the south line of lands owned by the Menominee Indians; thence westerly on said line to the Wisconsin river; thence up the middle channel of said river to the east line of range No. seven east; thence south by the said east line of range seven east, to where it intersects said Wisconsin river; thence down the middle channel of said river to the county of Dane, on the south; thence east bounded by said county of Dane, on the south to Dodge county on the east; thence north bounded by said county of Dodge on the east to the county of Marquette on the north; thence west bounded by the said county of Marquette on the north, to the said place of beginning on the north-west, is hereby set off into a separate county which shall be called and known as the county of Columbia.

SEC. 2. That the county of Columbia aforesaid shall be organized after the first day of May next, for all the purposes both of county and judicial government, and shall enjoy all the rights, privileges, immunities and powers of the other counties within this Territory.

held.

SEC. 3. There shall be an election held in the several towns Election where or precincts of said county, such as now are or may hereafter be established by law, on the first Tuesday of April next, for the elec tion of all such town or county officers, as the said county by vir tue of its organization, and the provisions of this act shall be entitled to, who shall severally hold their offices until the next general annual election, and their successors are duly elected and qualitied: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be so cop. Proviso. strued as to render the sheriff of said county to be elected a [as] aforesaid ineligible to a re-election at the ensuing annual election.

SEC. 4. The said election shall be conducted in all respects How constituin the manner now provided for holding the same under the law ted. regulating general elections, and the votes cast at the same shall be returned and canvassed as therein provided; and the judges of said election (if there be no qualified commissioners or clerk of commissioners board) elect shall issue certificates of election as the clerks of the board of county commissioners are now authorized to do in other counties to any person duly elected under the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. That at said election the citizens of said county may

justice.

To vote for or vote for and against the establishment of the seat of justice for Against seat of said county, but the same shall not be taken to be so settled or established without a majority of all the votes polled at said elec tion shall be in favor of the same, at which place so receiving a majority of said votes, the offices of said county shall be held: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to allow the commissioners or people of said county to expend any greater sum than sixty dollars per annum in providing suitable rooms for the holding of courts in said county, and to be made a charge upon the people thereof until subsequently authorized by law.

Proviso.

Writs, &c., how prosecu

ted.

SEC. 6. Said county so established, shall form a part of the second judicial district, and the courts therein shall be held semiannually by the Judge of said district, at such times as he may determine, and until otherwise provided for by law.

SEC. 7. All writs, process, appeals, recognizances or other proceeding already commenced, or that shall be so commenced before the said first day of May next, in the District Court of Portage county, shall be prosecuted to a final judgment and execu tion issued thereon in the same manner as they might have been had this act not passed; and execution on any judgment here tofore rendered in said court, shall have the like force and effect and may be executed and returned by the sheriff of Portage county; anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 8. Pursuant to the election herein provided for, it shall be Duty of justice the duty of some justice of the peace of said county, or justices of peace. within the limits of the respective precincts of the same, if there be one or more in each precinct, to post up, or cause so to be posted, notices of said election, the officers then and there to be elected, with all the purposes of the same, at two or more of the most public places in each precinct, at least ten days before the said day of election; for which services the said justice or justices shall receive such compensation as the commissioners of said county in their discretion shall thereafter see proper to allow.

Commission

ers to meet.

SEC. 9. The county commissioners of said county so elected, on said day of election, shall meet as soon thereafter as may be, at the place so chosen for said seat of justice,and with the clerk of said county, all of whom being first duly qualified according to law and under oath by some justice of the peace, or other person au

thorized to administer oaths, shall then and there proceed to organize said county and may then and there do and perform all such duties and services as may be required of them by law, in order that the said county shall be effectually organized as contemplated by this act, and to approve the qualification of other county officers.

SEC. 10. That all acts heretofore passed, contravening any of the provisions of this act, are hereby declared to be repealed.

SEC. 11. That the county of Columbia so set off, shall pay to County of Columbia to pay the county of Portage, the proportion of the debts now owing by to Portage. the county of Portage, in proportion to the number of inhabitants as shall be shown by the census to be taken in June next; which sum shall be collected and paid over to the county of Portage by the county of Columbia on or before the fifteenth day of April, A. D. 1847.

SEC. 12. This act shall be in force after its passage.
APPROVED February 3rd, 1846,

AN ACT relating to the county of St. Croix.

BE IT ENACTED by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

SECTION 1. The town of Stillwater and the town of St. Paul,

in the county of St. Croix, are hereby declared to be election Election precincts organi precincts for said county, and the qualified electors of said county ad may at any general or special election hereafter to be held in said county, meet at either of the said towns and cast their votes in the same manner and for the same purposes in all respects as is now provided by law at any established precinct; and the judges and clerks of any election that may be held at either of the said election precincts, or at any other precinct in said county, shall

Returns of

votes to whom inade.

make their returns of all the votes given (except the votes for county and precinct officers of said county) to the clerk of the board of commissioners of the county of Crawford, which said returns shall be made, certified and canvassed in all respects in the manner required by law in such cases.

SEC. 2. The county seat of the county of St. Croix, is hereby established at Stillwater.

APPROVED February 2, 1816.

To receive money from

Dane county.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Madison Academy."

Whereas a majority of the voters of the county of Dane at the last general election, voted in favor of an act entitled " an act to provide for the payment to the county of Dane, the sum therein mentioned;" and whereas the sum of two thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars, was, by the provisions of said act appropriated and allowed to the said county of Dane to be appropriated by the county commissioners of said county exclusively for the purpose of building an academy in the village of Madison; therefore,

BE IT ENACTED by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

SECTION 1. That the "Madison Academy", be hereby authorized and empowered to receive from the said county of Dane the sum of two thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars, the sum appropriated as aforesaid for to be expended by said corporation in the erection of an academy in the village of Madison, provided that the county of Dane shall not be required to pay over to the said corporation the above sum or any part thereof before it shall have been received by said county in the manner provided by law.

APPROVED February 3rd, 1846.

AN ACT in relation to common schools in the city of Milwaukee.

BE IT ENACTED by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

SECTION 1. The several common schools which are now, or hereafter may be established within the corporate limits of the city of Milwaukee, shall be under the general control and supervision of a board of commissioners consisting of three persons from each ward of said city, to be appointed by the mayor and common council thereof.

SEC. 2. Within one week after the appointment of such board of commissioners, it shall be the duty of the individuals so a point- missioners. Duty of comed, to meet and organize, by the selection of president and secretary, and to divide themselves by lot into three equal classes, the terms of office of the first class to expire within one year from the date of appointment; those of the second class to expire in two years, and those of the third class to expire in three years from such date.

&c.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the mayor and common coun- Duty of mayor cil of the city of Milwaukee annually, to supply by appointment, the vacancies occasioned in the board of school commissioners by the expiration of the terms of office, and the persons so appointed shall hold their offices for three years, unless sooner removed for misconduct of other sufficient cause, by a vote of two-thirds of the appointing board.

SEC. 4. It shall likewise be the duty of the mayor and com- Ib. mon council of the city of Milwaukee, to supply by appointment any vacancies which may occur from time to time in the board of school commissioners, by resignation or otherwise.

SEC. 5. The board of school commissioners are authorized and required,

1st. To establish and organize such and so many common schools within the corporate limits of the city of Milwaukee (including those now in operation) as they may deem requisite and expedient, and to alter or discontinue the same in their discretion.

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