339 bers that had been sent for, the House proceeded to the re-consideration of the said bill entitled "an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the village of Racine." And the question being put "Shall the bill pass?" it was determined in the affirmative, ayes 23, noes 2. And the ayes and noes were taken on the said question and were as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative are, Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Eond, Brazelton, Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, Sutherland, Tripp, Whiton and Newland-23. Those who voted in the negative are, Messrs. Eastman and Ogden-2.. Two thirds of the members of the House having voted for the bill, the Speaker decided that it had been passed. Ordered, That the Council be acquainted with the action of the House on the said several bills. Mr. Ellis, by leave, offered the following resolution: No. 17. Resolution relative to choosing a commissioner of public buildings, which was read and adopted, and is as follows: Resolved, the Council concurring, that the two houses of the Legislative Assembly meet in the Representatives Hall, on Thursday next at 12 o'clock, M. and then proceed to choose, by ballot, a Commissioner of Public Buildings for the ensuing year. Ordered, That the Clerk request the Council to concur therein. The House resumed its session in the committee of the whole, Mr. Bond in the chair, for the consideration of bill No. 31 from the Council, entitled "a bill to repeal the several acts providing for aiding in the construction of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal, and to provide for the temporary management and control of the canal lands," and after some time spent therein the committee rose, and reported the said bills with amendments. A message from the Governor by his private secretary. "Mr. Speaker-I am directed by his Excellency the Governor to inform this House that he did, on yesterday, approve "an act to provide for laying out the several territorial roads therein named, and for other purposes," which is herewith returned to the house in which it originated." A message from the Council by their Secretary. "Mr. Speaker-I am directed to present for the concurrence of this House bills as follows, to wit: No. 14. A bill to divide the town of Summit and organize the town of Warren." No. 38. "A bill in relation to certain county officers." No. 44. "A bill to authorize James H. Rogers and others to construct at their own expense a free floating bridge across Milwaukee river." No. 40. A bill to revise and amend an act to incorporate the Western Mutual Fire Insurance Company at Prairie du Chien, and the Howard Fire Insurance Company of Brown county." No. 11. "Resolution relative to the southern boundary of the Territory." No. 7. "Memorial to Congress for the construction of a harbor at Racine;" and No. 4. Memorial to Congress for changes in the judicial system of the Territory." And to inform you that the Council have concurred in bills of this House, as follows, with amendments thereto. No. 17. "A bill to change the corporate limits and powers of the town of Milwaukee;" and No. 44. "A bill to authorize the Adjutant General to draw on the Treasurer for money to meet certain expenses." In which amendments I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House. The Council have re-considered and concurred in the passage of "an act to incorporate the Janesville Bridge Company," which had been presented to the Governor and returned to this House with his objections. Mr. Shepard called for a division of the question on agreeing to the amendments, and pending the question thereon a call of the House was made and the sergeant-at-arms sent to notify Mr. Brazelton that his attendance was desired in the House. Mr. Brazelton having appeared, the question was taken on concurring in the first amendment, and it was determined in the affir-mative. And the ayes and noes having been called for, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Eastman, Ellis, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Sutherland, Tripp, Whiton, and Newland, speaker.-21. Those who voted in the negative, are, Messrs. Brown, Giddings, Gray, and Shepard.-4. The question was then taken on agreeing to the second, third, and fourth amendments, and they were severally agreed to. On the question of agreeing to the fourth amendment, the ayes and noes were taken and were as follows: Ayes-Messrs. Batchelder, Brazelton, Dewey, Ellis, Hackett, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Sutherland, Tripp, Whiton, and Newland.-14. Noes-Messrs. Barber. Bond, Brown, Burt, Darling, Eastman Giddings, Gray, Ray, Rockwell, and Shepard.-11. Mr. Dewey offered the following amendment, which was adopted, Strike out the 4th section in the bill, and insert the following in lieu thereof: "Sec. 4. The said agents shall hold their offices in the town of Milwaukee, shall keep appropriate books in which they shall enter the amount of all payments, with the items thereof on account of Jands heretofore sold, designating what sums as payment of interest, and shall make quarterly returns to the Governor of all their proceedings-the first return to be made on the first Monday of April next, and thereafter quarter yearly in appropriate books to be kept. for that purpose, of all moneys paid on account of the salaries of said officers, or as contingent and incidental expenses of said officers, and make minute reports of the same to the Governor in their quarterly report, and the said agents shall also make annual reports of all their doings to the Legislative Assembly on the first Monday of December in each year. The said bill was then ordered to a third reading; and On motion of Mr. Whiton, And by the special order of the House, was read the third time, passed, and the title agreed to. Ordered, That the Council be requested to concur in the amendments to said bill. On motion of Mr. Whiton, Resolved, That the committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of passing a law to alter the time of holding the district courts in the second judicial district. And then the House took a recess until 2 o'clock, P. M. 2 O'CLOCK, P. M. Mr. Ray, from the committee on Agriculture and Manufactures, to which the subject was referred, made the following report, to wit: The committee on Agriculture and Manufactures to which was referred a certain resolution of this House, instructing said committee to inquire into and report by bill or otherwise, upon the subject of encouraging the growth of Silk in the Territory of Wisconsin, beg leave to report: That they have had that subject under consideration and are of opinion, from what little attention they have been able to bestow upon it, that it is undoubtedly one of the most important branches of agricultural industry, and would seize this opportunity of earnestly recommending it to the attention of their fellow-citizens of Wisconsin. Aware of the serious objections which may be urged upon general principles to the protective system, the features of which, under any and all modifications, have ever been odious to American freemen, as a partial and iniquitous system of favoritism, by which one part of the community is made to prey upon the other-and aware of the extensive speculations to which the culture of the Morus Multicaulis has given rise recently throughout the United States, whereby many an honest and industrious farmer has been enticed from the ordinary safe and sober pursuits of agriculture and drawn into the vortex of pernicious speculations-and aware moreover of the danger of simi lar calamities to our own citizens of Wisconsin, if ever a similar fever should unfortunately arise, your committee have not been able to devise or mature any plan, which they could safely recommend at this stage of the present session of the Legislative Assembly. Your committee are further of the opinion, that a subject of this magnitude, is of sufficient importance to recommend itself to the attention of the industrious and enterprising farmers of Wisconsin, without any Legislative interposition. Under these considerations your committee would return back to the House the "resolution" aforesaid, and ask to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Which was adopted and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject. Mr. Batchelder moved that the said report do lie on the table, and that two hundred copies be printed. Mr. Gray moved to amend by striking out the words "two hundred" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "sixty;" which was disagreed to. The question then recurred on the motion of Mr. Batchelder, and was decided in the affirmative. And the ayes and noes being called for, Those who voted in the affirmative, are, Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Darling, Ellis, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, and Newland, speaker-11. Those who voted in the negative, are, Messrs. Bond, Brown, Dewey, Eastman, Giddings, Gray, Hackett, Mills, and Tripp-9. Mr. Hackett, from the committee on Enrolled bills, reported that they did on to-day present to the Governor for his approval the following, viz: An act to abolish imprisonment for debt; An act to amend the act of the revised statutes concerning the supreme and district courts; and An act to amend the act concerning grand and petit jurors. And that they had examined and found to be correctly enrolled the following, to wit: Preamble and resolution relative to the survey of the public lands; |