Amended. Penalty for CHAPTER 3. [Published February 13, 1872.] AN ACT to amend section 24 of chapter 17 of the revised statutes, entited of fences and fence viewers; of pounds and the impounding of cattle. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section twenty-four of chapter seventeen of the revised statutes is hereby amended by adding after the word, " town," where it occurs in said section, the words, "or village," so that the said section, when so amended, shall read as follows: Section 24. If willful injury to any person shall wilfully injure any pound, mainpounds. tained by any town or village, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety days, at the discretion of the court. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 9, 1872. How construed. CHAPTER 4. [Published February 13, 1872.] AN ACT to declare the intent and meaning of chapter 59 of the general laws of 1871, entitled "an act to amend section 31 of chapter 134 of the revised statutes, entitled' of executions and proceedings supplementary thereto.'' The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It was and is the intent and meaning of chapter 59 of the general laws of 1871, entitled "an act to amend section 21 of chapter 134, of the revised statutes, entitled 'of executions and proceelings sup plementary thereto,'" that the same shall not apply to contracts or purchases of property made or entered into prior to the passage of said act. SECTION 2. This act shall be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 9, 1872. CHAPTER 5. [Published February 13, 1872.] AN ACT to authorize towns to issue their bonds for normal school purposes. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: school house. bonds to erect SECTION 1. The board of supervisors of any town May issue in the state of Wisconsin are hereby authorized to issue bonds of any such town, for such sum or amount as shall have been fixed by a majority of the legal votes at any town meeting called for such purpose, in aid of the erection of a state normal school building in any such town, after such state normal school building shall have been located in any such town: provided, that such amount shall not exceed five per cent. of the assessed value of the taxable property of the town. denominations tiated. SECTION 2. The bonds hereby authorized to be How bonds exeissued shall be signed by the chairman of the town cuted-in what board of supervisors, and countersigned by the clerk and how nego of said town, and shall be in denominations of one hundred dollars, five hundred dollars, and one thousand dollars, respectively, in such proportions as the said town board shall deem proper, and shall bear interest not exceeding ten per cent. per annum, and payable at such time, not exceeding fifteen years from date, and at such place as said town board of supervisors may determine. Said bonds shall be payable to bearer or order, and the interest thereon shall be payable on the first day of February, in each year. The said town board of supervisors in any such town may negotiate such bonds, when issued in accordance with the provisions of this act, for the purpose of raising Shall levy tax to pay interest money to be applied in the aid of the erection of such normal school building. SECTION 3. The town clerk of any such town shall and principal. annually levy upon all the taxable property of any such town, and apportion upon the tax roll of such town, an amount sufficient to pay the annual interest on such bonds as may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, and also such additional sum in any year as shall be required to pay the principal as it shall become due on said bonds. Shall keep record of bonds. SECTION 4. The town clerk of any such town shall keep a faithful record of the bonds which shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of this act, which record shall contain a true statement of the number and amount of the bonds issued, and when they mature, with the rate of interest thereon, which record shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable hours. SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 10, 1872. Amended. CHAPTER 6. [Published February 13, 1872.] AN ACT to amend section two of chapter eighty-three of the general laws of 1871, entitled "an act to repeal chapter one hundred and seventy-three of the general laws of 1869, and to fix the time of holding circait court in Burnett county, and for the transferring of certain records from the circuit court of Polk county to the circuit court of Burnett county, and to arrange the empaneling of petit and grand jury in said county of Burnett." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section two of chapter eighty-three of the general laws of 1871, entitled "an act to repeal chapter one hundred and seventy-three of the general laws of 1869, and to fix the time for holding circuit court in Burnett county, and for the transferring of certain records from the circuit court of Polk county to the circuit court of Burnett county, and to arrange the empaneling of petit and grand jury in said county of Burnett," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. The terms of the circuit court in and for When terms to said county of Burnett shall be held on the first Monday of March and on the third Monday of September in each year. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 10, 1872. be held. CHAPTER 7. [Published February 15, 1872.] AN ACT to prohibit and prevent the carrying of concealed weapons. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: concealed weap SECTION 1. If any person shall go armed with a Carrying of concealed dirk, dagger, sword, pistol, or pistols, re- ons prohibited. volver, slung-shot, brass knuckles, or other offensive and dangerous weapon, he shall, on conviction thereof, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a term of not more than two years, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the proper county not more than twelve months, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, or by both said fine and costs and either of said imprisonments; and he may also be required to find sureties, for keeping the peace and against the further violation of this act for a term not exceeding two years: provided, that so going armed shall not be deemed a violation of this act whenever it shall be made to appear that such person had reasonable cause to fear an assault or other injury or violence to his person, or to his family or property, or to any person under his immediate care or custody, or entitled to his protection or assistance, or if it be made to appear that his possession of such 2-GEN. LAWS. weapon was for a temporary purpose, and with harmless intent. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 14, 1872. Entitled to venue. CHAPTER 8. [Published February 15, 1872.] AN ACT to provide for a change of venue in certain cases. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. In any action commenced in justice court by summons personally served, if the defendant shall appeal from the judgment of the justice to the circuit court, such defendant shall be entitled to a change of venue of said action to the circuit court of the county in which he resides, when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court, by affidavit or otherwise, that he was at the time such summons was served upon him, and still is, a resident of such county. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved February 14, 1872. (General terms fixed. AN ACT to fix the time for holding terms of the circuit court in the tenth judicial circuit. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The general terms of the circuit court for the tenth judicial circuit shall hereafter be held as |