courts of said Wisconsin territory shall be and they are hereby made applicable to the district court of Johnson county. And the county of Keokuk shall be and is hereby attached to the said county of Johnson for judicial purposes.

Approved June 22, 1838.

Time of com. mencement postponed.

No. 11.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled an act, to incorporate the Root river railroad company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That so much of the third section of an act, entitled an act to incorporate the Root river railroad company, as makes it necessary to commence said work by the fourth day of July next, is hereby repealed, and the term for commencing said railroad shall be extended one year from and after the fourth day of July next.

Approved June 22, 1838.

Bonds, how given, &c.

No. 12.

AN ACT to provide for taking the official bonds of auctioneers and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That so much of the act passed by the legislative council of the territory of Michigan, entitled "an act to prescribe the tenure of office of auctioneers, and to levy a duty upon sales at auction in certain cases," approved April 23, 1833, as relates to the manner in which auctioneers shall enter into their official bonds, is hereby repealed. Such bonds shall be given to the county commis. sioners of the respective counties, who shall decide as to the sufficiency of the securities thereon; they shall then be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners. In case of a breach of the conditions

thereof, suit may be brought in the names of the county commissioners aforesaid, and the amount recovered shall be appropriated to the use of the respective counties.

transferred.

SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That where by law, County clerks the clerk of the county court or the township clerk is duty, to whom now authorized or required to perform any official act, such power or duty shall hereafter devolve upon the clerk of the board of county commissioners. Approved June 22, 1838.

No. 13.

AN ACT to locate the seat of justice of Cedar county.

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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of Commissionrepresentatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the how appointed. county commissioners for Cedar county are hereby authorized to raise by tax or by donation the sum of two hundred dollars, to defray the expenses of locating the permanent seat of justice for said county, and so soon as the said sum is collected and paid into the county treasury, the county commissioners shall certify the same to the governor of the territory, who shall thereupon appoint three commissioners, neither of whom shall be a resident of the county of Cedar nor of any of the adjoining counties.

SECTION 2. The commissioners so appointed, shall, within ten days after their appointment, notify the governor of their acceptance or non-acceptance of the appointment, and in case of non-acceptance the governor shall appoint others to fill such vacancy.

SECTION 3. The commissioners shall, on the first To locate the Monday of September next, meet at the town of seat of justice. Rochester, in Cedar county, and proceed forthwith to examine and locate a suitable place for the seat of justice for said county, having particular reference to the health, conveniences, and future prosperity of the inhabitants of the said county of Cedar.

SECTION 4. The commissioners shall, within ten And make days after their first meeting at the aforesaid town of returns. Rochester, make out and certify to the governor of the

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Penalty for receiving bribes, &c.

Compensation.

territory, under their hands and seals a certificate of the number of the quarter section, or fractional quarter section, upon which they or a majority of them, shall have located the seat of justice for said county: and on receipt of such certificate, the governor shall issue his proclamation confirming and declaring the said location to be the seat of justice for said county of Cedar.

SECTION 5. The commissioners aforesaid, shall, before entering upon their duties, severally take and subscribe an oath before some judge or justice of the peace of the county of Cedar as follows:

"I, A. B. do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am not either directly or indirectly interested in the location of the seat of justice of Cedar county nor do I own any property in lands or any claims within said county of Cedar, so help me God."

(signed)

A. B. SECTION 6. If at any time within one year thereafter, it shall be shown that the said commissioners, or any of them, received any present, gratuity, fee or reward, in any form other than that allowed by law, or before the expiration of six months, after the governor's proclamation declaring the said seat of justice permanent, become interested in said town, or any lands in its immediate vicinity, the commissioner or commissioners shall upon conviction thereof, by indictment in the district court of the county in which he or they may reside, be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and be forever after disqualified to vote at any election or to hold any office of honor or trust within this territory.

SECTION 7. The commissioners aforesaid shall receive upon making out their certificate of the location. of the seat of justice of said county, each three dollars a day, and also three dollars for every twenty miles going and returning from and to their respective homes.

SECTION 8. Upon the presentation of the certificate aforesaid to the treasurer of Cedar county, the treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the respective sums as allowed by this act.

Approved June 22, 1838.

No. 14.

AN ACT to legalize the officia! acts of John C. Ellis, sheriff of the county of Slaughter.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the official acts of John C. Ellis, sheriff of the county of Slaughter in the territory of Wisconsin are hereby legalized and confirmed, and that they shall be of the same validity in every particular as though the said John C. Ellis had entered into his official bonds pursuant to law.

Approved June 22, 1838.

No. 15.

AN ACT to incorporate the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church in the city of Burlington, county of Des Moines and territory of Wisconsin.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of Powers and representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That John privileges of the corporation C. Sleeth, Thomas Ballard, Wm. R. Ross, Robert Avery and Robert Cox and such other free white persons of full age as shall be associated with them`according to the rules and discipline of said church, shall be, and are hereby constituted and made a body corporate in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church in the city of Burlington, county and territory aforesaid, with perpetual succession, and are hereby made capable in law to have, purchase, receive, take, hold, possess and enjoy, to them and their successors, to the use of the said Methodist Episcopal church, in the city of Burlington, county and territory aforesaid, lot No. 374 and 375, according to the government survey, and that of said city, by gift, grant, demise, bargain, sale, devise, bequest, legacy or by any other mode of conveyance, transfer, or acquisition whatever. And the said association or body corporate by the name, style and title aforesaid shall and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended in all courts of justice within this territory or elsewhere.

Approved June 22, 1838.

No. 16.

AN ACT postponing the next general election in this territory.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the next general election in this territory be postponed from the first Monday in August until the second Monday in September, on which day it shall be held and conducted in all respects agreeably to the provis ions of an act providing for and regulating general elections in this territory, approved January 17th, 1838 provided that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the electors of the counties of Scott and Van Buren from holding the elections in their respective precincts for the seat of justice for said counties on the first Monday of August next as provided for by law.

Approved June 23, 1838.

No. 17.

AN ACT to locate a territorial road in the county of Iowa.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That Wil liam Baldwin, Dennis C. Neal and James Kendall be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to locate and establish a territorial road from Mineral Point, by way of Kendall's mill and New Diggings to the town of White Oak Springs, in the county aforesaid.

SECTION 2. Said commissioners, or a majority of them shall meet at the town of Mineral Point on the second Monday of August next, and proceed to the discharge of the duties assigned them by this act, and according to the provisions of the general road law, passed at the last session of the legislative assembly of the territory of Wisconsin.

Approved June 23, 1838.