Chainmen.

Public act.

Such commissioners may employ not more than two chainmen at any one time, and in such case, all chainmen so employed, shall take and subscribe an oath in all res pects like the one above mentioned, (except so far as relates to making returns of proceedings) before proceeding to act.

SEC. 9. This act is hereby declared a public act, and shall be favorably construed to effect the purpose hereby intended, and copies thereof printed by authority of the state, shall be received as evidence thereof in all cases, and this act shall take effect and be in force from and af ter its passage.

Approved March 20, 1856.

Amendment.

CHAPTER 28.

Published April 23.

An Act to amend an act entitled "an act to fix the times for holding the terms of the circuit court in the counties of Brown and Outagamie, in the tenth judicial circuit," Approved March 6, 1856.

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

SECTION 1. Section three of chapter thirteen, of the general laws of Wisconsin for the year 1856, is hereby amend ed by striking out the word "grand" in the first line of said section, and inserting the word "petit."

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

Approved March 21, 1856.

CHAPTER 29.

Published April 28.

An Act to change the name of Harriet Cowles and her infant daughter Mary
Emma Virginia Cowles.

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

SECTION 1. The name of Harriet Cowles of the town Name changed of Baraboo, in the county of Sauk, is hereby changed to Harriet Chapman, and the name of her infant daughter, Mary Emma Virginia Cowles, is hereby changed to Mary Emma Virginia Chapman, and by the last mentioned names they shall respectively be hereafter known and recognized.

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

Approved March 22, 1856.

CHAPTER 30.

Published March 25.

An Act concerning evidence.

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

ed evidence.

SECTION 1. Copies of any record, plat, file, paper or mem- Copies of record, &c., orandum, of the purchase or entry of any land made or certified by kept in any land office of the United States located in register deem this state, when certified by the register of the land office, having the charge or custody thereof, in like form as is by statute required as to other records, plats, 'files or papers, shall be, in or before any court or tribunal, evidence of the matters or things so certified.

SEO. 2. This act shall be printed by the state printer immediately after the passage thereof, and when so printed shall take effect.

Approved March 25, 1856.

CHAPTER 31.

Published April 29.

An Act to protect the Capitol Square, and the public property therein.

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

To protect SECTION. 1. Any person who shall girdle, or in any way capitol square. willfully injure the trees growing upon the Capitol Square, in the city of Madson, or who shall willfully break, destroy, or in any way injure the fences enclosing said square, or the chains or posts enclosing the grass plots in said square, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five dollars, to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction; and the superintendent of public property is hereby au thorized to proceed on behalf of the state, for any viola tion of the provisions of this act.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publicalicn. Approved March 27, 1856.

CHAPTER 32.

Published in Extra April 16.

An Act to provide for the erection and maintainance of guide boards along leading and important public highways.

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

Supervisors to have guide SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the boards put up. town board of supervisors of each town in this state, within six months from and after the passage of this act, to cause to be erected at the intersection of all main trav eled roads within his town with other legally laid out roads, suitable and intelligible post guides or guide boards giving direction and distance from the point of such inter

section to adjoining or important towns, the expense to be paid from the treasury of the town.

SEC. 2. Any chairman of a town board of supervisors Fine for neg who shall neglect the duty required by section one of this lect. act, shall forfeit and pay for each month's neglect of such duty, and for each instance of such neglect, for the time aforesaid, a fine of five dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of the county, on complaint of any person of lawful age who shall prefer such complaint, one half of said fine to go to the complainant, and the remaining half to the school fund, and the officer who shall be adjudged to pay any fine as provided in this section shall also be adjudged to pay the costs of prosecution.

pair.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the chairman as aforesaid To keep guide to keep in repair all guide boards erected as provided in boards in resection one, subject to the same penalty for neglect of duty as provided in section two of this act; the cost of such repairs shall be paid by the town.

SEC. 4. If any person shall deface, injure or destroy Injury to same guide-post or guide-board, erected in any town of this state, and shall neglect for the space of ten days thereafter to repair and restore the same to as perfect condition as it was previous to such defacing, injuring or destruction, such person shall be adjudged, on complaint of any per son, to pay damages to three times the cost of repairing and restoring such guide-boards as aforesaid, together with cost of prosecution; such damages to be recovered before any justice of the county.

boards.

SEC. 5. It shall be the especial duty of any town super- Detection of visor who has knowledge that an offence mentioned in persons doing section four has been committed within his town, to make injury to diligent effort for the detection of the person by whom such offence was committed, and to prosecute for and collect the damages for the use of the town.

SEC. 6. That all acts and parts of acts contravening the Repealed. provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.

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SEO. 7. This act shall be published immediately after passage, and shall be in force from and after its publi

cation.

Approved March 27, 1856.

Name changed

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CHAPTER 33.

Published April 30.

An Act to change the name of John Dress, and constitute him the adopted son of Nicholas Hubing and Margaret Hubing.

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

SECTION 1. The name of John Dress, of the town of Belgium, in the county of Ozaukee, is hereby changed to that of John Hubing, and by the last mentioned name, he shall be hereafter known and recognized for all pur poses whatever.

SEC. 2. The said John Hubing shall be known as the adopted son and heir of Nicholas Hubing, and his wife Margaret Hubing, of said town of Belgium, and entitled to all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the du ties of inheritance, support and maintenance, as fully and effectually, and in the same manner, as he might or should do, if he were the legitimate child of the said Nicholas and Margaret Hubing.

SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after its pas sage and publication.

Approved March 27, 1856.

Name changed

CHAPTER 34.

Published April 30.

An Act to change the name of Ella P. Ward to that of Ella P. Ward Morris.

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

SECTION 1. The name of Ella P. Ward, of the city of Fond du Lac, in Fond du Lac county, an infant, is hereby changed to that of Ella P. Ward Morris, and by that last mentioned name, she shall be hereafter known and recog nized.