The history of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, Part 39

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Publication date: 1880
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4,160


22,026


9.835


Pierce.


738.082


3,173.401


13,950


73,675


25,115


1,000


22,047


Portage


564,079


1,592.018


2,156,097


25,916


42,470


70,400


900


815,250


2,418,248


8,071.811


10,490,059


22,700


24,625


236,000


250,975


120,950


1.908,386


2.520,557


525


50,000


242,650


751,950


34.650


1,107,250


St. Croix


816,768


3,110.445


3.927,218


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


14,925


Sheboygan.


1,903,861


7,096,170


10,725


2,800


26,300


8,300


1.300


26,050


Walworth


3.187.722


10,559.519


13,717,241


70,200


150,200


129,310


180.000


140.000


670.710


Washington ..


1.062,347


4,927,634


7,500


500


218,760


2,300


2.325


Waushara


343,509


1.343.029


1,686 538


21,350


21,080


22,524


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


82,003,636


2,735,817


4,774,828


7,487,627


1,662,388


18,524,196


Door


135.107


659,650


794.757


7,029


200


22 638


Dunn ...


1,052.300


1,875,148


2,927,448


9,541.996


52.505


197.405


109,405


2,000


32,245


170,020


Green Lake.


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


Juneau .. .


660,125


1,607,245


2,267,370


19,280


51,800


6.275


123,825


La Crosse.


1,336,271


4.015.568


5.351,839


31,000


3.500


9,640


Manitowoc


1,141.320


5,290,599


6.431.923


Marathon ...


335,078 326.668


1.033.967


1,360,635


5.680


8,785


12,080


76,720


524,580


381,784


1,121,599


1,359.166


10,910


5,272


5,735


147,686


Richland. Rock ..


4,462,048


13,931,410


18,393,458


28.000


4,125


123.895


55,830


194,775


Taylor.


53,812


816,421


380,800


Treinpealeau. .


840,378


1.904.988


2.745.366


350


2,000


Vernon.


924,835


2,288,420


3,213,255


1,500


5.989,981


15,057.623


700


Waupaca.


480.837


1.826,908


2,307.745


250


34.940


120,670


60,033


188,213


Waukesha ...


3,165,501


11,892.119


807,184


2,000


7.211


5,714


336,400


41,600


775


35.725


Marquette.


5,257,555


Milwaukeo


Monroe


114,820


Oconto ...


196.090


Ozankee Pepin


2,435,319


Polk ..


237,567


8,000


Racine.


612,171


38,440


789.736


4,348.452


13,461,111


45.800


359,390


89,800


252.987


296 305


Dodge


2,446.793


11,014,318


Fond du Lac .. Grant ..


2,502,795


7,039,201


1,966,599


500


88.070


Chippewa


965,624


4.359,245


5,34,869


184.875


14,393


13,220


73


60,174


699.357


428 004


3,200


3,200


384.520


2,525


264,043


400


254.828


2,803,688


114.740


9.000,031


870,233


2.325


200


220,150


34,410


74.225


1,200


67,954


Co., town, |School, col- Church and


$ 21,158


125


125


326.638


4,500


38,100


37.915


261


STATISTICS OF WISCONSIN.


ACREAGE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS


GROWN IN 1876.


NUMBER OF ACRES.


COUNTIES.


Wheat.


Corn.


Oats.


Barley.


Rye.


llops.


Tobacco.


Flax-seed.


Adams.


5,146


11,456


5,353


83


8,488


660


Ashland.


5


26


8-1


Barron.


4,070%


639%


3,477%


759%


Bayfield


Brown.


16,384


13,923


5.732


5,012


5,254


17%


Buffalo,


48.5076


9,213%


12,573%


2,751


870


91%


Burnett.


1,179


2164


637


5.5


264


Calumet


32.86016


4,583


9,858


4,048%


2314


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


~ 648


593%


2%


Crawford.


19.054


19,173


10,584


3.91%


1.588


18


15


15


Dane ..


