SEC. 7. That at the annual election of 1851, the voters quali- Vote on counfied, as hereinafter provided, shall deposite with the inspectors of ty seat. elections in the several towns or precincts in said county, a ballot, on which shall be printed or written, or partly printed and partly written, the name of the place voted for as the county seat of said county; and the place receiving a majority of all the votes cast at said election on that subject, shall be declared the county seat of said county: Provided, That if no place shall receive a majority at said election, the question shall be submitted in the same manner at each succeeding annual election, until some one place receive such majority. SEC. 8. Whenever the county seat shall be established, as County buildprovided in the eighth section, the board of county supervisors of ings. said county shall take such measures as they may deem proper to obtain funds to erect county buildings in said county. SEC. 9. The sheriff of the county of Iowa is hereby required Sheriff Iowa to give the legal notice of the election required to be held in said co., to give nocounty of Richland, on the first Tuesday of April next, as the law directs. SEC. 10. All records of Iowa county, relating to persons or property in said Richland county, shall be free of access to, and be free of charge to the proper officers of Richland county, to transcribe. tice of election. SEC. 11. That every free white male inhabitant, who shall Who are qualhave resided in said county six months next preceding any annual ified voters. election, shall be deemed a qualified voter at such election, for the purpose of permanently locating the county seat of said county. SEC. 12. That until the county seat of said county shall be Richmond to located, as provided in the seventh section of this act, the courts for said county shall be held, and all county business shall be transacted, at Richmond in said county. MOSES M, STRONG, SAMUEL W. BEALL, Speaker of the Assembly, Lt. Governor, and Pres't of the Senate. Approved February 7, 1850. be present county seat. NELSON DEWEY, An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Madison and Ocon- Chap. 93. emowoc plank road company. THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. That Norman Clinton, Michell D. Bacon, Wil- Commissionliam Crombie, Daniel W. Kellogg, Andrew Proudfit, N. P. Hawks, ers appointed. Silas Barber, John D. McDonald, Samuel C. Leavitt, H. N. Carlton, Austin Kellogg, D. M. Aspinwell, Charles J. Bell, Charles Gennung, Thomas Brayton, Royal Tyler Millard, and David H. Hyer, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners under the direction of a majority of whom subscriptions may be received to Name and &c. the capital stock of the Waukesha, Jefferson county, and Madison plank and turnpike road company; and they shall cause books to be opened at such times and places as they shall direct for the purpose of receiving subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, first giving thirty days notice of the time and place of taking said subscriptions, by publishing the same in a newspaper in each of the counties of Waukesha and Jefferson. SEC. 2. All persons who shall become stockholders pursuant style of com- to the provisions of this act are hereby created a body corporate in pany-powers law, with perpetual succession, by the name and style of the "Waukesha, Jefferson county, and Madison plank and turnpike road company," for the purpose of constructing a plank and turnpike road from the village of Waukesha, in Waukesha county, to the village of Delafield, thence through Summit Centre to the junction of the Watertown and Madison roads, in the town of Concord in Jefferson county, thence through the town of Farmington to the village of Aztalan and Lake Mills to Madison, and shall have power to connect with other plank and turnpike roads, at such places as the board of directors may determine; and shall also have power to construct a single or double track plank and turnpike road from the junction of the Watertown and Madison road in Concord Jefferson county, to the village of Jefferson in Jefferson county, which said company shall have power to sue and be sued, in all courts, to receive by gift or purchase, and hold all such real or personal estate as may be necessary for the construction and management of said road, and to contract and be contracted with, in all matters pertaining to the object of said road, to have and to use a common seal, and pass all bye-laws necessary for the government of said company. Capital stock $65,000. missioners. SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be sixty-five thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and shall be assignable and transferable in such manner as shall be prescribed in the bye-laws of said company. SEC. 4. Whenever ten thousand dollars of the capital stock of said company shall be subscribed, it shall be the duty of the comDuty of commissioners named in this act to call a meeting of the stockholders, at such time and place as they shall designate, by giving public notice in two or more newspapers published in either of the counties through which the said road is run, for the purpose of choosing seven directors, and the persons then chosen, shall be the first directors of said company, and shall hold their offices for one year and until others are chosen in their stead. The board of diDuty of Direc- rectors shall choose one of their number as president of the company, who shall also hold his office for one year, and until his successor is elected. At any [and] every election of directors of said company, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share of capital stock he shall hold, and may vote in person or by proxy. tors. SEC. 5. The company so organized shall have the right to locate and construct a single or double track plank and turnpike road, between the points mentioned in the second section of this Right to locate act, or any part, of the distance. The track of said road shall be and construct road. constructed of plank, gravel, or charcoal, so as to have a hard, smooth, and even surface, the particular manner of building said road to be determined by the board of directors SEC. 6. That section one, two, three, four, and six, of the act entitled, "an act to incorporate the Madison, and Oconomowoc plank road company," approved March 11, 1848, are hereby repealed. