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139
14,510
24,781
34,154
42,029
46.273
50,241
Grant.
926
16,198
23,170
31,189
33,618
37,979
39,086
Green
933
8,566
14,827
19,808
20,646
23,611
22,027
lowa
3,978
9,522
15,205
18,967
20,657
24,544
24,133
Jefferson
914
15,317
26,869
30,438
30,597
34,050
34,908
Juneau.
10,734
12,397
13,900
12,676
13,177
13,907
Kewannee.
1,109
5,530
7,039
10,281
14,405 .
La Crosse.
8,904
12,186
14,834
20,295
23,945
La Fayette
11,531
16,064
18,134
20,358
22,667
22,169
Lincoln ..
235
3,702
13,048
22,416
26,762
33,369
38,456
Marathon.
489
447
2,892
3.678
5,885
10,111
Marquette.
18
508
1.427
8.233
7.327
8,057
8,597
Milwaukee.
5,605
31,077
2,407
8,410
11,652
16,562
21,026
Ontagamie.
11,852
18,440
25,558
Ozaukee
15,682
14,882
15,579
16,545
Pepin
2,392
3,002
4,659
5,816
Polk ..
647
1,400
1,677
3,422
6,736
Portage
1,623 3,475
1,250
5,151
7,507
8.145
10,640
14,856
Richland.
1,701
20,750
31,364
36,690
26,033
39,030
39,039
809
624
2,040
5.392
7.255
11,039
14,956
Sauk.
102
4,371
13,614
18,963
20,154
23,868
26,932
Sheboygan
138
8,870
20,391
26,875
27,671
31,773
34,021
Trempealeau
Vernon
2,611
17,862
22,662
26,496
25,773
25,992
26,259
Washington.
343
19,485
18,897
23,622
24,019
23,905
23,862
Waukesha.
19,258
24,012
26,831
27,029
28,258
29,425
Waupaca.
4,437
8,851
11,208
15,533
19,646
Waushara ..
135
10,167
17,439
23,770
29,767
37,325
Wood
2,965
3,911
45,033 6,048
Total.
30,945
305,391
552,109
775,881
868.325
1,054,670
1,236,729
Oconto
3,592
4,858
8.322
13,812
Pierce.
10,003
15,101
Racine.
14,973
20,673
21,360
22,884
26,742
28.702
5,584
9,732
12,186
15,736
17,353
Rock.
St. Croix. ...
3,165
6,635
Taylor.
849
493
2,560
5,199
10.728
14,992
4,823
11,007
13,644
18,673
21,524
46,265
62,518
72,320
89,936
122,927
Monroe
1,601
4,914
9.587
12,596
13,195
15,274
Jackson.
1,098
4,170
5,631
7,687
11,339
8,770
10,013
12,396
15,300
Kenosha
1,796
2,704 2.7
5,170
3,162
5,281
10,769
15,991
Green Lake.
12,663
12
171
706
1,456
Calumet,
232
789
1,011
3,450
7,282
Columbia.
538
3,737
Bayfield.
In a note to the territory of Indiana returns appears the following: "On the 1st of Angust, 1800, Prairle du Chien, on the Missis- sippi, had 65, and Green Bay 50 inhabitants.
-
5.541
8,770
9,002
11,379
11,523
Winnebago.
12,973
1,720
4,672
6,324
Shawano ..
254
"829
1,369
895
Manitowoc
'739
385
9,488
Fond du Lac.
963
Walworth.
2,425
WILLIAM S. PARSONS. (DECEASED) NEW BERLIN.
259
STATISTICS OF WISCONSIN.
NATIVITY BY COUNTIES.
CENSUS OF 1870.
NATIVE.
FOREIGN BORN.
COUNTIES.
Born in U. S.
Born in Wis.
Total.
British
America.
England &
Wales.
Ireland.
Scotland,
Germany.
France.
Sweden &
Bohemia.
Switzerland.
Holland.
Denmark.
Adams
5,351
2,649
1,250
127
142
225
26
133
5
537
4
9
6
82
Ashland.
174
148
47
12
4
18
1
8
Barron
246
132
292
127
7
1
41
98
....
14
....
Bayfield.
