The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin, containing its early settlement, growth an extensive and minute sketch of its cities war record, biographical sketches, Part 39

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11,593


Winnebago.


135


10,167


17,439


23,770


29,767


37.325


45.033


Wood.


2.125


2.965


3,911


6.048


Total.


30.945


305.391


552.109


775.881


868.325


1,054,670


1,236,729


Ontagamle


Ozankp¢


12,973


15,682


14,882


15,579


16.545


2,392


4.672


1,400


1,677


3,422


6,736


Portage


Trempealean


493


2.560


5,199


10.728


14,992


4,823


11,007


13.644


18,673


21,524


lowa


1,098


4,170


5,631


7.687


11.339


Jefferson,


8.770


10,013


12,396


15,300


Kewanuté


1,109


5,530


7,039


706


1.456


Calumet


232


789


1,011


3.450


7.282


Columbia.


739


2.948


3,998


4,919


8,020


1,796


2.704


5,170


9,488


13.427


3.162


5,281


10,769


15,991


Fond du Lac.


12,663


12,596


13,195


15,274


914


Kenosha


895


Manitowoc


...


3,592


4,858


.8.322


13.812


1,501


254


829


1,369


3,165


6.635


Sheboygan


14,405


12


171


538


3.737


Bayfield.


Walworth.


1,720


547


In a note to the territory of Indiana returns appears the following: "On the 1st of August, 1800, Prairie du Chien, on the Missis- sippi, had 65, and Green Bay 50 Inhabitants.


259


STATISTICS OF WISCONSIN.


NATIVITY BY COUNTIES.


CENSUS OF 1870.


NATIVE.


FOREIGN BORN.


COUNTIES.


Born in U. S.


Born in Wis.


Total.


Britislı


America.


England & Wales.


Ireland.


Scotland.


Germany.


France.


Sweden &


Bohemia.


Switzerland.


Ifolland.


Denmark.


Adams


5.351


2,649


1,250


197


142


225


26


133


5


537


4


9


6


32


Ashland


174


148


12


4


18


1


Barron .


2246


132


292


127


2


-2


1


11


98


14


Bayfield.


288


175


56


23


4


23


3


Brown.


14.728 6.854 144


11.098


10.440


1,687


273


1.442


112


68


451


102


31


947


371


Burnett,


7.661


5.658


4.674


165


167


500


13


3.26₸


51


3


168


82


92


Chippewa


4.725


2,764


3,586


1,437


120


417


39


958


34


439


34


35


29


20


Clark


2.751


1.196


699


226


81


45


18


235


4


30


1,515


34


67


44


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


6.266


160


6,601


195


216


12


131


Dodge


28.708


20,934


18.327


565


1,236


2.301


256


12,656


187


383


167


97


37


Door.


2.806


1.903


2.113


290


89


928


23


27


344


43


16


Douglas


712


340


410


133


41


66


60


4


93


..


Dunn


6.268


3.177


3.220


437


147


51


842


1,336


44


51


Ean Claire .


7,394


3.336


3.375


767


487


54


835


34


821


39


91


Fond du Lac


31.47℃


20.112


14.796


1,754


1.291


2,572


7.372


125


156


7


193


627


9.8


Grant.


28.565


19.390


9,414


2.531


1,281


189


3.585


83


543


547


118


21


13


Green


18.532


10,643


5,079


598 592


62


2.634


8


21


1,647


343


31


13


3


Jackson


5,764


2.966


1.993


291


151


137


92


250


944


6


1


Jefferson.


21.747


15,407


12,293


369


934


1,067


41


381


309


144


19


15


Juneau ..


9,361


5.359


3,011


336


395


1,104


81


518


379


3


11


1


55


Kewaunec


4.642


4.208


5,486


159


47


16


1,611


97


2.011


27


18


44


11.695


6.779


8,602


570


109


52


2,646


489


221


55


La Fayette.


15.935


11,346


6 724


2,281


2,345


229


17


993


2.360


153


51


38


Marquette .


3.342


2.928


151


252


537


1,661


1


31


1


4


5


47.697


37.183


42.233


88.1


1,973


4,604


29.019


288


636


1.524


447


864


130


Outagamie.


