Is pres it has been the statute tion and g with the Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1858, by ELIJAH M. HAINES, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Northern District of Illinois. all such fo duties und instruction a complet iar branch It has b and comp law as the Manufactured by CASE, LOCKWOOD & CO., Publishers, Printers, Electrotypers and Book Binders, more; th his duties, matter, for Folume of the notes not added works of t diate conn PREFACE. this compilation to the public, it is proper to remark, that intention of the compiler to embrace all that portion of s of the State of Wisconsin which relates to the organizament of towns, and the powers and duties of town officers, ral powers of county boards of supervisors; also, to give as may be required in transacting business, or performing the law, with the addition of copious notes by way of ch references to adjudicated cases, that the whole may form ide for all town officers, and others interested in this peculthe law. the aim of the compiler to arrange the work in as concise a form as possible-that it should contain so much of the bject of the work ought properly to embrace, and nothing will enable the town officer to turn at once to any portion of hout the necessity of wading through a vast amount of other n to the subject, as would be the case in consulting a large e statutes. In the arrangement, it will be discovered, that d forms are carried along in connection with the text; and the conclusion by way of appendix, as is often the case with nature; but are presented upon the same page, or in imme-. tion with the text. , as will be seen by the following Act of the Legislature, the favorable attention of the State of Wisconsin. Many of , both of the Senate and Assembly, expressed a deep interest r, as it would afford great relief to town officers in the diseir duties, as well as secure uniformity in practice throughe, thereby avoiding the confusion and uncertainty which has ractice under the town system of government; among whom ors Hanchett, (by whom the bill was introduced,) Chase, KingsSimpson, Sutherland, Clark, Wheeler, Bean, Warren, Davis, In the Assembly were Mr. Speaker Lovell, Bemis, Corson, H. and James B. Gray, Millard, McAllister, Pease, Prentice, Rodolf, Runals, P. H. Smith, Vinton, Weil, and several others; in short, the proposition was cordially approved in both houses. The compiler has now only to hope, that the work will meet the expectation of those generous individuals who interested themselves so generously in its behalf. The publication of the work has been delayed much beyond what was anticipated, which the compiler regrets. The act in question, as will be seen, requires that the work shall conform to the new revised Statutes, with references to pages and sections. The publication of this work being therefore required to follow that of the statutes, has necessarily caused the delay, although the work on the statutes, under the superintendence of Mr. Lovell, has been crowded with all possible speed. The compiler would here take occasion to acknowledge his obligation to Mr. Lovell, for the favor of advance sheets of the Revised Statutes, as well as for his generous encouragement and friendly aid while prosecuting his labors in connection with this work. Some time since, the compiler prepared a work similar to this, for the State of Illinois, of which ten copies were furnished by the State to each town, making, in the aggregate, seven thousand copies. Nearly every county has since ordered an additional supply for distribution among the towns, by which fifteen thousand copies in all have now been disposed of in that State; which proves, in some degree, the utility of a work of this nature. OCTOBER 1, 1858. ELIJAH M. HAINES. L Law AN ACT to pro ganization an The People of SECTION 1. the compiler. a entitied and duties of to Haines, counse cost at which t work shall first sions of the nex marginal refere made under the SEC. 2. The allowing to each now provided f the board of sy SEC. 3. The book, to remai REC. 4. The and governmen two thousand e the same to be in the Hollan 1 cases, at a sper the German lan member of the member of the copies to be ser copies shall be ized: provided the cost of tra anguage. SEC. 5. The ated, a sum of work above m provisions of t SEC. 6. This EXPLANATION OF ABBREVIATIONS. The following explanation is given of the abbreviations frequently occurring in the margin of the following pages : R. S., S. L., Revised Statutes. Session Laws. Revisers' Amendment. Id., The sections against which the abbreviations "S. L." or "R. A." occur, distinguishes that portion of the matter from the old Revised statutes of 1849, and shows the year in which that portion of the law was enacted, the whole being codified by the revisers in proper manner and being incorporated into the new revised statutes. The abbreviation Wis." denotes that the section against which it is found has been the subject of adjudication, giving the number