ers, for the purpose of appraising the school lands in said county of Shawano, (designated as the sixteenth sections) as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, Notice of apwithin ten days after the passage of this act, to notify the pointment. said appraisers, by letter or otherwise, of their appointment, and to forward them a copy of this act.

SEC. 3. The appraisers shall, before entering on the du- Oath of apties of their office, take and subscribe an oath or affirma- praisers. tion, to be administered by some proper officer, to support the constitution of the United States and of this state, and faithfully and honestly to discharge the duties devolving upon them as such appraisers, according to the best of their ability, which said oath or affirmation shall be attacted to their report, to be returned as hereinafter provided.

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SEC. 4. It shall be the duty of the appraisers, after re- Appraisers ceiving notice as above provided, and after having taken shall make a the oath provided in the third section of this act, to pro- spection of ceed to make a personal inspection of all of said school lands. lands in said county, and to appraise the same in forty acre lots, stating the value per acre of each and every lot at a fair valuation, without reference to improvements thereon, and shall also return a particular description of all such improvements, together with the value thereof, and the names of the claimants.

SEC. 5. After having inspected each and every parcel Report. of said school land, and within six months after their appointment, it shall be the duty of said appraisers to make a full, distinct and correct report to the office of secretary of state, of all of said school lands, in said county, describing them by forty acre divisions, with the value per acre, as estimated by them, of each sub-division; also, an estimate of the improvements on each, as before provided.

SEC. 6. The said appraisers shall be allowed for the ser- Compensation. vices herein required of them, at the rate of four dollars for each section, the payment therefor to be made out of the school fund, upon the certificate of the secretary of state, stating the amount due for such services; but no certificate shall be granted until the appraisers shall have performed all of the duties required of them by this act.

SEC. 7. The minimum price of such lands shall be the Minimum appraied value, together with the cost of appraising, and price. no part thereof shall be appraised at a less sum than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, or sold for a less sum than the minimum price; and actual settlers shall have

the privilege of pre-empting one hundred and sixty acres each, according to the provisions of an act entitled "an act to provide for the sub-division and appraisal of school lands in the counties therein named, and granting pre-emption rights therein named "-approved March 15, 1852.

SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 2, 1855.

Law term.

May hear and determine civil

cases

No jury shall be summoned, &c.

Chapter 399.

An Act to provide for holding a special or law tern of the Circuit Court, in
Walworth County.

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

SECTION 1. A law term of the circuit court shall annually be held in the county of Walworth on the first Tuesday of January.

SEC. 2. At such law terms above designated the court may hear and determine all motions and issues of law, in civil cases, and all causes, questions, matters or proceedings in equity or at law in civil cases, not requiring a trial or inquest by jury. All mesne or final process, or other proceedings in civil cases, required by law to be made returnable at the next term of the circuit court, shall be deemed to be returnable at any such law term, whenever it shall be the term first holden after the issuing of such process, or the instituting of such proceedings. And such law terms shall be deemed and held to be regular terms for all purposes not expressly excepted by this act, and all judgments, orders or decrees rendered or made thereat shall be as valid and effectual as if rendered or made at any other time.

ŠEC. 3. No grand or petit jury shall be summoned for any such law term, and no criminal cases or matters shall be determined, argued or heard, or any trial or inquest by jury be had or taken at such term. All recognizances, process or proceedings in criminal cases, (except final process to collect a fine, penalty or costs,) made returnable

at the next term of the circuit court, and all continuances therein to the next term shall be deemed to be returnable at, or continuances to the next jury term whether specially expressed or not.

SEC. 4. This act shall be published with the laws of a general nature, and shall take effect from its passage and publication.

Approved April 2, 1855.

Chapter 400.

An Act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the payment of mortgages on canal lands and the discharge thereof-approved April 2, 1853."

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

SECTION 1. Section one of said act to which this is amen. Amendment. datory, shall be so amended as to extend the time of payment to the first day of September, A. D. eighteen hunpred and fifty-five, upon the payment to the treasurer the amount mentioned in said act, with interest from the first day of January, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-four, at the rate of seven per centum per annum. Approved April 2, 1855.

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