Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-04-25
ed March 10, 1878.
CHAPTER 3na

CHATTER JVS.
AN ACT for locating and changing cour ty
seats, and repe ding chapter SO of the gen
eral laws of 1874 and chapter 407 of the
laws of Wisconsin Of 1876.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly do enact as
follows:
Section /. Whenever any county shall be
organized for county purposes, or whenever
two or more counties may be by law united
and organized as one county, it shall be the
duty of the board of supervisors OF such
county. at the first regular meeting of said
board. to designate some point in said county
for the county seat, and the point so designated
shall be and remain the county seat until re-
moved in the manner hereinafter provided.
Sc c ton 2. Whenever two fifths OF The legal
voters of any county Ito be determined by the
poll list of the last previous general election
held in such county, the names of which vo-
tiers shall each appear on some one of the poll
lists of said election) shall present to the
board Of supervisors a petition, signed by
them, asking change of the county seat to
some other place, such place to be designated
in such petition, it shall be the duty Of such
board to submit the question of removal of
the county seat to vote of the qualified vo-
tiers of the county in the manner herein pro-
vided. Such election shall be held only on
the day CT the general election for state and
county officers, and shall be conducted and
the votes canvassed, certified and recorded in
the same manner as other votes at such cleo
ton, and none but citizens entitled to vote at
such general election shall be entitled to vote
on the question of the change of county seat
At such election, those voting Tor the change
of the county seat shall deposit ballot in
separate box to be provided, sfor the change
Of county seat" and those. voting against such
change shall deposit a ballot against the
change of county seat If majority of all
the votes cast at such election on that subject
shall be in favor of the proposed change, it
shall be the duty of the chairman of the board
of supervisors to certify the same, with the
attestation of the county clerk, to tine gov.
ernor, who thereupon shall issue his proclama-
ton, to that effect and cause the same to be
published in the official state paper, and from
the date of such publication, the place so dese
ignated shall be the county seat of such county,
but if a majority of such votes shall be against
such removal, then it shall not be lawful for
the board of supervisors to again submit the
question of removal at any time within FIVE
years; four weeks previous notice of such
election shall be given by the county clerk by
publishing the same once a week for four
weeks in all the newspapers published in such
county, or if there be no newspaper published
in such county, then written or printed no.
tice shall be posted in two conspicuous places
in each town in the county, at least four weeks
previous to such election.
Section 8. Chapter SO of the general laws
of 1872 and chapter 407 of the general laws of
1875 are hereby repealed.
Section 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage aud
publication.
Approved March 90, 1878