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To the Honorable the Senate of the State of Wisconsin
The petition of the undersigned citizens of the County of Dane, respectfully sheweth, that the cumbrous and ineficient system of supporting the poor in said county is entailing a large and yearly increasing tax upon your petitioners, and we therefore respectfully request your honorable body to pass the bill authorizing Dane county to borrow money, by which to effect a change in the system of supporting the poor.
Wm Stuart Thos. P. Blacklum DM Donald Jasper J. Hauss James Edi A.L. Dresback TB Miles Samuel Lamont Thomas Lauder Patric Davidson Wm Thourson William Henderson [illegible] Wright James Stewart John Conehan William Jackman FP Beard Philander Nash John N Watkins OH Lawrence HR Belden John Oley Wm Marick