Washington lying within the following boundaries, to wit: Boundaries, commencing at the southwest corner of township nine, north of range twenty-one, east of the fourth principal meridian; and running thence north, on the range line between ranges twenty and twenty-one, to the northwest corner of township twelve, range twenty one east; thence east, on the township line between townships twelve and thirteen north, to the eastern boundary line of this state, in lake Winnebago; thence southerly, on said boundary line, until it intersects a line running due east between townships eight and nine north; thence west, on said line, to the place of beginning, is hereby set off and erected into a separate county, under the name and title of Ozaukee. SEC. 2. That said county of Ozaukee is hereby erected, established, and organized with all the rights, powers, and privileges by law granted to other counties of this state, and subject to all general laws established for county government. Powers. Election of SEC. 3. That on the first Tuesday of April next, the electors resident in said county of Ozaukee shall meet in officers, their respective towns, at the usual place of holding elections, and there and then proceed to elect all and every of the county officers provided by law for county government; which said officers shall hold their offices, when duly qualified, until the expiration of the regular term of similar offices in other counties. SEC. 4. That on the first Tuesday of April next, there shall be elected by the qualified electors of said county of Ozaukee, a county judge, in accordance with the provisions of chapter eighty-six of the revised statutes of Wisconsin; who, when duly qualified, shall hold his office until the expiration of the regular term of similar officers in other counties. Election of judge. SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, Sheriff to give as soon after the publication of this act as possible, to notice of elecgive notice to the sheriff of Washington county, specify- tion. ing what officers are to be elected at the April town elections for the county of Ozaukee; and upon the receipt of such notice, the sheriff shall cause to be posted in three or more public places in each organized town in said county of Ozaukee, a notice specifying the officers to be elected for said county; for which service he shall be paid by the county of Ozaukee. The election shall be conducted in all respects at the polls as is provided by Board of can vassers. County seat. law for general elections; and the returns shall be made to the sheriff of Washington county, at Port Washington, within six days after such election, in the same manner that returns are directed to be made to the county board of canvassers; on the Tuesday next following the election, the said sheriff shall take to his assistance two justices of the peace, residents in the county of Ozaukee, who shall be a board of canvassers, and shall proceed to canvass the votes cast at such election for county officers, in the same manner as is provided for by law for other boards of canvassers. Said board of canvassers shall immediately publish, in some newspaper in said county, the result of such election, and give a certificate of election to the person elected; and shall, as soon as the county board of supervisors shall be organized and a clerk elected, file with the said clerk, to be recorded as by law directed, such statement of the result of such election. SEC. 6. The present village of Port Washington is hereby declared to be the county seat of said county of Ozaukee. The terms of the circuit court for said county, Courts, when shall be held on the second Monday in June, and the third Monday in November, in each year. to be held. SEC. 7. The liabilities or indebtedness of the present Indebtedness, county of Washington shall be paid, satisfied, and dishow paid. charged rateably by said county of Washington and county of Ozaukee, according to the last assessment of Washington county; except so far as the county of Washington shall have a fund, which shall be used in discharge of such indebtedness; and in case there is a county fund on hand, or real or personal property now owned by said county of Washington, the same shall be divided between the said counties, at the same rates as for the discharge of indebtedness. The board of superSupervisors to visors of either county shall have power to audit claims audit claims. for which both counties are liable. to be prosecu tod, SEC. 8. All processes, appeals, recognizances and other Writs, &c., how proceedings commenced, either in the circuit court for the county of Washington, or in the county court of said county, prior to the first Monday of May next, shall be prosecuted to find judgment therein, the same manner and with like effect as they might have been had this act not have been passed. Third senate district. SEC. 9. The county of Ozaukee shall constitute the third senate district. SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the county supervisors elected at the next April town election within the said county of Ozaukee, to meet at the court room in the village of Port Washington, on the first Monday of May next, at 10 o'clock, A. M., organize a board of county County buildsupervisors; and shall there and then proceed to select, ings. within the limits of the said village of Port Washington, suitable lands for the erection of court house and other county buildings; and also shall procure suitable rooms for holding courts, and for county officers. SEC. 11. The supervisors of the county of Ozaukee are hereby authorized and empowered to procure a copy of Records the records