the state treasurer, on the order of the secretary of state out of any money not otherwise appropriated. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 19, 1856. Special term of court. To adjourn same. In certain cases court to stand adjourn ed without day. CHAPTER 9. Published February 23. An Act in relation to the circuit court of Rock county. The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. A special term of the circuit court for Rock county, shall be held on the twenty-sixth day of February, 1856, and no notice of the holding thereof shall be required. There shall be held a special term of said court in said county, on the third Tuesday of January in every year hereafter. SEO. 2. The judge of said court may adjourn any general or special term thereof, for any time, by an ordermade in open court, and entered in the minutes kept by the clerk thereof, and no notice of such adjournment shall be required. SEC. 3. In case the judge of the court shall not arrive. and open the court on the first day of any term thereof, or on the day to which any term shall be adjourned, before four o'clock, the clerk of the court shall adjourn the said court, from day to day, not exceeding six days, Sunday's excepted, and shall enter an order making such adjournment in the minutes, kept by him, and if the judge should not arrive and open the court before four o'clock of the said sixth day, the court shall stand adjourned without day. SEC. 4. This act shall be published immediately, and bo in force from and after its passage. Approved February 22, 1856. CHAPTER 10. Published March 7. An Act to distribute the History of Wisconsin to the several School Districts of this State. The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Wisconsin SECTION 1. The superintendent of public property is History of hereby authorized to deliver to the superintendent of its distribution public instruction, twenty-five hundred copies of the His tory of Wisconsin. ward same to registers. SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the state superintendent State superinof schools, as soon as he shall receive the books as above tendent to for-r provided, to forward a sufficient number of copies to the register of deeds of each county in the state, whose duty it shall be to receive the same, to supply the several common schools therein, and at the same time inform the town superintendent of each town of the number of copies which he is entitled to receive from the register of deeds of his county, to be distributed to the several com. mon schools in his town. tendent's duties. SEC. 3. On the receipt of the aforesaid books, the town Town superinsuperintendent shall deliver to the librarian of each or ganized school district in his town, one copy for each common school taught therein, and shall take his receipt for the same, and file it among the records of his office, and such books, when received by the several districts in the state, shall be considered as belonging to the library of the district, and shall be subject to the same laws and regulatious as other library books. vices. SEC. 4. The register of deeds and town superintendent To compenshall receive such compensation for the services required sate for serby them by the provisions of this act, as the county and town boards of supervisors, respectively shall deem pro per. act mado to apply, &c. SEC. 5. The provisions of this act shall be so construed Provisions of as to apply to the superintendents of common schools of the several cities of this state, the same as to town superintendents, and where school districts have no librarian elected, then the books must be delivered by the town superintendent to the district clerks of such districts. SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from and after its på sage and publication. Approved February 29, 1856. To change name. CHAPTER 11. Published March 8. An Act to change the name of John S. Folds to John S. F. Langrishe. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in SECTION 1. That John S. Folds, commonly known as ing court in certain coun ties. CHAPTER 12. Published March 8. An Act concerning the Circuit Court of the counties therein named. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The terms of the circuit court in the counties Time of hold- of Polk, St. Croix, Pierce and Chippewa shall be held as follows, to wit: In the county of Polk, on the fourth Monday of April, and on the fourth Monday in October, in each year. In the county of St. Croix, on the second Monday of May, and on the second Monday of November, of each year. In the county of Pierce, on the fourth Monday of May, and on the fourth Monday of November, in each year. In the county of Chippewa, on the fourth Monday of June, and on the fourth Monday of December, in each year. SEC. 2. All writs, process, indictments, appeals, recog- Writs, &c. renizances and other proceedings whatsoever, made re- turnable. turnable to the terms of the circuit court, in and for the several counties mentioned in this act, as now provided by law, and all adjournments, appearances, continuances, motions and notice of any proceedings in the circuit courts of the several counties herein mentioned, made or taken to the terms of the circuit court in and for said counties, as now provided by law, shall be held to be taken to the terms of the circuit court in and for said counties, as fixed and established in the first section of this act. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 6, 1856. CHAPTER 13. Published March 10. An Act to fix the time for holding the terms of the Circuit Court in the counties of Brown and Outagamie, in the Tenth Judicial Circuit. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The terms of the circuit court, for the coun- Time of holdty of Brown, shall be held on the first Monday in Janu- ing court in ary, May and October, in each year. Brown and SEC. 2. The terms of said court, for the county of Outa- counties. gamie, shall be held on the third Monday of January and October, and fourth Monday of April, in each year. SEC. 3. The grand jury shall be summoned to attend the Grand jury. January term of said court, in the county of Brown, and neither grand nor petit jury shall be summoned to attend the January term in the county of Outagamie. SEC. 4. All recognizances on criminal charges entered Criminal charinto before a justice of the peace, shall be made return-ges. able to the term next succeeding the entry thereof, at which a grand jury is required to attend. SEC. 5. All writs, recognizance and proceedings, now Writs, &c. pending in any of said courts, shall be deemed returnable, returnable. or continued to the terms herein before mentioned. eida Repealing SEO. 6. So much of any act as requires the holding of clause." & term of said court in either of said counties at any other time than as herein before specified, and all acts conflict ing with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.org as to soiton bas anot Approved March 6, 1856. Ventiered soitanos farova edi ། To change a name. Heir-at-law. CHAPTER 14. Published March 11. An Act to change the name of Artemas Ewell George, and to constitute said child an adopted son of R. J. and Louisa S. Munn. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. That the name of Artemus Ewell George shall hereafter be Ewell George Munn, by which name the said person shall be called and known, to all legal intents and purposes. SEC. 2. The said person whose name is thus changed by the first section of this act, shall be the child and heir. at-law of Romanzo J. Munn and Louisa S. Munn, his wife, ...of the city and county of Racine, in the state of Wisconno sin, and the obligation of child to parent and parent to child, shall pertain as fully between the parties herein named, as in the case of legitimate parentage and descent. When to take effect. H SEO. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage: Provided, That this act shall have no force until the said Romanzo J. Munn and Louisa S. Munn, his wife, shall assent thereto, by an instrument in writing, to be by them subscribed and acknowledged, and recorded in the office of the register of deeds, of said county of Racine. - Approved, March 1, 1856. |