(7), forty-three (43) and forty-four (44) of range eight (8), forty-three (43) and forty-four (44) of range nine (9) west of the fourth principal meridian, and said territory so annexed shall become and be a part of the town of Bayfield.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 8, 1869.

CHAPTER 117.

[Published March 23, 1869.]

AN ACT to provide for a system of county highways in Brown county, and for the adoption of such system by other counties.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1. The county board of supervisors of Board of superBrown county shall hold a special meeting on the first visors shall apMonday in May, A. D. 1869, for the purpose of elect- of highways and ing some suitable person to serve as overseer of county sation. highways and for fixing his compensation. The said board shall at the same meeting declare by resolution such highway or highways or parts thereof as they deem to be of general interest to the whole county, to be county highways. Such resolution shall be published in some newspaper in the county for three successive weeks next after its passage, and thereafter the highways so declared shall remain "county highways" until such resolution is duly revoked.

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SECTION 2. Whenever at any meeting of said county county highboard, any highway or highways shall be declared and ways to be republished as "county highways," in the manner above expense. provided, such highways shall after the first day of March succeeding the passage of such resolution, be repaired and maintained at the county expense, and shall cease to be in any manner under the charge and superintendence of any officers of the towns through which they pass.

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SECTION 3. Any resolution of the board declaring county highways, may be revoked upon application of citizens of the county, but such application must be published in the newspaper of the county having the largest circulation, for three successive weeks previous to the meeting of the board at which it is presented.

SECTION 4. The county overseer of highways shall hold his office for the term of three years, but upon complaint made to the board of the incapacity, negli gence or dishonesty of said overseer, accompanied by due proof of the same, they shall remove him from office. The said overseer shall be elected triennially by the board of supervisors on the first Monday in May, but in case of a vacancy in the office, they shall at a special meeting called for that purpose elect a successor for the balance of the term.

SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the county overseer to make a report to the board of county supervisors at or before the meeting at which the annual county taxes are levied, embodying a correct and full statement of the condition of the county highways, and a careful estimate setting forth specifically the amount necessary to be expended upon said highway for the ensuing year He shall moreover inspect all work done upon the highways aforesaid, and report to the board his opinion as to whether the contract for such work has been faithfully executed. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall take and subscribe an oath before some officer qualified to adminis ter oaths, that he will not in any manner, directly or indirectly, be interested pecuniarily in any contract for work or for furnishing supplies or implements to be used upon the county highways, and that he will faithfully discharge the duties of overseer of county highways.

SECTION 6. All work done upon the county highways shall be done upon contract with the lowest competent and responsible bidder, to be approved by the county board, and based upon specifications which shall be furnished when required by the county overseer aforesaid.

SECTION 7. The county board shall annually levy a tax sufficient for the repairing and maintaining of the courty highways. The sum realized from the tax aforesaid shall be kept by the county treasurer as a sep

arate fund, to be called the "highway fund." The tax for the highway fund shall be levied separately from the tax for general county purposes, and carried out in a separate column upon the tax roll, and in case of any deficiency of cash funds collected by any town treasurer to meet the amount of tax imposed upon the town for all purposes, the said town treasurer shall in addition to the state tax, pay over the full amount of the "highway fund" tax, though it may occasion a deficiency in the town taxes.

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SECTION 8. That portion of the interest of the Drainage fund drainage fund which is or may be due to the county of interest to be Brown in any year shall be paid over to the county way fund. treasurer at the same time with the money due to the county from the school fund for that year, and shall form a part of the "highway fund" aforesaid.

SECTION 9. The contracts for work upon said Supervisors to county highways" shall be made with the board of make contracts. county supervisors and executed by the chairman in

their behalf.

SECTION 10. After the first of March, 1870, the or- After 1870, highdinary highway tax assessed by the supervisors of way tax to be towns in Brown county may be less than three but not more than five mills on the dollar.

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SECTION 11. The provisions of this act shall apply Provisions of to any county in the state whenever the board of coun- this act to apply ty supervisors thereof shall at a meeting held on the ties. first Monday of May in any year, vote to declare any of the highways in such county to be "county highways,' and to elect and fix the compensation of a county overseer of highways.

SECTION 12. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 8, 1869.

Section 10 amended.

Section 11 amended.

Section 12 amended.

CHAPTER 118.

Published March 13, 1869.]

AN ACT to amend sections 10, 11, 12 and 13 of chapter 171 of the general laws of 1868, entitled "an act to amend chapter 126, general laws of 1867, entitled 'an act authorizing the establishment of a board of immigration.''

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 10 of chapter 171, general laws of 1868, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: It shall be the duty of the board of immigration to cause to be printed in such numbers as they shall deem fit, and in as many languages as they may think best, a pamphlet, setting forth the advantages of this state as a home for immigrants, to be distributed in the eastern. states, Canada and Europe, in the manner provided for by this law.

SECTION 2. Section 11 of chapter 171 of the general laws of 1868, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The governor shall appoint an immigration agent for the state at large, whose duty it shall be to disseminate information by the publication of suitable articles in newspapers in foreign languages or otherwise, in regard to the state in general or certain localities thereof, as a desirable home for immigrants from Europe. It shall be the duty of such agent to communicate with the local agents (to be appointed as hereinafter specified), and to inform them of the best localities in this state for immigrants to settle in. Such agent shall be ex officio secretary of the board, regarding all correspondence in foreign languages. He shall receive no pay or compensation for his labor, but the board of im migration shall furnish him with the necessary station. ery and postage stamps.

SECTION 3. Section 12 of chapter 171 of general laws of 1868, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The governor with the approval of the board of immigration, shall appoint two local agents, one to reside in Milwaukee, in this state, and one to reside in

Chicago, Illinois, who shall be employed in behalf of the state at least four months during the year, and who shall be paid a reasonable compensation for the time thus actually employed. It shall be the duty of such local agent to assist and help all immigrants that may arrive in their respective places, and particularly such as may desire to locate in Wisconsin. They shall from time to time receive instructions from the state agent as to the best localitities in Wisconsin for immigrants to settle in, and they shall do all in their power to induce immigrants to go to such places as designated by the state agent. It shall also be the duty of such local agents to make weekly reports to the state agent, setting forth the number of immigrants arrived during the week at their respective ports, the nativity, age, sex, occupation and destination of such immigrants.

SECTION 4. Section 13 of chapter 171 of the gen- Section 13 eral laws of 1868 is hereby amended so as to read as amended. follows: The board of immigration shall have power to aid with such sums as it may think proper, either through the local agents or otherwise, such immigrants as are determined to make Wisconsin their future home, for the purpose of assisting them in reaching their place of destination, and the board shall be authorized if possible, to arrange with railroad companies for transportation of immigrants at half fare.

SECTION 5. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and publication.

Approved March 8, 1869.