of Washington county, relating to the titles of all lands situate within the limits of the said county of Ozaukee, as they now or may appear in the register's, circuit clerk, or clerk of the board of supervisors' offices, in said county of Washington. The copies so entered in the respective offices of Ozaukee county, shall be of the like form and effect as if originally entered of record in said county. SEC. 12. The place known and designated as the village of West Bend, in town eleven, range nineteen, in the county of Washington, shall and it is hereby declared to be the county seat of said county of Washington; and the board of supervisors of said county shall, as soon as practicable, provide suitable buildings for county purposes in said village of West Bend. And said board of supervisors are required to meet at said village of West Bend, on the third Tuesday of March, A. D. 1853, for the purpose of providing said buildings, and selecting and procuring grounds and lots for the location of county buildings. SEC. 13. All acts and parts of acts contravening this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 14. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to cause this act to be published forthwith, and it shall go into effect from and after its passage. Approved, March 7, 1853. Washington county seat An Act to authorize certain officers to administer oaths; and to provide for SECTION 1. The president and chief clerk of the senate chief clerk to administer oath. are respectively authorized to administer to any member President and or officer of the senate, any oath or affirmation which he is required to take as a senator, or officer of the senate, or as a member of the court for the trial of impeachments; and to administer any oath or affirmation to any other person in any proceeding before the senate, or any committee thereof, or before the court for the trial of impeach cess, &c. ments. SEC. 2. The court for the trial of impeachments is auMay issue pro- thorized to issue, and enforce obedience to any summons, subpoena, or other process necessary to the exercise of its powers and authority; to provide in what form the same shall be issued, by whom and in what manner it shall be signed and attested, by whom it shall be executed, and in what form return thereof shall be made, and make such. other provisions as may be required for the aforesaid purposes not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States, or of this State. Chap. 23. be held. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, March 10, 1853. An Act to change the time of holding the March Term of the Circuit Court in Waukesha county, for the year eighteen hundred fifty-three. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The term of the circuit court in Waukesha When court to County, now fixed by law to be held on the third Monday in March, is hereby postponed for the year eighteen hundred fifty-three, until the third Monday in June, eighteen hundred fifty-three. Jurors to serve returnable. SEC. 2. The persons drawn to serve as grand and petit jurors at the said March term, shall be summoned to appear before said circuit court on the third Monday of June, eighteen hundred fifty-three. SEC. 3. All writs, summons, indictments, recognizances Writs, &c.,how and other proceedings made returnable by law on the said third Monday of March, eighteen hundred fifty-three, shall be returnable on the third Monday of June, eighteen hundred fifty-three; and all adjournments, appearances, continuances, motions and notices of any proceedings in said court, made or taken to said March term shall be held to be made and taken to the said third Monday of June. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage; and the secretary of state is hereby directed to cause this act to be published immediately. Approved, March 10, 1853. An Act to provide for the election of State Prison Commissioner, and for other purposes. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Chap. 24. SECTION 1. There shall be elected at the present session Commissioner, of the legislature, in joint ballot of the two houses, one how appoiлted commissioner, who sha I be known and styled State Prison Commissioner; said commissioner shall hold his office until the first day of January next, and until a successor shall have been elected and qualified. SEC. 2. After the first election under this act, there shall be elected at the general election in November, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, and biennially thereafter as state officers are elected, one state prison commissioner, who shall hold his office for two years from the first day of January thereafter, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified; said commissioner shall be warden and treasurer of the state prison. How elected SEC. 3. In case a vacancy shall occur, a commissioner Vacancy. shall be appointed by the Governor, who shall hold his office for the residue of the unexpired term. SEC. 4. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Approved, March 10, 1853. An Act to amend an act entitled "an act to amend sections eighty-two and three of chapter eighty four, of the Revised Statutes," approved April 17, Chap. 25. 1852. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. So much of sections one and two of an act entitled "an act to amend sections eighty-two and three of chapter eighty-four of the revised statutes," approved April 17, 1852, as authorizes the court to appoint any person but the sheriff of the county to sell mortgaged premises be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That decrees and proceedings therein rendered and |