Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-05-13
By the Committee.
AN ACE concerning the county seat
of Lafayette County.

enact Us JOG6OtCS
Section l. There shall be held in the
several towns of the county of LAFAYETTE in
this State, on the Third Tuesday in the
month of May, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred aud fifty two,
a special Town Meeting for the exclusive
purpose of voting on the question of re-
moVal of the county seat of said county,
from Shullsburgh to Avon, insaid county,
which latter place is hereby fixed as the
! point to which it is proposed to remove the
county seat of said county.
| Sec. 2 All votes given or cast on the
question of the removal OF said county seat
shall be by ballot, and shall be either writ
| ten or printed, or partly written and part
/ ly printed, and shall be in one of the fol-
/ lowing forms, viz: County seat-for re-
moval of county seat to Avon,n or "Coun-
| ty seat-against removal of county seat to
/ Avon" and no other form of ballot, shall
| be counted or allowed IN the canvass of
said votes, under any pretence or pretext
whatever, but shall be deemed to be- and
are hereby declared utterly void
| Sec. 8. The inspectors of said town
meeting, in each Of said towns, shall pre-
pare box, wherein they shall deposit the
ballots aforesaid. Before receiving any
votes, said inspectors shall respectively
examine and see that such box is empty:
after which they shall lock the same and
! said box shall remain so locked until open
ed by the canvassers as hereinafter provi-
/ ded. So soon as the polls are closed. the
inspectors shall closely seal up said box
and the same shall remain so sealed until
opened by said canyassers.
| Sec. a. The inspectors of each poll
shall make or cause to be made, correct
copy Of the poll-list and Of the oaths taken
and subscribed by the inspectors and
clerks, and they shall, in writing, over
their official signatures certify the same so
to be- Some one of said inspectors of
each poll, shall take such certified copies.
and the said box so locked and sealed as
! aforesaid, and convey the same to and de-
posite them with the clerk of the county
board of supervisors of said county at his
office, within three days next after the said
town meeting shall be held; and within
four days after the expiration of said three
days the said boxes shall be opened, and
the votes therein counted, rejected, des-
troyed or allowed, as hereinafter provided.
/ by the clerk of the circuit court of said
county, the register Of deeds thereof. and
the said clerk of the said county beard of
/ supervisors, Charles Dunn, Charles II
Lamar and George Schillenger of said
county, who for that purpose are hereby
declared to be board of canvassers. and
in case the said officers, or any, or either
OF them are absent or, from sickness or
other cause are unable to attend to such
| con7assing, then, and in that case the dep
uty of such officer, respectively shall per
form said duty
Sec. 5. Said canyassers shall count
the number of ballots contained in each
| box, so accompanied with the copies of
oaths and poll-list certified, as in the last
section mentioned, and shall compare the
number of ballots therein with the poIl-list
to such box belonging; and if the number
of ballots do not exceed the number of vo-
ter's names contained in the poll-list.t there
with corresponding, the same shall be al
lowed if IN all other respects conformable
to the provisions of this act, and not 9th
erwise, unless it shall appear that some
/ person voted more than one ballot and in
such case or cases, they shall not be al
/ lowed, but shall be considered, and are
hereby declared to all intents and purposes
void, and shall be by said canvassers de
stroyed. In case any box shall contain
greater number of ballots than there are
voters names on the poll-list thereto cor
responding, the canyassers shall destroy
an equal number Of ballots containing the
words for" and against" until no greater
number remains than there appears to
have been voters In case there be a suf
/ haIauf ho- 6 I
such reduction, and if not, then such as
there may be in such box shall be destroy
ed until the number of ballots remaining
shall be exactly equal to the number Of
votes appearing on such list. Said can
vassers shall then proceed to count and
allow all other ballots, and shall make out
a statement of the result, in which they
shall set forth the number of votes cast
and allowed, "for removal of county seat
to Avon" and against removal of county
seat to Avon" and shall appened thereto
a certificate that the same is in all RESPECTS
true and correct; which certificate shall be
taken by each of said officers and filed
away in their respective offices. And
such statement, 50 certified and fled. shall
have the force and effect of a record for
the purpose of being used as evidence.
Sec. b. In case mallory of the votes
so as aforesaid canvassed, shall be "for the
removal of county seat to Avon" then
and In that case the county seat Of said
county shall be at Avon otherwise the
said county seat shall be and remain at
said Shullsburg, in neither of which cases
shall further legislation be necessary.
Sec. 7. All the laws now in force reIa-
tive to elections or town meetings, shall
apply and extend to the special town meet
ing provided for in this act, expecting so
far as special provision is made in this act.
and excepting also, so far as such laws
may be repugnant to or in contravention
with the provisions Of this act
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty Of the
county board of supervisors, of said eoun-
ty, to take measures for the speedy con
struction, erection and completion of the
proper Offices, jail and court house for said
county, at the county seat Of said county.
as provided for IN this act and such
~ es sures shall be taken or commenced ~.