In testimony whereof and pursuant to authority granted by the congress of the United States, and the legislative assembly of the territory of Wisconsin, by virtue of the acts before referred to, I, Henry Dodge, have signed this certificate and caused the great seal of the territory to be affixed, at Miner S. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: 66 Know ye that in pursuance of authority vested in me, by an act of congress, entitled an act to grant a quantity of land to the territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock river," passed June 18, 1838, and also by an act of the legislative assembly of Wisconsin Territory, entitled "an act to provide for aiding in the construction of the Milwaukee and Rock river canal, approved February 13th, 1839, and an act entitled " an act supplementary to the several acts relating to the Milwaukee and Rock river canal," approved February 12, 1841, I, Henry Dodge, Governor of the Territory of Wisconsin, have appointed Byron Kilbourn, Esq., of the town of Milwaukee, in said territory, agent for the purpose of obtaining a loan of one hundred thousand dol lars, for a period of time not less than ten nor more than twenty years, and at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per centum, payable semiannually, according to the provisions of the acts aforesaid; and be it known for the purpose of procuring said loan, I have executed and delivered to the said Byron Kilbourn, one hundred certificates of stock, for the sum of one thousand dollars each, to which my name and the great seal of the territory have been affixed, bearing date the 15th day of March, A. D. 1841, and signed by Francis J. Dunn, secretary of Wisconsin territory, in which certificate the names of the person or persons to whom the same shall be due and payable, as also the time and place where and when the principal of said loan shall be re-imbursable, are left in blank, which blanks the said agent is hereby authorized and empowered to fill in such manner as shall correspond with the loan which may be made by the said agent: and be it known further, that the said agent is hereby authorized and empowered, upon receiving from any person or persons, a certificate of the cashier of either of the safety fund banks in the State of New York, or any specie paying bank or banks, with the said agent, that he or they have deposited with the cashier any specified amount of money, subject to the order of the receiver of the canal fund, as mentioned in the last aforesaid act, to deliver over to such person or persons so many of the certificates aforesaid as shall not exceed in amount the sum so deposited; and be it further known, that all the acts of the said Byron Kilbourn done and performed in pursuance of the authority herein vested, and of the acts of congress and of the legislative assembly aforesaid, shall be binding and obligatory upon the territory of Wisconsin, according to the provisions of the aforesaid acts. L. S. In testimony whereof, and pursuant to authority granted by the acts before referred to, I, Henry Dodge, Governor of the said Territory of Wisconsin, have hereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the territory to be affixed. Done at Mineral Point, this 13th day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and of the independence of the United States the sixty-fifth. (Signed,) HENRY DODGE. By the Governor : FRANCIS J. DUNN, Sec. of the Ter. T DOCUMENT-C. The committee on territories have had under consideration the memorial of William Doughty, of Washington City, praying the payment of certain bonds held by him, issued by the territory of Wiscons sin, and beg leave to REPORT: That after a due examination of the case, they can find no satisfactory reason, why the congress of the United States, should undertake to provide in any way for the payment of the bonds in question, but they are also unable to see any satisfactory grounds why the territory of Wisconsin should persist in pronouncing said bonds to be null and void, and they are therefore pursuaded to believe, that some arrangement will be made, as they think it certainly ought to be, for the payment of the same, either out of the proceeds of former sales, or out of the lands yet remaining to be sold. The committee therefore pray to be discharged from the further consideration of said memorial. (Signed,) A. V. BROWN, Chairman. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original report, mad by Mr. Aaron V. Brown, from the committee on territories, on the 17th day of June, 1844, to the House of Representatives. Attest: June 19, 1844, B. B. FRENCH, Chief Asst. Clerk House of Representatives. (A Copy.) |