Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1862-10-09
CHAPTER 4.-ExrRA SESSION.


Published September 81, 1921
CHAPTER 4.-ExTRA SESSION.
AN ACT to further explain and extend the
benefits Of chapter 8 of the laws of the
a.. extra session of186l, entitled IAN act to
provide for the aid of volunteers in the
service of the United States, or of this
81 state,p approved May % 1861, explained
and extended by chapters 112 and 274 Of
the general laws of 1862 and also to pro
vide for levying and collecting a special state
tax for the purpose Of extending such aid to
the volunteers of this state
THE people Of the Suite Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and assembly, do enact as
.foIl0aos:
Section /. The benefits Of said chapter s
of the laws of the extra session of 1861, as
il, explained and amended by chapters II and
374 of the laws of the session of the legisla
trre of 1862, are hereby extended to and
shall apply to all regiments of Infantry and
cavalry and batteries of artillery, raised or
to be raised in this state, which have been
III or may hereafter be mustered into the SER
vice of the United States or of this state,
which arc not included in said section Of
q ~ the laws &c che extra session Of 1861, or in
the aforesaid acts of the session Of 1862,
amendatory or supplementary thereto.
Sec. 2 There shall be levied and collected
for the year 1862 special tax of two hun
dred and seycnty-fivc thousand dollars which
shall be placed in the war fund for the uses
and purposes set forth in said chapter of
the laws of the extra session Of 1861, as fur
: Their amended and explained by chapters ~
ga and 374 of the laws Of 1862, as further ex
's tended by the provisions of section one Of
this act.
Sec. 3. Said tax shall be apportioned
among and assessed upon the several counties
of this state, as provided by law, and such
tax shall be levied upon the taxable property
Of this state, real and personal and collected
and paid into the treasury as provided by
law. V
Sec. 4. The secretary Of state shall APP
portion said tax among the several counties
of the state, as provided by chapter 1856 OF
the general laws of 1860, on or before the
second Monday of October next, and certify
the same to the clerk Of the board Of super
visors of each Of the several counties, as pro-
yided by law
Sec 5. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved Sept. %, 1862.
Published September 81 1861
CHAPTER 7.-ExrRA SESSION.
AN ACT to authorize commissioned officers
to take acknowledgment Of deeds, afiida-
Wits and dispositions, in certain cases.
TIE people Of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented IN Senate and assembly do enact as
tollosos
Sec /. Every commissioned officer of
volunteers in any company, battery, regl-
ment or other military corps organized in
this state, is hereby authorized to take and
certify the acknowledgment ofdeeds or other
contracts intended for record, in respect to
lands situate in this state. Such commits
stoned officer is likewise authorized to adj
minister oaths, take and certify to af1idavits
andsdepositions, to be used as evidence in
the courts of this state; prouaded, that the
powers granted by the provisions Of this act
Shall be exercised only out of the limits Of
the state
Sec. g. Dispositions taken under the fore
going section, shall be taken as in other
cases where the witness resides out of this
state, except so far as the law and practice
is larel altered by this act; and no such de
position shall be rejected or excluded by the
court for the reason that it has been tax n
at q place different from that set forth in the
notice. The party desiring such deposition
shall serve on the opposite party a notice
{ specifying the name of the witness, the COM
missioned officer or officers (any one of whom
8 may act) who is to take the deposition, and
a copy of the interrogatores. -Such party
shall, if he thinks fit, serve his adversary
with cross intarogatories within ten days
thereafter The party serving the notice
shall thereupon transmit the direct and cross
interrogatories to the officer or officers named
IN the notice, who shall take and certify such
deposition, and enclose it to the Judge, clerk
of the court or justice of the peace before
whom the cause or matter is pending, in the
same manner as if authorized by a commits
sion issued for this purpose.
Approved Sept. %, 1862.
avs.. [PubAshed September 81, 1867
CHAPTER S.-ExTRA SESSION.
AN ACT to ascertain and settle the liabili-
ties, if any, of the state of Wisconsin
to the Milwaukee and Rock River canal
company.
T,epeople Of the State Of Wisconsin repre-
seittM IN Senate and assembly do enact as
.foIlo,cs:
Section l. The governor secretary of
state and state treasurer are hereby appoint
ed board of commissioners to determine
and ascertain the liabilities, if any, and also
the amount of indebtedness of said COM
pany.to the state, if any, incurred by the
territorial and state governments of Wis
cousin, under the act entitled ''an act to
grant quantity of land to the territory Of
WISCONSIN, for the purpose of aiding in open
ing a canal to connect the waters of lake
Michigan with those of Rock river" passed
DIV congress, and approved June 18th, 1888
Sec. ,. Said board is hereby authorized
to make an amioable adjustment with the
Milwaukee and Rock river canal company,
with respect to which company said liabili-