Clerk to certify judgments,

other counties.

whole of said circuit, for the rendition of judgments by default and the transaction of all ex parte business in cases pending in either of said counties.

SECTION 2. When the causes or matters are pendorders etc. to ing in other counties in the circuit different from the county in which the special term is held,'the clerk of the circuit court of the county where said judgment shall be rendered, or such ex parte business shall be transacted, shall certify the judgment, orders and papers to the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the cause or matters are pending, and the papers may be transmitted by mail, or by such person as the judge of the court may direct, and all such judgments, orders and papers shall be filed and entered by the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the cause or matter is pending, in the same manner as though the cause or matter had been heard or decided by the circuit court at a term thereof held in that county.

Repealed.

SECTION 3. So much of section four of chapter twenty-two of the general laws of 1871, entitled "an act to fix the terms of the circuit and county courts in the county of Milwaukee," as relates to the holding of the April term of the county court of Milwaukee county, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved March 23, 1872.

CHAPTER 107.

[Published April 3, 1872.]

Not to be changed till

AN ACT relating to changes of the place of trial in civil actions.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Whenever any party to any civil action costs are paid. shall apply for a change of the place of trial under the provisions of section eight, chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the revised statutes, at any term of court for which such action is noticed for trial, no order shall be made for such change of place of trial unless

the party applying therefor shall first pay to the oppo-
site party the costs incurred by him for such term, and
such reasonable attorney's fees, not exceeding twenty-
five dollars, as the court shall require, unless the party
moving for such change shall have given notice of the
motion ten days before the term, and file his motion
for the change on or before the first day of the term.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage and publication.
Approved March 23, 1872.

CHAPTER 108.

[Published April 5, 1872.]

AN ACT for the relief of Floyd Smith, of Faribault county, in the state of Minnesota.

WHEREAS, In January, A. D. 1871, Floyd Smith, a citi- Preamble. zen of the state of Minnesota, was arrested in said state, on a requistion from the state of Wisconsin, and thereupon brought to Waukesha county, in this state, on charge of larcency (horse stealing); was confined in the jail of said county of Waukesha on said charge, until the March term, 1871 of the circuit court of said county, when he was tried, convicted and sentenced for the term of five years to the state prison at Waupun for said crime; was thereupon taken to and lodged in said state prison, and there remained at hard labor until June 14, 1871, when on due proof it was ascertained that said Floyd Smith was entirely innocent, and he was thereupon pardoned and released; and WHEREAS, The necessary expenses of said Floyd Smith caused by such arrest, trial, imprisonment and release have been, as shown to the legislature, the sum of seven hundred and thirty dollars, and himself and family have thereby been reduced to absolute want; and WHEREAS, The state of Minnesota has appropriated to said Smith the sum of sixteen hundred dollars to indemnify him in part; therefore,

Appropriated.

To whom.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. That the sum of two thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money belonging to the general fund in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, as follows: to the the state of Minnesota the sum of sixteen hundred dollars, and to Floyd Smith the sum of four hundred dollars to reimburse the state of Minnesota, and in full for any balance that may be justly due said Smith for his expenses in and about such arrest and imprisonment; Shall execute that before the payment of said four hundred dollars or

release.

any part thereof, or unto his authorized agent, he shall make, execute, sign, seal, acknowledge and deliver unto the treasurer of the state, to be filed in his office, a release of all further claim and demand as well against the state of Wisconsin as against any officer or officers thereof, growing out of such arrest and impris onment; which release shall be duly recorded in the office of the state treasurer as a perpetual record. The said sum of sixteen hundred dollars shall be drawn from the treasurer of this state, upon the order of the treasurer of the state of Minnesota.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.

Approved March 23, 1872.

Amerded.

CHAPTER 109.

[Published April 4, 1872.]

AN ACT to amend chapter 165 of the general laws of 1868, entitled " an act to provide for the visitation of the state prison and the charitable, benevolent and reformatory institutions of the state."

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter 165 of the general laws of 1868, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: The governor of the state shall, annually,

before the first of December of each year, appoint a shall appoint committee consisting of two from the members holding committee. over of the senate, and three from the members elect of the assembly, whose duty it shall be to visit the state prison, the state asylum for the insane, and all other charitable, benevolent and reformatory institutions which are or may hereafter be under the control of the legislature of this state. The committee thus appointed shall be known as the "visiting committee of the state," and the governor of the state shall be ex officio a member of such committee.

SECTION 2. All laws or parts of laws which contravene the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 23, 1872.

CHAPTER 110.

[Published March 26, 1872.]

AN ACT relating to the procuring of certain statistics.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

financial condi

SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of each county shall furnish clerk, city clerk, village clerk and town clerk in this statement of state, whenever so requested by the secretary of state, tion. to furnish a full and complete statement of the financial condition of such county, city, village or town, showing the bonded indebtedness thereof, the purposes for which said indebtedness was incurred, accrued interest thereon remaining unpaid, and all other forms of indebtedness.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.

Approved March 23, 1872.

CHAPTER 111.

[Published April 3, 1872.]

Preamble.

Resolution.

AN ACT to submit to the people an amendment to article seven of the constitution.

WHEREAS, The legislature of this state at its annual
session for the year 1871, proposed and adopted by a
vote of the majority of the members elected to each
of the two houses, an amendment to the constitution
of this state, in the following language:
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That
section four of article seven of the constitution be
amended so as to read as follows: Section 4. The
supreme court of this state, with the jurisdiction and
powers prescribed in this constitution, shall consist of
one chief justice and four associate justices, to be
elected by the qualified electors of the state, at such
times and in such manner as the legislature may pro-
vide, and such court so constituted shall not be
changed or discontinued by the legislature. The
chief justice and associate justices of the supreme
court now in office shall hold their offices for the
remainder of the terms for which they were respect-
ively elected, and until the election and qualification
of the two additional associate justices herein pro-
vided for, shall constitute the supreme court of this
state. The legislature shall at its first annual session
after the adoption of this amendment, provide by law
for the election of the two additional associate jus-
tices hereby required, and their successors, and for
the election of the successors of the chief justice and
associate justices now in office, and for classifying the
two additional associate justices first elected, so that
the term of office of one of them shall be four years
and of the other six years. The term of office of the
chief justice and of each associate justice of the su
preme court elected after the adoption of this amend-
ment, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be
six years; and,

WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amendment to the
constitution of the state was duly ratified and agreed
to by the legislature of 1872; therefore,