Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-05-19
Published April IS, 1866 ]

CHaPIEh b9-dENERAL.
AN ACT to provide for the collection of certain
agricultural aud manufacturing statistics, for
the year 1860.
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as fol-
lows: ,s -s ~ ..-5 r-.sse sgt
See. 1. 1t shall be the duty of the assessors of
the several towns and cities in this state at the
time OF making the annual assessment of FER
sonal property for the year 1866, to collect the
statistics in their several towns and cities of the
following mentioned articles grown raised or
manufactured during the year 1865:
Apples; bushels, valuation.
Agricultural implements and machinery, valu-
alton. -a- 81
Barley; acres, bushels. valuation.
Boots and shoes; paifs, valuation. .#s
Beans and peas; acres bushels, valuation.
Buckwheat; acres, bushels, valuation.
Butter; pounds, valuation.
Cabinet ware; valuation.
Capital invested in manufactures
Cattle and calves on hand; number and valua-
ton.
Cattle and calves slaughtered; number and val
uation.
Glover seed; pounds, valuation.
Copper ore; tons, valuation.
Copper ore; tons, valuation.
Corn; acres, bushels, valuation.
Gotten goods; yards, valuation. "a
Drain tiles; number, valuation.
Earthen ware; valuation.
Flax; pounds valuation.
Flax seed; bushels, valuation.
Grapes; pounds, valuation.
Honey; pounds, valuation. f-.3
Hay; acres, tons, valuation.
HOPS; pounds, valuation.
Hemp; pounds, valuation.
Hogs on hand; number, valuation.
Hogs slaughtered; number, valuation.
Horses and mules; number, valuation.
Iron castings; valuation. .-s..-.
Iron, pig; pounds, valuation
Linseed OIL, gallons valuation.
Leather; valuation
Lumber sawed feet, valuation.
Lead smelted; valuation
Leaden manufactures, shot, &C., valuation.
Lead raised; valuation.
Maple sugar; pounds, valuation.
Oats acres, bushels valuation.
Paper; reams or pounds, valuation
Potatoes; acres, bushels, valuation.
Rye; acres bushels, valuation.
Sorghum; acres
Sorghum molasses; gallons, valuation. ss
Shingles: number of thousand, valuation.
Sheep and-lambs on hand; number, valuation.
Sheep and lambs slaughtered; number, yaiua-
ton.
Timothy and other grass seed bushels, valua-
ton.
Wood aud willow ware; valuation.
Wagons and carriages; number, valuation.
WOODEN fabrics; Yards, valuation.
Wheat; acres, bushels, valuation.
Whisky gallons, valuation.
Wine; gallons. valuations. fsH
Wool: pounds valuation. H2l 4# t'
Returns of said statistic s shall be made to the
clerks Of the county boards OF supervisors on or
before the first Monday in August, OF the year
1866. For performing such service, the seVerai
assessors shall be allowed for the eT' time so
employed and at the same rate Y diem as al
lowed for making the assessmen,. to be audited
by the proper authorities of the town, city or
village in which the duty may have been per-
formed. For compiling, copying, footing up ana
returning 60 the secretary OF state suca statls-
ties, by the clerks of the several county boards
Of supervisors they shall be allowed such sums
as the board OF supervisors OF the several coun-
ties may determine. ~. as9 - &
See 2. lie shall be the duty of the secretary OF
state, before the first day OF May next, TO tur-
nish the clerk of the board of supervisors OF
each county Of this state, suf1c;ent NUMBER Oh
blanks for taking said statistics egst
Sec 3. 1t shall be the duty Of the clerks. OF
the county board Of supervisors TO furnish each
town or city assessor with blank form on or be-
fore the twentieth day Of May next, for the pur-
poses of this act. s.
Sec. A. 1t shall be the duty of the clerks OF
the boards sf supervisors of the several counties
of this state, on or before the first Monday OF
September next, to transmit TO the secretary OF
state acopy- of the foregoing returns, made to
him Dythe several town aud city assessors OF their
counties.
See. 5, 1t shall be the duty Of the secretary of
state to prepare and efnbody in his next annual
report to the legislature tabular statement OF
the statistics required by the first section OF this
chapter, and he shall transmit copy of the sama
to the commissioner Of patents. Ii shall also be
his duty 10 carefully estimate the valuation OF
each article (before being marketed,) in each
county of the state, the cost to lay the same
down on some lake port, and to carefully esti-
mate and report the valuation of the same arti-
Gle delivered at New York; said estimate to be
substantially in the following form: