Repeal of part

of act.

Verona.

Windsor.

Clarkson.

Cross Plains.

Forest.

Lowell,

ate town by the name of Madison, and the first town meeting shall be held at the capitol.

SEC. 27. That the thirteenth section of the act to which this is amendatory which entitles the three supervisors of the town of Madison to a seat in the county board of supervisors, approved February 2, 1846, is hereby repealed.

SEC. 28. That township number six, north of number eight, east, in Dane county, shall constitute a separate town by the name of Verona, and the first town meeting shall be held at the school house, in said town.

SEC. 29. That townships numbers eight and nine, north of ranges numbers nine and ten, in Dane county, shall constitute a separate town by the name Windsor, and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Horace Lawrence.

SEC. 30. That township number nine, north of ranges numbers seven and eight, east, in Dane county, shall constitute a separate town by the name of Clarkson, and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of John Clark.

SEC. 31. That township number seven, north of range number seven, east, shall constitute a separate town by the name of Cross Plains, and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of John W. Thomas.

SEC. 32. That township number fifteen, north, and the south half of township (of) number sixteen, north of range number nineteen, east, in the county of Fond du Lac, be, and the same is hereby set off into a separate town by the name of Forest, and that the first town meeting be held at the house of George Chase, in said town.

SEC. 33. That sections number thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty.six, and the south half of sections numbers twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, and thirty, in township number eleven, north of range number fourteen, east, in the county of Dodge, be, and the same is hereby attached to the town of Lowell, and shall hereafter be known as a part of said town.

SEC. 34. That township number thirteen, north of range Le Roy. number. sixteen, east, in the county of Dodge, be, and the same is hereby attached to the town of Le Roy, and shall

hereafter form a part of the said town of Le Roy,

SEC. 35. That the name of the town of Bark River, in the Cold Springcounty of Jefferson, is hereby changed to that of Cold Spring, and shall hereafter be known by that name, and the next town meeting shall be holden at the tavern of D. B. Peck, in the village of Cold Spring.

SEC. 36. That township seventeen, north of ranges six- Brighton. teen and seventeen, east, and the fraction of township eighteen, in range sixteen, lying south of Fox river, in Winnebago county, be organized into a separate town, by the name of Brighton, and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of John Smith.

SEC. 37. That that part of Fond du Lac county embraced in township fifteen and the south half of township sixteen, of ranges numbers eighteen and nineteen, be organized into a separate town by the name of Taycheedah, and that the first town meeting be held at the school house in Taycheedah.

Taycheedah

Provisions of

ed.

SEC. 38. That so much of any law or laws of this territory as conflict with the provisions of this act, be, and the laws repealsame are hereby repealed, and the said several towns incorporated in this act shall be entitled to, and enjoy all the rights and privileges of other towns in this territory.

Creek.

SEC. 39. That township number fifteen, north of range Seven Mile sixteen, east, in the county of Fond du Lac, be, and the same is hereby set off and organized into a separate town by the name of Seven Mile Creek, and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of Peter T. Lang.

SEC. 40. That township one, north of range ten, east, Avon. in the county of Rock, shall constitute a separate town, and shall be known by the name of Avon, and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of William Crippen, on the first Tuesday in April next, at the time fixed by law.

Aots repealed

SEC. 41. So much of any act or acts of this territory as conflict with the provisions of this act is hereby repeal

ed.

WILLIAM SHEW,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

MASON C. DARLING,

APPROVED February 11, 1847.

HENRY DODGE.

President of the Council.

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Depositions bow taken.

Depositions how used.

AN ACT

To provide for taking the depositions of persons out of the territory to be used before justices of the peace.

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

SECTION 1. That the depositions of persons out of the territory of Wisconsin, to be used in cases before justices of the peace, within this territory, may be taken in the same manner, and under the same regulations as depositions are now authorized by law to be taken of persons within this territory, and shall be subject to the same exceptions: Providel, that in no case shall more than forty days' notice of the taking such depositions be required to be given to the adverse party.

SEC. 2. In cases of appeals from any decision or judgment of a justice of the peace, the deposition taken under this, or any other law of the territory, and used before the justice on the trial before him, may be used in the court to which such appeal shall be taken, in the same manner, and subject to

such exception for informality, or irregularity, and none others, as were taken to said depositions in writing, before the trial, in the justices court where the same were used.

To authorize school district No. 1, in Richmond, and 6, in Johnstown, to renew a tax warrant, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. That the trustees of joint school district number one, in the town of Richmond, Walworth county, and number six, in the town of Johnstown, Rock county, are hereby authorized to renew a tax warrant, issued for the collection of one hundred and eighty-five dollars, which was ordered to be raised at their last annual meeting, for the purpose of building a school house.

SEC. 2. The acts of the commissioners of schools in organizing the school district named in the first section of this act, are hereby sanctioned and legalized.

WILLIAM SHEW,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

MASON C. DARLING,

APPROVED, February 11, 1847.

HENRY DODGE.

President of the Council.

AN ACT

To legalize the official acts of the collectors of Manchester and Stockbridge, in the county of Calumet.

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

SECTION 1. That the official acts of the collectors of the towns of Manchester and Stockbridge, in Calumet county, for the year 1846, shall not be deemed invalid for the reason that their returns were not made within the time required by law.

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

SECTION 1. That the auditor of the territory be and he is hereby authorized and directed to issue to George Collier