288
175
56
1,687
273
1,442
112
2,733 1.971
68
451
103
.. 31
947
941
4
....
Calumet.
7,661
5,658
4.674
165
167
500
13
3,267
51
3
168
82
92
22
Chippewa
4,725
2,764
3,586
1,437
120
417
39
958
34
439
34
35
29
Clark
2.751
1,196
699
226
81
45
18
235
4
79
1
1
44
49
Crawford.
9.612
5,808
3,463
397
186
906
48
640
35
764
402
46
3
Dane
33,456
22,738
19,640
684
1,631
2.955
465
6,276
160
6,601
195
216
17
131
Dodge
28.708
20,934
18,827
565
1,236
2,301
12,656
187
388
167
97
77
37
Door ..
2.806
1,903
2,113
89
228
4.26
27
344
43
16
3
82
Douglas
712
340
410
41
66
6
60
4
93
2
3
Dunn.
6,268
3.177
3.220 3,375
767
242
487
54
835
34
871
39
1
21
Fond du Lac.
31,477
20.112
14,796
1,754
1,291
2,572
317
7,872
125
7
193
627
98
Grant.
28,565
19,390
9,414
386
2,531
1,281
189
3,585
83
547
118
71
13
Green
18.532
10,643
5,079
272
598
942
50
892
39
1,017
4
1,247
12
Green Lake
9,098
4.535
4,097
290
597
412
62
2,634
8
27
1
15
Iowa.
12,562
9,178
346
3,897
1,239
86
1,447
21
1,647
343
31
13
3
Jackson
2,966
1,928
291
151
137
92
250
29
944
12
6
1
Jefferson.
21,747
15,407
12,293
369
1,067
182
8.445
41
384
309
144
19
15 55
Kenosha .
5,959
4,081
138
813
2,082
39
29
11
30
44
71
Kewaunee
4,642
4,208
5,486
159
47
313
16
1,611
22
97
2,011
27
48
44
La Crosse .
11,695
6,779
8,602
580
570
488
109
2,831
52
2,646 993
489
271
94
55
La Fayette.
15,935
6.724
2,281
2,345
111
729
17
1.420
2.360
153
51
38
Marquette
2,928
151
537
198
1,661
1
31
1
4
5
Milwaukee.
37,183
42,233
1,973
502
29.019
288
636
573
40
43
25
2
Outagamle
8.060
6,689
792
85
3,262
61
37
7
54
785
56
Ozaukee.
8,728
8,214
6.836
48
475
4,422
92
98
11
20
34
16
Pepin.
3.351
1,612
1,308
208
91
118
29
300
27
484
7
Pierce
7,460
3,618
2,498
310
102
422
34
449
16
172
27
483
7,213
4,337
3,421
401
217
369
99
1.223
39
795
11
5
47
Racine
11,336
10,791
270
1,878
1.039
289
3.859
82
1,088
703
67
49
1,294
13.954
6,547
1,777
168
222
431
.16
481
25
237
124
11
4
3
30.712
15,209
8.318
"55
1,382
490
1.142
78
1,428
6
50
6
52
17,308
9.795
6.552
386
765
946
103
3.433
65
93
8
601
34
9
Sheboygan
19,192
14,957
12.557
303
943
8,497
119
234
38
99
1,682
8
St. Croix
7.451 6.339
4,158 3,700
4,393
209
185
286
141
776
22
2.633
41
16
6
9
13.605
7,232
5,040
184
189
306
87
661
80
3,138
281
35
39
20.822
11,214
5,150
391
921
1,729
148
1,173
81
579
1
40
15
Washington
13,868
12,504
10,051
97
110
882
35
8,213
134
40
296
79
58
Waukesha
18.368
13,304
9,906
332
2,065
1.593
397
4,335
37
486
54
96
48
278
Wanpaca ..
11.011
6.225 4.558
2,577
508
307
42
816
11
220 762
26
300
23
Wood
25,209 2,538
14,580 1.587
12.070 1,374
1,558 636
4.2
171
299
3
106
23
51
4
23
3
1
Brown.
14,728 6.854 144
4,433
4,269
173
56
242
125
39
556
67
100
562
4
4
1
1
1
...
