Chap. 180 An Act to change the name of the Village of Arena, county of Iowa. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The name of the village of Arena, in the county of Iowa, situated on the north-east quarter of the northeast quarter of section number twenty-four, in township number eight, (8) north of range number five, (5) east of the fourth principal meridian, is hereby changed to "Dover," and it shall hereafter be known in law and otherwise by said name. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. DUNCAN C. REED, President pro tempore of the Senate. Appoved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. Chap. 181 Chap. 182. An Act to appropriate to Volney French the sum therein named. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to Volney French the sum of forty dollars in full for principal on Territorial Scrip issued June fourth and February nineteenth, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and forty-two by an act to provide for the payment of expenses of the Legislative Assembly, to wit. numbers thirty-eight, seven hundred and sixty, and four hundred and eighty, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated on the delivery of said Scrip. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. An Act to appropriate to J. Quintus the sum therein named. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows : SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to J. Quintus, publisher of the Sheboygan Newsbode, the sum of fifty dollars in full for printing five hundred copies of the Governor's Mes sage in Dutch language, in January, eighteen hundred and fif ty-one. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governer and President of the Senate. Approved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. An Act to appropriate to Alexander F. Pratt the sum therein named. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to Alexander F. Pratt the sum of six hundred and fifty dollars in full payment for keeping state prisoners confined in the Waukesha county jail, to the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one and for services rendered and expenses incurred in pursuing and arresting state prisoners who escaped from said jail in the months of November and December one thousand eight hundred and forty nine. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. Chap. 183 An Act to appropriate to James P. Whitney the sum therein named. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to James P. Whitney out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty-six dollars, in full for professional services and medicines furnished to Joseph Palmer a state prisoner, confined in the jail in Milwaukee county during the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Apprroved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY. Chap. 184 Chap. 185 Chap. 186. Chap. 187 Governor to ap An Act to appropriate a certain sum of money to Charles Weed. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to Charles Weed the sum of twenty-four dollars, in full pay and compensation for furnishing two Blank Books, of eight quires each, for the Journals of the present session of the Legislature, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Appoved, March 11th, 1851. NELSON DEWEY.] An Act to appropriate to Grant County the sum of money therein named, } The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate und Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the county of Grant, the sum of one hundred and thirty-five dol lars and thirty-three cents, the same being in full of the amounts overpaid by said county into the State Treasury for the years one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and eighteen hun dred and fifty, in consequence of double assessments for three years. FREDERICK W. HORN, Speaker of the Assembly. SAMUEL W. BEALL, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate. Approved, March 11th, 1851. f NELSON: DEWEY. 1 An Act relating to the Militia. The People of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1... The Commander-in-chief of the Militia of this point General State shall appoint the General Staff, and for the purpose of enumeration and enrollment of the militia, the State of Wis consin shall be divided and organised into military divisions. brigades, regiments, battalions and companies, as follows, to Military Divis wit: First division-The counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, Kenosha, Walworth and Jefferson. Second division ions. The counties of Dane, Rock, Greene, Iowa, Lafayette and SEC. 2. Each division shall be divided and organised into' two brigades, as follows, to wit: First division-the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha and Jefferson, shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Racine, Kenosha and Walworth shall constitute the second brigade. Second division-The counties of Dane, Rock and Greene shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Iowa, Lafayette and Grant shall constitute the second brigade. Third division-The counties. of Dodge, Columbia, Marquette and Waushara shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Fond du Lac, Sheboygan and Washington shall constitute the second brigade. Fourth division-The counties of Winnebago. Calumet, Waupacca and Manitowoc shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Bryn. Utagamie, and Door shall constitute the second brigade. Fifth division-The counties of Crawford, Richland, Sauk and Adams shall constitute the first brigade. The counties of Portage, Marathon, Chippeway, St. Croix, La Pointe, Bad Crosse and Oconto shall constitute the second brigade. iments and bat Each brigade shall be divided and organised into as Division by reg. many rements as there are counties within its bounds; each mons County constituting a regimental command, except wherein sepagate battalions, are herein provided for. bien Seater The, counties of Marathon, Chippewa, St. Croix, Ish faintes Bad Ax, La Crosse, Oconto, Waushara, and WauBasca shall each constitute a separate battalion. panies. SEC. 5. Each county shall be divided and organised into Division of com companies as follow, to wit: Each town in each county as organised under the town system of government shall constitute a separate company beat. ions to be gov SEC. 6. The said divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, Military Divisand companies shall be officered and commanded in all respects erned by militia in conformity with the provisions of the several acts of Con- laws of U. S. gress of May eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-two, and of April twenty, eighteen hundred and sixteen, entitled An Act more effectually to provide for the national defence by estabfishing, an uniform militia throughout the United States ور SEC. 7. The Governor shall appoint and commission all of the Governor to approper officers in the said divisions, brigades,regiments,battalions ficers. point proper of Proviso. 'Persons to be enrolled. Proviso Town Assessor to furnish Clerk with a militia list. and companies, according to their respective ranks: Provided, that commanders of divisions, of brigades and regiments may select the staff officers of their respective commands. SEC. 8. Every free, able-bodied white male person who has resided within this State one month, and is between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, shall be enrolled in the militia of this State: Provided, that exemptions from the performance of militia duty may be granted, as hereafter provided by law. SEC. 9. Itshall be the duty of the town Assessor in each town of Supervisors in each county, as organised under the town system of government, on or before the first Monday of July annually, to make out and return into the office of the Clerk of the board of Supervisors of the county, a list of the names of all free able-bodied white male persons between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, who have resided for the term of one month within the bounds of said town, which list shall be separate from his assessment list, and shall be headed "Militia List;" for which service such assessor shall receive the sum of one cent for each person so by him returned on said list, to be paid in like manner as other services of such Assessor are paid. Commanders of regiments to erai. SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the several commanders of make returns to each regiment and separate battalion, on or before the first day Adjutant Gen of November annually to make out a separate roll of each company within the bounds of such regiment or separate battalion, which roll shall be copied and taken from the several returns of the town Assessors made as aforesaid; which said company rolls so made out shall be returned by such commanding officers, and separate battalions within one month thereafter to the Adjutant General, certified by such commanding officer to be the several rolls of the companies of militia within the bounds of his command; and any neglect or failure to perform the said duty shall be deemed a vacation of the commission of the officer so in default, unless such neglect or failure shall be accounted for satisfactorily to the Commander-in-chief.. " Duty of Adju" tant General. SEC. 11. It shall be the duty of the Adjutant General to receive and distribute all orders from the Governor as Commander-in-Chief of the militia, to the several officers of the said militia; he shall furnish to the several officers of the militia, all forms and returns connected with a proper discharge of their respective duties, for which forms and returns, together with all postage on letters or packages from or to him on subjects connected with military duty he shall be paid out of the State treasury on settlement of his account with the auditor; he shall give explanations and information on all matters connected with military duty to all milita officers whenever required by them; he shall receive and file all returns made to him |