of volume, and page. OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, 1858. [Published March 9th, 1858.] CHAPTER XVIII. for the publication and distribution of the laws of Wisconsin concerning the orernment of towns. State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:the secretary of state be and he is hereby authorized and required to purchase of n as the same may be ready for delivery, a sufficient number of copies of a work isconsin, concerning the organization and government of towns, and the powers officers and boards of supervisors, with numerous practical forms, by Elijah M. law," to supply each organized town in this state with six copies thereof, at a me shall be sold to individuals, not exceeding fifty cents a copy: provided, said submitted to and approved by the governor, and shall correspond to the provivision of the statutes of the state of Wisconsin, and shall have full and proper to pages and sections of said statutes, and to the decisions of the supreme court etary of state shall distribute said books among the several counties of the state, unty a sufficient number to afford six copies to each town therein, in the manner e distribution of the general laws, and to be distributed among town officers, as visors of each county may order. etary of state shall also at the same time purchase one thousand copies of said his office for distribution among the towns that may hereafter become organized. vernor of this state shall cause said laws of Wisconsin, concerning the organization I towns, to be translated into the German, Norwegian and Holland languages, and es of the same to be printed in the German language, and one thousand copies of nted in the Norwegian language, and six hundred copies of the same to be printed nguage, of which copies the superintendent of public property shall send in all request of some member of the legislature, from one to twenty copies printed in age to each member of the senate, and from one to ten copies of the same to each sembly, and from one to ten copies printed in the Norwegian language, to each nate, and from one to five copies of the same to each member of the assembly; said by express, for distribution in the several towns of the state, and the balance of said pt in his office for distribution among the towns that may hereafter become organat said copies shall not cost more than fifty cents per copy, excluding therefrom ation, which shall in no case exceed twenty-five dollars for translation in either is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury, not otherwise approprioney not exceeding fifty cents per volume, and fifty dollars for translation, for the tioned, when it shall have been delivered to the secretary of state, according to the act shall take effect, and be in force from and after its passage and publication. s act. F. S. LOVELL, President of the senate, pro. tem. y of state of the state of Wisconsin, does hereby certify, that the foregoing act has with the original enrolled act deposited in this office, and that the same is a true and ereof, and the whole of such original. ness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the great seal of the state, at capitol in Madison, this 9th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty t. D. W. JONES, Secretary of state. Nam Frederick S. L NAMES AND RESIDENCE OF THE STATE OFFICERS, SENATORS, MEMBERS OF THE ASSEM- Almon P. Av James Baker. Samuel H. B Kiron W. Ber *Duncan E. Lucius Cann Joseph Carne Samuel Col James D. C Edgar Conk Almon D. Co Dighton Cors Alexander C Name. Alexander W. Randall, W. H. Watson, D. W. Jones, E. Fox Cook, M. L. Martin, P. Walsh, C. S. Chase, Governor, Private Secretary, Assistant Sec. of State, Waukesha, Daniel B. Cr La Crosse. Charles K. De Madison, Madison, Dane. Charles W. D Dominick De Trempleau, Trempleau. William Duck Oshkosh, Winnebago. Andrew J. I Mineral Point, Iowa. James B. Du Madison, Dane. Edward G. D Madison, Dane. Jonathan W. James H. Ear Elijah Easton Sheboygan, Green Bay, Ozaukee. Orlando E Albert W. E Storer W. Fe Frank Gant John Gibb, Benjamin F. Hamilton H. Cedar Creek, Ozaukee. James B. G William M. G Jonathan C. Henry C. Ha Michael Ham Necedah, Juneau. Charles S H D. Worthington, Farmer, Samuel M. H H. H. Giles, (Presid't pro tem.) Farmer, Stoughton, Dane. J. W. Boyd, Farmer, Geneva, P. B. Simpson, William Chappell, Merchant, Watertown, L. W. Joiner, Farmer, Wyoming, Iowa. N. H. Virgin, J. Sutherland, Miller, Plattville, Grant. Book Merchant, Farmer & Phys'n, Beloit, Rock. Walworth. Lafayette. T. Clark, Servant of People. Manitowoc, Manitowoc. James H. K E. Pier, Farmer, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac. Frederick H E. Wheeler, William E. Smith, Merchant, Fox Lake, S. C. Bean, Mechanic, J. H. Warren, Physician, M. M. Davis, Physician, Speculator, Lawyer, Daniel Mears, Lumberman, M. L. Kimball, Lawyer, W. H. Tucker, Lawyer, La Crosse, Lake Mills, Albany, Portage City, Madison, Plover, Oscela Mills, Berlin, Dodge. Columbia. |