Ayes-Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Brown, Darling, Dewey, Eastman, Giddings, Gray, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Sutherland, Tripp, Whiton, and Newland, 21.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

A message from the Council by their Secretary:

Mr. Speaker-The Governor has notified the Council that he did on yesterday, approve and sign the following acts:

An act 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 Drown county; and

An act to authorize James II. Regsrs and others, to construct at their own expense, a free floating bridge across Milwaukee river. I am directed to inform this House of the passage of a resolution by the Council, as follows:

Resolved, That the Couunil will meet the members of the House of Representatives, in the hall of the House of Representatives, at half past five o'clock this afternoon, for the purpose of choosing canal commissioners or agents for the sale and management of the canal lands, according to law;

In which your concurrence is requested."

The undermentioned message and bill were read, to wit:

"To the Legislative Council,

of the Territory of Wiskonsan:

The bill entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to change the corporate limits and powers of the town of Green Bay,'' is herewith returned without my signature.

I object to it for the reasons stated in my address to the assembly, on the 10th of December lust, in relation to acts of incorporation, and especially village charters, from which I consider the original charter was void from its passage, and cannot therefore be now amended. It was also void because the name of Green Bay,' was given by it to two towns, which had previously been created, and established according to law, by their proprietors by other names. The right of a proprietor to give a name to his town and to retain it during his own pleasure, can no more be taken from him than his right of property in the town;

and I think it would be equally competent for the legislature to change the name of a citizen without his consent.

The first charter of this town was granted without the knowledge or petition of its inhabitants; and the entire vote given for the adoption of the last, was, as I am informed about thirty. The general laws are sufficient to secure the peace, and for the government of the towns of the size of this, if the justices of the peace, constables, and other civil officers do their duty.

Such acts of incorporation are public nuisances, and their effect is generally to compel the owners of property in these towns to support hosts of officers and persons having no property who in fact render no beneficial services to the public.

This bill authorises additional taxation. At the present time I think the taxes should be diminished in this and every other part of Wisconsin, and therefore I object to it.

These charters were submitted to Congress and a committee of the House reported a resolution on the fifth day of March, 1840, disapproving of them. This resolution is herewith respectfully submitted, and as the question upon them, may perhaps be considered as still pending before that body, they may for this reason be regarded of doubtful validity. J. D. DOTY.

Executive Department, Madison, Feb'y 11, 1842."

"An act to amend an act to change the corporate limits and powers of the town of Green Bay."

And the question being put "shall the bill pass?"

It was unanimously determined in the affirmative.

And the ayes and noes were taken on the said question,

And those who voted in the affirmative, are

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Brown, Darling, Dewey, Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Hacket', Jenkins, La Chappelle, Mills, Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, Sutherland, Tripp, Whiton, and Newland, speaker, 21.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

No. 13,"Resolution for preparing for publication the laws of the present session," from the Council was read the first and second times.

The undermentioned resolution from the Council was read and adopted, to wit:

Resolved, That the Council will meet the members of the House of Representatives, in the hall of the House of Representatives, at halt' past five o'clock this afternoon, for the purpose of choosing canal commissioners, or agents for the sale and management of the canal lands, according to law.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted with the concurrence of this House therein.

A message from the Governor by his private Secretary.

"Mr. Speaker-The Governor directs me to inform this House that he has this day approved and signed the following acts and resolutions, viz:

An act to authorize the construction of a dam across the Crawfish river,

An act to organize certain towns in the county of Fond du Lac. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to incorporate the stockholders of the Bank of Mineral Point, and

Resolution relative to distributing copies of the journals of the Legislative Assembly.

On motion of Mr. Ellis,

The vote of this House by which resolution No. 9, (C. F.) was passed, entitled "Resolution relative to the disposition of certain lands granted by Congress to aid in the construction of the Milwaukee and Rock river canal," was reconsidered, when

Mr. Ellis obtained the unanimous consent of the House to amend the resolution by striking out of the nineteenth line of the preamble the words "issued and."

A motion was then made by Mr. Jenkins to recommit the said resolution to the committee of the whole House,

And was determined in the affirmative.
And the ayes and noes being called for,
Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Brazelton, Darling, Ellis, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Sutherland, and Newland, speaker, 14.

Those who voted in the negative, are

Messrs. Brown, Burt, Dewey, Eastman. Giddings, Gray, Mills, Tripp, and Whiton, 9.

The House then resolved itself into the committee of the whole House, on said resolution, and after sometime spent therein, the speaker resumed the chair, when Mr. Brown reported the same to the House with amendments.

And pending the question on agreeing to the report,

Mr. Parkison moved that the said resolution do lie on the table.

And the question being taken thereon,

It was determined in the negative.
And the ayes and noes being called for

Those who voted in the affirmative, are

Messrs. Barber, Batchelder, Bond, Prazelton, La Chappelle, Ögden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Shepard, Sutherland, and Newland, speaker, 12.

Those who voted in the negative, arc

Messrs. Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey. Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Hackett, Jenkins, Mills, Tripp, and Whiton, 13.

The question was then taken on agreeing to the report of the committee of the whole, and

It passed in the negative.

The said resolution was then ordered to a third reading.

And on that question the ayes and noes being called for, were as follows:

Ayes-Messrs. Brown, Burt, Darling, Dewey, Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Hackett, Mills, Shepard, Tripp, and Whiton.-13. Noes-Messrs. Barber, Bond, Brazelton, Jenkins, La Chappelle, Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Sutherland, and Newland, speaker.-11.

And on the question of ordering the resolution to be read the third time now, the ayes and noes were called for and were as follows: Ayes-Messrs. Batchelder, Brown, Burt, Darling. Dewey, Eastman, Ellis, Giddings, Gray, Hackett, Mills, Shepard, Tripp, and Whiton.-14.

Noes-Messrs. Barber, Bond, Brazelt on, Jenkins, La Chappelle,

Ogden, Parkison, Ray, Rockwell, Sutherland, and Newland, spea

ker.-11.

The said resolution was then read the third time, passed, and the title thereof agreed to.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

On motion of Mr. Batchelder,

Memorial No. 7, (C. F.) entitled "Memorial to Congress for the construction of a harbor at Racine," was taken up and 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.

Mr. Hackett, from the committee on Enrolled bills, reported the undermentioned bill to have been correctly enrolled, which was signed by the Speaker and ordered to be presented to the President of the Council for his signature, to wit:

An act to amend and define the act entitled an act to provide for the government of the several towns in this territory, and for the revision of county government, approved Feb. 18, 1841.

Bill No. 45, (C. F.) entitled "A bill to provide for submitting to the people of the territory the question of the formation of a State government, and of the establishment of the northern boundary line of the future State of Wisconsin," was then taken up:

When Mr. Ellis moved the indefinite postponement of the bill, which was disagreed to.

And then on motion of Mr. Ellis, it was

Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Brown,

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

No. 47, (H. of R. file,) A bill to provide for the securing of the property appertaing to the Legislative Assembly.

No. 50, (C. F.) A bill to establish a ferry within the military reservation of Fort Snelling.

No. 12, (C. F.) Resolution asking for an appropriation from Con