26 Apr 1862
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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1862
Page
1
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A garbled page fragment mentions Lathrop Wisconsin Pepin and various professions including attorney surveyor notary and confectioner. It references exchange rates, payments, and business listings with scattered names and places like Oakwood Barthets Chippewa and Prairie dia Chien. The legible items are miscellaneous trades and notices rather than a cohesive article.
The act amends section 5 of chapter 85 of the revised statutes to make it illegal to read sell deal or traffic in or for the purpose of creating this chapter any spirituous intoxicating liquors without a license. Convictions carry a fine from ten to forty dollars plus costs or imprisonment in the county jail from twenty to sixty days. A second or subsequent conviction within a year may impose both fine and imprisonment. Approved March 27 1862.
An 1862 act directs county register of deeds to include the county superintendent of schools when reporting those entitled to copies of the revised statutes and general laws. The secretary of state must deliver copies to unsupplied superintendents for use in office and pass them to their successors. Act takes effect upon passage and publication. Approved March 20, 1862.
The document reports an 1862 Wisconsin act amending chapter 2s of the statutes concerning school and university lands. It notes legislative action in the Senate and Assembly and references sections and wording changes including terms like “per cant” and “three” with approval on March 2.
Legislative note shows an April 1 publication for an act repealing or amending Wisconsin general laws related to sanity and comparison regulation, altering prior provisions approved May 5. The item records a statutory change in state law and dates of publication.
The text notes an amendment to section five of chapter 190 of 1859 General Laws changing the 3 percent reference and repeals conflicting acts including chapter 201 of 1861 on regulating insurance companies not incorporated by Wisconsin. The act becomes effective upon passage and approval dated March 25, 1962.
An act repeals sections forty four and forty five of chapter twenty eight of the revised statutes concerning school and university lands. The act takes effect on passage and is approved March 21, 1862.
The act amends statutes on teachers certificates and county supervision. It requires the register of deeds to preserve incorporation bonds, sets grade levels for teaching certificates, and outlines examinations in multiple branches. It grants county superintendents power to reexamine and annul certificates with notice and standardize county requirements. It takes effect from passage.
In April the Wisconsin Legislature adds to the statutes on executions and proceedings, approving amendments that allow seizure of a gun rifle or other firearm valued over fifty dollars. The measure, signed by state officials, clarifies procedures and effective dates for asset seizures.
An 1262 act establishes statewide teacher certification with graded certificates. County superintendents examine character learning and ability to teach. Qualified teachers receive first grade certificates under the new system.
An act approved April 2 1862 amends the revised statutes chapter on insolvent debtors. It allows creditors opposing discharges to demand a jury trial at the first hearing and to specify grounds in writing. Trials may be moved to the county of insolvent subject to venue rules applicable to circuit court actions.
News dispatch reports Gov. Harvey of Wisconsin drowned Saturday night at 11 when transferring ships on the Tennessee River near Savannah. The body has not been located as dispatches depart. The report follows a military update from Apalachicola and Confederate forces in Florida with ongoing blockade impacts.
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