Subscribed.

of Waupacca, and the state of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the Oshkosh and Wausau railroad, are hereby authorized each to subscribe to the capital stock of said railroad company, for said towns to the following several amounts, viz: the Amounts to be board of supervisors of the town of Waupacca, to the amount of twenty-five hundred dollars; the board of supervisors of the town of Lind, to the amount of one thousand dollars; the board of supervisors of the town of Iola, to the amount of five hundred dollars; and the board of supervisors of the town of Farmington, to the amount of seven hundred dollars, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned.

nance.

SECTION 2. It shall be the duty of the several boards Vote on ordiof supervisors of the said towns, to submit to a vote of the freeholders of the said towns, an ordinance setting forth the amount of stock proposed to be taken, and the amount of money to be raised by tax for the purpose of aiding in the construction of said road, and they shall fix the time and manner in which a vote will be taken for or against said ordinance, by the freeholders. of the said towns.

published, and

SECTION 3. The said ordinances shall be published Ordinance to be at least three weeks previous to the time fixed for hold- none but freeing the election, by publication in a newspaper printed holders to vote. in said county, and by posting up written or printed copies of said ordinances in five of the most public places in said towns respectively, and the election shall be held and the votes canvassed and certified in the manner provided by law for holding the usual elections in said towns. At such elections none but freeholders shall be qualified to vote. The vote shall be by ballot, on which shall be written or printed the words "For the ordinance," or "Against the ordinance;" and if a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be in favor of such ordinance, then the chairmen of the boards of supervisors, in the name of the said boards. respectively, shall subscribe for the amount of stock mentioned in said ordinances.

company.

SECTION 4. When the said chairmen shall subscribe Towu orders to for the said stock as above mentioned, they shall deliver to the treasurer of the said Oshkosh and Wausau railroad company, town orders of the said towns respectively, to the amount of the said stock so subscribed for each town, which said town orders shall stand upon

Bonds to towns.

the same footing as all other town orders, [and] shall be paid and shall be receivable for taxes in the same way as now provided by law in case of town orders. PERUNY

SECTION 5. Before the said town orders shall be delivered to the treasurer of the said company, as above provided, he shall give a good and sufficient bond in double the amount of said town orders, to the said towns respectively, with two good and sufficient sureties, which said bonds shall be approved by the several boards of supervisors to whom they are given, conditioned that the whole amount so paid to the company as aforesaid, shall be expended in making the road bed of the said railroad, and fitting it for the iron, between the village of Waupacca and the east bank of the Wolf river at Fremont.lanwadayetten aroques. SECTION 6. When such stock shall be subscribed as towns as stock aforesaid, said towns shall have the same powers and privileges as other stockholders in said company; and the board of supervisors of each of said towns having stock in said company, shall annually, or as often as there shall be a vacancy, appoint one railroad commissioner, whose duty it shall be to attend each annual and special meeting of the stockholders of said company, and shall be entitled to cast one vote for every share of stock owned by said town, in the election of directors, and on all questions.

Privileges of

holders.

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 8, 1861.

CHAPTER 66.

[Published March 9, 1861.]

Proposals, &c., for west wing.

AN ACT to provide for continuing the work on the State Capitol.
The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. The governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general and bank comptroller are hereby authorized to advertise for proposals, and let by contract to the best and lowest bidder, the erection and

completion of the west wing of the state capitol, in conformity with the plan commenced; the foundation of the wing to the top of the water table to be completed by the first day of October, A. D. 1861, and the remainder of said building to be completed by the first day of December, A. D. 1862. us jorna alt l

To correspond

SECTION 2. Before advertising for such proposals with cast wir the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, bank comptroller, and superintending architect, shall make and adopt such alterations in the plan and specifications to correspond with the altera tions adopted in the erection of the east wing, so far as the same shall be applicable to the different purposes for which said wing is designated.

