Town of Linn the same is hereby set off into a separate town, to be known Town meeting and distinguished as the town of Linn; and the first town meeting shall be held at the house of James Nelson in said town.

when & where

held.

§ 7. That all that part of the present town of Geneva, in Walworth county, comprised in township two, range seventeen east, is hereby set off and organized into a sepGeneva. arate town, by the name of Geneva, and the first election when & where in said town, shall be held at the Inn of Manning & Thomp

First election

held.

son in said town.

§ 8. All that part of the county of Calumet lying north of the north line of the tract known as the "Brothertown Reservation" extended west to the west line of said county and north of the township line between townships seventeen and eighteen of range twenty east, shall Stockbridge constitute a separate town by the name of Stockbridge, Town meeting and the first town meeting therein shall be held at the house now occupied as the school house of said town.

Town of

where & when held.

§ 9. That all that part of the town of Summit, in the county of Milwaukee comprised in township eight range Town of O. seventeen, be, and the same is hereby set off and organconomewoc. ized into a separate town by the name of Oconomowoc; Town meeting and the first town meeting shall be held at Rockwell &

when & where

held.

Cotton's mills in said town.

§ 10. That the several towns set off and organized by this act, shall each be entitled to, and enjoy all the rights and privileges which are granted by law to the other towns in this Territory.

§ 11. That township five north of range eighteen east, Spelling of now called Mequanego, shall hereafter be known and name of town distinguished as Mukwonago.

changed.

§ 12. This act shall be of force and take effect from and after the first Monday in. April next.

APPROVED, January 23, 1844.

AN ACT to prevent disturbances and interruption at camp-meetings.

Be it enacted by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin :

§ 1. That any person who shall sell any ardent spirits, wine, beer, cider, cakes, goods, wares, merchandize, or

other thing, within one mile of any camp-meeting, without the consent of a majority of all the tent holders at such camp-meeting, and of the minister or ministers having charge of such meeting, or who shall otherwise wilfully interrupt or disturb such meeting, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars nor less than five dollars, to be recovered on complaint before any justice of the peace within the county: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit any such sale at any regularly established store, tavern, or sale shop, established previously to such meeting, and not established with the intent to evade the provisions of this act.

APPROVED, January 25, 1844.

AN ACT to amend "An act to prescribe the mode of proceeding in chancery."

Be it en icted by the Council und House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin:

§ 1. That all process issuing from the district court, in proceedings in chancery, shall be tested in the name of How settled. the judge of the court from which it shall issue, or of some one of the judges of the supreme court, and shall bear teste on the day on which the same shall be issued, and shall be made returnable on a day certain, therein to be mentioned, either in term time or vacation, and shall be served in the manner now required by law: Provided, that How served. it shall not be necessary for the clerk to endorse thereon the day when the same was issued, nor for the sheriff to need not enendorse thereon the day when the same came into his hands.

dorse.

ed.

§ 2. On the return of a subpoena "served" by the sher- On return of iff, or other proper officer, the complainant may enter an subpoena order order with the clerk of the proper court, requiring the may be enter defendant, if a resident of the county, to file his plea, answer or demurrer, by a day certain, to be not less than thirty days from the date of such order; and, if a non- Non-resident. resident, by a day certain, to be not less than ninety days from the date of such order; and if the defendant shall not file his plea, answer or demurrer within the time limited

Taken as con. fessed.

by such order, then the complainant may enter an order with the clerk that the bill of the complainant may be taken as confessed against the defendant in such order named: Provided, however, that the court or judge, in vacation, may, upon god cause shown by the affidavit of the defendant or his solicitor, enlarge the time for May enlarge answering to a period not exceeding in the whole ninety days from the entry of the original order.

the time.

defendants.

Non-resident § 3. In all cases of absent, non-resident, or concealed defendants, the judge at chambers shall have the same powers that are now vested in the court by the fortyfifth section of the act to which this is amendatory.

Taken as con. fessed.

§ 4. When a bill shall be taken as confessed, the complainant may enter an order with the clerk referring the same to a master to take proofs.

§ 5. When an answer shall be filed and the time for Order may be excepting thereto shall have expired, either party may entered to re, enter an order with the clerk, referring the bill and anfer to master. swer to a master to take proofs as to the matters therein

contained; and the master to whom such reference shall be made, shall give reasonable notice to the parties or their solicitors of the time and place of taking the same. APPROVED, January 6, 1844.

Damn, who

maistain.

AN ACT to authorize the construction of certain dams therein mentioned.

