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Newspaper
Badger State
Location
Portage, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1854
Page
3
A dense OCR fragment outlines incorporation steps for Portage city, election structure, ward inspectors, and mayoral and clerk roles. It describes general ticket voting, certificate handling, canvassing procedures, and notice requirements for street layouts and damages, with dates referencing an 1850s Wisconsin act. The document reads as a legislative act excerpt detailing city governance.
A document outlines ward boundaries to be drawn east of Far and Wisconsin Streets, defining third and fourth wards and authorizing line changes by the common council. It adds separate voting on credit for La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad and other lines, with notice and timing rules for polls in Portage.
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