Which the Speaker laid before the House, and being read, a motion was made by Mr. Burt, that the message and resolves be printed, which was disagreed to.

And then the said message and resolutions, on motion of Mr. Mills, were ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Shepard,

The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, Mr. Whiton in the chair, having under consideration the following from the Council, to wit:

No. 3, "A bill to repeal an act entitled an act concerning the lien of mechanics and others for the cost of repairs and improvements on real estate," and,

After some time spent therein, the committee, by their chairman, reported the bill with amendments, which were agreed to by the House. The question then recurred on ordering the bill to the third reading, and being taken it was decided in the affirmative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Burt, Darling, Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Mills, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, and Tripp.-15.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Brown, Dewey, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Ogden, Parkison, Sutherland, Whiton, and Newland.-10.

By the special order of the House, the said bill was then read the third time, and the question being put "shall the bill pass?" it was was determined in the affirmative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Burt, Darling, Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Mills, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, and Tripp-15.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Brown, Dewey, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Oen,gd Parkison, Sutherland, Whiton, and Newland-10.

The title of the said bill was then agreed to.

Ordered, That the Council be requested to concur in the amendments to said bill.

Mr. Brown, by leave and agreeably to notice given, introduced bill No. 41, entitled "a bill to establish a ferry within the Military Reservation of Fort Snelling;" which was read the first and second times.

A message from the Council by their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker, The Council have adopted the report of the joint committee of conferrence, appointed on the disagreeing vote of the two Houses, on the bill No. 17, (C. F.) entitled "A bill for the relief of Portage county."

I am directed to inform you that the Council have recommitted to the committee of conference, appointed on their part, the report of the joint committee of conference, in relation to the disagreeing vote of the two Houses, on bill No. 29, entitled "a bill to authorize the issuing of drafts or bills for the payment of the expenses of the present session of the Legislative Assembly."

And then the House adjourned until half past 2 o'clock, P. M.

HALF PAST 2 O'CLOCK, P. M.

Mr. Hackett, from the committee on Enrolled bills, reported bill No. 20, entitled "an act to authorize Oliver C. Hubbard to build a dam on the Manitouwoc river," to be correctly enrolled:

Which was signed by the Speaker, and ordered to be presented to the President of the Council for his signature.

Bill No. 8, from the Council, entitled "a bill concerning the partition of lands," was ordered to a third reading, and by special order of the House, was read the third time, passed, and the title thereof agreed to.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

Engrossed resolution No. 3, entitled "Resolution relative to adjournment," was read the third time, passed, and the title thereof agreed to.

Ordered, That the Council be requested to concur therein.

On motion of Mr. Rockwell,

Bill No. 23, (H. of R. file,) entitled "A bill to provide for the construction of a Railroal from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi

river," was taken up for consideration, as the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh of the amendments reported by the committee of the whole, were severally agreed to:

When Mr. Rockwell moved to amend the 12th amendment by adding thereto the following words: "as regards those parts of the road not then completed," which was disagreed to.

The twelfth amendment of the committee was disagreed to:

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

The following amendment was adopted:

"SEC. 19. The said company shall complete the survey and location of said road within three years, or the charter hereby granted shall be null and void."

Mr. Hackett moved to amend by adding the following:

"This act may be altered, amended, or repealed by any future Legislature," which was disagreed to.

Mr. Rockwell offered the following amendment:

Amend the tenth line in the tenth section, by inserting after the word "commissioners," the words "or such of them as may be designated by a majority," which was agreed to.

Mr. Parkison moved to amend the first section by striking out the words, "Milwaukee, Madison, and Potosi."

And a division being called, the question was first taken on striking out the word "Milwaukee,"

And it was determined in the negative.

And the ayes and noes being called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Batchelder, Eastman, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Whiton, and Newland.-10.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Barber, Bond, Brown, Brazelton, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, Sutherland, and Tripp.-15.

The question was then taken on striking out the word "Madison," and was determined in the negative,

And the ayes and noes being called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Whiton, and Newland.-8.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, Sutherland, and Tripp.-17.

The question was then taken on striking out the word "Potosi," and was determined in the negative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Batchelder, Eastman, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Sutherland, Whiton, and Newland, speaker.

-11.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Barber, Bond, Brazelton, Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, and Tripp.-14.

Mr. Rockwell moved to amend the fourth line of the thirteenth section by inserting after the word "and" the words "they shall give notice," which was agreed to.

Mr. Gray moved to amend the 3d section 4th line, by striking out the word "six" and inserting in lieu thereof, the word "nine." Which was disagreed to,

Mr. Whiton moved to amend the 16th section, by striking out the word "in case," and the word "not" in the third line, and inserting after the word "act" in the 4th line the words" and in case the provisions of this section are not complied with;" which was agreed

to.

And the ayes and noes having been called for.

Those who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Eastman, Giddings, Gray, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, Sutherland, Tripp, Whiton, and Newland, speaker, 24.

In the negative, Mr. Ellis, 1.

Mr. Parkison offered the following amendment.

Amend the first section by inserting after the word "Madison," the words "Mineral Point and Platteville."

Mr. Whiton moved to amend the motion by inserting the words "Blue Mound," which amendment to the motion was accepted by Mr. Parkison.

The question was then taken on the said motion, and was determined in the negative,

And the ayes and noes having been called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Batchelder, Hackett, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Tripp, Whiton, and Newland, speaker, 7.

Those who voted in the negative, are,

Messrs. Barber, Bond, Brazelton, Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, and Sutherland, 17.

The question was then put on engrossing the said bill for the third reading, and it was determined in the affirmative.

And the ayes and noes being called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, are,

Messrs. Barber, Bond, Brazelton, Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Ellis, Gray, Jenkins, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, Sutherland, Tripp, and Newland, speaker, 16.

Those who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. Batchelder, Eastman, Giddings, Hackett, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, and Whiton, 9.

Mr. Shepard presented two accounts of Daniel Baxter, for articles furnished the Assembly; which were referred to the committee on Public Expenditures.

And then the House adjourned.