to confer with a similar committee to be appointed by the Council, to which it is proposed to refer the said disagreement of the two Houses. Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith, and be requested to appoint a committee of conference thereon.

On motion of Mr. Gray,

The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Barber in the chair, for the consideration of bill No. 28, (C. F.) entitled "A bill to revise and amend an act to incorporate the Western Fire Insurance Company at Prairie du Chien, and the Howard Fire Insurance Company of Brown county;" and after a short time spent therein, the committee rose and by their chairman reported the bill back to the House, without amendment:

Which was then ordered to the third reading.

On motion of Mr. Giddings,

The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Bockwell in the chair, for the consideration of bill No. 19, (C. F.) "A bill to amend an act entitled an act to change the corporate limits and powers of the town of Green Bay;'" and after some time spent therein, the Speaker resumed the chair and the bill was reported by the chairman with amendments;

Which were agreed to, and the bill ordered to a third reading.

On motion of Mr. Shepard,

The House went into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Darling in the chair, for the consideration of memorial No. 3, (C. F.) entitled "Memorial to Congress for the construction of a Harbor at Milwaukee;" and

After a short time spent therein, the committee rose and reported the memorial back to the House, without amendment;

Which was then ordered to a third reading.

On motion of Mr. Shepard, and by the special order of the House, the said memorial was read the third time, passed and the title thereof agreed to.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

The House took up the following resolution:

Resolved, That when this House shall adjourn this day, it ad

journ to meet at half past 9 o'clock, to-morrow morning; and that hat be the hour of meeting, each day until further ordered. Mr. Whiton moved to strike out the word "half past," which was agreed to.

The resolution, as amended, was adopted.

Mr. Darling gave notice, that on to-morrow, or some future day, he should ask leave to introduce "a bill to organize certain towns in the county of Fond du Lac."

And then the House adjourned.

Friday, February 4, 1842.

Mr. Shepard presented the account of Edward McSherry, clerk of the District Court of the county of Iowa, for fees in certain Territorial suits; and the account of John Bracken, under Sheriff of said county, for fees in same suits:

Which were referred to the committee on Public Expenditures. Mr. Whiton offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the committee on Territorial Affairs be instructed to examine the third section of an act of the Legislature of this Territory, approved August 14, A. D. 1840, entitled "an act to provide for the compensation of the officers of the Legislative Assembly, and for other purposes," and report to this House whether in their opinion the provisions of the said section require any action of the present Legislature.

Mr. Ellis moved to strike out the words "Territorial Affairs," and insert in lieu thereof the word "Judiciary," which was agreed to; When the resolution, as amended, was adopted.

Mr. Barber, from the committee on Territorial Affairs, made the following report:

The committee on Territorial Affairs, to which was referred the petition of Erastus C. Montague, treasurer of the county of Jefferson, report:

That by an "act to provide for a Territorial revenue," "the first moneys which may be returned by the collector, collected from the duplicate of any year to the amount due the Territory for that year, from the county, shall be retained by the Treasurer of each county, for the use of the Territory; and the county treasurers shall pay over the same upon the drafts or warrant of the treasurer of the Territory," and "that a departure therefrom shall be deemed a breach of the conditions of their official bonds."

It appears to your committee, that from the amount collected on the tax list of 1840, by the county of Jefferson, there was due the sum of $81,28 to the Territory, under the provisions of the act before referred to; and that of this sum, only $12,00 has been drawn for by the Territorial treasurer.

Of the first moneys paid into the treasury of said county, by the collector thereof, the sum of $65,00 was in notes of the Bank of Mineral Point, which were at that time being redeemed at the counter of the Bank. That the remaining funds paid in at that time, were county orders, and notes of suspended Banks. That the said treasurer, considering the Mineral Point Bank notes to be the best funds which were at that time paid in, set them apart to meet any draft of the treasurer of the Territory, whenever the same should be presented. That if such draft had been presented within several months after the portion of the Territorial revenue from that county became due, it would have been paid in the equivalent of specie. It appears to your committee, that the requirements of the law have been literally complied with by said county treasurer, and the identical money first placed in the treasury, "retained" by him "for the use of the Territory"-and that to require the said connty or its officer to sustain loss in consequence of the said notes being depreciated in value, would be unreasonable and unjust in the extreme.

Your committee therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolution:

Resolved, [if the Council concur,] that the Territorial Treasurer, be, and he is hereby authorized and required to receive, in payment of the sum due, as Territorial revenue, from the county of Jefferson, on the tax list of 1840, the sum of sixty-five dollars, in notes of the

Bank of Mineral Point, and on the receipt thereof, to give credit for that sum, on the amount due from said county to the Territory.

The said resolution, numbered 10, was read the first and second times, entitled "Resolution authorizing the Territorial Treasurer to receive certain money from Jefferson county."

Mr. Darling from the committee on corporations, to which were referred sundry petitions of citizens of Rock county, on the subject, reported bill No. 34, entitled "A bill to organize certain towns in the county of Rock," which was read the first and second times.

Mr. Dewey, from the committee on roads, to which a petition in relation to the subject was referred, reported bill No 35, entitled "a bill to provide for laying out a territorial road from Beloit to Monroe."

Which was read the first and second times.

Mr. Barber gave notice that on a future day he would ask leave to introduce a bill to authorize the construction of a dam across Rock river.

Mr. Darling agreeably to notice given, and by leave, introduced bill No. 36, entitled "a bill to organize certain towns in the county of Fond du Lac;"

Which was read the first and second times.

The undermentioned bills from the Council were announced for the third reading, and were severally read the third time, passed and their titles agreed to, to wit:

No. 19, entitled "a bill to amend an act entitled an act to change the corporate limits and powers of the town of Green Bay."

No. 28, entitled "a bill to revive and amend an act to incorporate the Western Fire Insurance Company at Prairie du Chien, and the Howard Fire Insurance company of Brown county."

Ordered, That the Council be requested to concur in the amendments to bill No. 19, and that they be informed of the concurrence of this House, in bill No. 28.

On motion of Mr. Darling,

The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Tripp in the chair, for the consideration of bill No. 27, (C. F.) entitled, "a bill for the promotion of agricultural interests, and the

formation of agricultural societies; and after some time spent therein, the committee rose and reported the bill with amendments.

Mr. Gray offered the following amendment to the tenth section: Provided further, That nothing in this or any other section in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the directors from issuing evidences of debt to the amount of at least five times the amount of their capital.

Mr. Dewey moved that the further consideration of the bill and amendment be indefinitely postponed.

And pending that question, Mr. Darling moved a call of the House, which was made, and the sergeant-at-arms, sent to notify Messrs. Barber, Bond, Ellis, and Shepard, the absent members, that their presence was required in the House.

On motion of Mr. Rockwell,

Further proceedings in the call of the House were dispensed with. The question was then taken on the motion of Mr. Dewey, and was determined in the affirmative.

And the ayes and noes being called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Messrs. Brown, Burt, Dewey, Giddings, Gray, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Ogden, Parkison, Rockwell, Tripp, Whiton, and Newland, speaker, 14.

Those who voted in the negative, are

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Darling, Eastman, Ellis, Mills, Ray, Shepard, and Sutherland, 11.

So the bill was indefinitely postponed.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

A message from the Governor by Secretary Field:

"Mr. Speaker-I am directed by His Excellency, the Governor, to inform this House that he has on this day approved "an act to authorize the construction of a dam across Rock River."

On motion of Mr. Burt,

The House resumed its session in committee of the whole, Mr. Dewey in the chair, for the consideration of a bill No. 23, (H. R. file,) entitled "a bill to provide for the construction of a rail road from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river;" and after some time.