three thousand dollars annually for the purpose of paying any loan which may be made in pursuance of the provisions of the first section of this act, and of paying any interest which shall have accrued or may accrue on such loan; or in case no such loan shall be made, for the purpose of cutting said canal in conformity with the provisions of the first section of this act. SEC. 3. That for the purpose of raising said tax, all property shall be subject to taxation which is subject to taxation by the act to which this is amendatory. SEC. 4. That any and all moneys which the said trustees may raise in pursuance of the provisions of this act eith- For what purpose the maner by loan or tax, shall be deposited with the treasurer of ey to be exthe town of Potosi and expended on the work of cutting the pended. said canal by the said commissioner appointed by the act to which this is amendatory, in the manner directed by said act, and for that purpose the said commissioner shall have the same power of drawing drafts on the treasurer of the town of Potosi as by the act to which this is amendatory he has of drawing drafts on the receiver of the proceeds of the sales of the section of land appropriated by congress for the said work; and the said treasurer is hereby required to pay said drafts and take receipts in the same manner as the said receiver is by the said act requirted to do. WILLIAM SHEW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. President of the Council. APPROVED January 23, 1847. HENRY DODGE. Adjutant draw drafts AN ACT To authorize the Adjutant General to draw on the Treasurer for money to meet certain expenses. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That the treasurer of the territory is hereby authorized to pay on the draft of the adjutant general, such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to meet the expenditures of that office, authorized by law, not exceeding three hundred and twenty-five dollars; for the faithful expenditure of which the adjutant general shall account with the auditor of the territory, and make report to the next legislature, WILLIAM SHEW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MASON C. DARLING, President of the Council. APPROVED, January 23, 1847. HENRY DODGE. AN ACT To authorize the trustees of Washington school district No. 2, in Snake Hollow school town, in Grant county, to sell the old school house and levy an additional tax to build a new one. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That the trustees of Washington school dis- School house trict number two in Snake Hollow school town, in Grant to be sold and a new one county, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to erected. Tax to be SEC. 2. Should the proceeds arising from the sale of the school house and lot, as stated in the first section, be insuffi- levied. cient to purchase a lot and build a school house, the said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to levy an additional tax on all the land and personal property in said district, not exceeding two per cent, for the purpose of purchasing a lot and building a new school house in said district. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. WILLIAM SHEW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MASON C. DARLING, President of the Council. APPROVED, January 23, 1847. HENRY DODGE. Act repealed. ses. AN ACT To repeal "An act to incorporate the village of Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That an act entitled "An act to incorporate the village of Beloit," approved February 24th, 1845, be and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. That all monies now in the hands of the officers The money to be applied for of said corporation, collected by tax or otherwise for the use school purpo- of said corporation, shall be paid over into the hands of the trustees of common schools for the district or districts in which such incorporation is located, for them to be used for school purposes in said district or districts: Provided, that no monies belonging to said corporation shall be paid over until all debts against the same shall have been satisfied; and the treasurer of said corporation is hereby authorized to retain the said monies in his hands and apply them to the payment of all claims against said corporation which shall be presented to him for payment within four months after the passage of this act, after which the residue, if any remaining in his hands, shall be paid over to the said district or districts. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Claims to be presented within four months. WILLIAM SHEW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. MASON C. DARLING, President of the Council. APPROVED, January 23, 1847. HENRY DODGE. AN ACT To incorporate the Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: SECTION 1. That M. C. Darling, N. P. Tallmadge, Wil- Commissioners appointed, liam Farnsworth, R. P. Harriman, Henry Concklin, John A. and for what Eastman, Moses Gibson, or any of them, be and they are purpose.' hereby appointed commissioners to do and perform the seve ral acts hereinafter mentioned; that is to say, they shall procure a suitable number of books, in each of which they shall enter or cause to be entered as follows, to wit: We whose names are hereunto subscribed do promise to pay the president and directors of the Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Rail Road Company the sum of fifty dollars for every share set opposite our respective names, in such manner and proportions and at such times as shall be determined by the president and directors of said company, in pursuance of an act of the legislative assembly of the territory of Wisconsin, entitled "An act to incorporate the Sheboygan and Fond du Lac Rail Road Company." Witness our hands this of day Notice to be given of the books. one thousand eight hundred and forty And shall thereupon give notice in such newspapers as to them shall seem proper when and where said books shall be opening of kept open to receive subscriptions for the stock of said company, at which respective times and places one or more of the commissioners shall attend, and permit all persons of lawful age who shall offer to subscribe in the said books in their or in the name of any other person who shall authorize the same, for any number of shares in the said stock; and the said books shall be kept open at least six hours in every periodical day, for the space of ten days, or until there shall |