on the besi route to Hall and Prattis tavern, thence to South port, in said county. Road to be Sec. 12. That Elbert Dickenson, Harvey Bush, and Samre-located. ucl Dunn, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to alter and re-locate the territorial road from Madison to Fort Winnebago, which was laid (out) in pursuance of an act passed by the legislative assembiy in 1846. Vacated. Sec. 13. All that part of the territorial road from Geneva, in Walworth county, to Milwaukee, as embraced in lowo iwo, range eighteen east, is hereby declared to be vacated. Road to be Sec. 14. That A. F. Pratt, Thomas H. Drury, and Jacob aliered. Van Vechten, are hereby appointed commissioners to alter so in uch of the Illinois and Prairieville road as runs through the town of Prairieville, in the county of Waukesha. Vacuted. Sec. 15. That all that part of the Racine and Prairieville territorial road as runs on sections four, five, ten, fourteen, and fifteen, in.town four, range twenty-one, be and the same is vacated. Janesville to Sec. 16. That Lucius Page, Daniel B. Post, and Harrison For: Wione. Stebbins, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to lay bago. out a territorial road from Janesville in Rock county, by the county. Walworth co. Sec. 17. Section five of an act to provide for laying out ta Iowa Co. certain territorial roads therein named is hereby repealed, and Joini Cook, Warren Sweet, and Willis T. Burton, be and they hereby are appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a territorial road, commencing at a point on the territorial road running from Milwaukee to Janesville, at or near Tibbet's, in Walworth county, thence to Indian ford on Rock river, town four, range twelve, thence to or near Cook's mills, on section six, town four, range eleven east, thence on the nearest and best route to intersect the territorial road located in 1845 from Milwaukee to Mineral Point, at or east of the point where said road crosses the Picatonica. Sec. 18. That John Messersmith, W. F. Jenkins, and Dodgeville to ih disor Isaac Farwell, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a territorial road from Dodgeville, beginning at the east end of Spring street, in said village, thence to the centre of section twenty-four, town nineteen, range three, thence east one-half mile, thence northeast till it strikes mill creek, thence to Hickox's mill, thence by the house of William Ruggles to Robert Emery's, thence east until it intersects the territorial road from Madison to Helena. Sec. 19. That James D. Doty, Harrison Reed, and Joseph Lake Winne bago to Grand Lannier, are hereby appointed commissioners to survey out Kaukalan. and establish a territorial road from the outlet of Lake Winnebago to the foot of Grand Kaukalan, on the east side of Fox river. Sec. 20. That Leonard Ross, Sylvester Wheeler, and Road altered. Robert Wilter, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to make such alterations as they may deem proper in that part of the Exeter and Fort Winnebago territorial road which lies between Badger mills, in Dane county, and Exeter, in Green county. Sec. 21. That Lybrant Hall, Alanson Richards, and Eli- In Dodge co. jah Wood, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a territorial road, commencing on the section line between sections twenty-one and twenty-eight, in town ten, range fifteen, in Dodge county, thence running east on section lines as near as possible to the road from Watertown to Hustis' ford, at the corner of sections nineteen and twenty, from thence to intersect the road leading from Hustis' ford to Milwaukee, on the best and most feasonable route. Sec. 22. That J. W. Cutting, Joseph Devine, and Cyre. Road re located. nus Elliott, be and are hereby appointed cornmissioners to "" review and re-locate, if they deem it practicable, that portion of the Whitewater and Mineral Point road which is included in sections twenty-two, twenty-three, and twenty-four, in * Pay of ccm town five, range nine east. That the coinmissioners appoint- missioner's ed by virtue of this act for laying out territorial roads, and those heretofore appointed for the same pnrpose, whose term of appointment still exists, when the service of the same has uot yet been performed, shall upon its performance be entitled to such compensation for their said service as the com missioners or supervisors, as the case may be, of the counties .: where the same is performed, shall deem just and proper, :. and to be paid out of county treasurys of said counties. Jeferson co.. Sec. 23. That Erastus G. Snell, N. T. Holmes, and John Lo Clinton. T. Haight, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out and establish a territorial road, commencing at or near the house of the said Snell, in Jefferson county, to Clin ton, Dane county: La Dane co. Sec. 24. That Nathan G. Van Horn, Niel A. Perry, and John T. Haight, be and they are hereby appointed commis- WILLIAM SHEW, President of the Council. HENRY DODGE. RESOLUTION In relation to the treasury accounts. Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: That the auditor of the territory be, and he hereby is die rected 10 credit Jonathan Larkin, Esq. Treasurer of the terri tory, with forty-five thousand three hundred and eighty-four WILLIAM SHEW, President of the Council. HENRY DODGE. AN ACT Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin: Section 1. The register of deeds of Fond du Lac county Duty is hereby required to procure, from the records in the office ter of deeds. of the register of deeds in Brown county, true and exact copies of all deeds, mortages, town plats, and other instruments recorded in the office of said register of deeds of Brown county, which relate to, or affect the title to lands, or real estate, situated within the limits of Fond du Lac county, and record the same in a book, or books, to be by him procured for that purpose. Sec. 2. The register of deeds of Fond du Lac county shall Register to affix to said records, so copied, a certificate under oath, sta- affix certifi. cate to reting that as such register, he procured such records, in pur-cords. suance of this act, and that they are true and exact copies of all such original records. Permission Sec. 3. The register of deeds of Brown county, shall pergiven to re. mit the register of deeds of Fond du Lac county, to have acgister of Fond du Lac. cess to the records of his office, at all reasonable hours, for the purpose of procuring such copies. Efect of cop. Sec. 4. The copies of such records, made and certified ies of records. oc heroin provided, shall have the same form and effect as the original record. Register how Sec. 5. The register of deeds of Fond du Lac county, paid. · shall be paid out of the couniy treasury of said county, for performing the duties herein enjoined upon him, and for preparing a suitable index, to the records by him copied, such compensations not exceeding ten cents per folio, as the county board shall deem just and equitable. WILLIAM SHEW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. . MASON C. DARLING, President of the Council. APPROVED, February 11, 1847. HENRY DODGE. AN ACT To amend an act to divide the county of Portage and organize the county of Columbia, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin : Section 1. That the election held in the county of Co. lumbia, in the month of April, 1846, be, and the same is |