89,253


84,072


67.120


23,499


7,410


317%


2.459%


153%


Dodge.


128,708


29,401%


25.592K


11,463


2.1344


136


S


Door


4,771


35:2


3.391


696


788


Dunn .


27,208


9.671


13,833


1,560


1,156


63


Eau Claire


2' 085


11,765


7.183


1,242


933


11


Fond du Lac ..


81,612


18,20816


20,763


8 554


75416


44


Grant


29,643


98.709


62,054


2,889


3,296


1134


25,217


Green.


4.409


58,168


34,191


66616


3.793%


Green Lake.


37,004


15,608


8,013


1,170


3.455


212


Iowa.


21,676


46,980


34,433


2.609%


1,892


179%


1


10,145


Jackson.


19.953


8,07116


12,18916


1.739


613


711%


Jefferson


33,569


28,379


16,845


8.773


7.611


840


100


6


Kenosha.


4,782


15,815


14,174


1,649


611


8


3,434


Kewaunee


17.702


1,006


10.632


2,164


3,520


La Crosse


38.8+0


10,581


1 249


3,045


3,127


24916


4,4033


61,549


: 5.194


1.273


1.735


13


16,670


Lincoln


262


854


21,4373%


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


11,774


7.1043%


10,2136


5,063


3.074%


65


Monroe,


12,608


12,804


1,769


1,277


390


2,490


$34


357


724


3


8 076


4 761


940%


514


11%


111%


l'epin ,


10.590%


6,924


4,473


613%


563


Pierce


11.187


8,984


8,335


2,851


258


3


10


9,293


4,104


1,842


440


326


15,701%


11,076


1,28414


7.665%


584%


7.88416


1.904%


15,2414


2.238% 2,2


2.212


31%


41


4,285%


Richland.


13,228%


460%


11,606%%


589%


1.770%


499%


2,10534


282


St. Croix.


77,810


5,390


17,541


2,022


173


27.701


33,81636


24.469%


2.1974


6.1644


3.118%


6,485


1,904


4,4083%


205


1, 1 ti0X4


Sheboygan ..


45,959


8,244


16.704


7,519


4,332


Taylor


60%


32


541


3


Trempealeau


53,656


12,106


15,034


2.381%


550


12


Vernon


42,277


2,499


23,055


5,543


633


187


14


9


Walworth.


20,588


15.456


28 225


8,934%%


4.8751


107%


11%


1,169


Washington


53,691


11,613


14,104


6,614


6,002


29


5


3


Waukesha. Waupaca ..


13.516


9,521


7.448


1,060


4,863


295


3


3


Waushara.


19.573


18.726%


8.847


636%


15,416


340


9


Winnebago.


49 999


15,404


13,813


1,427


989


110


Wood


637


958


1,029


2914


372%


14


CZ


Total


1,445.650%


1,025.801%


854,861%


183.030%


175.314%


11,1843%


4,842


62,008%


5


50


#12


20


Manitowoc


4,538%%


Ozaukee ..


2~ 25%


9.473


4,116%


9.430%


15


Polk


3


Portage.


Rock.


12.3844


: 4,04116


60,103


19.424


15.038%%


4


Sauk


Shawano.


34,140


26,318


18.980


1


8,527


7,659


239


1


3.137


1,169


Juneau


11,598%


11,848%


14,272%


445


La Fayette.


Marquette


Milwaukee.


31,631


Oconto.


3,112


Outagamie,


2,44716


9,086%


Racine.


49


13


Douglas.


. .


27


0


15


363


113


3


262


HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.


ACREAGE OF PRINCIPAL CROPS


GROWN IN


1876.


NUMBER OF ACRES.


COUNTIES.


Cultivated Grasses.


Potatoes.


Roots.


Apples.


mDVated t'rahberries.


Timber.


Adams.


3,161


6


58


25,040


553


Ashland


241


266


75


Barron.


