The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-04-19

way to the lowest responsible bidder and to Give
notice of the time and place of the letting of such
contract contracts by publishing notice thereof
in each week for three successive weeks in some
weekly newspaper published in such county, prior
to the time for letting such contract and 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 such
county, one thereof being at the postofice at the
county seat OF such county, and three within the
township in which such highway is located.
Sec s. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
I Approved Marcus 1877.
Published March %, 1871
CHAPTER 293
AN ACT relating to the invention and successful use
of steam or other mechanical agents on HIGHWAYS
and amendatory of chapter 1874 of the laws of
1875, as amended by chapter 1872 OF the laws of
1876.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. Chapter one hundred and thrty-four
(134 of the laws of 1875, amended by chapter one
hundred and eighty-two 82) of the laws of 1876 is
hereby amended SO as to read as follows: There is
hereby appropriated the of ten thousand dol
lars 100000 out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to be used as a bounty and
to be paid to any citizen of Wisconsin who has in
vented shall invent machine propelled by steam
or other motive agent, which shall be cheap and
practical substitute for the use OF horses and other
animals on the highway and farm provided, that
said appropriation shall not be paid until success
full trial of said machine has been had and award
made as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Governor on
before the LIST day of June 1875 to appoint three
Commissioners, two of whom shall be practical and
experienced farmers, and the other practical and
skillful machinlst. to each of whom the Governor
shall execute and deliver certificate of his appoint
ment. 1t shall be the duty of said Commissioners to
examine and test, as hereinafter provided all ma
chimes which shall compete for claim said bounty;
provided, the inventors shall have made at the time
Of trial. statement and complied with the condi-
lions hereinafter prescribed. f 8t at
Sec. 3. Every inventor who shall heretofore or at
any time hereafter prior to the LIST day of June,
l878 have filed with the Secretary of State state
ment of his invention to compete for the said boun-
ty and that he has made progress in the construc-
ton OF machine for the purpose aforesaid shall
have the right to exhibit his machine to such Com
m1ss1oners, to be by them examined and tried as
hereinafter provided.
SEC. A. The said Commissioners shall meet in the
city of Madison on the 10th day of June 1878, and
shall have power to adj Ourn from day to day. and to
such other time and place as they may see fit not
exceeding sixty days in all from said 10th day of
June, 1878. All persons claiming to have invented
a machine Of the character and for the purpose
herein mentioned shall appear before said Commits
sioners on said 10th day of June, and file with said
Commissioners description of the machine which
they claim to have invented with plans and specifi-
cations of the same, and the said Commissioners
thereupon shall enter the of such claimant in
list to be entitled, Competitors for the bounty
provided by law for the invention of machine
propelled by steam or other motive agent which
of horses and other animals the highway and
farm" The said Commissioners shall thereupon
appoint time and place and prescribe the manner
of the trial of said machine machines
SEC. 5. At the time and place so appointed all
persons who have complied with the provisions of
this act may produce their machines, and the same
shall be subjected to the examination of said Com
mlSSlOnerS and to such experiments and tests as
said Commissioners may require provided that
every machine entering the lists to compete for
said bounty shall perform journey of at least two
hundred miles, in continuous line, on a common
road Or roads, running as nearly as may be north
and south within this State, to be designated by
said commissioners, and be propelled by it's own
internal power at the average rate or speed of at
least five miles per hour, working time. The said
machine shall be OF such construction and width as
to conform to Or run in the ordinary track of the
common wagon or buggy now in use, and be able to
run backwards, or turn out of the road to accom-
modate other vehicles in passing and to be able to
ascend or descend grade of at least two hundred
feet to the mile.
Sec 6. Upon the conclusion of said trial. which
snail commence within twenty days after the 10th
day Of June, 1878, and shall be concluded within 10
days from its commencement and shall take place
within this State, the said Commissioners or a ma
jOrlty of them shall determine which of the in
ventors of said machines, if any, are entitled to
said bounty, and whether any of them are and
shall file their determination reward with the
Secretary of State within ten days after the con-
clusion of said trial.
Sec 7. 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary of
State, upon the filing Of such determination in case
such determination is to the effect that any such in
ventor is entitled to such bounty to draw his war
rant on the treasury for the sum Of ten thousand
dollars, which sum, the presentation of such
warrant to him. shall be paid by the State Treasurer
to the inventor OF such successful machine pro-
V1ded, that money shall be paid under the DrO>
visions of this act or of the act to which this is
amendatory, unless such payment shall be approved
by the Governor; provided further, that the Com
missioners appointed under the provisions of this
act shall not receive any compensation for their
services, but their actual expenses incurred while in
the performance of their duties under this act shall
be paid by the State.
SEC. s. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage and publication
Approved March 8, 1877.
Published March Is, 1871
CHAPTER 235
AN ACT to require service of notice of application
for tax deeds in certain cases.
The people of the State of Wisconsin represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. In all actions brought in any court for
the foreclosure OF mortgage on real property, if
due notice of the tendency of such action shall be
filed in the Office of the Register of Deeds of the
proper county, and the plaintiff or his attorney in
such action shall file a notice of the tendency of
such action with the County Clerk of such county:
and the said County Clerk shall note upon the books
of tax sales in his office opposite all tax certificates
upon such real property the fact of such fling and
thereafter person shall receive any tax deed upon
any tax certificate upon the land described IN such
notice of tendency Of action, without giving notice
in writing to the plaintiff his attorney of applica-
ton for such Decd at least thirty days before recey-
ing such deed, and any deed issued in violation of
this act shall be void.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its
passage and publication.
Approved March 7, 1877.
Published March Is, 1871
CHAPTER 228.
AN ACT to amend section 100, of chapter 49, OF the
Revised Statutes, concerning the collection of de-
lnquent personal property tax.
The people Of the State OF Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly. do enact as follows:
SECTION The last clause of section 100 of chap
ter 49, of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended
by inserting after the words oppose their respect
i've names" the words with interest at the rate of
- per cent. per annum from the first day of JAN
uary next preceding, so as to read as follows The
County Treasurer shall, within the time aforesaid
annex to such schedule warrant under his hand
directed to the Sheriff of his county, commanding
him to collect from each of the persons and corpora
tions named in said schedule the amount of the un-
paid taxes set down in such schedule opposite their
respective names, with interest at the rate of - per
cent per annum, from the first day of January next
preceding, together with his fees for collecting the
same, of the goods and chattels, lands and fene-
of