551
Columbia
19.652
12,233
9,150
511
2,046
1,332
629
2,774
30
1,515
34
67
44
3
51
Eau Claire
7,394
3,336
437
147
227
51
842
17
1,386
Juneau ..
5,359
8,011
336
395
1,104
81
518
11
379
3
11
1
Manitowoc.
16.868
16,496 2,746
216
49
103
26
2.239
19
73
3
3
Monroe.
6,722
4,038
510
641
87
1,601
38
Oconto ..
2,677
3,730
111
422
38
797
23
321
72
79
60
Polk
2,249
931
1,173
191
46
102
19
5
1,096
4
146
12
8
23
3,584
816
150
1,202
294
6
940
3
38
71
Trempealeau
1,688
1,133
1,478
111 323
27
24
38 5h
9.335
93
Marathon.
11,346 15,109
186 518
223
1,133
52
3,139 5,128
2.333 3,342
1,524
447
864
130
47,697 12,512 4,591
884 356
1,645 796
171
110
18
Portage
15,949
Richlaod ..
Rock
Sauk ..
Shawano.
Vernon,
Walworth.
Wanshara ..
8.702
4,528
508 264
260
517
60
1,243
39
1.225
8
65
-)
1
369
Winnebago
1,531
1,399
146 34
5,261
53
1,052
...
76
11
19
1
8
1
106
9,361
9,066
650
100
21
3
25%
4,604
11,741
15,366 5,764
11,098
10,440
Buffalo
Burnett.
....
20
3
11
256 23
290 133
2
156 543
....
Norway.
3
....
552
934
2.870
260
HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
VALUATION OF PROPERTY
IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
ASSESSED VALUATION OF TAXABLE PROPERTY FOR THE YEAR 1876.
VALUATION OF UNTAXED PROPERTY, FROM ASSESSORS' RETURNS FOR 1875 AND 1876.
COUNTIES.
Value of per- sonal property.
Value of real estate.
Total.
Co., town, city and village property.
School, col- lege and academy property.
Church and cemetery property.
Railroad property.
U. S., state! and all other property.
Total.
Adams.
$ 179,771
$ 624,168
$ 803.939
$ 6,147
$ 9,900
$ 4,713
$ 400
1,228,265
Ashland ..
42.666
889,523
932,189
2,340
4,925
1,000
$1,220,000
Barron ..
146,374
1,043,964
1,190,338
Bayfield.
21,705
533,167
554,872
6,300
1,400
2,685
Brown
442,287
2,195,053
2,637,340
43,325
102,635
83,369
94,025
2.780
73,897
Buffalo.
438,501
890,028
1,328,529
15,300
27,787
29,760
150
900
4,500
Burnett.
32.419
442,765
475,184
1,500
3,000
Calumet ..
373,946
2.107,211
2,481,157
1,100
5,160
55,014
Clark
281,813
2,355,972
2,637,785
3,350
3,000
1,300
175,885
1,340
312,028
Columbia
1,875,049
7,083,892
8.958,941
29,785
115,605
91,142
64.095
10,421
125,200
Crawford
527,043
1,457,586
1,984,629
11,000
4,100
110,000
'100
Dane ..
4,610,768
14,882,179
19,492,947
7.200
80,630
121,075
24,400
14,400 200
7 229
Door
135,107 19,434
410,227
429,661
17,163
3,124
2,351
Dunn.
1,052,300
1,875,148
2,927,448
3,200
3.200
421,604
833 153
Eau Claire.
1,354,142
4,204,233
5,558,375
16,933
56,930
627,155
60,000
478,950
Fond du Lac ... Grant.
2,502,795
7,039,201
9,541,996
52,505
197,405
109,405
2,000
32,245
170,020
Green.
1,966,599
6,290,829
8,257,428
25,650
66,875
76,995
... 61,500
2,730
183,680
Iowa ..
1,233,676
4,348.452
5,582,128
15,280
36,774
55,026
75,000
600
253,599
Jackson
472,124
1,040,417
1,512,541
600
66,200
172,300
120,000
31 200
77,355
Juneau ...
660,125
1,607,245
2,267,370
5,809,143
19,300
46.365
46,860
10.500
49,516
La Crosse.