11.741


8,060


6,689


796


792


85


61


37


5-4


785


56


Ozaukee.


8.728


8.214


6.836


110


475


18


4,422


92


98 484


20


34


16


Pepin.


3.351


1,612


1,308


208


118


29


300 449


1,052


76


11


19


Polk .


2.249


931


191


102


19


483


1


1


106


Portage


T.213


4,337


401


217


369


1.223


39


-95


11


15.949


11,336


10,791


1.878


1,039


284


3,859


1,088


203


67


49


1.294


13.954


6,547


1.777


168


431


.16


481


25


2.37


124


11


4


3


17.308


9.795


6.55


386


765


946


103


3.433


65


93


601


34


9


Shawano


1,688


1,133


1.478


111


303


943


38


8.497


034


38


99


1,682


St. Croix


7.451


4,158


3.584


816


150


1.202


294


940


2.633


41


16


=


Verton.


13.605


7.23


5,040


181


189


306


661


30


3.138


2×1


35


3


Walworth.


20.842


11.214 12,504


10,051


97


110


8.92


35


134


40


296


29


58


2


Waukesha


18.368


13,304


9.906


33%


2,065


1,593


397


1.335


37


486


54


46


18


557


Wanshara.


8,702


4.358


2.577


264


508


307


816


11


1 020


. .


26


300


23


723


Wood.


25.209 2 538


1 597


12.070 1 374


1.558 636


1.531


1.899


146


5.201


53


2019


3


106


23


51


1


551


67


941


4


....


Columbia


19 652


12,233


9,150


511


2,046


1,332


629


2,774


892


39


1,017


1


1.247


3


12


Iowa ..


15.366


12,562


9.178


346


3.897


1.239


1,447


Kenosha


9,066


5,959


4,081


138


650


813


100


2.082


11


30


41


71


Manitowoc.


16.868


15.109


16,496


518


2223


1,133


9.335


93


1,420


Marathon


2.333


2,746


216


49


103


2,239


19


13


3


3


Monroe ..


12,512


6,722


4,038


356


510


87


38


573


40


13


Oronto.


4,591


3,730


1.645


111


422


38


797


321


3


60


Pierce ..


4.460


3,618


2.498


310


102


422


34


16


78


1,428


6 9


50


5:4


Sheboygan


19.192


14.957


12.557


323


209


185


286


141


1,729


148


81


579


1


40


15


Waupaca ..


11.011


6.225


4.528


508


260


517


b0


1,243


20


1.225


65


3


1


369


Winnebago


14.587


5.150


391


9:21


Washington


13.868


15,209


8,318


755


1.382


2.870


490


1.142


1,096


4


146


12


Trempealean


6.339


3,700


4.393


641


1.601


171


3.262


48 91


1,173 3.421


46


122


Ricine


Richland ..


Rock


30.712


Sauk.


5 128


Milwankec.


4.535


4,097


173 4


56


125


2.733 1.971


39


556


Buffalo


4,433


4,269


562


4


1


1


Calumet


1


1


...


49 11


386 272


942


50


Green Lake


9.098


290


412


1


15


86


182


8.445


11 39


La Crosse


488


2.831


111


3


3.139


52 26


199 502


313


580 186


21


3


227


...


1


317


31


121


1.173 8.213


119


22


...


38


39


100


-


...


1


Norway


2622


...


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.


C'o., 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


S 6,147


S 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


..


10.385


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


1,840


812,028


Columbla


1,875,049


7,083,892


8,958,941


29,785


115,605


91,142


64 095


10,421


125,200


Crawford,


527.013


1.457,586


1,984,629


11,000


4,100


110.000


100


699,357


Dodge.


2.446.793


11,014,318


13,461,111


45.800


80,630


121.075


34,400


14,400


7 229


Door


135,107


Douglas.


19.434


410,227


429,661


17,163


3,124


2.351


..


Dunn ..


1.052.300


1,875,148


2.927,448


5,558.375


72,130


16,933


56.930


627,155


16,780


384.520


Green.


