Proviso.

may deem proper; but in either case notice of the elec. tion shall be posted up in five, public places in the town, and be published in a newspaper printed in the county, for twenty days preceding such election; such notice shall specify the amount of the bonds proposed to be is. sued to said railroad company, the length of time they are to run, the rate of interest they shall bear, and the place where the same shall be payable; at such election, those voting in favor of the proposition shall deposit a ballot containing the words thereon, "For the railroad," and those voting against it shall deposit a ballot containing thereon the words, "Against the railroad." The election shall be conducted, and the votes shall be canvassed, certified to, and recorded in the same manner as the votes given at the annual town meeting; Provided, however, That no such election shall be ordered or called by the supervisors of the town, unless the same shall be requested in a petition signed by not less than twenty-five freeholders of such town; but when such petition so signed shall be presented to the supervisors of the town, they shall order or call such election as herein provided.

Company to SEO. 4. Before the supervisors shall issue and deliver give security. any such bonds, said railroad company shall give security to the satisfaction of the supervisors, that the money arising from the sale of bonds shall be faithfully applied to the construction of the Milwaukee and Beloit railroad; and the said railroad shall be completed to such point within such time as they may deem it safe and expedient to require.

Stock, &c. pledged for payment of

principal and

interest.

SEC. 5. The shares of stock in said railroad company thus taken by any town, and all dividends arising therefrom, are hereby and shall remain irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds delivered therefor, as also for the faith of such town; but the supervisors of the town may sell the shares of stock taken in said railroad by such town if authorized so to do, by a majority of the legal voters voting at an annual town meeting in such town, and thereafter the proceeds of such sale, and the interest thereon, shall be and remain irrevocably pledged to pay the principal and interest of such bonds, and the supervisors shall annually, or whenever it may become necessary, levy a tax upon the taxable property of the town, sufficient to pay the interest upon such bonds, and the principal when it shall become due, and such tax shall be assessed, levied and collected in the

same manner as other taxes in such towns are assessed, levied and collected by law.

SEC. 6. The shares of stock so subscribed for, and held Stock not af by any such town, shall not be in any manner affected by fected by any mortgage, lien, or incumbrance given or obtained mortgage. apon such railroad; and in case any such railroad be sold or in any manner disposed of, to satisfy any such mortgage or lien, such shares of stock held by such town, shall still remain valid and unaffected, and the town shall be entitled to draw the same dividends upon such shares in whosoever hands or control such railroad may be, as if no such sale or disposition had been made.

SEO. 7. The board of supervisors of each town holding Railroad comany shares of stock in said railroad, shall annually, or as missioner. often as a vacancy occurs, appoint one railroad commissioner, who shall attend the annual or special meetings of the stockholders of said railroad company, and shall be entitled to cast one vote for every share of stock so held by the town, in the election of officers in said railroad company, and in all questions in which the stockholders may have a vote.

SEO. 8. This act shall be published in one newspaper To publish. published in each of the counties of Waukesha and Walworth, and with the laws of a general nature, and shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 18, 1856.

CHAPTER 24.

Published March 26.

An Act to authorize the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to subacribe for a certain number of copies of the Wisconsin Journal of Educasion.

The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

subscribe for

SECTION 1. The state superintendent of public instruc- State superintion, from year to year, so long as he shall deem expedient, tendent to is hereby authorized to subscribe for so many copies of journal of edu the Wisconsin Journal of Education, published by the cation, &c.

Payment for

same.

To deduct same from school fund.

To certify amount deducted to state treasurer.

State Teachers' Association, at the price of fifty cents per year, as shall be sufficient to supply one copy to each or ganized school district in the state, and one copy to each town superintendent of schools in the state; Provided, The state superintendent be allowed to publish, free of expense to the state, any and all matters of an educational character, that he may wish to publish from month to month in the columns of said journal. The said periodical shall be sent by the publishers to the clerk of each school district in the state, and to each town superintendent in the state. It shall be the duty of each district clerk to cause each volume to be bound, at the expense of the district, and to be kept in the library of such district, subject to the general library regulations.

SEC. 2. A sum sufficient to pay for the number of copies of said journal so subscribed for, is hereby annually appropriated out of the income of the school fund, and the same shall remain in the state treasury, subject to the draft of the state superintendent of public instruction, to be drawn quarterly, and paid over to the publisher of said journal.

SEC. 3. In making the annual apportionment of the income of the school fund among the several towns and cities of this state, it shall be the duty of the state superintendent to deduct from the whole amount otherwise subject to apportionment, such sum as may be necessary to pay for the said journal at the price above named.

SEC. 4. In certifying to the state treasurer the appor tionment of the income of the school fund annually, the state superintendent shall state in such certificate the aggregate amount deducted according to the provisions of this act.

SEO. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 19, 1856.

CHAPTER 25

Published March 26.

An Act to change the name of William Ramminger to William Reichel.

The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The name of William Ramminger, a resident Name changed of the city of Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan, commonly known by the name of William Reichel, is hereby changed to William Reichel, by which name he shall be hereafter known in law, for all purposes whatso

ever.

SEO. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 20, 1856.

CHAPTER 26.

Published in Extra, April 16.

An Act to regulate the crossing of railroad tracks by railroad trains.

The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. That all railroad trains drawn or propelled by Crossing railone or more locomotives, shall stop and come to a dead road track. halt before arriving at, or crossing the track of another railroad, and the one arriving near said crossing first (if two trains are present at the same time) shall cross and move on first.

SEC. 2. If any railroad company, or their agents, servants Punishment or employees, shall violate the provisions of this act, such for violation of act. company shall for each and every violation thereof forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars, such penalty to be collected as other fines and penalties are collected, and to be paid over, one half to the person in whose name the

In case of loss

action is brought and the balance shall be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the school fund, as provided in the constitution.

SEC. 3. In case of the destruction of life or property by of life or prop- a violation of this act, the offending party or parties shall

erty.

Money recov ered under this act-how disposed of.

Public act

be liable to the injured party in double the amount of property destroyed, and for every life destroyed the of fending party shall be liable in a sum not exceeding fiftythousand dollars, nor less than ten thousand dollars, to be recovered by the representatives of such deceased person, to be collected by an action of debt or assumpsit as in other cases provided.

SEC. 4. All sums of money recovered under the provisions of this act, for the destruction of the life of any person, shall be for the exclusive use and benefit of the widow and child or children of the person whose life shall have been so destroyed; if there be a widow and child or children surviving the deceased, one half for the widow and one half for the child or children; in case there be no widow and there be a child or children, then for the exclusive benefit of the child or children, and if there be no child or children surviving and there be a widow, then for the exclusive benefit of the widow, and in all other cases the money recovered shall be distributed as other personal assets in the hands of the personal representatives of the deceased.

SEC. 5. This act shall be a public act and shall take effect upon its passage and publication. Approved March 20, 1856.

CHAPTER 27.

Published March 29.

An Act to annex a part of the county of Dodge to the county of Jefferson.

104 The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. All of that district of country lying and be ing within the county of Dodge, and known and described