1,336,271
4,015.568
5,351,839
31,000
3,500
110,643
15,300
202,340
La Fayette.
1,196,502
4,775,417
5,971,919
55,930
71,610
74,800
10,040
Lincoln
13.654
1.532,542
1,546,196
9,640
54,874
146,901 50,653
26.495
15,345,281
46,477,283
61,822,564
1,318,506
771,265
1,212,390
1,271,600
658,191
1,994,911
2,653,102
5,368
13,200
33,158
17,585
455,741
3,411,557
3,867,298
38,100
76,720
Outagamie
623,744
3,348.267
3,972,011
10,400
90,290
73,375
347,515
.. 3,000
Ozaukce
381,784
2,803,688
3,185,472
18,415
32,920
136,000
3,470
Pepin
235,283
595,316
830,599
25
8,247
4,180
22,026
9,835
114.740
738,082
2,435,319
3,173,401
73,675
25,115
1,000
22,047
Portage
564,079
1,592,018
2,156,097
25,916
42,470
900
845,250
Richland Rock
13,931,410
18,393,458
50,000
242,650
751,950
34.650
1,107,250
St. Croix.
816,768
3,110,445
3,927,213
11,400
41,370
68,720
5,850 1,150
113.120
Shewano
121,267
685,917
807,184
2,000
5,714
55,830 336,400
41,600 775
35,725
Vernon ...
924,835
2,288,420
3,213,255
1,500
2,325
1,300
26,050
Walworth.
3.187,722
10,559,519
13,747,241
70,200
150,200
129,310
180,000
140,000 60,033 200
670,710 188,213
Waukesha.
3,165,504
11,892,119
15,057,623
500
34,410
2,300
2.325
74,225
Wausbara.
343,509
1,343,029
1,686.538
21,080
22,524
1,200
67,954
Winnebago.
3,081,308
9,810,290
12,891,598
6,380
29,495
36,860
84,780
1,550
159,065
Wood.
251,669
598,920
850,589
1,500
27,000
2,720
7,740
38,960
Total.
$274,417,873
$351,780,354
82,063,636
2.735,817
4,774,828
7,487,627
1,662,388
18,524,196
Dodge.
2,446.793
11,014,318
13,461,111
45,800
60,500
259,900
95,450
16,780
384.520
Green Lake.
789,736
3,485,819
4,275,555
23,840
15.075
237,915
402,300
Jefferson.
1,753,985
7,896,833
9,650,818
12,600
19,280
6,275
123,825
Kewaunee.
546.678
2,560,641
3,107,319
10,750
17,720
18,521
2,525
264,043
1,141,320 335,078 326,668
1,744,901
2,079,979
15,700
27,202
16,825
Marquette
1,033,967
1,360,635
5,680
8,735
12,080
682,800 2,340
114,820
524,580
Pierce
1,121.599
1,359,166
10,940
5,272
5,735
147,686
Racloe.
2,418,248
8,071,811
10,490,059
22,700
24,625
236,000
120,950
38,440
Sauk ..
1,364,772
4,036,813
5,401,585
9,000
87,670
22,500
14,925
Sheboygan.
1,903,861
7,096,170
9,000,031
10,725
123,895
Taylor.
53,812
816,421
870,233
2,800
Trempealeau,
840,378
1,904,988
2,745,366
350
2,000
26,300
8,300
Washington.
1,062,347
4,927,634
5,989,981
7,500
120,670
218,760
Waupaca ..
480,837
1,826,908
2,307.745
700 250 21,350
7,211
4,125
37,915
70,400 250,975
1,908,386
2,520,557
525
4,462,048
28,000
Manitowoc
5,290,599
6,431,923
28,210
21,248
400 3,595
254,828
110,380
Marathon ...
5,257,555
Milwaukee
2,489,759
11,649,769
14,139,528
49,320
7,029
Douglas.
965,624
4,359,245
5,324,869
13,220
73
60,174
Chippewa
359,390
89,800
252,987
296 305
659,650
794,757
72,130
500
88,070
Kenosha
1,320,957
4,488,186
300
102,600
Monroe
Oconto ..
