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follows: In Brown county, on the fourth Monday of For Brown March, the first Monday of September, and the second county.

Monday of December in each year; in Ocond Mon- county.

on the fourth Monday of April, and the Second Mon- county. day of October in each year; in Door county on the For Door first Tuesday after the third Monday of May and he county. first Tuesday after the fourth Monday of October in each year in Outagamie county, on the first Monday For Outagamie of June, and the second Monday of November each county. year; in Shawano county, on the first Tuesday after the fourth Monday of June, and the first Tuesday after county. the second Monday of January in each year, and in Brown county, a special term for the whole circuit, on the fourth Monday of January in each year.

For Shawano

When regular

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SECTION 2. Every regular term in the counties of Brown, Outagamie and Oconto, and said special term term to be also in Brown county, shall be a special term for the whole of said circuit, and all actions, motions, proceedings or other business now pending or which may hereafter arise in any county in said circuit, and not requiring a jury may be heard, tried and determined or otherwise acted upon or disposed of at any of said special terms in the same manner, and with the same force and effect as if the same were heard, tried and determined or otherwise acted upon or disposed of in the county wherein the same are now pending or may hereafter arise, and when any causes or matters are pending in other counties than that in which the special term is held, the clerk of the court where such special term is held shall certify the orders, judgments and other papers to the clerk of the court of the county in which said causes or matters are pending, and the said papers shall be filed and entered by such clerk in the same manner as if the said cause or matter had been heard or determined by the circuit court at a term thereof held in that county.

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SECTION 3. There shall be no jury summoned or No jury, except empaneled for the October term in Door county, nor upon order of for the June term in Shawano county unless upon the order of the judge of said circuit, made and filed in the clerk's office of the county, at least fifteen days before the term; such order so made and filed shall be sufficient authority for such clerk to draw and summon such jurors, pursuant to the statutes in such case made and provided. No jury shall be drawn or sum

Judge of other circuit may hold term.

Cause may be tried in different counties,

mit papers.

moned for said special term on the fourth Monday of January, in Brown county, nor shall any notice of the holding of the same be required.

SECTION 4. The judge of any other judicial circuit of the state of Wisconsin is hereby authorized to hold any of the terms provided for in this act, when so requested by the judge of said tenth judicial circuit.

SECTION 5. For the purpose of the hearing or trial of any cause or matter in any other county than that clerk to trans- where the same is pending, the clerk of the circuit court shall, at the request of either of the attorneys in said cause or matter, transmit all the papers on file in said cause or matter to the place of trial or hearing under his official certificate, certifying the same to be all the original files and papers in such action, cause or matter. Such papers or files shall be by such clerk inclosed in an envelop, sealed by him, and directed to the clerk of the circuit court of the county where such term is to be, or is being held, and the same may be transmitted by mail, or by the hand of either of the attorneys in such cause, action or matter: provided, that before any clerk shall be obliged to transmit any such papers or files or orders, all necessary postage shall be paid by the party applying therefor; and provided further, that no clerk shall be required to certify back any papers, files or orders to any such county where the same were originally pending, unless his fees in such case or matter are paid.

Writs return-
able at the time
fixed in this
act.

Repealed.

SECTION 6. All writs, services, processes, proceedings and recognizances heretofore issued, commenced, made or entered into, in or from said courts of said counties respectively or any of them, and all proceedings pending therein or returnable thereto, whether by recognizance or otherwise, shall be held and taken as returnable at the times mentioned in this act for holding the said courts respectively in the said several counties respectively.

SECTION 7. Chapter twenty-five of general laws of 1871, and all acts and parts of acts, so far as they contravene or conflict with this ast, are hereby repealed.

SECTION 8. This act shall be published immediately after its passage, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.

Approved February 14, 1872.

CHAPTER 10.

[Published February 19, 1872.]

AN ACT changing the time of holding the general terms of the circuit court for Sauk county.

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

SECTION 1. From and after the first day of Feb- Terms fixed. ruary, 1872, the general terms of the circuit court in and for the county of Sauk, in this state, shall be held as follows, to-wit: On the fourth Monday of September, and on the third Monday of March, in each year, instead of the terms of said court now appointed by law for holding said court in said county.

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SECTION 2. All writs, services, process, continu- Writs returnances, proceedings, returns and recognizances made, tember term. commenced, had or entered into, in and from said circuit court for Sauk county, and all proceedings pending therein or returnable thereto, whether by recognizance or otherwise, and all actions and proceedings which may be instituted in said court, shall be taken and held as returnable and continued to the term of said court to be held on the fourth Monday of September, 1872. SECTION 3. All laws conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 16, 1872.

Amended.

CHAPTER 11.

[Published February 19, 1872.]

AN ACT to amend section two of chapter 168 of the general laws of 1871, entitled "an act to regulate the estimation of time in the settlement of school district boards with teachers."

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

SECTION 1. Section two of said chapter 168 of the general laws of 1871, is hereby amended by striking out the words, "and ten "where they occur in the third line of said section, and by striking out all after the word, "law" where it occurs in the fifth line of said section, so that said section, when amended, shall read as follows: Section 2. In the apportionment of school moneys in the year 1871, and annually thereafter, one hundred days shall be understood to constitute the five months required by section fifty-nine of the general school law.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 16, 1872.

Amended.

CHAPTER 12.

[Published February 24, 1872.]

AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the general laws of 1868, entitled "an act to amend section eleven of chapter fifty-eight of the revised statutes, entitled of weights and measures."

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

SECTION 1. Section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-five of the general laws of 1868, entitled "an act to amend section eleven of chapter fifty-eight of the revised statutes, entitled 'of weights and measures,'

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is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. Section eleven of chapter fifty-eight of the revised statutes, entitled "of weights and measures," is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Whenever wheat, Weight of grain rye, Indian corn, oats, barley, clover seed, buckwheat, etc. per bushel dried apples, dried peaches, flax seed, timothy seed or potatoes shall be sold by the bushel, and no special agreement as to the measure or weight thereof shall be made by the parties, the measure thereof shall be ascertained by weight, and shall be computed as follows: Sixty pounds for a bushel of wheat or clover seed; fif ty-six pounds for a bushel of rye or Indian corn, shelled, and seventy pounds of Indian corn, unshelled; thirty-two pounds for a bushel of oats; forty-eight pounds for a bushel of barley; fifty pounds for a bushel of buckwheat, twenty-eight pounds for a bushel of dried apples or dried peaches; fifty-six pounds for a bushel of flax seed; forty-six pounds for a bushel of timothy seed, and sixty pounds for a bushel of pota

toes.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved February 20, 1872.

CHAPTER 13.

[Published February 24, 1872.]

AN ACT relative to foreclosure of mortgages by action, and amendatory of section one of chapter two hundred and fortythree of the general laws of 1862.

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

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SECTION 1. Section one of chapter 243 of the gen- Amended. eral laws of 1862 is hereby amended by adding to said section the following words: "and provided, that any May be heard motion, demurrer or issue of law in any such action and determined may be heard and determined at any special term of the court in which said action is pending, whether such term be held in said county or not; and provided, further, that judgment by default may be taken in any such action at any such special term of said court.

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