SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 5, 1868.

Grant of lands accepted.

Upon what

ferred.

CHAPTER 105.

[Published March 10, 1868.]

AN ACT to accept a grant of lands made to the state of Wisconsin by act of congress, to aid in the construction of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal and harbor, in the county of Door, to connect the waters of Green Bay with Lake Michigan, and to provide for the construction of the same.

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

SECTION 1. That the lands, franchises, rights, powers and privileges granted to and conferred upon the state of Wisconsin, by an act of congress, approved April 10th, 1866, "granting to the state of Wisconsin a donation of public lands to aid in the construction of a break-water and harbor and ship canal at the head of Sturgeon Bay, in the county of Door, in said state, to connect the waters of Green Bay with Lake Michigan, in said state," be and the same are hereby accepted with the restrictions and upon the terms and conditions con. tained in said act of congress.

SECTION 2. For the purpose carrying cut the obcompany con- jects of said act, the said lands are hereby granted and conferred upon the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal and harbor company, a company organized in the city of Milwaukee, on the 4th day of October, 1866, under and by virtue of chapter 365 of the laws of Wisconsin of 1864, approved April 24th, 1864, subject to all the conditions, restrictions and obligations herein mentioned.

Duty of said company.

SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of said ship canal company to appoint an engineer who shall proceed to survey, lay out and establish the route of said canal, and determine the termination thereof, and also prepare a plan for the construction of said canal in conformity

with the provisions of the said act of congress, and make a diagram thereof to be approved by the governor, and when approved by him the same shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

pany.

SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of said company, Further duties after having made and filed such survey and plan of of said comsaid canal, to proceed without unnecessary delay and construct the same in conformity therewith: provided, that as the work on said canal progresses, the company may notify the governor that one-fourth or one half, or three-fourths of said work has been done, respectively,

when upon receiving such notification, the governor Governor shall shall appoint an agent to inspect the same, and if said appoint agent. governor is satisfied that so much of said work has been done, in accordance with the requirements of this act and of the act of congress aforesaid, then the said governor shall certify the same to said company and deposit a copy thereof in the office of the secretary of state, and in said certificate shall determine the proportion of said lands the said company has become entitled to in consideration of said work so done and approved by said governor, and when the governor shall make and file such certificate the commissioners of school and university lands shall convey by patent to the said company said proportions of said lands respectively, as selected by said company, and said company may proceed to sell and convey the same, and when the said company shall have completed the said canal in pursuance of the act of congress and in conformity with said survey and plan, it shall be the duty of the company's engineer to certify the same to the governor, whereupon, it shall be the duty of the governor to inspect the said work in person, or to appoint one or more agents to inspect the same and determine whether the said canal is constructed as required by this act. And whenever the said governor shall de. Shall certify to termine that the said canal has been constructed by of canal. the said company as required by said act of congress, and in conformity with the plan aforesaid, he shall certify the same to said company and deposit a copy thereof in the office of the secretary of state, and which certificate, as well as any certified copy thereof, or of any other certificates mentioned in this act, under the seal of the state, shall be evidence of the facts therein set forth. And when the governor shall make and

the completion

file with the secretary of state such certificate and deliver a copy of the same to the said company, the remainder of said lands shall be patented by the commissioners of school and university lands to the said company which shall stand seized and possessed of all said lands as fully as the state can convey the same, and free from any tax for the term of ten years, if so long held by the said company, and the said company shall use all due diligence in disposing of said lands at a fair and equitable price, and they shall not be held by the said company for speculation, and when sold by said company they shall be subject to taxation : provided, that previous to the issue of a patent therefor or for any of said lands, said company shall reimburse the state for all expenses incurred on account of the

same.

SECTION 5. All expenses incurred under and by virtue of this act, and of the act of congress aforesaid, shall be paid by the company, and the state shall not in any wise be holden therefor.

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 5, 1868.

Section one amended.

CHAPTER 106.

[Published March 10, 1868.]

AN ACT to amend chapter fifty-four of the revised statutes, entitled" of auctions and auctioneers."

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

SECTION 1: Section one of chapter fifty-four of the revised statutes, entitled "of auctions and auctioneers," is hereby amended by striking out the word "county" whenever it occurs in said section, and inserting the word "town," and by adding to the end of the section the following words: "when such goods, wares and merchandise shall have been sold by auction in the town, city or incorporated village in which such taxes were paid."

" amended..

SECTION 2. Section two of said chapter fifty-four is section two hereby amended, by striking out the word " county whenever it occurs in said section, and inserting the word "town."

SECTION. 3. Section three of said act is hereby Section three amended by striking out the whole of said section, and amended. inserting the following: "Section 3. The town clerks of the several towns may grant license to exercise the business of auctioneer, within their respective towns, to any inhabitant of this state who shall apply for the same: provided, that the person so applying for the same shall first give bond, with surety in the sum of one hundred dollars, to be approved by the judge of the circuit or county court, or the chairman of the town board of supervisors in which such license is to be issued, payable to the treasurer of the town, that the person applying for such license shall duly pay the duties imposed by this chapter, to the treasurer of the town within twenty-four hours after the close of any sale of goods, wares or merchandise by auction by such auctioneer, and the said clerk shall be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar for every such license signed by him, to be paid by the person who files his bond, as required by this chapter, with the town clerk: provided further, that such license shall not be construed to authorize the sale of goods at auction within the limits of any city or incorporated village.'

SECTION 4. Section four of such act is hereby Section four amended by striking out the whole of said section and amended. inserting the following: "Every person licensed as aforesaid shall, within one day after every sale as aforesaid, render to the town clerk of such town, a true and particular account in writing of all moneys for which any goods, wares or merchandise, liable to duty by this chapter, have been sold by him at auction."

SECTION 5. Section five of such act is hereby Section five amended by striking out the whole of such section and amended. inserting the following: "Each town clerk who shall have received any reports on sales at auction, agreeably to the provisions of this chapter, shall, at the annual town meeting, render an account thereof to said meeting, containing the number of licenses by him granted, the amount of duties reported to him to have been paid to the town treasurer, from whom paid, with the total amount of sales made by auction in such town." Approved March 5, 1868.

Valuation of

real estate in

reduced.

CHAPTER 107.

[Published March 11, 1868.]

AN ACT to equalize the state tax for the city of Green Bay.

WHEREAS, The state board of equalization in the year 1867, by raising the assessment on the lands of the county of Brown 95 per cent., and extending the same equalization to the city of Green Bay, which had been returned at its full cash value, did great injustice to said city:

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

SECTION 1. The aggregate valuation of the real Brown county property is hereby reduced from the sum fixed by the state board of equalization to the sum of two million, one hundred and fifty-three thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars and twenty cents, and in estimating the proportion of state tax for the year 1868, for the county of Brown, the secretary of state shail take the above mentioned sum as the aggregate valuation of real property in said county: provided, that if an equalization of all the real property of the state shall be required by law for the year 1868, this section shall have no force or effect.

Amount of state tax remitted.

SECTION 2. There is hereby remitted to the county of Brown, of the state tax of 1867, the sum of thirteen hundred and twelve dollars and fifty-four cents, which shall be passed to the credit of the said county in its settlement with the state treasurer for the state tax of that year; and the amount so remitted and credited to the said county shall be remitted and cred ited to the city of Green Bay by the county treasurer of Brown county in the settlement between said treasurer and the city of Green Bay for the state tax of 1867.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 5, 1868.