posits in a general safety fund from this and other banks, hereafter to be enacted, with a view to the adoption of a general system in said territory, similar to that now in operation in the state of New York, and known as the "safety fund system," that then and in that case this charter shall be subject so far to be altered or amended as to make it conform to such a safety fund system, and no further.

SECTION 22. That this act shall take effect and be in force from and after the first Monday of May

AN ACT to establish the seat of government of the territory of
Wisconsin, and to provide for the erection of public buildings.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of Located at representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the Madison. seat of government of the territory of Wisconsin, be and the same is hereby located and established at the town of Madison, between the third and fourth of the four lakes, on the corner of sections thirteen, fourteen, twenty-three and twenty-four in township seven, north, of range nine, east.

at Burlington.

SECTION 2. Be it enacted, that until the public build- Temporary seat ings at the said town of Madison are completed, that is to say, until the 4th day of March, in the year 1839, the sessions of the legislative assembly of Wisconsin territory, shall be held at the town of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines: provided the public buildings are not sooner completed.

SECTION 3. Be it enacted, that there shall be three Commissioners, commissioners elected by joint ballot of the council how elected. and house of representatives, whose duty it shall be to cause the necessary public buildings to be erected at the said town of Madison, for the accommodation of TER. LAWS4

money from

U.S.

Treasurer to give bond.

the assembly, and other officers of the territorial government. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall agree upon a plan of said buildings, and shall issue proposals, giving due notice thereof, and contract for the erection of said buildings without delay. They shall elect one of their number treasurer, Power to draw whose duty it shall be to draw from the treasury of the United States, such sum or sums of money as have been or may hereafter be appropriated by congress, towards the erection of the public buildings for the use of said territory, and shall pay the same upon the orders of a majority of the said commissioners, to such persons as they may direct. The said treasurer, before he receives the said sums, shall execute a bond to the said territory, with two or more sureties, to be approved of by the secretary of the territory, in the penal sum of forty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful execution of the duties of his office, and that he will annually render to the legislative assembly a true account of all monies received and paid out by One acting com- him. And they shall agree upon one of their number, to be acting commissioner, whose duty it shall be to superintend, daily, in person, the building of said buildings; and the said acting commissioner shall have power at all times, when he may think proper, to call the board of commissioners together for the purpose of transacting any business on this subject, and said board shall in all contracts reserve the privilege of suspending any contract made by them, for the purpose of carrying into effect the object above named, until the matter in dispute shall be settled, if any there Compensation. should be. The said commissioners shall receive such compensation for their services as may hereafter be allowed them by law.

missioner, his duties.

SECTION 4. Be it enacted, that this act be in force from and after the fourth day of March next.

P. H. ENGLE,

Speaker of the house of representatives.

HENRY S. BAIRD,

President of the council.
H. DODGE.

Approved, Dec. 3d, 1836.

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No. 12.

AN ACT to incorporate the La Fontaine railroad company.

pany.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of La Fontaine representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, that David railroad comJones, Morgan L. Martin and James Duane Doty, their heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of "the La Fontaine railroad company," for the term of twenty-five years, and as such corporation they Twenty-five are hereby declared capable of suing and being sued, years, term of. answering and being answered unto, in all courts and places whatever, and in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes whatsoever, and shall Powers and be in law capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the purpose of carrying into effect the privileges secured to said corporation by this act, and none other.

privileges.

SECTION 2. The capital stock of said company Capital stock shall be fifty thousand dollars, to consist of one thou- $50,000. sand shares of fifty dollars each. That the said David Jones, Morgan L. Martin and James Duane Doty, be

rectors.

and they are hereby appointed the first directors, and Who first diare authorized to elect their president from their own number. and to conduct every operation of said com- Their powers pany until the first day of January, one thousand and duties. eight hundred and thirty-eight; and thereafter the said corporation, their heirs or assigns, shall annually elect the directors, each person voting according to the How directors number of shares of which he may be the owner. Instalments shall be paid whenever required by the directors, thirty days previous notice of the payment thereof having been publicly given; and if any stock- How instal holder shall fail to comply with any call or demand merts paid in. for the payment of any instalment, he or she shall for

elected.

payment.

feit his or her shares, and any previous payments made Penalty on nonthereon; and it shall be lawful for the said company to make divisions of the surplus capital and net profits which shall accrue thereon, from time to time, in such manner as the directors shall see fit, or to employ or How dividends dispose of the same for the benefit of the stockholders therein.

made.

SECTION 3. The said company shall, within five Work completyears after the passage of this act, construct and com

ed in five years.

Penalty what.

How earth, timber, stone, &c. paid for.

Road kept in repair.

Toll and freight limitable.

Charter may be annulled.

plete a railroad from La Fontaine, on Fox river, to Winnebago City, or some other convenient point on Winnebago Lake, with power to transport, take or carry property and persons upon the same by the power and force of steam, of animals, or of any mechanical or other power or of any combination of them; and if said company shall not commence said road on or before the fourth day of July next, and complete one mile of said road before the fourth day of July thence ensuing, the said company shall forfeit all their privileges given by this act.

SECTION 4. The president and directors of said company may agree with the owner or owners of any land, earth, timber, gravel, stone or other material whatever, which may be wanted in the constructing or repair of said railroad or any of its works, for the purchase or occupation of the same, but they shall not be authorized to take either land or material therefor without previous consent of the owners.

SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the president and directors of said company at all times, to keep said railroad in good repair and furnished with cars to carry persons, transport goods and merchandise, or any freight that may be offered.

SECTION 6. It shall be in the power of the legislative assembly to limit the toll and terms of freight on the aforesaid railroad, should they deem it proper, at any time hereafter.

SECTION 7. It shall be in the power of the legislative assembly of this territory, if the said company should not prosecute the said work, or should misuse or abuse their privileges at any time, to annul and destroy the charter hereby granted.

P. H. ENGLE, Speaker of the house of representatives.

HENRY S. BAIRD,

President of the council.
H. DODGE.

Approved Dec. 3, 1836.

No. 13.

AN ACT to authorize the board of supervisors of the county of
Crawford to build a bridge, and levy a tax to pay for the same.

Prairie du

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the council and house of Bridge near representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the Chine board of supervisors of the county of Crawford be and the same are hereby authorized to build, or cause to be built, by contract or otherwise, a good and substantial bridge, at the most eligible point across the stream running between the village of Prairie du Chien and St. Friole, in said county, and known and designated as the Marrais of St. Friole; said bridge to be built of wood or stone, or partly of wood and partly How built and of stone, at the option of said board.

by whom.

build bridge.

SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That for the rais- Tax levied to ing of a sum sufficient to pay for the constructing of said bridge, the said board of supervisors are hereby authorized to levy and cause to be collected, a tax of not more than three-fourths of one per cent. on all the real and personal property subject to taxation in said

county.

P. H. ENGLE,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
HENRY S. BAIRD,

Approved Dec. 3, 1836.

President of the council.
H. DODGE.

No. 14.

AN ACT to incorporate the Fox river hydraulic company.

WHEREAS, by an act of the legislative council of the territory of Michigan, entitled "an act to authorize the building of a dam across the Fox river, in the county of Brown," approved the 26th day of January, 1835, William Dickinson, John P. Arndt and Charles Fuller, their heirs and assigns, were authorized to erect a dam across the Fox river at "Rapids des Peres ;".