1,843%


3411


553


281


24,175


Bayfield


100


30


...


5


Buffalo


5,7691%


909%


219


12.739


Burnett.


39


120%


174


552%


57.463


1,733


Chippewa


9.348


425


~8


126.000


Columbia.


32.326


1,918%


104


1.533%%


36


51,879


1,689


Crawford


4.935


2,493


618


2.460


Dane. ..


53.219


3.585


80


4,83012


30


111.463


2.969%


Dodge.


29.552


3,780%


16,254


49,369%


2.489%


Douglas


100


100


10


2


500.000


[>ının.


10,032


989


219


5,414


8


Ean Claire.


41.609


2,701%


611


2,935%.


44.986


1,500


Grant ..


37,792


3.038


2.766


126.116


3,848


Green ..


28,833


1.159


16


5.980%


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


Jefferson


17,407


2,209


94


2.233


2,757%


29.763


30


La Fayette ..


22,719


1,633


26


994


24.037


1,007


Lincoln ..


316


'106


108


689


257.341


7741


Marathon.


5,453


667


138


46


151


20.525


1.073


Milwaukee.


20,557


3.030%


137%


1,934%


1


16,211


113


Monroe. .


14,217


1,520


99


406


4.412


33,756


1,666


Oconto ..


6,170


836


13


19,433


97


Ozankee ..


8,528


1,566%


100


1,266%


1


22,077


1,349


Pepin.


12,974


724


41


11


580


52,150


343


Racine


21,515%


1,548%


4616


16,004


X


28.718%


840


18,924%


1,153%


10%


479


65.394


2,160%


Rock.


57.13214


2,930


122%


3,676


57.587%%


5,416


St. Croix.


14,993


1,176


10


157


3,606


80


Shawano


4,111


548


6414


3,101


80.533


16


Sheboygan


40,123


2,723


133


1,730


68,057


10,738


Taylor.


173


99


34


Trempealeau


18,738


878%


41%.


2796


12.149


250


Vernon


20,197


1,241


140


#49


91,194


1,134


Walworth


15.093


2.183%


554


4.056%


50,021


2.798


Washington


6.513


46.821


9,430


50,095


13%


50 080


16,080


Waukesha.


38,629


3,982


383


4,952


30


42,690


1.529


Wanpaca


13.540


1,695


98


205


185


82.985


610


Waushara.


9,770


1.342


45


836%


1,053


66,510


11%


Winnebago


23.433


1,630


35


1,561


194


25,737


~20


Wood


35


169


400


93,24


Total.


889.0184


123.12016


13.624%


139,891%


17,664%


1.090 226%


76.945%


591


178


Portage.


10.142%


2.016%


128%


60%


Sauk.


25.2324


3,209%


1041


1.054%


88.058%


1.248%


Junean


8,705


1,738


52%


339


Kewaunee ..


5,665


1,487


10


44


37.573


1,174


La Crosse.


11.390


~81


99


239


Manitowoc


32,256%


2,351


Marquette.


3,387


50


1,856


Outagamie.


11,681


51


18%


2.170


19,896


781


Kenosha


29,856


1,060


1,324


Calumet.


13,361


1.017


37


4,000


1,152,000


Brown.


150


Clark


50


252


20


33.774


5,269


Pierce.


182,671


121


Polk


2,642


Richland


20


Fond du Lac.


Clover Seed, Bushels.


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 procced 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.


264


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 eensus, 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- triets 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 eleet- 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 ton of the most public places of said election district, or may publish the same in a newspaper at an expense not exceeding one eent 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 thercin 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 hercinbefore 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 continnous 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.