196.090
5,280
44.253
Polk
237,567
8,000
612,171
217,340
194,775
380,800
13,950
51,800
14,393
184.875
699,357
22 638
428 004
125
125
10,385
326,638
$ 21,158
71 651
220,150
34,940
261
STATISTICS OF WISCONSIN.
ACREAGE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS
GROWN IN
I876.
NUMBER OF ACRES.
COUNTIES.
Wheat.
Corn.
Oats.
Barley.
Rye.
Hops.
Tobacco.
Flax-seed.
Adams
5,146
11,456
5,353
83
8,488
660
51%
Ashland.
5
26
84
Barron.
4,070%
63916
3.477
759%
282%
27
1%
Brown.
16,384
13,923
5,732
5,012
5,254
171%
Buffalo.
48,507%
9,2134
12,573%
2,751
870
91%
Burnett.
1,179
2161
637
58
264
Calumet
32,860%
4,583
9,858
4,048%
231%
39
9
Chippewa
10.442
2,734
9,032
1,258
185
10%
Clark.
2,457
1,596
2.408
208
95
3
Columbia
64,472
40,274
24,071
7.694
7.648
593%
15
45
Dane
89,253
84,072
67,120
23.499
7,410
317%
2,459%
153%
Dodge.
128,708
29,401%
25,5924
11,463
2,134%
136
8
5
50
1,560
1,156
68
11%
Eau Claire ..
2' 685
11,765
7.183
1,242
933
11
2
Grant.
29,643
98,709
62,054
2,839
3,296
113%%
29
25,217
Green.
4,409
58,168
34,191
666%
3,7931
28
44
363
Green Lake.
37,064
15.608
8,013
1,170
3,455
212
22
Iowa ...
21,676
46,980
34,433
2,609%
1,892
179%
1
10,145
Jackson.
19,953
8,0711%
13,189%
1,739
613
7116
Jefferson.
33,569
28,379
16,845
8.773
7.611
840
100
6
Kenosha.
4.782
15,815
14,174
1,649
611
Kewaunee
17,702
1,056
10,632
2,164
3.520
La Crosse ..
38,860
10,581
1,49
3,045
3,177
24916
4,403
61,549
0,194
1,273
1,735
13
214
16,670
Lincoln
2622
8544
21,437%
4,299
5,233
3
1
1
Marathon
4,548
855
5,020
670
116
9,517
15.121
4.873
93
10,503
139
7
11,774
7.104%
10,213%
5,063
3,074%
65
22
Monroe
12,608
12,864
1,769
1,277
390
Oconto.
734
3,412
357
724
3
X
Outagamie
8076
4 761
2,447%
940%
514
11%
2~ . 25%
2 684%
9,473
4,116%
2,430%
15
11%
Pepin
10,690%
6,924
4,475
613%
563
25% 3
10
Polk.
4,104
1,842
440
326
15,7011%
11,076
9.086%
1,28416
7,665%
584%
414
4,285%
Richland.
13,228%
. 460%
11,606%
589%
1,770%
499%
216
282
St. Croix
77,810
5,390
17,541
2,022
173
27,701
33,816%
24.469%
2,197%
6,164%
3,118%
Shawano.
6,485
1,904
4,408%
205
1,160%
49
13
Taylor
60%
32
541%
2
3
42"
Vernon
42,277
22,499
23.055
5,542
633
187
9
Walworth
20,588
45.456
28.225
8,934%
4,875%
107%
1,169
Washington,
53.691
11,613
14,104
6,614
6,002
29
113
Waukesha.
34,140
26,318
18,980
8,527
7,659
239
3
Waupaca ..
13,516
9,524
7.448
1,060
4,363
295
3
Wanshara
12.573
18,726%
8.847
636%
15,416
340
9
Winnebago.
49,999
15,404
13,813
1,427
982
110
Wood
637
958
1,029
29%
372%
14
Total
1,445,650%
1,025.801%
854,8613%.
183.030%
175,314%
11,184%
4,842
62,008%
Door. ...
4,771
352
3,391
696
788
Donglas.
Dunn
27,308
9,671
13.833
Fond du Lac.
87,612
18.20816
20,763
8 554
754%
44
Juneau.
11,598%
11,848%
14,272%
445
3,137
1,169
7
712
20
Manitowoc
4,538%
2
Marquette.
