The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-11-21
Special EegisiatfOn.

Special legislation.
Those who are desiring to obtain the
passage Of acts Of special legislation at
the next session, would do well to bear
in mind the following law enacted last
winter:
AN ACT requiring Publication O.
notice OF proposed special or local leglsla
ton. M
Tie People ofMe 4stateof Wisconsin,
represented IN Senate and assembly,, do
enaetas folloacs;
SEC. l. When any association be
formed for any purpose whatever, or any
person or persons shall be disposed to
make appli .ation to the Legislature of
this State for an act of Incorporation, for
for any company or association or
any company or association already IN
corporated. shall be disposed to make ap-
pl:cation for renewal of their charter
or any alteration the law incorporating
them, or VIXEN any application SHALL here
after be made for the purpose of obtain
ing a Law authorizing the erection Of
bridge, the keeping and maintaining of
ferry, or the building or erection of
dam. in or over any navigable waters, in
this State, it shall be the duty Of such per-
sons so applying or associated, or the di-
rectors or stockholders of such incorpora-
ton. or son ofthem, to signify his or
their intention by advertisement, to be in
serted for at least six weeks successfully,
previous to making such application, in
one or more of tho newspapers published
in the county where the objects of such as
ISOLATION or Incorporation as carried or
are intended to be caraied into effect; and
if no newspaper be published in such
county, then in the newspaper or news
papers published nearest to the sarf ;
and that due proof shall be make of such
notice having been published previous to
leave being given to bring in any bill to
comply with such application.
Sec. 2. 1t any person or persons shall
be disposed to make application to the
Legislature of this State, for the alteration
of any boundary line between two or
more townships or counties, or between a
city or village and township, or for the
removal of any county seat, or 10 lay out
a State road, it shall be the duty of such
person or persons intending to make
such application to signify h or their in
tention, by advertise ment inserted in one
or more newspaper published in the
county or counties in which the line or
lines SO proposed to be altered, or said I
proposed new township or county, or any
part thereof shall lie, or in Which said |
county seat is located, for six weeks prec-
eding such application, and that due
proof shall be made of such notice hav-
ing been published before leave shall be
given to bring in any bill to comply with
such appli ,otion: Prouided That 1t there
be no newspaper in such coun-
ty, then publication as aforesaid in
the nearest newspaper or newspapers shall |
be sufficient.
Sec. 3. At the opening of each session
of the Legislature there shall be appointed !
n joint standing committee consisting of |
three members of the Assembly and two
of the Senate to be known as the com
mitteo on local laws to whom all bills |
for tho purpos IS specifie9 in this act shall
be committed when first introduce | +; and |
unless evidence of the publication of the |
notice required by this act shall be pres
ented to such committee the committee |
shall report the bill with a statmcnt that
no such pFeof has been furnished to it,
and no further action shall be taken on
such bill during such session of the legs
lature.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and |
be in force from and after the first day of
July, 1860.
Approved April 2, 1860. (w3D