SEC. 24. On election day the Inspectors shall designate two of their number at the opening of the polls, who shall check the names of every elector voting in such district whose name is on the registry. No vote shall be received at any general election in any ward or election district defined in Section 20, if the name of the person offering to vote be not on said registry made at the second meeting as aforesaid, except as hereinafter provided ; but in case any one shall, after the last day for completing such registry, and before such election, become a qualified voter of the district, he shall have the same right to vote therein at such election as if his name had been duly registered, provided he shall, at the time he offers to vote, deliver to the Inspectors his affi- davit, in which he shall state the facts, showing that he has, since the completion of such regis- try, become a qualified elector of such district, and the facts showing that he was not such elector on the day such registry was completed, and shall also deliver to such Inspectors the affi- davits of two frecholders, electors in such election district, corroborating all the material state- ments in his affidavit. In case any person who was a voter at the last previous general election shall not be registered, such person shall be entitled to vote on making affidavit that he was enti- tled to vote at the previous election. and that he has not become disqualified by reason of removal


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from the election district or otherwise, since that election, which affidavit shall also be corrobo- rated by the affidavits of two freeholders, as is provided for other non-registered voters. No one freeholder shall be competent to make at any one election corroborating affidavits for more than three voters. All of said affidavits shall be sworn to before some officer authorized by the laws of this State to take depositions. The Inspectors shall keep a list of the names and residence of the electors voting whose names are not on said completed registry, and attach said list to the registry and return it, together with all such affidavits, to the proper town, city or village clerk. No compensation shall be paid or received for taking or certifying any such affidavits. On the day following the election, one of said poll-lists and one copy of the registry so kept and checked shall be attached together and filed in the office of the proper town, city or village clerk, and the other of said poll-lists and copy of the registry so kept and checked shall be returned to the County Clerk with the returns of the election. Such Inspectors shall give notice by advertisement in a newspaper printed in the city, village or town where such registration was made, of the registry, and shall include in such notice all additions to and omissions from the preliminary list, and shall also state where the election is to be held. In case there be no newspaper printed in such city, village or town, such notice shall be given by posting copies thereof in three or more public places in each ward or election district in such city, village or town. For publication of such notice in any such newspaper the publisher thereof shall be entitled to the same compensation per folio as is prescribed for publishing other legal notices.


COMMON SCHOOLS.


SEC. 413. The formation of any school district shall be by written order of the Town Board, describing the territory embraced in the same, to be filed with the Town Clerk within twenty days after the making thereof. The Supervisors shall deliver to a taxable inhabitant of the district their notice thereof in writing, describing its boundaries, and appointing a time and place for the first district meeting, and shall therein direct such inhabitant to notify every quali- fied voter of the district, either personally or by leaving a written notice at his place of resi- dence, of the time and place of such meeting, at least five days before the time appointed therefor, and said inhabitant shall notify the voters of such district accordingly, and indorse thereon a return containing the names of all persons thus notified, and said notice and return shall be recorded as a part of the record of the first meeting in such district.


SEC. 414. In case such notice shall not be given, or the inhabitants of a district shall neg- lect or refuse to assemble and form a district meeting when so notified, or in case any school dis- trict having been formed or organized shall afterward be disorganized, so that no competent authority shall exist therein to call a special district meeting, in the manner hereinafter pro- vided, notice shall be given by the Town Board, and served in the manner prescribed in the pre- ceding section. Whenever a district meeting shall be called as prescribed in this and the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the electors of the district to assemble at the time and place so directed.


SEC. 415. Whenever it shall be necessary to form a district from two or more adjoining towns, the Town Boards of such towns shall meet together and form such districts by their writ- ten order, describing the territory embraced in such district, signed by at least two of the Super- visors of each town; and shall file one such order with the Town Clerk of each town, and deliver the notice of formation to a taxable inhabitant of such distriet, and cause the same to be served and returned in the time and manner hereinbefore prescribed ; and any such district may be altered only by the joint action of the Town Boards of such towns in the same manner that other districts are altered.


SEC. 416. Every school district shall be deemed duly organized when any two of the offi- cers elected at the first legal meeting thereof shall have consented to serve in the offices to which they have been respectively elected, by a written acceptance thereof filed with the clerk of the first meeting, and recorded in the minutes thereof; and every school district shall be considered




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