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SECTION 3. In advertising for proposals in making Act applicable. the contract, and in making payment for work under the same, the governor, secretary of state, state treas urer, attorney general and bank comptroller shall follow the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the enlargement of the state capitol, and providing and appropriating means for the payment of the same," approved Feb. [February] 28th, 1857, so far as the same shall be applicable; and in addition to the requirements of said act, they shall require of the contractor reasonable security for the prompt and faithful prosecution and completion of the work under such contract, and shall reserve the right and have the power, if the contractor shall neglect or abandon the work, or fail to prosecute the same with such diligence and dispatch as will reasonably secure the completion of the work in the specified time, as mentioned in the first section, to declare such contract abandoned and forfeited, and shall re-let the same to such other suitable person or persons as will contract may be secure the completion of the work by the time specified; &c. and no liabilities shall exist on the part of the state for any service rendered under or upon any contract so abandoned and forfeited: provided, that in case it shall become necessary to re-let the work, the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and bank comptroller shall re-let the same to the best and lowest bidder, in the same manner as is provided for in section one of this act. end flo

declared forfeited

SECTION 4. For the payment of the work as the Appropriations. same progresses under the contract, there shall be and

hereby is appropriated out of the state treasury, to be

Limit.

Monthly esti

mates.

Architect-his salary, &c.

To receive no bonus.

paid out of the general fund for the year 1861, the sum of twenty thousand dollars; for the year 1862, fifty thousand dollars, and the remaining balance due upon the contract, to be paid on or before the first day of February next succeeding the completion of the contract and the acceptance of the work by the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general and bank comptroller: provided, the entire cost of such work, whether included in the specifications of the architect or not, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.

SECTION 5. Once in each month the superintending architect shall estimate and report to the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, and bank comptroller, the amount of work performed and materials furnished under the contract for such enlargement, and if they shall approve the same, the governor shall certify eighty-five per cent. thereof to the secretary of state, who shall draw his warrant on the treasury [treasurer] for the same. Upon the completion of the work under such contract, the remaining fifteen per cent. shall be certified and paid in like man

ner.

SECTION 6. The governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general and bank comptroller are hereby authorized to employ an architect to superintend the work, whose compensation on his estimate shall be as follows: one per cent. for details to larger scales, and one per cent. for superintendence, which shall be in full payment for all services performed by such architect; and the governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general and bank comptroller may, if in their judgment the public good requires it, discharge such architect and employ another in his place. and stead; in which case the compensation of said architect for services rendered shall be adjusted upon the same terms as are heretofore provided for the compensation of the architect, having regard to the amount of services rendered.

SECTION 7. The architect employed under this act is prohibited from receiving, directly or indirectly, any commission, gift, bonus, reward or compensation from the contractor of contractors who may be employed in the construction of the work contemplated by this act, or of any part thereof, or from any one in the employ

[of] or furnishing materials to such contractor or con

tractors.

SECTION 8. In case of a violation of the foregoing Forfeiture. section, the architect shall be discharged, and shall forfeit all claim and right to compensation for services rendered up to the time of such discharge.

SECTION 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 9, 1861.

CHAPTER 67.

[Published March 11, 1861.]

AN ACT providing for the removal of the County Seat of Pierce
County.

The People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. At the annual election to be held on the vote to be taken first Tuesday in April, A. D. 1861, the legal voters of the county of Pierce are hereby authorized to vote upon the removal of the county seat of said county, from the city of Prescott to the south-west quarter of section 17, and the south-east quarter of section 18, and the north-east quarter of section 19, and the northwest quarter of section 20, in township 26, north of range 17 west, in the county of Pierce, and state of Wisconsin, which section of land described and composed of the four quarters of sections as described above, is hereby fixed as the point to which it is proposed to remove said county seat.

SECTION 2. All votes given upon the question afore- Form of ballot." said, shall be by ballot, upon which shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, the words

For removal of county seat to the SW of sec. 17, SE of [sec.] 18, NE of sec. 19, and NW of sec. 20," or "Against removal of county seat." Said ballots shall be deposited by the inspectors of elections in a separate box, to be by them prepared for that purpose, and in case a majority of all the votes on the