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly, SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate. Approved, February 7, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to authorize the construction of a dam across Rock River. THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Chap. 94. Authority to SECTION 1. Ira Miltimore, his associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby authorized to erect and maintain a dam across build dam. Rock river, at any point he or they may deem most suitable, on any land he or they or either of them may own, in sections twentyone, twenty-two, twenty-seven, and twenty-eight, in town number two, of range twelve east, and to make use of the water in said stream for propelling any kind of machinery he or they may see fit to erect, and to sell or lease the right to use said water to any person whatsoever: Provided, Said dam shall be so constructed as not to interfere with any water privileges now improved on said river. SEC. 2. As soon as Rock river shall be improved and ren- Lock to be dered navigable to said dam, the owners of said dam shall construct built. a convenient lock, not less than one hundred feet long between the gates, and not less than twenty-four feet wide in the clear of the chamber, for the passage of boats, barges, and other water craft, said lock to be in readiness for the passage of boats, barges, and other water craft when said river shall be improved, and the proprietors of said dam shall maintain said lock, and shall attend the passage of all boats, barges, and water craft through said lock free of all charges to the owners thereof. SEC. 3. The said Ira Miltimore, his successors, associates, To construct a and assigns shall, whenever they construct said dam, also construct slide or chute. a slide or chute in such manner as to allow the passage of rafts over said dam, as well as to permit the ascent and descent of fish in said stream. Chap. 95. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across Fox river. THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. That E. W. Davis, Reeder Smith, and N. P. Ineorporation. Stevens, and such other persons as shall associate with them be, and they are hereby incorporated by the name and style of "the Appleton Bridge company," and by such name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court in this state, and may have a common seal, and may change the same at pleasure. CommissionSEC. 2. That said E. W. Davis, Reeder Smith, and N. P. ers appointed. Stevens, and such other persons as they may appoint, are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions to the capital stock, and shall open books for subscriptions at such times and places as the said commissioners shall appoint, until the capital stock of said company shall be taken. Capital stock. Power to SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be three thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollarseach, and the said company shall have power to increase the capital stock to not exceeding five thousand dollars. SEC. 4. The said company shall have power to build the said bridge from the village of Appleton, on block fifteen, across Fox build bridge. river at any point they may select, and shall have power to rest the said bridge on the eastern bank of said river, and to take so much land as may be necessary for that purpose: Provided, No unnecessary damage shall be done thereby; and in case the said company and the owners of the land shall be unable to agree upon the price of said land, the said company shall choose one appraiser, and the owners another, and the persons so chosen shall proceed to appraise the said land, and in case the said appraisers can not agree, they shall choose a third, and the price at which the three appaisers shall appaise the said land shall be paid by said company. Power to make byelaws. Dimensions of bridge. SEC. 5. The said company shall have power to make byelaws for the regulation of the concerns of the said company: Provided, The said bye-laws shall not be repugnant to the laws of Wisconsin. SEC. 6. Said bridge shall not be less than twelve feet wide, and shall be constructed with a draw over the channel of the river, not less than fifty feet wide, and the said company shall attend to the said draw so as to permit boats and vessels to pass through the same at all times free of charge, and without unnecessary delay. SEC. 7. The company shall have power after the completion Rates of toll. of the bridge, to demand and collect toll for passing the same, as follows: For any vehicle drawn by one horse, ten cents, for any vehicle drawn by two horses or oxen, twenty-five cents, and for each additional horse or ox, five cents, for a single horse, five cents, for all animals in droves of less than fifty, three cents each, and for all over fifty, two cents each: Provided, The said company may have power to charge a less rate of toll in their discre tion. SEC. 8. The said company shall keep posted up in some conspicuous place on the said bridge, a list of the rates of toll to be paid for crossing. SEC. 9. Any future legislature may alter or amend this act. Speaker of the Assembly, SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor, and President of the Senate, Approved, February 7, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to vacate part of the town plat of the village of Appleton in the county Chap. 96, of Brown. THE People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION. All that part of the town plat of the village of Appleton, described on the recorded plat thereof, as the south half of block ten, (10,) the south half of block eleven, (11,) blocks twelve, (12,) fifteen, (15,) sixteen, (16,) seventeen, (17,) eighteen, (18,) nineteen, (19,) twenty, (20,) twenty-one, (21,) twenty-two, (22,) twenty-three, (23,) and twenty-four, (24,) is hereby vacated. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. MOSES M. STRONG, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved February 7, 1850. NELSON DEWEY. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the trustees of the vil- Chap. 97. lage of Mineral Point," approved January 11, 1844. THE People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Former act SECTION 1. That an act entitled an act to incorporate the trustees of the village of Mineral Point, approved January 11th, 1844, nended. |