Be it enacted by the Council and use of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin, as follows, to wit:

4

§ 1. That David Jones and Erastus Bailey and their may build and associates, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to build and maintain a dam, or to maintain such dam as they have already built, on lots number three and On whatlands number seven in section nineteen in township thirty north,

range twenty-three east, of the fourth principal meridian,

on lands owned by them and their associates, sufficient to Head of water create a head of eight feet high from the bottom of said river, for hydraulic purposes.

§ 2. That the general law approved January thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty "relating to Mills and MillWhat law ap Dams, shall be, and is hereby declared to be applicable

plicable.

to said dam now built, or which may be constructed by

virtue of this act.

§3. That this act shall be subject to amendment or May be re alteration, whenever the said river shall be so improved pealed. above said dam, as to admit of the passage of boats and barges, by any future Legislature of the Territory of Wisconsin, or the future state; and the said Jones and Bailey, their associates and their successors shall construct and keep in good repair a sufficient slide, not less Keep a slide. than forty feet wide, and so constructed as not to cause a fall of more than one foot to every ten feet of smooth surface, and to admit of the passage of all rafts of lumber &c. down s id stream.

Dain.

§4. That Calvin M. Bonton and Joseph Bonton and their associates, successors and assigns, be, and hereby are authorized to maintain the dam across Rock River constructed by them, on land owned by them on the Where. west half of section No. 3, in township No. 8, of range No. 15, in the county of Jefferson: Provided, that said dam shall not exceed in height eight and half feet from Height.

the bottom of said river.

§ 5. The said Calvin M. Bonton and Joseph Bonton, their successors and assigns, shall be subject to, and

comply with all the provisions and restrictions contained Shall comply in an act entitled "an act to authorize the construction with act. of a dam across Rock River," approved February 4, 1842.

§ 6. That James H. Rogers and his associates, succes

sors and assigns, be, and they are hereby authorized to Dam on Milbuild and maintain a dam across the Milwaukee river, waukee river. upon the south-west fractional quarter of section number

four, in township number seven north of range number on what lands twenty-two east, in the county of Milwaukee, to erect Mills or other machinery, or in any other manner to make use of the water for hydraulic purposes, that may be deemed necessary for the facilities of business: Provided, Proviso. that the lands upon which said dam and its appurtenances are constructed, shall be owned by the said James H. Rogers or his associates.

§ 7. That the said James H. Rogers, his associates, successors and assigns, shall construct and maintain in

said dam a convenient chute or slide, for the free pas- Slide to be sage of rafts and timber down said river, and keep the kept in repair. same in good repair, said slide not to be less than thirty

feet wide, and so constructed as not to cause a fall of

Locks, size of.

more than three feet to every twelve feet of smooth surface.

§ 8. That the said James H. Rogers, his associates, successors and assigns, shall (whenever it shall be needed for the passage of boats and vessels navigating said river,) construct and maintain in said dam a convenient lock or locks, each eighty feet long between the gates, and twenty feet wide in the clear, for the free passage of all boats and other water craft.

§ 9. The said dam shall be subject to all the provisions of an act entitled "an act in relation to Mill-Dams," ," approved, 13th January 1840.

§ 10. That John P. Arndt and his associates, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to build and maintain a dam on the Oconto river, on the south-east Oconto dam quarter of section thirty, in township twenty-eight north of range twenty-one east of the fourth principal meridian, on land owned by him or them, sufficient to create a head of seven feet above high water mark, and to make use of Head of water the water power created thereby, for hydraulic purposes: Provided, that nothing in this section shall in any manner authorize an interference with the privilege heretofore granted to George Lenwick and his associates, to build a dam on said stream below the place mentioned in this act.

Proviso.

§ 11. That the

general law approved January 13th, 1840, "relating to Mills and Mill-Dams," shall be, and hereby is declared to be applicable to said dam to be built by John P. Arndt and his associates.

§ 12. This act shall be subject to amendment, alteration, and repeal, whenever the Territory or future state, may deem it expedient to remove obstructions to the free navigation of said Oconto River, and the said Arndt and his associates, and successors, or assigns shall construct and keep in good repair, a sufficient slide not less than Slide, size of forty feet wide, and so constructed as not to cause a fall of more than one foot to every three feet of smooth surface, and to admit the passage of rafts of lumber, or timber down said stream, without injury or unnecessary delay to the owner thereof.

Fall, how

much.

§ 13. This act may at any time be altered, amended or repealed by the Legislature.

APPROVED, January 27, 1844.