1,966,599


6,290,829


8,257.428


25,650


66,875


23.840


61.500


2,730


183,680


Iowa ..


4,348.452


5,582,128


15,280


36,774


55,026


75,000


600


253.599


Jefferson ..


7,896,833


9,650,818


12,600


66,200


172,300


120,000


31 200


77,355


Kenosha.


1.320.957


4,488,186


5,809,143


19,300


46.365


46,860


10,500


49,516


Kewannee


546,678


2,560,641


3,107,319


10.750


17,720


18,521


2,525


264,043


La Crosse.


1,336.271


4,015.568


5,351,839


31,000


3,500


110,643


15,300


202,340


1,196.502


4,775,417


5.971,919


55,930


71,610


74,800


10.040


1,141,320


5.290,599


6.431.923


28,210


21.248


54,874


146,901


335.078


1,744,901


2.079,979


15,700


27,202


16,825


50,653


26,495


Marquette.


326.668


1,033.967


1,360,635


5.680


8,735


12,080


1,212,390


1,271,600


682,800 2,340


71 651


658.191


1,994,911


2.653,102


5,368


13,200


33,158


17,585


455,741


3,411,557


3.867,298


10,400


90,290


73,375


347,515


3,000


Ozankee


381,784


2.803,688


3,185,472


5,280


18,415


32,920


136,000


3,470


Pepin


235,283


595,316


830,599


25


8,247


4,160


22,026


9.835


114.740


Plerce.


738.082


3,173,401


13,950


73.675


25.115


1,000


22,047-


Polk ..


237,567


1,592.018


2,156,097


8,000


25,916


42,470


70,400 250,975


120,950


2.520,557


525


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


217,340


Sauk.


1.364,772


4,036,813


5.401,585


9.000


87,670


22,500


1,150


113.120


Shewano


121,267


685,917


807.184


2,000


7,211


5,714


55,830


41,600


380,800


Trempealean ..


840,378


1.904,988


350


2,000


8,300


775


35.725


Vernon.


924,835


2.288.420


3.213,255


1,500


... 150,200


129,310


180,000


140 000


670.710


Washington ..


1,062,347


4,927.634


5,989,981


7,500


500


218.760


2,300


2,325


74.225


Wanshara ..


843,509


1,343,029


1,686 538


21,350


21,080


22,524


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


Dane ....


4,610,768


14,882.179


19,492,947


7.200


359,390


89,800


252,987


296 305


Fond du Lac ...


2,489.759


11,649,769


14,139,528


49,320


60,500


259.900


95.450


Grant.


2,502,795


7.039,201


9.541.996


52.505


197,405


109,405 76,995


2,000


32,245


170,020


Green Lake ..


789,736


3.485,819


4,275,555


Jacksonl.


472,124


1,040,417


1,512,541


600


15.075


237.915


402,300


Juneau ..


660,125


1,607,245


2.267.370


51,800


6.275


123,825


La Fayette


13 654


1.532.542


1.546,196


9,640


Manitowoc


110,380


Milwaukee


15,345,281


46.477,283


61,822,564


1,318,506


771,265


38,100


76.720


...


524,580


Ontagamie


623.744


3,348.267


3,972,011


1,359,166


10,940


5,272


5,735


147,686


Racine.


2.418.248


8,071,811


10.490,059


22,700


24,625


236,000


Richland.


612,171


4,462,048


13,931,410


18,393,458


9,000.031


10,725


4,125


Taylor.


53.812


816,421


2,800


336,400


1,300


26,050


Walworth


3.187.722


10,559,519


13.747,241


70,200


120,670


60,033


188,213


Waukesha,


3,165,504


11,892,119


15.057.623


700


Waupaca,


480,837


1,826,908


2,307.745


250


34,940


34,410


Winnebago.


3.081,308


9.810.290


12,891,598


6,380


29.495


36,860


1,200


14.925


Sheboygan.


1,903,861


7,096,170


194.775


Lincoln


400 8,595


254,828


Marathon ....


659,650


.794.757


7,029


3,200


421,604


.. 60,000


833 153


Eau Claire.


