Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-05-04
GAAPTEt, 347.
AN ACT to authorize overseers of highways to
clear the-p uhiic hsg hways = ON snow drifts

AN ACT to authorize overseers of highways to
clear h4-punIie hsg Iways snow drifts
The re ople Of the state Wisconsin ut ID
IN senate and assembly. do enact as follows
Section l II is hereby made the duty of over
seers of highways, at any time during he winter
when any part OF the public highways. in their
spective districts, are blocked up by snow drifts
to render the inn assable TO cal GU up,
on Que days notice the tax payers of said dis
trcts. aud mmediatey put such part of or parts OF
said highways in passable order: prorided, that
whenever II shall be deemed impracticabie by such
overseer to render such part or parts of highway
psssahIe and to Keep the same ia such condition,
it shall be lawful for him open track throug h
any field or Enclosure in his district for the tempo
rary accommodation OF travel, whenever the same
may be done without any material damage to the
owner or OVERS OF such inclosures, aad no person
using such track shall be liable therefor, in any
civil or criminat action.
Sec. 2. Every person who shait, upon notice be
ing given by the overseer, appear with such tools
as he shall direct, and WORK agreeably TO the drec
ton Of such overseer, shah be credited on the
highway tax-roll which may still be in the hands
OF said overseers the amount of such labor or any
such labor shall not have Paid the full amount
tax assessed him on said highway tsx-rol. But
in shall he receive greater credit than he
may be delinquent on said tax-roll, or may be en-
titled to account of such labor. The overseer
hall have power to levy and assess tax not to
exceed one fourth the amount assessed on he tax
able property the highway tax. .oll of the pre-
vious year said tax to be applied to rendering the
highways passable, according to the provisions OF
section one Of this act said tax to be collected
in the same way and manner as any other highway
tax,
Sec 8. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved April 2. 1864. No. COPY.
Published April %, 1s64.l
CHAPTER $40.
AN ACT to provide for levying and collecting
special state tax for the year 1864, for the sup
port of families of volunteers.
The people of the state of Wisconsin. represented
in senate and assembly, do enact follows
Section l. There shall be levied and collected
fO~ he a rw hmm
dred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as the
governor secretary of state and state treasurer or
a majority of them may deem necessary to be lev
led and collected, which shall be placed in the
fund for the and purposes set forth in chap
ter one hundred and seventeen of the general laws
of 1854. s-~-e-. f -as--
Sea-. Said tax shall be apportioned among and
essed up0n the several counties of this state
provided by law and such tax shall be levied upon
the taxable property of this state, real and per
sonal, and collected and paid into the treasury
provided by law.
Sec 3 The secretary of state shall apportion
said tax amons. the several counties of the state,
provided by law, on or before the second Monday
OF October nex-. and certify the the clerk
of the board o. supervisors of each of the several
counties, provided by law.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage.
Approved April 2, 1864. Nn- COPY.
Published April 20, 1864
CHAPTER 305.
AN ACT for the preservation of producing ami
mails herein named.
The eople of the state of Visions sin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. No person or persons except Indians
not civilized, and they only their reserva-
tons) shall kill, destroy take pursue tn ill.,
to kill, destroy take by any gin, snare, trap
continuance means whatever, any musk
rat mink, otter, beaver, marten fisher. between
the first day of May and the first day of November,
I u any year.
Sec. , Any person persons who shall trap,
snare, kill, destroy take by any Device contrv-
ance or means whatever, or shall pursue with in
to KILL destroy take by any gin, snare trap,
device, contriYance means whatever, any ami
NAL, the killing of which is prohibited by
the first section of this act, who shall have in
his possession a fresh skin of any such animal
during the time when the killing taking the
same is prohibited by the said first section, shall,
upon conviction thereof, suffer penalty of not
less that five dollars more tn an twenty-five
dollars in the discretion OF the justice who shall
try the
Sec 3. 1t shall be the duty of any justice of
the peace, residing the county in which any of
the provisions of this act shall be violated. the
filing in his office OF complaint OF any person,
verified by oath, stating facts which show a viola
ton of this act and the person persons whe vio
lated the same, TO cause such person persons to
be arrested and brought before him other
Justice of the county to be tried for such ofense
and upon conviction, such person persons SD all
be fined as prescribed by section two of tn act
which fine, when collected, shall be paid, one
fourth to the person making the complaint, the
balance to the county treasurer of the county in
which the conviction takes place.
Sec. 5. This all take effect and be in force
from and after It's passage.
Approved April 1, 1864. 20 COPY.
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