General Acts Passed by the Legislature of Wisconsin

Front Cover
Beriah Brown, 1858 - Session laws
Includes special sessions.

From inside the book

Selected pages

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 127 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Page 88 - The defendant may, at any time before the trial or verdict, serve upon the plaintiff, an offer in writing to allow judgment to be taken against him, for the sum or property, or to the effect therein specified, with costs.
Page 184 - An Act granting Public Lands to the State of Wisconsin, to aid in the Construction of Railroads in said State.
Page 101 - AN ACT To enable the State of Arkansas, and other States, to reclaim the Swamp Lands within their limits.
Page 154 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all State courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Page 105 - Whosoever being a Director, Manager, or Public Officer of any body corporate or public company, shall make, circulate, or publish, or concur in making, circulating, or publishing any written statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or advance any property...
Page 88 - ... of notice of acceptance, and the clerk must thereupon enter judgment accordingly. If the notice of acceptance be not given, the offer is to be deemed withdrawn, and cannot be given in evidence; and if the plaintiff fail to obtain a more favorable judgment he cannot recover costs, but must pay the defendant's costs from the time of the offer...
Page 66 - State, and shall enter upon the duties of his office on the first day of December next after his election.
Page 48 - That section three of the above recited act be amended so as to read as follows : It shall be the duty of...
Page 105 - Whosoever being a director, public officer or manager of any body corporate or public company, shall as such receive or possess himself of any of the property of such body corporate or public company, otherwise than in payment of a just debt or demand, and shall, with intent to defraud, omit to make, or to cause or direct to be made, a full and true entry thereof in the books and accounts of such body corporate or public company...

Bibliographic information