1,354,142


4,204,233


478.950


Chippewa


965,624


4,359,245


5,324,869


13,220


73


500


88.070


1.233,676


1.753.985


19,280


300


102,600


Monroe


114.820


Oconto ...


2.435,319


1,121.599


Portage


564,079


900


845,250


1,908.386


38,140


Rock.


28,000


37.915


123.895


870,233


2.745,366


26.300


2.325


200


220,150


...


200


22 638


428 004


3,200


125


$ 21,158


125


326,638


14,393


60,174


184.875


5,257.555


196,090


44.253


67.954


201


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


2


-


Barron.


4,070%


639%


3.477%


759%


282%


27


1%


Bayfield.


Brown.


16.384


13.923


5.732


5.012


5,254


17%


Buffalo ..


48.507%


9.213% 216%


12.573%


2.751


820


91%


Burnett


1,179


4,583


9.858


4,048%


2311%


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%


153K


Dodge.


128.708


29.401%


25.592X


11.463


2,134%


136


8


Door


4,771


352


3,391


696


788


Douglas


27,308


9,671


13.833


1,560


1.156


G8


Eau Claire ..


26585


11,765


7,183


1,242


933


11


Fond du Lac ..


87.612


18,208%


20.763


8 554


7546


44


Grant


29,643


98,709


62.054


2,839


3.296


113%


29


25.217


Green ..


4,409


58,168


34,191


66616


3.7933%


4.4


363


Green Lake.


37,064


15.608


8,013


1.170


3.455


212


Jowa.


21,676


46,980


34,433


2,609%


1,892


179%


1


10,145


Jackson


19.953


8,071%


12,1891%


1,739


613


7116


Jetterson


33,569


28,379


16,845


8,773


7.61]


840


100


Juneau


11,598%


11,818%


14,272


445


3.137


1,169


Kenosha ..


4.782


15.815


14.174


1,649


611


8


9,434


Kewaunee


17.702


1,05h


10.632


2.164


3.520


La Crosse


38,S60


10,581


11.249


3.045


3.177


La Fayette


4.4.3


61.549


50.194


1.273


1,735


13


Lincoln


262


712


20


Manitowoc


4,538%


85414


21.437%


4,299


5.233


3


1


1


Marathon


4,548


355


5,020


670


116


9,517


15.121


4,873


93


10.503


139


7


Milwaukee


7. 10416


10,213%


3.074%


ti5


Monroe


31,634


12,608


12.864


1,769


1.217


390


2.490


~34


3.412


940%


514


11%


2. - 45%


68414


4 473


4.1161


2.430%


15


115


Pepin


1 ..- >903


6.924


4.475


613%


563


Pierce


11,187


8,984


8,333


2.851


258


3


Polk


9,293


4.104


1,842


440


326


1.2841


7.6654


584%


416


4,285%


Richland


13.228%


. : 460%


11,6061%


5894


1,770%


199%


Rock


12.384%


> !. 04135


60 103


19.424


15.038%%


41%


2,1053%


282


St. Croix


77.810


5,390


17.541


2.022


173


3.118%


Shawano


6,485


1.904


4.408%


205


1,160%


Sheboygan.


45,959


8,244


16,704


7,519


4.332


49


Tavlor


6014


32


5416


3


Trempealean


53.656


12.106


15.034


2.381%


550


187


14


Walworth


20,588


45.456


28 225


8.934%%


4.875%


107%


11%


1,169


Washington


53.691


11,613


14,104


6,614


6,002


239


5


3


Waupaca.


13.516


9.534


7.448


1.060


4.363


295


3


3


Wanshara


12 573


18.726


8.847


636%


15.416


340


Winnebago.


49 999


15,404


13,813


1.427


982


110


31


Wood


637


958


1,029


3724


14


Total


1.445.650%


1.025.801%


854,861%


183.030%


175,31-1K


11.184%


4,842


62,008%


Ashland.


5


26


84


15


637


58


Calumet


32.86016


Crawford.


19,054


19,173


10.584


3.912


1,588


18


×


Outagamie


8 076


4761


2.4471%


Portage


15.701%


11.076


9,036%


7,884%


11,904%


15,2113%


2,212


31L


Sank .


