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by them is hereby declared to be a Territorial road subject to the provisions of this act and the acts of the highway commissioners of the town of Whitewater, whereby a portion of said territorial road has been declared to be discontinued or altered is hereby declared to be null and of no effect.

APPROVED, January 27, 1844.

AN ACT to establish certain territorial roads therein named.

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

§ 1. That Minas Collins, Forister Dexter and Oliver P. Williams be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial road, leaving Road where the United States road near the house of Seymour Wil

commenced.

Where ended.

cox, in Fond du Lac county, and running on the north side of Fox Lake to intersect the same at or near the point where the said United States road passes from the prairie into the timber on section twenty-seven, town thirteen, range eleven.

§ 2. There shall be a Territorial road established, Commenced commencing at Watertown in the county of Jefferson, at Watertown. and cross the Crawfish river near the house of Olney Ed

At Helena.

wards, and continue on the most practicable ground, via. Waterloo settlement, to intersect the Madison road, and that William H. Potter, Duncan Campbell and Thomas Noyes be commissioners to lay out said road.

§3. That Ebenezer Brigham, Berry Haney and John Metcalf be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial Road, beginning at Helena, in the county of Iowa, and crossing the Shot Tower Creek where the road to the Blue Mounds crosses the same, thence to Arena Creek, crossing it at the place where a bridge was formerly built, thence on the most eligible route to the Cross Plains, intersecting the road from Madison to Prairie du Sauk.

§ 4. That Joseph Keyes, Jonathan Lyman, and Jacob P. Brown, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial road from

Lake Mills, in the town of Aztalan, in the county of Jef- At Lake Mills ferson, and running in a northeasterly course on the most practicable route, until it reaches the settlement now known as the Beaver Dam, on the Crawfish river, in the county of Dodge.

§ 5. That Edward B. Sloan, of the town of Fairplay, and county of Grant; James Ernest of the town of New Diggings, in the county of Iowa; and J. M. Chandler, of Hazel Green, in the county of Grant, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial road from Boat-yard Hollow, in the county of At Boat Yard Grant, to White Oak Springs, in the county of Iowa; and that any law heretofore made which appointed A. L. Gregoire, Green W. Bruce and J. M. Chandler commissioners to lay out said road, is hereby repealed.

Hollow.

Who substitu

§ 6. John Teetshorn, Moses Rand and Isaac Ferris are hereby substituted for George Esterly, George W.ted. Ellis and Elijah Worthington as commissioners to lay out and establish a Territorial road from Janesville in the At Janesville. county of Rock by Ellis' Mills so as to intersect the Territorial road leading to Milwaukee, via. Prairieville, as authorized by the sixth section of an act entitled "an act to provide for laying out certain territorial roads," approved April 12, 1843.

§ 7. Provided, That none of the expenses of surveying Proviso. or marking said roads shall be paid out of the Territorial No expense or county Treasury.

APPROVED, January 23, 1844.

AN ACT to authorize the erection of a Bridge

across Root River.

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

§ 1. That Sidney S. Sage and his associates, of the village of Racine, be, and hereby are, authorized to erect and inaintain a free bridge across Root River, one end of which shall be in Fourth street, in said village.

§ 2. Said bridge shall be so constructed that all such boats and lighters as have usually navigated said river can pass under it with their customary loads.

§3. This act may at any time be repealed. APPROVED, January 20, 1844.

paid out of Treasury.

AN ACT to authorize the collector of the town of Janesville to collect certain taxes, and for other purposes.

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

§ 1. That the tax levied upon the assessment roll made by the assessors of the town of Janesville for the year 1843, upon that part of township number three north, of range twelve east, which lies west of Rock river, shall Tax how col. be collected by the collector of the said town of Janesville; and the tax assessed and levied for the same year Tax unauthor. upon the said part of township number three by the town of Center, is hereby declared to be unauthorized by law and void.

lected.

ized by law.