19,054
19,173
10,584
3.912
1,588
18
Bayfield.
20
15
Ozaukee.
Pierce
8,984
8,338
2,851
258
2
3
Racine.
7,884%
11.904X
15,2411%
2,228%
2,212
31%
Rock.
12,384%
1 4,04116
60,103
19,424
15,038%
4116
2,105%
4
Sheboygan ..
45,959
8,244
16.704
7,519
4,332
Trempealean
53,656
12,106
15,034
2.381%
550
14 11%
3,434
La Fayette.
Milwaukee
31,634
2,490
11,187 9.293
Portage
Sank
3
Crawford.
..
262
IHISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
ACREAGE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS
GROWN IN 1876.
NUMBER OF ACRES.
Clover Seed, Bushels.
Cultivated Grasses. -
Potatoes.
Roots.
Apples.
Ilivated Cranberries.
Timber.
Adams.
3,161
771
6
58
4%
25,040
553
Ashland
241
266
75
Barron.
1,843%
3411%
55%
28%
24,175
Bayfield.
'100
30
5
Brown.
5,769%
909%
251%
219
4,000
57,463
1,733
Chippewa
9,348
425
104
1,533%
36
51,879
50
Dane.
53,219
3,585
80
4,830%
30
111,463
2,969% 2,48916
Douglas.
100
100
10
2
500,000
Dunn.
10,032
989
219
611%
5,414
8
Fond du Lac.
41,609
2,7013%
611%
2,935%
44,986
1,500
Grant.
37,792
3,038
2,766
126,116
3,848
Green.
28,833
1,159
16
5,9804
20,3131%
1,037
Green Lake
13,920
921
5
1,467
45
22,393
566
lowa ...
15,566
1,650%
46
1,987%
51.026
1.515
Jackson
5,316
510
41
100
520
53,880
107
Juneau.
8,705
1,738
52%
339
2,757%
19,896
1,324
Kewaunee ..
5,665
1,487
ยท 10
44
37,573
1,174
La Crosse.
11,390
781
99
239
29,763
30
La Fayette.
22,719
1,633
26
994
24,037
1,007
Lincoln.
316
106
108
689
257,341
77416
Marathon.
5,453
667
138
46
151
20,525
1,073
Milwaukee.
20,557
3,030%
1,934%
1
16,211
113
Monroe'
14,217
1,520
406
4,412
33,756
1,666
Oconto.
6,170
836
71
20
19,433
97
Ozaukee.
8,528
1,566%
100
1,266%
1
22,077
1,349
Pepin
12,974
724
41
77
182,671
121
Polk.
2,642
591
178
11
580
52,150
343
Racine
21,51532
1,548%
4614
16,004
X
28,71816
840
Richland.
18,92416
1,15334
10%
479
65,394
2,160%
Rock.
57,13216
2,930
122%
3,676
57,587%
5,416
St. Croix
14,293
1,176
10
457
3,606
80
Shawano
4,111
548
6414
734
3,101
80,533
16
Taylor ..
173
99
34
2
2
Vernon.
20,197
1,241
140
279% 749
1%
12,149
270
Walworth.
45.093
2,1831%
55%
4,056%
50,221
2,798
Washington.
6,513
46,821
9,430
50,095
137
50 080
16,080
Waukesha.
38,629
3,982
383
4,952
30
42,690
1,529
Waupaca.
13,540
1,695
98
205
185
82,985
610
Waushara.
9,770
1,342
45
836%
1.053
66,510
117
Winnebago
23.433
1,630
35
1,561
194
25,737
720
Wood
235
169
400
93,242
Total.
889,0184
123,420%
13,6243%
139,891%
17,664%
4.090 226%
76,945%
39
120%%
17%
Calumet,
13,361
1,017
37
552%
78
126,000
1,689
Crawford.
4,925
2,493
618
2,460
Dodge.
29,552
3,780%
89
16,254
49,369%
Door
257
20
Eau Claire ..
Jefferson.
17,407
2,209
94
2,233
33,774
5,269
Kenosha.
29,856
1,060
18%
2,170
Marquette.
3,387
926
50
1,856
Outagamie
11,681
51
13
1.054%
88,058%
1,248%
Sheboygan.
