The House took up the message from the Council, and appointed Messrs. Whiton and Rockwell of the committee of conference to which the disagreement of the two Houses is referred, relative to resolution No. 1, (C.F.) providing for receiving from the Treasury of the United States, certain money.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

Resolution No. 3, (C. F.) entitled "resolution requesting the Legislature of the State of New York to abolish the canal tolls on pig and bar lead," was read the first and second times; And then the House adjourned.

Wednesday, December 22d, 1841.

On motion of Mr. Jenkins,

The following preamble and resolution were adopted:

Whereas, by the second section of an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "an act to distribute the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights to settlers," there shall be divided to the Territory of Wisconsin, a distributive share of the nett proceeds of the public lands; and also by the third section. it is enacted" that the several sums of money received in the Treasury as nett proceeds of the sales of the public lands, shall be paid at the Treasury half-yearly, on the first day of January and July in each year, during the operation of this act, to such person or persons, as the respective Legislatures of the said States and Territories, or the Governors thereof, in case the Legislatures shall have made no such appointment, shall authorize and direct to receive the same;" therefore,

Resolved, That the committee on Territorial affairs, be instructed to inquire into, and report to this House, what action, if any, is necessary in this matter.

On motion of Mr. Giddings,

Resolved, That all bills, memorials, and joint resolutions introduced into this House after their second reading and before being

considered in committee of the whole, be printed, unless otherwise

ordered by the House.

Mr. Brunson, by leave, introduced preamble and resolutions of the following title, to wit:

No. 2. Preamble and resolutions relative to a penitentiary; which were read the first and second times.

Mr. Ellis, by leave, introduced resolution No. 3, entitled "ResoIntion relative to adjournment."

Mr. Ellis moved to fill the blank with the 15th day of January next. Mr. Whiton moved to amend the motion by filling the blank with the 15th day of March next.

And the question being put on the amendment, it passed in the negative.

Mr. Whiton then moved to fill the blank with the first day of February next.

Pending the question thereon, Mr. Barber moved that the resolution do lie on the table: which was agreed to.

Mr. Mills, by leave, introduced resolution No. 4, entitled "Resolution to prepare the laws passed at the present session for publication; " which was read the first and second times.

On motion of Mr. Rockwell,

Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, whose duty shall be to ascertain and report to this House, as near as practicable, all property appertaining to the Legislature, which has at any time been placed in charge of the Territorial Librarians since the passage of the law creating that office-also to report, as near as possible, what articles have been disposed of or lost, and that the committee is hereby authorised to call for any papers or testimony necessary to arrive at the foregoing facts, and to administer oaths.

Mr. Rockwell, Mr. Sutherland, and Mr. Eastman, were appointed the said committee.

Mr. Shepard gave notice of his intention at a future day, to ask leave to introduce a bill to incorporate the Wisconsin Farmers' and Mechanics' Association at Milwaukee.

On motion of Mr. Brunson,

The House resolved itself into the committee of the whole House,

Mr. Batchelder in the chair, having under consideration resolution No. 3, (from the Council,) entitled "Resolution requesting the Legislature of the state of New York to abolish the canal tolls on pig and bar lead," and after a short time spent therein, the committee rose and reported the resolution without amendment.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

Ordered, That said resolution do lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Shepard,

The House proceeded to consider the report of the committee on Privilege and Elections together with the resolution offered by Mr. Burt on yesterday, relative to the contested seat of a member of this House, from the county of Crawford.

Mr. Giddings moved that the first two paragraphs of the report of the committee be stricken out; which was decided by the Speaker not to be in order.

The following resolution, reported by the committee, was then agreed to, to wit:

Resolved, That this House will now proceed to hear and determine the matters at issue between Theophilus La Chappelle and Alfred Brunson, in relation to the right of said Brunson to a seat in this House, and that the said matter at issue shall be the special order of the day for this and each succeeding day, until the same is determined. The resolution offered by Mr. Burt on yesterday, being under consideration,

A motion was made by Mr. Whiton, that the resolution and subject under consideration do lie on the table, and was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

Resolved, That Theophilus La Chappelle and the Hon. Alfred Brunson, be allowed to appear before this House by counsel.

Mr. Whiton from the committee to which the subject was referred made the following report:

The committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the communication of the Territorial Librarian, with instructions to report whether, in their opinion, the sales of property mentioned in said communication were made according to any law of the Territory, or not, report:

That in their opinion, the Librarian is not authorized to sell any property belonging to the Territory without the authority of the Legislature, and that the sale of the property mentioned in his communication is illegal and void. The Librarian is the officer to whose care the safe keeping of the property is confided; but he has no more power to sell than any other person, and the attempt to do so in this case, in the opinion of the committee, deserves the censure of the Legislature: he might as well sell the books confided to his keeping as to sell any other property

The committee will not pursue the subject further, but will conclude by the expression of their opinion that the sale of the property is void, and that no title to it vested in the purchasers.

Mr. Rockwell moved that the said report be adopted.

Mr. Burt moved to amend the motion as follows: That the report do lie on the table and be printed.

Which amendment was accepted by Mr. Rockwell.

Mr. Darling moved to amend the motion so that 200 copies of the report be printed, and pending the question thereon, Mr. Burt moved to amend the amendment so that the report should be printed in every newspaper in the Territory.

And the question being taken on the amendment to the amendment, it was disagreed to.

Mr. Darling then, by leave, withdrew the amendment moved by him to print 200 copies.

Mr. Ray called for a division of the question, and the question was put on laying the report on the table, and decided in the negative. The question then recurred on ordering the report to be printed, And it was agreed to; ayes 14, noes not counted.

On motion of Mr. Ray,

The said report was adopted.

A message from the Council by their Secretary:

“Mr. Speaker-The Council have passed a resolution, No. 2, entitled "Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Territory to borrow money," in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this House."

On motion of Mr. Hackett, the House adjourned.

Thursday, December 23, 1841.

The journal of yesterday was read and corrected.

The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Secretary of the Territory, (enclosing a statement of the account of the late Secretary with the Treasury Department,) in answer to a resolution of this House passed on the 20th instant, relative to the debt of the Territory for Legislative expenses, the amount of bonds issued, and the amount for which bonds have not been issued; which was read and laid on the table. [See appendix document E.]

Mr. Whiton offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the committee on Elections be instructed to procure the testimony of Joseph Brisbois, the postmaster at Prairie du Chien, relative to the seat in this House, now contested by the Hon. Alfred Brunson and Theophilus La Chappelle.

Mr. Burt moved to amend the resolution by adding to it the following words:

"And that the Hon. A. Brunson be allowed time to take certain depositions in the county of St. Croix, and at Prairie du Chien."

And pending the question thereon, the following message was received from the Council by their Secretary:

"Mr. Speaker-The Council have concurred in the report of the joint committee on the joint rules and orders for the government of the two Houses during the present session. Messrs. Learned and Janes have been appointed of the joint committee, on the part of the Council on Enrolled bills.

Mr. Gray moved to amend the amendment by striking out the words "in the county of St. Croix, and."

And pending the question thereon, Mr. Ellis moved to lay the amendment on the table; which was agreed to.

Mr. Gray moved to amend the resolution by adding to it the following words: "and that the sitting member be allowed to take the deposition of Judge Irvin."

And the question being taken thereon, it was determined in the negative.