minister.

SECTION 6. The board of directors of the said con- shall appoint gregation, shall appoint a proper person to act as minister, who shall be called the speaker, and who shall be authorized to perform the marriage rite, after filing a certificate of his appointment, signed by the president and recording secretary of said corporation, with the clerk of the circuit court for the county of Milwaukee. SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 5, 1868.

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT to incorporate the church of the good shepherd, of Racine.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. That N. D. Fratt, S. D. Clough, Charles Corporators. Herrick, H. T. Taylor, D. McDonald, E. Raymond, J. M. Osgood, W. L. Utley, Geo. Perkins, W. Thornton, S. G. Knight, Stephen Bull, L. W. Bottsford and their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, under the name and style of the church of the good shepherd, Name. of the city of Racine.

SECTION 2. Said corporation shall have power to Powers and contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead franchises. and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity. It shall have a common seal, and may alter or revise the same at pleasure. It shall have power to acqire, purchase, receive by gift, possess, hold and enjoy property real and personal, and to mortgage, sell and convey, rent or otherwise dispose of the same at pleasure, and to enjoy all privileges, franchises and immunities incident to a religious corporation.

SECTION 3. The corporation hereby created shall succeed to and hold all the property real and personal, which has heretofore been sold and conveyed to, and is now held by the first Universalist society of the city of Racine, or its trustees, and shall be responsible for

May make bylaws.

How meetings may be called.

How vacancies filled.

all the debts and liabilities incurred, and contracts made by them in behalf of said society.

SECTION 4. Said corporation shall have authority to make such by-laws and rules as they may deem expedient for the government of the corporation and church, and shall prescribe the officers of said church and the tenure and duties of the same.

SECTION 5. Any two of said corporation may at any time call a meeting of the corporation, and a majority of said corporation being lawfully convened shall be competent to do and perform all matters and things which they are authorized to do and perform by this act, and the by-laws made in pursuance thereof.

SECTION 6. In case of any vacancy in said board of corporators, such vacancy shall be filled by election called for that purpose on such previous notice being given as shall be prescribed by the by-laws, at which election all adult members of said corporation shall each be entitled to one vote.

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 6, 1868.

Amended.

CHAPTER 25.

[Published February 18, 1868.]

AN ACT to amend chapter 91 of the general laws of 1864, entitled "an act to incorparate the village of Boscobel."

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 19, of chapter 91, of the general laws of 1864, entitled "an act to incorporate the village of Boscobel," is hereby amended by adding to the end of subdivision 13th, of said section 19, the following words: "and for the purpose of guarding against the calamity of fire, shall have the power to prescribe the limits within which wooden buildings, or buildings of other material that shall not be considered fire proof, shall not be erected or repaired, and to direct that all

and any buildings within the limits prescribed, shall be made and constructed of fire proof materials, and to prahibit the repairing of wooden buildings within the fire limits, when the same shall have been damaged to the extent of fifty per cent. of the value thereof, and to prescribe the manner of ascertaining such damage.

SECTION 2. Section 41, of said chapter 91, is hereby amended by striking out the word "August" wherever it occurs in said section, and inserting the word "July." SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 8, 1868.

CHAPTER 26.

AN ACT to amend chapter 62, of the private and local laws of 1866, entitled "an act to incorporate the Milwaukee Schutzen Gesellschaft."

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Chapter 62 of the private and local Amended. laws of 1866, entitled "an act to incorporate the Milwaukee Schutzen Gesellschaft," is hereby amended so

as to read as follows: Section 1. Conrad Ulrich, corporators. Heermann Haertel, P. V. Deuster, H. O. Post, Frederick Hermann, Valentine Blatz and their associates and Suocessors are hereby constituted and created a body politic and corporate by the name of the "Milwaukee Name and pursharpshooters society," for the purpose of improving poses. in the use of fire-arms, cultivating the faculties of the body and mind, and for other and similar purposes, and shall have all the privileges, franchises and immu- Privileges and ties incident to a corporation. They shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, defending and being defended in all courts and places, and of purchasing, holding, using leasing and conveying property, real and personal, so far as the same may be necessary or proper to carry out or fulfill the object of their association, not exceeding in value the sum of twenty thousand dollars. They

franchises.

May establish military school.

Property exempt from taxation.

Proviso.

Board of trustees-their number and duties.

May appoint other officers.

How trustees and officers elected.

May establish constitution and by-laws.

may have a common seal and alter and change the same at pleasure.

SECTION 2. The said association shall in addition to the privileges conferred upon it in the foregoing section have power to establish a military school for the education of young men over fourteen years of age, in military science and tactics, and under such regulations as it may deem proper, but entirely at its own

expense.

SECTION 3. The property of the said corporation shall be solely devoted to the purposes and objects of the said society, and shall be exempt from taxation: provided, however, that it may be lawful for the same to contract with the "uniform companies," organized in the city of Milwaukee, for a joint use of its shooting hall and appurtenances on such terms as the respective parties may agree upon.

SECTION 4. The affairs of said corporation shall be managed by a board of trustees, not less than three nor more than nine in number, who shall take charge of all real and personal property belonging to said association, and transact all business relative to the investment and disposal thereof, and who shall hold their office for at least one year, and until their successors are qualified, and shall give security in such manner as the said corporation may prescribe.

SECTION 5. It shall be lawful for said association to elect or appoint such other officers as the condition and the circumstances of the corporation may require, to prescribe their duties and powers, and to require bond and security for the faithful performance thereof.

SECTION 6. The said trustees and all other officers of said corporation shall be elected or appointed in such manner and in such times as the said corporation may from time to time determine, not inconsistent with this charter.

SECTION 7. The said corporation shall have further power to establish for its government a constitution and by-laws, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state, and make such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry out and into effect the object of their association.

SECTION 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 8, 1868.

CHAPTER 27.

AN ACT to incorporate the Boscobel and Crawford county bridge company.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

Corporators.

Name and

SECTION 1. Alfred Palmer, O. P. Knowlton, G. W. Cowen, Francis McSpader, W. H. H. Beadle, Edwin Meyer, D. G. Snover, W. W. Field, G. C. Harrington, Nelson Enyant, James Calloway and Alonzo Carson, their associates and succesors are hereby created a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Boscobel and Crawford county bridge company; and by powers. that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, have a common seal, and alter or renew the same at pleasure, may purchase, hold, sell and convey real, personal and mixed property and estate, make by-laws and rules for the regulation and conduct of its affairs, prescribe the number, powers, duties and compensation of its officers and servants, and generally to possess the rights, privileges and franchises of a corportion.

SECTION 2. The business and affairs of said com- Board of dipany shall be managed by a board of five directors, rectors. who shall be stockholders and be elected annually by the stockholders of the company, at such time and place as may be prescribed by the by-laws of the company, or by resolution of the board of directors,

filled.

and hold their offices for the term of one year, or Term of office. until their successors are lawfully elected, and in case a vacancy shall occur from any cause, the remain. Vacancy-how ing directors may elect another to fill such vacancy; and in case any election shall not be effected at the regular time appointed therefor, said corporation shall not for that reason be dissolved, but such election may be held at such other time as may be appointed by the directors, and at all such elections, each stockholder stockholders shall be entitled in person or by proxy to as many entitled to one votes as he holds shares of stock in said corporation, share. and the five stockholders receiving the highest number of votes shall be the directors for the year next ensuing such election.

vote for each