River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-05-09
proved March 10, 1878.
Published March 6, 1873.
CHAPTER 3OS

CHAPTER 3Os.
AN ACT for locating and changing county
seats and repeating chapter 80 Of the general
laws of 1872 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 I. Whenever any county shall be
organized for county purposes, or whenever
two or more counties may I've 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 untll re-
moved in the manner hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Whenever two-ffths 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 voters
shall each appear on the same one OF the poll
lists of said election) shall present to the board
of Supervisors petition, signed by them, ask
ing a change of the county seat to some other
Mace. such place to be designated in such
netitiop Il shall be the duty ofsuch board to SUBJ
init the question Of removal of the county seat
to a vete of the qualified voters of the count
ty in the manner herein provided. such cleo
ton shall behold only on the day of the gen.
eral election for state and county officers and
shall be conducted and the votes canvassed GER
titled aud recorded in the same manner as other
votes at such elcctlon ana none OuJ cItlLeHs
entitled to vote at such general election shall
be entitled to vote Oh the question OF the
change Of county seat. At such election, those
voting for the change of the county seat sh ii
deposit ballot i'll aseparate box to be provid-
ed 'for the change of county seat and those
voting against such change shall deposit
ballot "against the change OF county seat. II
majority of all the votes cast at such election
on that subject shall be in favor of the pro-
posed change, it shall be the duty OF the
chairman of the board of supervisors to GER
tify the same, with the attestation OF the
county clerk, to the governor, who thereupon
shall issue his proclamation to that effect and
cause the same to be published IN the oihclal
State paper and from the date OF such publ
cation, the place so designated shall be the
county seat of such county, but il majority
OF such votes shall be against such removal,
then ii 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 week for four weeks in all
the newspapers published in such county, or
if there he no newspaper published in such
county then a written or printed notice shall
be posted in two CONSPICUOUS places IN each
town in the county, at least four weeks pre-
yious to such election.
Section 8. Chapter SO of the general laws
of 1872 and chapter 407 of the general laws OF
1876 are hereby repealed.
Section f. This act shall take effect and
he in fore from and after its passage and
publication.
Approved March 20, 1873.