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All which were referred to a select committee, consisting of Messrs. Brunson, Shew and Sutherland.

By Mr. Beardsley: The remonstrance of inhabitants of the Territory of Wisconsin against the location of a road commencing at the twenty-three mile stake on the road leading from Milwaukee to Janesville, and running from thence to Fort Atkinson.

Referred to the committee on roads.

By Mr. Shackelford: The petition of inhabitants residing on lands purchased of the Sioux and Chippewa Indians, praying for the organization of a new county.

Referred to the committee on Territorial affairs.

By Mr. Longstreet: The memorial of the Milwaukee and Rock river canal company.

Which was, on motion of Mr. Wells,

Ordered to be laid on the table.

By Mr. Sholes: The petition of citizens of Navarino and Astor, praying for the repeal of the act incorporating the town of Green Bay.

Referred to a select committee consisting of Messrs. Childs, Conroe, Shackelford and Sholes.

By Mr. Ray: The petition of inhabitants of the town of Mentor, in the county of Milwaukee, praying that the name of said town may be changed to New Berlin.

Referred to the committee on corporations.

Mr. Wells offered the following resolutions, which were adopt. ed:

Resolved, That the officers of the Milwaukee and Rock river canal company, be requested to report to this House, as soon as may be, upon the following points:

1st. That the President state, under oath, the quantity of land given by individuals in consideration of the location and termina. tion of said canal at different points upon the route, to whom, and to whose benefit said lands were donated.

2d. That the Secretary of said company state, on oath, the amount of capital stock taken, the amount actually paid in, by whom it was taken, the names of the present holders and the

amounts held by each; also state, on oath, the number of officers created by said company, by whom held, and the compensation allowed to each of said officers and to each member of said compa. ny during the past year.

3d. That the Treasurer of said company state, on oath, the amount and kind of money actually paid and now in his hands. Resolved, That the chief clerk transmit a copy of these resolu tions to each of said officers.

Mr. Shackelford offered the following preamble and resolutions, which were read, and,

On motion of Mr. Bracken,

Ordered to be laid on the table for the present, viz:

Whereas Moses M. Strong, United States Attorney for this Territory, was appointed by the Legislature at its session com. mencing on the 26th of November, A. D. 1838, fiscal agent of the Legislative Assembly, and authorized to borrow the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and to pledge the faith of the Territory for the payment thereof; and whereas it appears by the report of the said Strong to the Legislature that he borrowed of Messrs. Collier & Pettus, of St. Louis, the above mentioned sum, and pledged the faith of the Territory for the payment thereof;

Resolved, therefore, That said Strong be requested t› report to this House, as soon as practicable, what amount of monies were disbursed by him as such agent, what amount was paid over to the Secretary of the Territory, what amount has been received by him for the purpose of cancelling said debt of the Territory, what part of said amount, if any, was invested by him in lead, and what has been the result of such investment, whether said debt of the Territory has been paid, and when; and if not paid, what amount remains unpaid.

Resolved, That the chief clerk of this House be requested forthwith to transmit to said Strong a copy of these resolutions.

Mr. Bracken, by leave, introduced resolution No. 2, entitled, "Resolution to enquire into the expediency of memorializing Congress to impose a duty on imported lead."

Which was read the first and second time.

Mr. Shew laid before the House the report of the Commission. ers of Public Buildings, and moved that it be laid on the table and 500 copies ordered to be printed.

Which was agreed to.

(For report, see Appendix, Document D.)

Message from the Council, by the Secretary thereof:

"Mr. Speaker-The Council have adopted the joint rules and orders for the government of the two Houses, as reported by the joint committee appointed for that purpose; and have negatived Resolution No. 1, of this House, entitled 'Joint Resolution rela. tive to the transportion of the mail.'

"I am directed to inform you that the Hon. James Collins, of Iowa county, has been elected President of the Council."

And then he withdrew.

Mr. Shackelford, by leave, introduced bill No. 1, entitled,

"A bill to establish a Territorial road from Madison to Frankfort, in Dodge county."

Which was read a first and second time.

Mr. Shackelford moved that the preamble and resolutions relating to the loan made by Moses M. Strong, fiscal agent of the Territory, be now taken up and considered; and the ayes and noes being called for by Mr. McGregor, on the said motion, were as follows:

Ayes-Messrs. Beardsley, Childs, Craig, Hoyt, McGregor, Newman, Shackelford, Sholes, Stevens and Story-10.

Noes-Messrs. Baldwin, Billings, Bracken, Brunson, Conroe, Cruson, Dewey, Jenkins, Longstreet, Ray, Shew, Street, Sutherland, Wells and Whiton, speaker-15.

So the motion was lost.

Mr. Wells, from the joint committee of the two Houses, appointed to report a set of joint rules and orders for the government of the two Houses during its present session, reported the following:

JOINT RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE TWO HOUSES.

1st. In every case where an amendment of a bill agreed to in one House, shall be dissented to in the other, if either House shall request a conference and appoint a committee for that purpose, and the other House shall appoint a committee to confer, such committee shall at a convenient hour to be agreed upon by their Chairman, meet in the conference chamber, and state to each other verbally, or in writing, as either shall choose, the reasons of their respective Houses for or against the amendment, and confer freely thereon.

2d. When a message shall be sent from the Council to the House of Representatives, it shall be announced at the door of the House, by the door-keeper, and shall be respectfully communica. ted to Chair by the person by whom it may be sent.

3d. The same ceremony shall be observed when a message shall be sent from the House of Representatives to the Council. 4th. Messages shall be sent by such persons as a sense of propriety in each House may determine to he proper.

5th. After a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled by one of the transcribing clerks, under the direction of the secretary of the Council, or chief clerk of the House of Representatives, as the bill may have originated in one or the other House, before it shall be presented to the Governor for his approval.

6th. When a bill is duly enrolled, it shall be examined by a joint committee of two from each House, appointed for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the enrolled with the engrossed bill, as passed in the two Houses, and correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bill, make their report forthwith to the respective Houses.

7th. After examination and report, each bill shall be signed in the respective Houses, first by the speaker of the House of Repre. sentatives, then by the president of the Council..

8th. After a bill shall have been signed in each House, it shall

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be presented by the said committee to the Governor for his approval, it being first endorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in which House the same originated, which endorsement shall be signed by the chief clerk of the House, or the Secretary of the Council, as the bill may have originated in the one or the other House, and the said committee shall report the day of presentation to the Governer, which shall be entered on the journal of each House.

9th. All orders, resolutions and votes which are to be presented to the Governor for his approval, shall also in the same manner be previously enrolled, examined and signed, and then be presented in the same manner, and by the same committee, as is provided in the case of bills.

10th. When a bill or resolution, which shall have passed in one House is rejected in the other, notice thereof is to be given to the House in which the same may have passed.

11th. When a bill or resolution, which has been passed in one House is rejected in the other, it shall not be again brought in during the same session without a notice of five days, and leave of two-thirds of the House in which it shall be renewed.

12th. Each House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded.

13th. After each House shall have adhered to their disagree. ment, a bill or resolution is lost.

14th. No bill that shall have passed one House shall be sent to the other for concurrence on the last day of the session.

15th. No bill or resolution that shall have passed the Council and House of Representatives, shall be presented to the Governor for his approval on the last day of the session.

The report was accepted and the committee discharged.

On motion of Mr. Sholes,

The joint rules and orders, as reported by the committee, were unanimously adopted.

́Ordered, That the clerk acquaint the Council therewith.

Mr. Street gave notice that on some future day he should ask leave to introduce a bill to amend an act entitled,

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