The undermentioned bill was announced for the third reading, and was read the third time, passed, the title thereof agreed to, viz: No. 12. A bill in addition to an act entitled "an act to provide for laying out and establishing Territorial roads therein named," approved January 13, 1842." bill. Ordered, That the clerk request the Council to concur in the said On motion of Mr. Ellis, The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Bond in the chair, having the following bill and memorial from the Council under consideration, to wit: No. 1. "A bill to amend the act of the revised statutes, entitled an act concerning the writ of attachment." No. 1. "Memorial to Congress for improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers." After a short time the committee rose and by their chairman reported the memorial to the House without amendment, and that they had made some progress in the bill, and asked leave to sit again thereon. Leave was granted to sit again on the bill, and the memorial was ordered to a third reading. On motion of Mr. Barber, The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Brown in the chair, for the consideration of the following bill from the Council, to wit: No. 7. "A bill to provide for the relief of purchasers of canal lands;” and after a short time, the committee reported that they had made some progress in the bill, and asked leave to sit again. Ordered, That leave be granted. On motion of Mr. Hackett, The Houso resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Tripp in the chair, for the consideration of resolution No. 8, entitled "Resolution authorizing the Secretary to issue certificates for the payment of the expenses of the Legislative Asssembly;" and after some time spent therein, the committee rose and by their chairman reported the resolution with amendments. The report was agreed to, and the resolution ordered to be engrossed for the third reading. On motion of Mr. Brown, The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Gray in the chair, for the consideration of preamble and resolution No. 6, entitled, "Preamble and resolution relative to the survey of the public lands;" and after a short time spent therein, the committee rose and by their chairman, reported the same without amendment: Which was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. On motion of Mr. Brown, and by the special order of the House, the said preamble and resolution were read the third time, passed, and the title thereof agreed to. Ordered, That the Council be requested to concur therein. On motion of Mr. Gray, The House went in the commiitee of the whole House, Mr. Darling in the chair, for the consideration of memorial No. 2 from the Council, entitled "Memorial to Congress for the improvement of the Grant river, and for pre-emption rights to certain lots of ground;" and bill No. 15, entitled "A bill to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for the appointment of a Territorial Treasurer, and to define his duties:" also, to amend "an act to provide for the appointment of a Librarian, and for other purposes:" and after some time spent therein, the committee rose and by their chairman, reported the said memorial without amendment; and ask leave to sit again on bill No. 15. The House discharged the committee of the whole from the further consideration of bill No. 15, and referred it to the committee on the Judiciary. Memorial No. 2, was ordered to a third reading. On motion of Mr. Rockwell, The House went into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Ellis in the chair, for the consideration of bill No. 2, (C. F.) entitled "A bill to authorize Asa Clark to build and maintain a dam at the outlet of Pewaukee Lake;" and after a short time spent therein, the committee rose and by their chairman reported the bill without amendment. Ordered, That the said bill be read the third time. On motion of Mr. Darling, The House took up a communication from W. T. Sterling, relative to stationery purchased by him, and referred it to the following select committee, viz: Messrs. Rockwell, Sutherland, and Eastman. And then the House adjourned until 2 o'clock, P. M. 2 O'CLOCK, P. M. On motion of Mr. Barber, Bill No. 14, entitled "a bill to change the name of the town of Watertown, in the county of Jefferson," was referred to the select committee to which a petition and remonstrance were referred in the morning, on the same subject. On motion of Mr. Brown, The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Barber in the chair, for the consideration of the following, to wit: No. 5. "Resolutions relative to the removal of the Indians;" and after a short time, the committee rose and by their chairman reported the resolution with an amendment, which was agreed to by the House. On motion of Mr. Ellis, Ordered, That said resolutions do lie on the table. On motion of Mr. Whiton, The following resolution, reported by the committee on corporations, to which bill No. 3 was referred, was taken up and adopted, to wit: Resolved, That the further consideration of the "bill to incorpo rate the Farmers' and Mechanics' Association, and to aid and assist in the mechanical and agricultural pursuits of the country," be indefinitely postponed. On motion of Mr. Mills, The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Batchelder in the chair, for the consideration of the following, to wit: No. 3. "A bill to amend the several acts to provide for the support of common schools;" and after some time, the committee rose, reported the bill with amendments, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the bill, which was agreed to. 167 Mr. Whiton moved that the said bill be indefinitely postponed. And the question being put it was determined in the negative. On motion of Mr. Darling, Ordered, That the said bill be committed to the committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Rockwell, from the committee on Engrossed bills, reported resolution No. 8, entitled "Resolution authorizing the Secretary to issue certificates for the payment of the expenses of the Legislative Assembly," to be correctly engrossed. Mr. Brown moved that the House take up resolution No. 5, entitled "Resolution relative to the removal of the Indians." And pending the question thereon, Tuesday, January 25, 1842. Mr. Parkison presented the remonstrance of two hundred eightyeight citizens of the county of Iowa, against the division of said county, which was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. Hackett presented a petition of the citizens of Rock county, praying that townships two and three in ranges ten and eleven, in said county, may be organized into a town by the name of Richlan, which was referred to the committee on Corporations. Mr. Mills presented a petition of citizens of Walworth county, praying for the organization of a town to be called Lyonsdale, in said county, which was referred to the committee on Corporations. Also, the account of James Lemmon, for wood furnished for the use of the Assembly, which was referred to the committee on Public Expenditures. Mr. Darling offered the following resolution: Resolved, That Elisha S. Sill is entitled to mileage and per diem. pay, as a member of this House, while contesting the seat of the Hon. Thomas E. Parmelee; and that the Speaker and Clerk be directed to issue him certificates accordingly: Which, on motion of Mr. Whiton, was laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Parkison, Resolved, If the Council concur, that the members of the House of Representatives, and the members of the Council, from the county of Iowa, constitute a joint committee to whom shall be referred the petitions for, and remonstrance against a division of said county, which have been, or which may hereafter be presented in either House. Ordered, That the Council be requested to concur therein. Mr. Whiton, from the ccmmittee on the Judiciary, to whom the subject was referred, made the following report, which was adopted, to wit: The committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the petition of Sarah Leach, praying to be divorced from her husband, John Leach, report: That the causes for a divorce set forth in said petition, are such as would give the courts full power to administer all the relief which the petition asks at the hands of the Legislature. When this is the case, the committee are of the opinion that it is always unwise for the Legislature to attempt to exercise judicial functions, or to take upon itself in any way the determination of questions of this nature. The committee therefore are of opinion that the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted. All which is respectfully submitted. Mr. Whiton, from the same committee, to which the subject was referred, made the following report: The committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred bill No. 2, House of Representatives file, entitled "a bill to amend the several acts to provide for the support of common schools," report: That in their opinion, none of the provisions contained in the bill, would be of use or utility, except the one in relation to the power of the school commissioners upon the subject of timber growing or standing on sections numbered sixteen contained in the first section. The committee recommend that sections two, three, four, and five, |