Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-05-01
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AN ACT
10 amend section ninety three chapter twelve of th,
rcviseo statutes, and in compensation OF Town OF
The People Of The STATE of Wisconsin repre.ent.o
~ senate and assembly, do enact as foiiors.
n 5ectIon j. Supervisors. Assessors, Clerks Of the
.Vii>, anu SuperlHtendents OF Schools shall be emit
'ieo 70 compensation for each day actually and ne
cessary devoted by them 10 the service of the town
ana In discharge of any of the duties of their respec
tive offices required of them bv law of ora d,l,r
and fifty cents for each day and nj the same rate for
parts OF day. and no town off Ger shall be entitled
!" pay ior acting IN more than official capacity of
ics at me same time, unless the town shall have
hAeu Inherent compensation at the annual town
meeting. 800
sec. So much of secticn nincty-t hree chapter
twelve of the revised statutes az con will Tho
provisions of this act, is hereby recalled
Sec s. This act shall take effect and be in 70 REQ
irom and after the first day OF April next
Approved March 81 1856
AN ACT TO amend ITO amcndl section TWENTY-FIVE of
chapter sixteen of the revised statutes
Inc people of the State of Wisconsin represented
IN Senate and Assembly, do enact MS follows:
Sec. L. Every male inhaiitan! in each road dis
trict, being over the age twenty one wears and un
der the age fifty years except persons ofcoor pau
pers, idiots and lunatics shall be assessed to pay
pom TAX OF one dollar: said tax may bc paid tn the
overseers, IN cash, or be commutcd for in labor as
now provided by law.
Sec. 2 So much of section twenty-five of chapter
sixteen OF the revised statutes conflict with tho pro
l
Sec. s. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after the first day of April next
Approved March 81, 1856.
AN ACT concerning bail in cases of murder
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly do enact as follows:
Sec. |. That no officer other than Judge of the
Supreme Court, or Judge Of the Circuit Court, OF
Judge OF the county court shall hereafter be author
lzed to admit to bail any person charged with the
crime of murder
Sec. The amount of penalty of the rec ognizance
or bah bond shall be in such sum- in the opinion
OF the officer taking the same will secure the appear
ance OF the accused for trial The reccgnizan shall
he signed by the accused and at least two suretes
who shall scveraly swear that they each and pos
scss unlncumberod real estatc not exempt from sale
on execution, within this State, TO at least double in
value the amount of the rccognizancc Such recog-
nizance shall Immediately after its execution be filed
III the office of the clerk of the circuit court and doe k
eted upon the docket of judgments therein, in the
same manner Judgments are required To he dockccd
IN such office. The said rccognizance from the time
the same is executed before such Judge shall bind
and be II charge upon the lands and tenements real
estate and chatcs real of the parties executing such
reeognizance, whether owned by them jointly Ell
ther of them sevcrally, and wherever the same may
be situated in this State until such recognzance shall
he fully paid and satisfied otherwise discharged
by course of law
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication, and all acts and parts
of acts conflicting with the the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
Approved March 81, 1856.