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Newspaper
Madison City Express
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1844
Page
1
Fragmented text shows subscription and advertising terms with multiple spelling errors for a historical publication. It mentions a two dollar annual rate with penalties if unpaid, and advertising charges of one dollar per line with a small subsequent rate, plus an address instruction for notices.
A fragmentary 19th century excerpt describes printer etiquette and proof reading, urging secrecy over copy and careful handling of proofs. It then reports on a New York or Boston temperance meeting with Rev Mrs Dawning of Providence promoting reform. Anecdotes include a Sandwich Islander gifting poetry and a Norfolk lodging aboard a ship with a humorous request for the way bill. Connecticut Deacon Marvin’s courtship tale ends with the Betty’s reply The Lord’s will be done.
The act outlines incorporation of the Trustees of Mineral Point village, tolls for penalties, publication and posting rules, trustee powers, taxation, assessment, tax collection, sale of lands for taxes, and election procedures. It prescribes tax rates, lien dates, and procedural steps for public notices, sales, and openings of streets with damages assessed by a six-person board.
A set of Wisconsin Territory laws from 1844 appears here. The acts include a revision of an 1844 mineral point incorporation act and a consent for James Campbell and Thomas Stewart to build and maintain a Sugar River dam with rights to propel machinery and mill use, subject to state oversight and possible future amendments.
An act to amend the 1842 repealing act clarifies that parties handling Bank of Mineral Point assets or collections may sue under the Bank’s corporate name until its affairs are closed. Approved January 23, 194d.
An act to annex five acres of land in the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of section 41, township 2 north, range 18 east, to the town of Geneva. The act is dated January 26, 1814, and is presented to the House and Senate of the Territory.
An act to incorporate the village of Geneva Walworth County. Establishes Trustees of the village with election provisions, officer duties, and potions for governance including streets, fire protection, water works, nuisances, markets, burial grounds, and taxes. Provides for terms, oaths, records, and vacancy procedures. Continuous corporate powers and seal authorized.
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