ship fifteen north, of range ten east,) is hereby detached and set off from the county of Marquette, and shall hereafter be attached to and constitute a part of the county of Green Lake. Green Lake at quette. SECTION 2. All that portion of the county of Green What portion of Lake lying west of the section line running from the tached to Marnorth-east corner of section three, in township number sixteen north, of range number eleven cast, south to the north-east corner of section number three, in township fifteen north, of range eleven east, is hereby detached and set of from the county of Green Lake, and shall hereafter be attached to and constitute a part of the county of Marquette. can. SECTION 3. That part of township fifteen set off by Towns of Marthis act from the county of Marquette, shall hereafter qette and Meconstitute and form a part of the town of Marquette, in the county of Green Lake; and that part of township sixteen set off by this act from the county of Green Lake, shall hereafter constitute and form a part of the town of Mecan, in the county of Marquette. submitted to a SECTION 4. At the annual town meeting to be held Question to be on the first Tuesday in April next, the qualified voters vote. of the counties of Marquette and Green Lake may vote upon the question of amending the boundary line between said counties, as herein provided. Those electors who desire the change of boundary contemplated by this act, may deposit a ballot upon which shall be written or printed the words, " for amending boundary line;" and those electors who are opposed to said change of boundary, may deposit a ballot upon which shall be written or printed the words, "against amending boundary line." The votes so cast in said counties, How canvassed, shall be canvassed in the same manner that the votes for state senator are canvassed, and said canvass, when so made, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county, and a certified copy thereof shall be forthwith forwarded to the secretary of state, to be filed in his office. &c. SECTION 5. If a majority of all the votes cast at when to take efsuch election, upon this subject, in said counties, shall fect. be "for amending boundary line," then this act shall be in full force and effect from and after the first day of May next. SECTION 6. All acts or parts of acts conflicting Repeal. with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. This act to be published, &c. SECTION 7. The Marquette Express, Berlin Courant and Markesan Journal, are hereby authorized to publish this act for three successive weeks prior to the time of holding the annual town meetings in April, 1862. The expense of publishing in the Marquette Express shall be paid by the county of Marquette, and the expense of publishing in the Berlin Courant and Markesan Journal shall be paid by the county of Green Lake. SECTION 8. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 15, 1862. CHAPTER 24. [Published February 18, 1862.] Application of provisions. Amendment. AN ACT to amend section thirty-one of chapter one hundred and one of the revised statutes, entitled "of the payment of debts and legacies of diseased persons." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section thirty-one of chapter one hundred and one of the revised statutes, is hereby amended by adding there to the following words, viz.: " All the provisions of this chapter relating to the effect of the appointment, the decision and the report of commissioners; to the action to be taken on the same; to appeals therefrom; to the time limited for the presentation of all claims by creditors; to the effect of failure to present claims within the time limited by the court for that purpose; to the distribution of assets, and all other provisions affected by said section thirty-one, shall apply and be in force in all cases, when the judge of the county court shall perform the duties of such commissioners.' SECTION 2. Section 61 of chapter 101 of the revised statutes, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "omitted" in the second line, the words, " and if the judge of the county court shall not act in the place of commissioners in the allowance of claims." SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 15, 1862. CHAPTER 25. [Published February 18, 1862.] AN ACT to provide for the loan and disposition of the drainage fund in the county of Marquette. (See supplement to local laws.) CHAPTER 26. [Published February 19, 1862.] AN ACT to amend chapter 143 of the general laws of 1859, entitled "an act to prevent the sale of unripe cranberries." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: tain and apply SECTION 1. Chapter 143 of the general laws of 1859, Justice may reentitled " an act to prevent the sale of unripe cranber- fines, &c. ries," is hereby amended by adding to section four the following: "and may retain all fines, collected from any person or persons under the provisions of said chapter 143, and apply the same to the payment of the costs of suit, and also to the payment of all liabilities incurred by the county in enforcing said act; and said justice shall, at the next annual session of the board of supervisors of his county, present a certified account of the costs and expenses incurred, and when the same shall be properly audited and allowed, he shall pay over to the county treasurer any balance that may remain in his hands." hands of justices. SECTION 2. All moneys collected by any justice of Moneys now in the peace, in pursuance of the provisions of said act, Cranberries may be seized, &c. Seller or and now remaining in his hands, may be used by said SECTION 3. All cranberries found in [the] possession chaser not liable to fine. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 15, 1862. Amendment. CHAPTER 27. [Published February 19, 1862.] AN ACT to amend chapter 140 of the general laws of 1861, entitled The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in sen- SECTION 1. Section one of chapter 140 of the gen- CHAPTER 28. [Published February 19, 1862.] AN ACT to repeal chapter 210 of the general laws of 1859, entitled "an act to provide a permanent township school library fund.” The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 210 of the general laws of Repeal. 1859, entitled" an act to provide a permanent township school library fund," is hereby repealed. eys. SECTION 2. All moneys set apart by said chapter Transferof mon. 210, from the school fund income, is hereby transferred to the school fund income, and shall be apportioned as other school moneys. SECTION 3. All moneys raised by section two of Ibid. said chapter 210, shall be transferred to and made a part of the general fund. SECTION 4. All acts and parts of acts contravening Repeal. the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Approved February 15, 1862. CHAPTER 29. [Published February 20, 1862.] AN ACT to repeal section nine of chapter thirteen of [the] general laws of [the] extra session of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "an act to provide for borrowing money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, and defend the state in time of war." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: ed. SECTION 1. Section nine of chapter thirteen of [the] Section 9 repealgeneral laws of [the] extra session of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, entitled "an act to provide for borrowing money to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, and defend the state in time of war," is hereby repealed. against the war SECTION 2. All claims and demands against the When claims state for expenses and disbursements authorized by any fund to be prelaw of this state, and which, by the laws of the state,sented. |