27.701


33.81616


24,469%


2.1974


6.164M


42.277


22.499


23.055


5,542


633


Vernon


113


Wankesha ..


34,140


26.318


18.980


8.537


7.659


249%


35


16.610


Marquette ..


11.774


5.063


Oconto


357


3


Ozaukee.


10


3


Racine


4


13


9


50


11%


6


20


262


HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.


ACREAGE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS


GROWN IN


1876.


NUMBER OF ACRES.


COUNTIES.


Cultivated Grasses.


Potatoes.


Roots.


Apples.


- Rated (r.nurries.


Timber.


Adams.


3,161


771


6


58


.114


25,040


553


Ashland


241


266


75


1.152,000


Barron.


1,8431%


341%


55%


29%


24.175


Bayfield


100


30


5


Brown


Buffalo


5.769%


9094


254


219


12.739


Calumet.


13,361


1,017


37


552%


57.463


1,733


Chippewa


9.348


4:25


78


36


51,879


1,689


jane.


53.919


3.585


80


4,830%


30


111.463


2.969%


Dodge


29.552


3,780%


89


16,254


49,369%


2.489%


Dour


257


20


Douglas


100


100


10


2


500,000 5,414


8


Ean Claire


41.609


2.701%


2.935%


44.986


1,500


Grant.


37.792


3,038


2.766


126.116


3.848


Green.


28.833


1.159


16


5.980%


20.313%


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


.Irffersou.


17.407


2.209


2.233


33,774


5,269


Kenosha.


29.856


1,060


18%


2,170


19,896


.


1,324


Kewaunee


5,665


1,487


10


44


37.573


1,174


La Crosse.


11,390


781


239


29.763


30


La Fayette.


1.633


26


994


21,037


1,007


Lincoln ..


316


100


Manitowoc


2,251


108


689


257.341


5.453


667


138


4₺


20.525


1,073


20.557


3.030%


137%


1.934%


1


16,211


113


14,217


1,520


99


406


4,412


33,756


1.666


6.170


836


71


20


11.681


51


13


19.433


97


Ozankee


8.528


1.566%


100


1


22.077


1,349


Pierce.


12.974


724


41


77


182.671


121


Polk


2,642


591


178


11


580


52.150


343


Racine


21.5151


1,548%


46%


16,004


28.718%


840


Richland


18.924


1.153%


10%


479


65.391


2. 1fi0%


Rock


57.132%


2.930


122%


3,676


57.587%


5.416


St. Croix


14.293


1.176


10


457


3,606


80


Sauk


3,209%%


104%


1.054%


88.058%


1,948%


Shawano


4.111


548


641


3,101


80.533


16


Sheboygan


40.123


2.723


133


1,730


68.057


10.738


Taylor.


173


99


34


2


2


12.149


270


Vernon


20.197


1,241


140


~49


91.194


1,134


Walworth


45.093


2.183%


551


4.05615


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


9.9


205


185


89.985


610


Waushara Winnebago


9.770


1.342


45


836%


1,053


66,510


117


23.433


1,630


35


1,561


194


25.737


720


Wood


2.35


169


400


93,242


Total.


889.01844


123,420%


13.6211;


139,891%


17,664%


4.090 226%


76.945%


39


120%


175


4,000


126.000


Columbi:t.


32.326


1.918%


104


1.533%


Crawford.


4,925


2.493


618


2.460


50


10,032


989


219


611%


2.757%


Juneau.


8.705


1.738


52%


339


781


Marathon.


3.387


926


50


1,856


151


wronto.


Untagamie


1,266%


Pepin


10.142%


2,016X


128%


60%


Trempealeau.


18,738


878%


4116


279%


1 %


2


22.719


32.256%


Marquette.


Milwaukee


Monroe


150


Burnett


Clark


Fond du Lac.


Clover Serd, Bushels.


Portage.


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 onee been declared by law of Congress to be citizens of the United States, any subsequent law of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.


4. Civilized | „sons 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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HISTORY OF WISCONSIN


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 clection 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 eleetors 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 copics 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 copics 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


265


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, cach 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- lie inspection at the office where deposited without charge.




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