40,123
2,723
133
1,730
68,057
10,738
Trempealeau
18,738
878%
4114
91,194
1,134
Portage
10,1421%
2,016%
128%
6014
Sauk ....
25,222%
3,209%
10414
2
Manitowoc.
32.2563%
2,251
137% 99
Pierce.
2
Clark
Columbia.
32,326
1,918%
150
Buffalo
12,739
Burnett.
1,152,000
COUNTIES.
-
781
ABSTRACT OF LAWS.
WISCONSIN.
ELECTORS AND GENERAL ELECTIONS.
SEC. 12. Every male person of the age of twenty-one years or upward, belonging to either of the following classes, who shall have resided in the State for one year next preceding any election, shall be deemed a qualified elector at such election :
1. Citizens of the United States.
2. Persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intention to become citizens con- formably to the laws of the United States. on the subject of naturalization.
3. Persons of Indian blood who have once been declared by law of Congress to be citizens of the United States, any subsequent law of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
4. Civilized persons of Indian descent not members of any tribe. Every person convicted of bribery shall be excluded from the right of suffrage unless restored to civil rights ; and no person who shall have made or become directly or indirectly interested in any bet or wager depending upon the result of any election at which he shall offer to vote, shall be permitted to vote at such election.
SEC. 13. No elector shall vote except in the town, ward, village or election district in which he actually resides.
SEC. 14. The general election prescribed in the Constitution shall be held in the several towns, wards, villages and election districts on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November in each year, at which time there shall be chosen such Representatives in Congress, Electors of President and Vice President, State officers, and county officers as are by law to be elected in such year.
SEC. 15. All elections shall be held in each town at the place where the last town-meeting was held, or at such other place as shall have been ordered at such last meeting, or as shall have been ordered by the Supervisors when they establish more than one election poll, except that the first election after the organization of a new town shall be held at the place directed in the act . or proceeding by which it was organized ; and all elections in villages constituting separate elec- tion districts and in the wards of cities, shall be held at the place to be ordered by the Trustees of such village, or the Common Council of such city, at least ten days before such election, un- less a different provision is made in the act incorporating such village or city.
SEC. 16. Whenever it shall become impossible or inconvenient to hold an election at the place designated therefor. the Board of Inspectors, after having assembled at or as near as prac- ticable to such place, and before receiving any votes may adjourn to the nearest convenient place for holding the election, and at such adjourned place shall forthwith proceed with the election. Upon adjourning any election as hereinbefore provided, the Board of Inspectors shall cause proc- lamation thereof to be made, and shall station a Constable or some other proper person at the place where the adjournment was made, to notify all electors arriving at such place of adjourn- ment, and the place to which it was made.
.
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SEC. 20. A registry of electors shall annually be made :
- 1. In each ward or election district of every city which, at the last previous census, had a population of three thousand or more.
2. In each ward or election district of every incorporated village in which, by law, sep- arate elections are held ; which village at the last preceding census, had a popula- tion of fifteen hundred or more.
3. In every town containing a village which, at said census, had a population of fifteen hundred or more, in which village separate general elections are not by law required to be held.
4. In all towns any part of which shall have been embraced in any part of any city or village in which a registration by this chapter is required.
Such registration shall be made in the manner provided by this chapter. The persons authorized by law to act as Inspectors of Election in each of such towns, wards or election dis- tricts shall constitute the Board of Registry therefor.
SEC. 21. The said Inspectors shall have their first meeting on Tuesday, four weeks pre- ceding each general election, at the place where said election is to be held ; and in election districts at which there were polled at the previous general election three hundred votes or less, they shall sit for one day, and in districts at which there were more than three hundred votes polled, they shall have power to sit two days if necessary, for the purpose of making such list. They shall meet at 9 o'clock in the forenoon and hold their meetings open until 8 o'clock in the evening of each day during which they shall so sit. The Clerks appointed by law to act as Clerks of Election shall act as Clerks of the Board of Registry on the day of election only. The proceedings shall be open, and all electors of the district shall be entitled to be heard in relation to corrections or additions to said registry. They shall have the same powers to preserve order which Inspectors of Election have on election days, and in towns vacancies in the Board shall be filled in the same manner that vacancies are filled at elections.
