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CHAPTER 89.

[Published March 9, 1868.]

AN ACT to amend chapter 22 of the laws of 1859, entitled "an act relative to the sale of lands for unpaid taxes and the conveyance and redemption there of."

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

SECTION 1. Section twenty (20) of chapter twenty- Amended. two (22) of the general laws of 1859, entitled "an act relative to the sale of lands for unpaid taxes and the conveyance and redemption thereof," is hereby so amended as to read as follows: "Section 20. The lands of minors, or any interest they may have in lands sold for taxes, may be redeemed at any time before such minors come of age, and during one year thereafter; and the lands of idiots, married women, wid owed women, and insane persons, so sold, or any interest they may have in the same, may be redeemed at any time within five years after such sale, and such redemption shall be made in the same manner as provided in the last two preceding sections."

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 4, 1868.

CHAPTER 90.

[Published March 10, 1868.]

AN ACT to enable school districts to acquire title to sites for school houses in certain cases.

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

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SECTION 1. Whenever any school district in this How district state or any town board of supervisors in behalf of any title to site such district shall locate a site for a school house upon upon lands

owned by infant.

Condition of lease.

any lands owned by any infant,or in which any infant has an interest, the circuit or county court of the county in which said land is situated may authorize the guardian or parent of such infant to execute a perpetual lease of any lands of such infant, not exceeding one acre in amount, to be used by said district, its successors or assigns for school purposes only, and when any such land is held in trust for any infant the trustees may be authorized to execute such perpetual lease in behalf of the said infant for whom said land is held in trust, and when any such lease is executed pursuant to the order of said circuit or county court, the same shall pass to and vest in the lessee all the interest of said infant in said lands authorized to be granted by said court.

SECTION 2. Before granting leave to make and execute said lease it shall be made to appear satisfactorily to said court that the said premises are needed for school purposes, that the consideration to be paid for the interest of said infant therein is adequate, and that the interest of said infant will not be prejudiced by the execution of said lease; and before making any such order the court shall require the guardian or other person authorized to execute said lease to execute a bond to account for and pay over the funds or money received, as in cases provided by law for the sale of

lands of minors.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 4, 1868.

Amended.

CHAPTER 91.

[Published March 9, 1868.]

AN ACT to amend section 51, chapter 18, of revised statutes, "of assessment and collection of taxes."

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

SECTION 1. Section fifty-two of chapter eighteen of the revised statutes is hereby amended by adding as

follows: And it shall be the duty of the clerk of the board of supervisors, before delivering such corrected assessment roll to the supervisors, to enter therein, cpposite each tract of land assessed and under the head of" taxes unpaid for previous years," the year for which any tax remains unpaid for the preceding three years, and town, city and county treasurers, in giving receipts for taxes paid upon any tract of land, shall, under the head of taxes unpaid for previous years, note in such receipt the year for which such unpaid tax is due on the tract of land thus receipted for.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 4, 1868.

CHAPTER 92.

[Published March 9, 1868.]

AN ACT to amend section 28 of chapter 13 of the revised statutes, entitled "of counties and county officers."

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

SECTION 1. Section twenty-eight of chapter thirteen Amended. of the revised statutes, entitled "of counties and county officers," is hereby amended by adding to the first subdivision of said section twenty-eight of said chapter thirteen, as follows: provided, further, that in case of the formation of a new town from the territory of a town or towns organized for five years or more, the said county board of supervisors shall have power to apportion to the respective portions so detached, pro rata, according to the last assessment roll of said town, any indebtedness which may have been legally incurred by such old towns, and the town so organized may be required to pay its proper proportion of such indebtedness, at such time or times as the same may become payable by the terms of the contracts legally made by proper officers of such old town or towns; and provided,

further, if, in the opinion of the county board of supervisors, it shall be necessary for an equitable apportionment of such indebtedness on the town so organized, they may cause a new assessment of the town or towns affected by such organization of a new town.

SECTION 2. This act shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 4, 1868.

CHAPTER 93.

[Published March 10, 1868.]

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capitol by contract.

AN ACT to provide for the completion of the state capitol.

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

SECTION 1. The governor, secretary of state, provide for state treasurer, attorney general and bank comptroller, completion of shall constitute ex officio a board of building ommissioners; and they are hereby authorized to provide for the erection and completion of the rotunda and dome of the state capitol. The contract for work and material on the same shall be let by contract to the lowest and best responsible bidder, under such terms and restrictions as may be provided for in the advertisement and specifications, adopted by said board.

When shall be completed.

What provions continued in force.

SECTION 2. The contract for the completion of said work shall provide for the entire completion of the said rotunda and dome, at such time as said board of building commissioners may determine, but not later than the first day of November, 1870: provided, that not more than twenty-five thousand dollars shall be paid in the year 1868, nor more than the sum of fifty thousand dollars in addition in the year 1869, and the remainder upon the completion and acceptance of the work in 1870.

SECTION 3. The provisions of section two (2), section three (3), section five (5), section six (6), section eight (8), section nine (9), section ten (10), of chapter fiftynine (59), of the general laws of 1866, are hereby con

tinued in force, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and shall govern the commissioners in carrying into effect the provisions of this

act.

SECTION 4. There is hereby appropriated out of the Appropriation. state treasury the sum of one hundred and two thousand dollars, which shall be drawn in accordance with law, upon the certificate of said board of commissioners.

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SECTION 5. In case the said commissioners shall Work may be find that the contract for this work can be let on terms factory. more favorable to the state by allowing the contractor to fit and set up the work at the manufactory, in order to render the whole more complete and perfectly fitted together, the commissioners may, after requiring proper bonds and safe-guards for the protection of the interests of the state, pay a portion of the costs of said work before the same shall be delivered at the capitol.

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 4, 1868.

CHAPTER 94.

[Published March 10, 1868.]

AN ACT relating to court expenses.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate

and assembly, do enact as follows:

list of deputies

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of sheriff shall file each county in this state at the commencement of every term of court, to file with the clerk of said court a list of his deputies, who are to receive a per diem for attendance on court: provided, however, that no sheriff shall be entitled to more than three deputies at the expense of the county. The court may, however, by special order, authorize a greater number of deputies to attend jury when the court shall be engaged in the trial of any person charged with crime.

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