The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-04-28

and DESTROYS to read copy Of the Bible or New
Testament to be used by such prisoner at proper
seasons during his confinement, and any minister
of the gospel or person duly delegated by any reg.
uarly organfz ed Young Mems Christian Association
within the county disposed 70 ana IN me
prisoners and insructing them In their neral ana
religious duties shall have access to them at reas-
oIable and proper times.
Section O. This act shall take eject and be in
force from aad after its passage and publication.
/ Approved March l. 1877.
fpublished March %, 1871
OAAPTER 2s7.
! AN ACT to provide for tae organization OF road
districts
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and Assemble, do enact as follows:
Section Whenever the owners of real estate
exceeding in yilue one half of all real estate ac-
cording 70 the last preceding assessment roll, In
| any township in this state. being part of any or
/ panized town, and three fourtts or more Of the
j lands in such township being unoccupied, shall
/ by then selves their duly authorized agents,
petition the board of supervisors OF the town in
- hich said township is located to Law out and open
public highway through or into such township
/ from some town county highway, 1t shall be the
duty of the board of supervisors of said town at
| once lay out and tabiish said highway nearly
as practicable On the line indicated in such petit
| ton.
Section O. 1t shall be the duty of the sad SUPER
vjsors to proceed to open and put said highway in
suitable condition for travel as fast as it be
done from the highway tax levied upon the proper
ty In said township owned by SUCH petitioners,
which shall be applied solely for that purpose, and
for the purpose of paying for r1gbt of way over
lands not owned by such petitioners, II compensa
ton for such right of way is claimed or required
to be paid until such highway is completed, for
the term of three years from the date of the order
laying out said highway, and The sad supervisors
may, if they think proper. allow the whole of the
highway tax levied upon the lands in such town.
ships to be expended in constructing such high
way for the whole or any part OF the period afore
said.
Section 8. Before any of such highway tax shall
be expended upon any such highway thu petition
ers therefor shall execute and file ia the office of
the town clerk of suca town good and sufficient
release of all damages fer the right of way for
such highway over and across the lands owned by
Them Toriei that this act shall not be const Tued
to pre- ent the inhabitants of any such township,
the officers of any such town, from laying ont high
WAYS therein in the provided by law.
Section L. 1t shall be the duty of said supervis-
to let the contracts for the construction of such
highway to the lowest resp Onsibe bidder, and to
give notice of the time and place of the letting of
such contract or contracts by publishing notice
thereof cnce in each week for three successive
weeks in some weekly newspaper published in such
county, prior to the time tor letting such contract,
and il there be no newspaper published in such
county then by posting notices of the time and
place of the letting of such contract in four public
places in sue county, one there being at the post
ofce at the county at of such county, aud three
within the township IL which such highway is
locsted.
Section 5. This act shall take effect aud be in
force from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved March 3, 1877.
Published March %, 1871
CHAPTER 200.
AN ACT to amend secti IN /, of chapter $685. of the
general laws of 1878. entitled ." An ct to amend
chaper SO, Of the revised statutes, and the act
amendatory thereto, entitled of weights and
m asures.o
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section J. Section one of chapter three hun
dred and three, entitled Z" of weights and meas
ures" OF the laws of 1878, is hereby amended as
to read as follows: Whenever wheat, rye, indian
corr, oats. barley, clover seed, buckwheat, dried
peaches, fax seed timothy seed, potato parsnips,
turnips common fatl, beets, carrots, onions,
rutibagas, green apples, or beans shall be sold by
the bushel, and no special agreement TO the
measure weight thereof shall be made by the
parties the thereof sh II, be ascertained by
weight and shall be computed as follows: sixty
pounds for a bushe of wheat or clover seed: fifty
six pounds for bushe of rye or sheIed indian corn;
thiry-two pounds for bushel of oats; forty eight
pounds for bushel of barley; fifty pounds for
bushel of buckwheat; twenty eight pounds for a
bushe of dried apples. or dried peaches; fifty-six
pounds for bushe CT fax seed; forty-five pounds
for bushel of timothy seed; sixty pounds for
bushel of potatoes forty -four pounds for bushel
of parsuips; forty-two pounds for bushel of ccm-
mon fac turaips; fifty pounds for bus nel of beets;
| fifty pounds for bushel of carrots; fifty pounds
for bushel of onions; Efty-siI pounds FIR bush
ell of rutabagas; fttys ven poun Is fora bushal of
green apples, and sixty pounds foI bushel OF
beans.
! Section p This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's .ge and publication.
] Approved March s, 1877.
Published March %, 18TH
CHAPTER 237.
AN ACT 10 codify and amend the laws of this state
relating to garnishee aud garnishae proceedings.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
| in senate and assembly, do enact as follows.
i Section J. Section 2, of chapter SO, of the gen.
eral laws of 1862 is hereby amended } to read
| as follow: Section 2. If the original defendant
in any garnishee proceeding III court of record
shall desire discharge, the person corporation
garnisheed from liability except in garnisheement
on execution he may file with the clerk of the
court where the action is pending written Hn
| dertakiBg in double the amount of Indebtedness
stated in the affidavit for attachment when at
/ tachment las been issued or double the amount
OF Indebtedness stated in the complaint duly verl-
| fed when such cDmplaint has been served on thu
defendant with at least two sureties who are Free
| holders and residents of this state, VIII" shall
/ Justify that they worth in the aggregate
ouble the amount specified in such undertaking,
over and above all debts, liabilities and property
! exempt by law from execution, conditioned to
/ pay the plaintiff the amount of the judgn. mt, if
| any which the plaintiff may recover in the action
| against the defendant, and serve a copy thereof
with the justification of sucl suretIes, and notice
| of the time Of fling the same, and of the resi-
dence of such su reties upon the plaintiff or his
attorney proridsi hoeeoer, that the plaintiff may
except to the sufhciency of the sureties within the
same time, and in ike manner as upon bail on ar
rest and a failure SO to except shall be deemed
acceptance of the undertaking and discharge OF
the ga nishee.
Section Sections and 5. of said chapter SO, of
the general laws of 1859, hereby repealed.
St cotton 3. This act hall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March s, 1877.
Published March %, 1871
CHAPTER 238.
AN ACT relating to evidence and amendatory of
section 2, of chapter ia, of the general laws of
1888.
The people of the state of Wise lnsn represented
in senate and assembly, do fellows:
/ Section l. Section 2, of chapter 134 of the gen.
eral laws of 1S'S entitled :" Of evidence is amend
/ ed as to read follows. party to any civil
action of special proceeding in any and all courts
! and before any aud all tribunals and before any
and IL officers acting judiciay may be examined
a witness in his own behalf in behalf of any
other party in the same manner and subject TO the
same rules of examination any other witness;
prOri led that the assgnor of thing in action shall
| not be examined ON behalf of said party, shall
a party to an action be examined in his own behalf
in respect TO any transaction communiCx ion had
personally by said assign aid party respect
I lively with deceased person against pirties who
the executors administrators, devises heirs at
law, next OF kin or assgnees of such deceased per-
son where they have acquired title TO the of
action from or through such deceased person,
or have been sued as such by the executors, adj
ministrators, deystes. next of kin assignees,
but when such executors, administrators devisees,
heirs at law, next Of kin assignee shall be
amined on their own behalf in regar to
| tions transactions had between the deceae ed
person or said assignor said party respectively,
and where the cJuse OF action or defense arose
| out of transact ons with agent of the de-
! ceased, and not with tia deceased person
ally, and such agent be living and a Witness then
the said assgnor. or the said party may be exam
amiped in gard 10 such convers alton or transac
tion but not in regard to any other matter: Gad