CHAPTER 27.2

[Published March 8, 1870.]

AN ACT to amend section 100, chapter 18, revised statutes, enti***tled “of counties and county officers."

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

SECTION 1. Section 100, chapter 13, of the revised Amended. statutes, entitled "of counties and county officers," is hereby amended by adding to the end of said section

100, the following, to wit: And he shall also, as soon sheriff shall apas may be after entering upon the duties of his office, point deputies. and after the passage of this act, appoint some proper person deputy in every incorporated city or village in his county, when the inhabitants of such city or village shall exceed three thousand, and the person so appointed shall be a resident of the city or village in which he is appointed, and shall hold office during the pleasure of such sheriff; and as soon as a vacancy shall occur in the office of such deputy, or he become incapable of executing the same, another shall in like manner be appointed in his place, for whose official acts said sheriff shall be responsible, as in case of other deputies or under sheriffs.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 7, 1870.

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CHAPTER 28.

[Published March 8, 1870.]

Amended.

AN ACT to amend section two, chapter 130, general laws of 1868, entitled "an act to provide for the assessment of property for taxation, and the levy of taxes thereon."

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

SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 130 of the general laws of 1868, is hereby amended by adding thereto a subdivision, to be known as subdivision 15th of said section, which shall be as follows: Artificial trout ponds and the trout produced and raised therein. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 7, 1870.

MAmended.

Amended.

CHAPTER 29.

[Published March 8, 1870.]

AN ACT to amend chapter 151 of the general laws of 1869, enti. tled "an act to codify the laws relating to normal schools, and to amend chapter 94 of the general laws of 1859, and chapter 116 of the general laws of 1866."

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

SECTION 1. Section five of chapter 151 of the gen. eral laws of 1869, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "the income of the normal school fund shall be applied to establishing, supporting and maintaining normal schools, under the direction and management of the board of normal school regents."

SECTION 2. The last clause of section 24 of said chapter 151 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "the board of regents shall hold an annual meeting at

the capital of the state, on the second Wednesday of July in each year, or at such time as may be hereafter designated by said board.".

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 7, 1870.

CHAPTER 30.

[Published March 8, 1870.]

AN ACT relating to courts held by justices of the peace, and amendatory of sectior, 5 of chapter 120 of the revised statutes.

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

SECTION 1. Section 5 of chapter 120 of the revised Amended. statutes, entitled "of courts held by justices of the peace," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: every such justice shall have jurisdiction over and Jurisdiction of cognizance of the following actions and proceedings:

First. Actions arising or growing out of contract, express or implied, wherein the debt or balance due or damages claimed shall not exceed two hundred dollars.

Second. Actions for injuries to persons or to real or personal property, wherein the damages claimed shall not exceed two hundred dollars.

Third. Actions to recover the possession of personal property, wherein the value of the property claimed shall not exceed two hundred dollars.

Fourth. Actions for forcible entry and detainer. Fifth. Actions for a penalty not exceeding two bundred dollars, given by any statute of this state. Sixth. To take and enter a judgment on the confession of a defendant, when the amount confessed shall not exceed three hundred dollars.

justices.

SECTION 2. On the rendition of judgment by any Justice shall tax justice of the peace of this state in favor of any party attorney's fees for damages and costs, or either, the said justice shall tax as part of the costs, an attorney's fee, to be recov

ered by the prevailing party, of five dollars in all cases where the judgment shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars, and ten dollars in all cases where the judgment thall exceed the sum of fifty dollars..

SECTION 3. This act shall be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 7, 1870.

Amended.

CHAPTER 31.

[Published March 9, 1870.]

AN ACT to amend section 16 of chapter 67 of the revised statutes, entitled of" cemetery associations.'

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

SECTION 1. Section 16 of chapter 67 of revised statutes is hereby amended by striking out the words, "forever thereafter," and inserting in their place the words, "while any person is buried thereon," so that said section shall read as follows: Whenever the lands alienable and to of any such association shall be laid out in lots, and

Lots in cemeteries to be in

descend to

heirs.

such lots or any of them, shall be transferred to indi-
vidual proprietors, and after there shall have been an
interment in any lot so transferred, such lot from the
time of such interment shall while any person is buri
ed thereon be inalienable, and shall upon the death of
the proprietor descend to the heirs of such proprietor
forever, but any one or more of such heirs may release to
any other of said heirs, his, her or their interest in the
same. A
A copy of such release shall be filed with the
town clerk of the town or with the register of the city
within which the said cemetery shall be situated. The
body of any deceased person shall not be interred in
any such lot unless it be the body of a person having
at the time of such decease an interest in such lot,
or the relative of some person having some interest, or
the wife of such person or her relative, except by the
consent of all persons having an interest in such lot.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 8, 1870.

CHAPTER 32.

[Published March 9, 1870.]

AN ACT to repeal chapter 110 of the general laws of 1866, entitled

an act relating to the license and keeping of dogs, and to repeal chapter 415 of the general laws of 1865, and chapter 404 of the general laws of 1862, relating to the license and keeping of dogs."

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 110 of the general laws of Repealed. 1866, entitled "an act relating to the license and keeping of dogs, and to repeal chapter 415 of the general laws of 1865, and chapter 404 of the general laws of 1862, relating to the license and keeping of dogs," is hereby repealed, and all other laws relating to the license and keeping of dogs, be and the same are hereby repealed, and each and every town in the state of Wisconsin, and all town officers therein are hereby absolved and relieved from the operation, force and effect of all laws relating to the license and keeping of dogs, now and heretofore in force in this state, whether such towns or town officers have fully complied with such laws or not.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 8, 1870.