to be located, one on fraction three, of quarter section four- Inserted. teen, in township twenty-one, north of range four, west, in the county of Jackson, on the east side of Black River; and the other on fraction six, in same section, town and range, on the west side of said river, running down to an island in section fifteen."

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved, March 26, 1855.

Chapter 232.

An Act to prevent the destruction of fish in the lakes and streams of Dane county.

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

SECTION 1. From and after the passage of this act, it Prohibition. shall be unlawful, and it is hereby prohibited for any person or persons, to take, ensnare, catch, kill or destroy, in or from any lake or stream of water, or, in or from any bay, inlet or outlet thereof, in the county of Dane, in this state, any fish of any kind whatever, by the use or means of any seine, drag-net, sett-net or any other description of net or netting whatever, or any box, pen, pound, trap, or any other construction into which any fish may become

ensnared or confined.

SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this act, Penalty. shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine of not less than ten, nor more than one hundred dollars, for each offence.

SEC. 3. Justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction to try and determine all cases arising under the provisions of this act.

Approved March 23, 1855.

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Chapter 233.

An Act to incorporate the Watertown City Gas Light Company.

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

SECTION 1. Theodore Prentiss, Daniel Jones, A. L. Pritchard, Andrew Peterson, William M. Dennis, Simeon Ford, William Chappell, Peter V. Brown, and A. Hundt, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, stockholders, their successors and assigns are hereby created a body corporate and politic by the name of the "Watertown City Gas Light Company," with perpetual succession, and by that name shall have all the privileges, franchises and immunities incident to a corporation. They shall be capable in law of contracting and being contracted with, suing and being sued, defending and being defended, in all courts and places; they shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, selling, leasing and conveying estate,real and personal or mixed,so far as the same may necessary and proper for the construction, extension, management and usefulness of the works of said company, and for the good government of the same; they may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure.

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SEC. 2. The capital stock of said company shall be fifty Management. thousand dollars in shares of fifty dollars each. The affairs of said company shall be managed by a board of five directors who shall be chosen by ballot, and each share of stock shall be entitled to one vote; the votes to be delived in person or by proxy, duly authorized; and for the purpose of electing the first directors the person named in the preceding section or a majority of thein, shall give ten days' notice in two newspapers printed in the city of Watertown, of the time and place by them appointed for the subscribers or stockholders to meet for the purpose of electing directors, which directors shall appoint one of their number president; and annually thereafter on the first Monday of July, the stockholders shall meet for electing directors as aforesaid: Provided, That none but stockholders shall be elected directors.

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SEC. 3. A majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. They shall have power to appoint a secretary and treasurer and such other officers and agents as may be deemed necessary, to

make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, orders and regulations respecting the management, control, and disposition of the stock, property and affairs of said company, as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this state, to make such covenants, contracts, and agreements with any persons or persons, co-partnership or body politic whatsoever, as the execution and management of the works, or the convenience and interest of the company may require.

SEC. 4. The said company shall have power and full and exclusive authority for twenty five years from the passage of this act, to manufacture, make and sell gas, to be made from any and all the substances or a combination thereof from which inflammable gas is obtained, for the purpose of lighting the city of Watertown, or the streets thereof, or any buildings, manufactories, public places, or houses therein contained, and to erect all necessary works and apparatus, and to lay pipes for the purpose of conducting the gas in any of the streets, avenues, commons, lanes, or alleys, in said city: Provided, That no permanent Proviso. injury shall be done to any street, highway, lane oralley in said city.

SEC. 5. If from any cause an election for directors shall not be held at the time specified therefor, the corporation for that reason shall not be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold an election for directors, as shall be provided for in the by-laws of said corporation, and until such election, the directors of the preceding year shall continue to act, and all their doings shall be binding upon said corporation until their successors shall be elected.

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SEC. 6. If any person shall wilfully do, or cause to be Misdeameandone, any act or acts whatsover to injure any machine, pipe, or structure whatsoever, or anything appertaining to the works of said corporation, whereby the same may bo stopped, obstructed or injured, the person or persons so of fending shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted, shall be punished by fine not ex- Penalty. ceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or both: Provided, Such criminal pros. Proviso. ecution shall not in any wise impair the right of said company for damage, by a civil suit hereby authorized to be brought for any such injury as aforesaid, by and in the name of said corporation, in any court of the state having competent jurisdiction of the same.

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SEC. 7. The said corporation are hereby authorized and fully empowered in their corporate capacity to borrow any sum or sums of money from any person or persons, corporations, or body politic of any kind, and make and execute in their corporate name, all necessary writings, notes, bonds or other papers; and make and execute and deliver such securities in amount and kind, as may be deemed expedient by said corporation for all purposes, in carrying out the objects of this company; and official acts of said company are hereby declared binding in law and equity, upon said corporation, and upon all other parties to such contracts. SEC. 8. This act shall be favorably construed to effect the purposes thereby intended, and the same is hereby declared a public act, and copies thereof printed by authority of the state shall be sufficient evidence thereof in all courts.

SEC. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 24, 1855.

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Chapter 234.

An Act to provide for laying out a state road in Walworth county. The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. John W. Boyd, Solomon C. Burdick and Ira Buell, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a state road in the county of Walworth, from the west line of the town of Bloomfield, at or near the state line, and running in a westerly direction to any point in section. thirty-five, in the town of Linn, on the most practicable route, and may adopt as such state road, any town or county road, or any part of a town or county road, already laid out on said route, and such state road shall not be altered by the supervisors of any town, for two years after the same shall be laid out, but no part of the expense thereof shall be paid by the state.

SEC. 2. A majority of said commissioners shall be com

petent to perform the duties required by this act, and they shall proceed therewith as soon as practicable.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its pas

An Act to incorporate the Central Bridge Company.

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

SECTION 1. Edward West, Jackson Tibbets, Anson Bal- Corporators. lard, Henry S. Eggleston, A. B. Evert, William Johnston, and Frederick Packard, and such other persons as they shall associate with them, are hereby incorporated by the name and style of "The Central Bridge Company," and Title. by such name may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in any and all courts, and may have a common eal and change the same at pleasure.

SEC. 2. The said Edward West, Jackson Tibbets, Anson Ballard, Henry S. Eggleston, A. B. Everts, William Johnston and Frederick Packard, and such other persons as they may appoint, are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscription to the capital stock of said company, and may open books for subscription at such times and places as the said commissioners shall appoint, until the capital stock of said company shall be taken.

SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be five Capital stock. thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and the said company shall have power to increase the capital stock to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars.

SEC. 4. The said company shall have power to build a Location. bridge across Fox river from any point on the west bank of said river within the limits of the incorporated village of Appleton, to such point as they see fit, in the highland on the east bank of said river, and to take so much land as may be necessary for their purposes: Provided, That no Proviso. unnecessary damage shall be done thereby; and in case