one, in section number two, town ten, range seven, thence northwesterly to Adams, the county seat of Sank county.

SEC. 35. That Iere Chandler, James Biggs, and Jonas Shook, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to

From Madi

son to Adams.

to Arena

From Monroe to lay out and establish a territorial road from Monroe, in th county of Green, thence by way of Green's prairie, Speer' settlement, and Blue Mounds, to Arena, in the county o Iowa.

lished.

SEC. 36. That the territorial road from Waupon to Win nebago Rapids, laid out in pursuance of the second section of 66 an act to provide for laying out certain territorial roads Road estab therein named," approved February 3, 1846, be, and the same is hereby established. except so much thereof as lies in the town of Neenah, which the commissioners appointed by the said section are hereby authorized to relay and establish. SEC. 37. That Alvinza Hayward, Thomas L. Summers, ville to Miner and William Fulton, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and complete so much of the territorial road from Janesville via Exeter to Mineral Point, as has not been completed by the commissioners appointed under the act approved February 22, 1845.

From Janes.

al Point.

Time for making returns extended.

SEC. 38. That the time for making the returns of the commissioners appointed by the ninth and eleventh sections of "an act to provide for laying out certain territorial roads therein named," approved February 11th, 1847, to lay cut and establish roads from Manitowoc to Winnebago Rapids, and from Neenah to Rapid Decroche, be, and the same is hereby extended for one year.

SEC. 39. That Elbert Dickenson, Bradly Noyes, and John From Beaver Dunning, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and Dam to De establish a certain territorial road from Beaver Dam, in korra. Dodge county, to Dekorra, in Columbia county, in accord ance with an act entitled "an act to provide for laying out certain territorial roads therein named," and approved February 11th, 1847, any provision in section five of said act that may conflict with the provisions of this act to the contrary notwithstanding.

From Foun.

tain Prairie to

SEC. 40. That A. A. Brayton, James Carr, and V. M. Beaver Dam, Adams, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a territorial road from Fountain Praisie to Beaver Dam, commencing at the angle post No. 4, on the Columbus and Fort Winnebago road, near the dwelling of G. C. Carr,

on section thirty-four, town eleven, range twelve east, thence northeasterly by the mills and store of A. A. Brayton, and Fall river to Beaver Dam in Dodge county.

Rochester to

located.

SEC. 41. That Oliver C. Morgan, James K. Pike, and Prosper Cravath, are hereby appointed commissioners, and Road from empowered to relocate so much of the territorial road from Madison reRochester, in the county of Racine to Madison, in the county of Dane, as lies on sections ten, eleven, fifteen, fourteen, and thirteen, in the town of Whitewater, in the county of Walworth, making such alterations in route of that portion there of, above mentioned, as they may deem advisable, and being governed by the provisions of the law relative to the locatication and establishment of territorial roads generally.

SEC. 42. That J. L. Brooks, C. P. Northup, and Harrison From Wolf Reed, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to river to Lake Winnebago. lay out and establish a territorial road from Wolf river, at or near Wahnakanna, to the steam boat landing on Lake Winnebago, at or near where the quarter line of section twentyseven, town twenty, range seventeen, intersects said lake.

Milwaukee

SEC. 43. That Amasa Dunn, John S. Rockwell and John Rootbury, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners with power to alter [and] amend the territorial road called May alter the north territorial road from Milwaukee to Madison via and Madison Watertown, said alteration to be confined to that portion of road. said road lying between the section line dividing sections. thirty-two and thirty-three, in the town of Lisbon, in Waukesha county, and Reed's mills in the same county.

Commission

SEE. 44. The commissioners appointed under the provisions of this act shall, upon the performance of the work, be entitled to such compensation for their said services, as the county commissioners, or supervisors, as the case may be, of ers' Salary. the counties where such services are performed, shall deem just and proper, to be paid out of the county treasuries of the said counties respectively any law of this territory to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 45. The commissioners appointed under the provi- Roads may be sions of this act may adopt any town or county road as a part adopted. or all of the roads to be laid out under the provisions of this act