§ 2. The act entitled "an act to enable school district number four in the town of Janesville to levy a tax for the purpose of building or purchasing a School House," Act construed approved December 27, 1843, shall be so construed as to authorize said tax to be raised if a majority of the legal voters attending the meeting to raise the same shall vote therefor, and that the trustees of said district shall Issue warrant. make out and issue their warrant for the collection of said tax in the same manner as is now provided by law for the collection of taxes to build school houses. APPROVED, January 5, 1844.

AN ACT in relation to the Territorial road from
Mineral Point by Whitew iter to Milwaukee.

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

§ 1. That Adin Burdick and Warner Earl be, and hereby are substituted for Elias Ogden and Alfred L. Castleman as commissioners to lay out the Territorial road from Mineral Point in Iowa county by way of Whiteto Whitewater Water in Walworth county to Milwaukee, authorized by

Road from

Mineral Point

the seventh section of an act entitled "an act to provide for lying out certain Territorial roads," approved April

12, 1843.

AP. ROVED, January 13, 1844.

AN ACT to authorize the President and Trustees of the village of Southport to raise money, and for other purposes.

Be it en icted by the Crincil and House of Represent lives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

cial tax.

§ 1. That the president and trustees of the village of Southport, be, and they are hereby authorized to levy a To levy spe special tax of any sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars annually, for the purpose of constructing a harbor at the south mouth of Pike creek. Said tax shall be levied on the following property and no other, to wit: all lands and town lots, within the limits of said village of Southport, which are not exempt from taxation by the laws of the United States or of this Territory, not including any improvements made thereon, either in building or otherwise; and the president and trustees of said village

of Southport are hereby authorized and directed to ap- How to be ex. propriate all the sums raised in pursuance of this act to pended. the construction of a harbor at the south mouth of Pike creek, agreeable to such plan as shall have been approved

by an officer of the Topographical Department of the General Government.

§ 2. That if no tax shall be levied in any year for the No tax levied Construction of a harbor, the president and trustees of

the village of Southport be, and are hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of said village, in such sums as they May borrow may deem proper, any amount not exceeding ten thousand money. dollars, to be applied to the construction of a harbor at the south mouth of Pike creek; or if a sun less than ten thousand dollars shall have been levied by a tax for the purpose aforementioned, the president and trustees shal! have power to borrow, on the credit of the village, such sum as they may deem proper, provided the sum so bor- village. rowed, added to the amount which may have been levied Shall not ex. by tax, shall not exceed ten thousand dollars in any one ceed $10,000.

On credit of

for tax.

year: Provided, that no money or other property shall be borrowed on the credit of the village for a term exceeding five years, and on interest exceeding twelve per cent: Provided, also, that all taxes levied for the payment of the principal or interest on the sum or sums borrowed for the purposes aforesaid, shall be levied on the same kind of property that the tax for the construction of a harbor is levied.

§3. That no tax shall be levied, nor money or other property borrowed under the provisions of this act, unless Who shall vote a majority of the voters possessed of a freehold estate, who shall actually vote upon the question, shall have first in each year determine to raise such tax, or to authorize such loan; and for the purpose of determining whether such tax shall be raised or loan made, (as the case may be) Special elec. the president and trustees shall order a special election of tion how held. the voters, at such time and in such place in said village as they may deem proper; and such election shall be conducted in the same manner, as other elections in said village are conducted for village purposes: Provided, ten days notice shall be given by said president and trustees for holding any such election.

§ 4. The president and trustees shall have power for the purposes contained in this act to pass an ordinance. Powers of as prescribing the powers and duties of the assessors of said village as to the time and manner of assessing the lands and lots, and the method of equalizing and perfecting the same.

sessor.

President may

§ 5. It shall be lawful for the president and trustees of said village, to appoint an agent to attend any sale of appoint agent land, made for the purpose of collecting taxes due said village, and bid off said lands for the taxes and charges due thereon, in the name of said president and trustees. And the said president and trustees and their successors, shall acquire by such purchase in trust for said village, all the rights which might have heen acquired by any other purchaser.

§ 6. That the Marshall or the collector of taxes of the Powers of col. village of Southport shall be possessed of the same powers lector or mar. and shall proceed in the same manner in the collection of taxes as the several Town collectors are now required by law to proceed in the collection of Town and county

shall.

taxes.

APPROVED, January 20, 1844.

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