Name chan ged. deceased, be, and hereby is changed to Matilda Elvira Burris, and by that name she shall be hereafter known and designated. § 2. That said Cordelia Elvira by the name of Cordelia Elvira Burris, shall hereafter (be) known and reAdopted child cognized as the lawfully adopted child of the said Mar and heir. tin V. Burris, and as such be capable in law of inheriting and holding the property of the said Martin V. Burris, as fully and competently, and in the same manner as she could or might have done, if she had been the legitimate and natural child of the said Martin V. Burris. APPROVED, January 27, 1844. Brown ascer to Calumet. AN ACT for the relief of the county of Calumet. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: § 1. That the board of Supervisors of the county of Brown, are hereby required to ascertain the amount of Supervisors of School tax collected by the collector of Calumet tain school tax County in the year eighteen hundred forty, and paid into the county treasury of Brown County in pursuance of the provisions of the act entitled "an act to organize the counties of Washington and for other purposes," approved August 13th, 1840, and the said board shall appropriate to the County Treasurer of Calumet county, to be paid from the County Treasury of Brown county, a sum of What sum and money, equal to the amount of the school tax collected and paid as aforesaid, and interest thereon at the rate of seven per cent per annum from the time the same was received by the treasurer of Brown County, to the time when the same shall be refunded as herein provided. interest. § 2. The money thus paid into the Treasury of the county of Calumet shall be appropriated exclusively for For support of the support of common schools in the town of Manchester, in said county, and shall be divided among the several school districts in said town as required by law. schools. § 3. It shall further be the duty of the Supervisors of Brown county to audit such amount and commit the same How collected for collection, at the next annual assessment, and to require such amount to be collected and paid over to the treasurer of the county of Calumet in the same manner AN ACT to enable the county of Portage to procure certain records from the county of Brown. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: procure § 1. That the register of deeds of Portage county is hereby required to procure from the records in the offi- Register to ce of the Register of deeds of Brown county, true and copies of all exact copies of the records of all deeds, mortgages and deeds. other instruments, recorded in the office of the Register of deeds of said county of Brown, which relate to or affect lands, or real estate situate within the limits of Portage county, and record the same in a book or books, to be provided by him for that purpose. § 2. The register of deeds of Portage county shall affix to said records so copied, a certificate under oath sta- Certificate. ting that as such register, he procured said records in pursuance of this act, and that they are true and exact copies of all such original records. cess. §3. That the register of deeds of Brown county shall permit the register of deeds of Portage county, to have Shall have acaccess to the records of his office for the purpose of procuring such copies, provided it shall not interfere with the regular discharge of his duties. §4. The copies of such records made and certified as herein provided, shall have the same force and effect as the original records. Shall be of full force. § 5. The register of Portage county shall be paid from How paid. the treasury of said county, for performing the duties herein enjoined upon him, and for arranging and preparing an alphabetical index to the records by him copied, the same compensation to which he is now entitled by law for recording deeds and other papers, and ten cents per Mileage. mile for all necessary travel. APPROVED, January 27, 1844. AN ACT to enable the county of Winnebago to obtain certain records from the counties of Brown and Fond du Lac. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: § 1. The Register of Deeds of the county of Winnebago is hereby authorized and required to procure from the proper records of the counties of Brown and Fond du Lac, true and exact copies of the records of all deeds, Register to make copies mortgages, and other instruments recorded in said counof records and ties, which relate to or effect lands or real estate in the said county of Winnebago, and that he record the same in the book or books of said county. record same. Certificate. Effect as ori ginal. How paid. § 2. The register of deeds of Winnebago county shall affix to the records so copied and recorded, a certificate under oath stating that such records are true and perfect copies of the original records, and when thus certified such copies shall have the same effect as the original record. §3. The register of deeds of Winnebago county shall be paid from the treasury of said county, for the duties herein enjoined upon him, and for arranging and preparing an index to the records by him copied, such compensation as the supervisors of said county shall deem just and equitable. APPROVED, January 27, 1844. AN ACT to change the name of the town of Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: § 1. That from and after the passage of this act the town of Nemahbin in the county of Milwaukee shall be known and called by the name of Delafield. APPROVED, January 26, 1844. AN ACT to incorporate the Burlington Academy, in the village of Burlington. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin. § 1. That Plinny M. Perkins, Origen Perkins, E. G. Who compos Dyer and Nelson R. Norton, and their associates, togeth- ed of. er with such persons as may hereafter be associated with them, for the purpose of sustaining and maintaining_an Academy in the town of Burlington, in the county of Racine, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name of the Burlington Academy; and by that name shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be May be sued, sued, to answer and be answered unto, in all courts of&c. law and equity, acquire, hold, possess, and enjoy, and to sell and convey, and dispose of property, both real and personal: Provided, that the annual income of such erty shall not exceed five thousand dollars. prop § 2. That any three of the above named persons shall Three to call have power to call a meeting, by giving ten days notice meetings. thereof by posting up notices in three of the most public places in the village of Burlington. § 3. That the said corporation shall have power to form a constitution and enact by-laws for its government, to prescribe the number and titles of its officers, and to define their powers and duties, to prescribe the manner in which members may be admitted and diminished, and other powers necessary: Provided, that the constitution, by-laws and regulations of the corporation be consistent with the laws of the United States and of this Territory. APPROVED, January 25, 1844. May form by. laws, &c. Proviso. AN ACT to incorporate the Madison Academy. § 1. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin. That Josiah D. Weston, David Irvin, Simeon Who incorpoMills, Augustus A. Bird, John Catlin, Alexander L. Col-rated. lins, William W. Wyman, John Y. Smith and Joseph G. Knapp, and their associates, together with such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, for the purpose of establishing and sustaining an academy in the town of Madison, in the county of Dane, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, with perpetual succession, by the name of the Madison Academy, and by that name shall be competent to contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, to answer and be answered unto, in all courts of law and equity, acMay hold real quire, hold, possess, and enjoy, and to sell and convey and dispose of property, both real and personal: Provided, that the annual income of such property shall not exceed five thousand dollars. cstate. meetings. Notice to call § 2. That any three of the above named persons shall have power to call meetings, by giving ten days previous notice thereof by advertisement in any newspaper published in the said town of Madison. laws. § 3. That the said corporation shall have power to To make by. form a constitution and enact by-laws for its government, to prescribe the number and title of its officers, and define their powers and duties, to prescribe the manner in which members may be admitted and dismissed, and other powers necessary to the full execution of the powers herein granted: Provided, that the constitution, bylaws and regulations of the corporation be consistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, and of this Territory. Proviso. APPROVED, January 26, 1844. AN ACT to authorize school district number one in the town of Lancaster to levy a tax. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin : 1. That the Trustees of the Lancaster School District number one in the school town of Lancaster in the county of Grant be and they are hereby authorized to To levy a tax. levy a tax of any sum in addition to any tax that may have been heretofore levied by said district, not exceed |