General Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin

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Beriah Brown, 1861
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Page 345 - We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 212 - That the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff (specifying the amount of such indebtedness as near as may be, over and above all legal set-offs or counterclaims), and that the defendant is a non-resident of the state; and, 3.
Page 229 - SECTION 5. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved April 19, 1895. CHAPTEK 295, LAWS OF 1895. AN ACT to appropriate to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society the sum of three thousand dollars.
Page 55 - The court may determine any controversy between the parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights, but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must cause them to be brought in.
Page 326 - I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Page 201 - ... take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the constitution of this state...
Page 162 - ... manner as the court shall direct. Such leave shall not be given unless it be established by the oath of the party, or other satisfactory proof, that the judgment or some part thereof remains unsatisfied and due.
Page 72 - ... may be proposed to be placed; nor to authorize the construction of any railroad not already located in, upon or across any streets in any city, without the assent of the corporation of such city...
Page 72 - Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize the erection of any bridge, or any other obstructions across, in or over any stream or lake navigated by steam or sail boats, at the place where any bridge or other obstructions may be proposed to be placed...
Page 105 - Commission, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof shall be punished as for such offense.

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