men elected shall still be in favor of the passage of such ordinance or resolution, the same shall then be declared to be and have the force of law. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 29, 1868. CHAPTER 168. [Published April 3, 1868.] Amended. AN ACT to amend chapter 606, private and local laws of 1867, entitled "an act to divide the town of Armenia, in the county of Juneau." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 606, private and local laws of 1867, entitled "an act to divide the town of Armenia, in the county of Juneau, is hereby amended by striking out the first section of said act, and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That all of townships nineteen (19) and twenty (20) north, of range two (2) east of the fourth principal meridian, and the west half of townships [nineteen] (19) and twenty, (20) north, of range three, (3) east, also, the west half of sections three, (3) ten, (10) twenty two, (22) and all of sections twenty-seven (27) and thirty-four, (34) and the west half of section thirty-five (35) in the said township nineteen north, of range three, (3) east, in the town of Armenia, Juneau county, are hereby detached from the said town of Armenia, and are attached to and shall become a part of the town of Necedah, in said county. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 29, 1868. CHAPTER 169. [Published April 3, 1868.] AN ACT to authorize the several towns in the county of Dane to retain a portion of the moneys paid for license for the sale of intoxicating liquors. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: in town trea SECTION 1. The amount of money paid to the town License moneys treasurer of each town in Dane county for license to be retained for the sale of spirituous, ardent or intoxicating sury. liquors, shall be retained in the town treasury subject to the direction and control of the annual town meeting of each respective town, as hereinafter provided, except the minimum amount paid for each license, towit: twenty dollars for each retail and ten dollars for each wholesale license, which shall be paid into the county treasury as now required by law. SECTION 2. The license money remaining in the How may be town treasury, under the provisions of section one of expended. this act, may by a vote of the annual town meeting, be expended for the relief and support of the poor of such town, or may be transferred to the general fund of the town and be applied to the payment of ordinary town expenses; or, if no vote be taken, it shall be transferred to the town school fund, and be by the proper officer apportioned to the several school districts in like manner as other moneys for the support of schools are apportioned. clerks. SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the several town Duty of town clerks in the county of Dane to furnish to the county board of supervisors on the first day of April, 1869, and annually on the first day of April thereafter, a statement showing the number of licenses granted in their respective towns during the year next preceding to persons to sell spirituous, ardent or intoxicating li quors, and the name or names of the person or persons so licensed and the amount paid into the town treasuryfor each license; also the names and number of persons selling liquors without license from the town board of supervisors during the year next preceding the first day of April. Duty of county board. Amount charg ed to town to list. SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the county board of supervisors of Dane county, at their annual meeting in November of each year, to compare the statements furnished them in accordance with section three of this act, with the amounts paid by the several town treasurers, into the county treasury for licenses, and if it shall appear that the moneys required by law to be paid into the county treasury have not been so paid, or that any persons have sold intoxicating liquors without license in any town, the county board of supervisors shall charge such town thus in default, or permitting such sale without license, an amount equal to the minimum now required by law for such license, for each license so granted and each person selling intoxicating liquors without license. SECTION 5. The amount so charged to each town be added to tax shall be annually added to the county tax levied upon such town, and be paid over to and applied by the county treasurer in the same manner and for the same purposes which by law moneys now collected for li censes for the sale of intoxicating liquors are directed to be appropriated. SECTION 6. This act shall in no way change or af fect the law as it now exists in relation to licenses in the city of Madison. SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 29, 1868. Revived. CHAPTER 170. AN ACT to revive and continue in force the charter of the Ripon and Wolf river railroad company. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 409 of the private and local laws of 1856, entitled an act to incorporate the Ripon and Wolf river railroad company is hereby revived, and shall remain and continue in force for and during the term of twenty years from and after the 31st day of March, 1856, and the right, franchises, privileges and immun- SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force CHAPTER 171. [Published April 3, 1868.] AN ACT to authorize the town of Springfield, Dane county, Wisconsin to establish and maintain a high school therein. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The supervisors of the town of Spring May establish field, Dane county, Wisconsin, together with the town high school. clerk and town treasurer of said town are hereby authorized, and it shall be their duty to establish and maintain a high school for said town: provided, that the citizens of the said town of Springfield shall, at the regular town meeting on the first Tuesday in April, 1868, by vote, direct the establishment of such high school, at which time the question shall be submitted to them. SECTION 2. In case the said town of Springfield May levy tax. shall, at its annual town meeting in 1868, direct the establishment of said high school, the said town shall by vote levy a tax for the erection of a suitable building, not exceeding four thousand dollars, and annually thereafter a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars for the support of said high school. SECTION 3. The town board of supervisors, together Board of trus tees. Shall make annual report. Name and powers. May fix rate of tuition. with the town clerk and town treasurer, shall constitute the board of trustees of the said high school, which said board shall have power, and it shall be their duty to superintend the erection of the building and have the general control and management of the said school; and the said board shall have and possess the same powers and duties as the boards of district schools, as provided by the school law. SECTION 4. The said board shall be required to make an annual report to the town, at each annual town meeting, of all moneys received and expended by them during the year past, giving a detailed and exact statement thereof, and for any neglect to make such report the officers so failing or neglecting, shall be liable to an action in the name of the town for malfeasance in office. SECTION 5. Said board are hereby declared a body corporate by and under the name of the "board of trustees of the high school of the town of Springfield," by which name they shall be known in all courts of this state. The said corporation so constituted shall have and possess all the rights, powers and privileges of corporate bodies. SECTION 6. The same board shall have power to fix the rate of tuition at which pupils from without the limits of the town of Springfield may be admitted to the privileges of said high school; but no charge whatever shall be made for tuition or for incidental expenses upon any pupil who may be a resident of the town of Springfield. SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 29, 1868. |