SEC. 22. The said Inspectors at their first meeting, and before doing any business, shall severally take and subscribe the oath of Inspectors at a general election, and said Inspectors shall at their first meeting make a registry of all the electors of their respective districts, placing thereon the full names, alphabetically arranged according to surnames, in one column, and in another the residence by number and name of street or other location, if known. If any elector's residence is at any hotel or public boarding-house the name of the hotel or boarding-house shall be stated in the registry. They shall put thereon the names of all persons residing in their elec- tion district appearing on the poll-list kept at the last preceding general election, and are author- ized to take therefor such poll-list from the office where kept, omitting such as have died or removed from the district, and adding the names of all other persons known to them to be elect- ors in such district. In case of the formation of a new election district since the last preceding general election, the said Board therein may make such registry from the best means at their command, and may, if necessary, procure therefor certified copies of the last poll-list. They shall complete said registry as far as practicable at their first meeting, and shall make four copies thereof, and certify the original and each copy to be a true list of the electors in their district so far as the same are known to them. One of said copies shall be immediately posted in a conspicuous place in the room in which their meeting was held, and be accessible to any elector for examina- tion or making copies thereof, and one copy shall be retained by each Inspector for revision and correction at the second meeting. They shall within two days after said first meeting file the original registry made by them, and said poll-list in the office of the proper town, city or village clerk, and may, in their discretion, cause ten printed copies of said registry to be made and posted in ten of the most public places of said election district, or may publish the same in a newspaper at an expense not exceeding one cent for each name.
SEC. 23. The Inspectors shall hold their second meeting at the same place designated for holding elections on the Tuesday two weeks preceding the election. They shall meet at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. In election districts having less than three hundred voters, as shown by the
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ABSTRACT OF LAWS.
preliminary registry, the Board shall complete the registry on the same day ; but if there are more than that number of voters, they shall sit two days. They shall remain in session until 8 o'clock in the evening. They shall revise and correct the registry first by erasing the name of any person who shall be proved to their satisfaction by the oaths of two electors of the district to be not entitled to vote therein at the next ensuing election, unless such person shall appear and if chal- lenged, shall answer the questions and take the oath hereinafter provided ; secondly, by entering thereon the names of every elector entitled to vote in the district at the next election who shall appear before the Board and require it, and state his place of residence, giving street and num- ber, if numbered, or location, as hereinbefore provided, if challenged answer the questions, and take the oaths provided in case of challenge at an election ; but if any person shall refuse to answer all such questions or to take such oath, his name shall not be registered. Any person who is not twenty-one years of age before the date when the registry is required to be corrected, but will be if he lives until the day of election, shall have his name put on the registry if he be other- wise qualified to be an elector. Any elector who did not vote at the previous general election shall be entitled to be registered either at the preliminary or the final registration of electors by appearing before the Board of Registration of his election district and establishing his right to be registered, or, instead of a personal appearance, he may make his application to be registered to the Board in writing. Such application shall state the name and period of continuous resi- dence in the election district and place of residence therein, giving the number and street of the applicant, and, in case the person making the application is of foreign birth, he shall state when he came to the United States and to the State of Wisconsin, and the time and place of declaring his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States, and that he is entitled to vote at the election. Upon receiving such application, the Board of Registration shall register the name of such applicant, if it appears to the Board that the applicant is, by his statement, entitled to vote. Such statement shall be made under oath, and shall be preserved by the Board and be filed in the office of the village or city clerk, as the case may be. All city and village clerks shall keep blanks for making the application for registration, as provided by this section. The form shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State. Every person named in this section shall be subject to the same punishment for any false statement or other offense in respect thereto as is provided in case of such false statement or other offense by an elector offering to vote at an election. After such registry shall have been fully completed on the days above mentioned,. no name shall be added thereto by any person or upon any pretext. Within three days after the second meeting the said Board shall cause four copies of the registry to be made, each of which shall be certified by them to be a correct registry of the electors of their district, one of which shall be kept by each Inspector for use on election day, and one shall forthwith be filed in the office of the proper town, city or village clerk. All registries shall at all times be open to pub- lic inspection at the office where deposited without charge.
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