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No. 3.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That our delegate in congress is hereby instructed to use his best exertions to procure the passage of an act to provide for the appointment of commissioners on the part of the United States, and on the part of this territory, to act in conjunction with commissioners on the part of Missouri, to finally adjust and settle the boundary line between the state of Missouri and the territory of Wisonsin, and that a copy of this report be sent to our delegate in congress, to the president of the senate and to the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States.

Approved December 2, 1837.

No. 4.

Resolved, That in the opinion of the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, the construction of a ship canal by the congress of the United States, to connect Lake Ontario with Lake Erie, will reflect great credit upon the nation and highly promote the trade and commerce of the United States.

Approved December 5, 1837.

No. 5.

Resolution relative to the publication of the laws in the several papers of this territory.

Resolved, if the house of representatives concur, That the secretary of the territory be directed to forward a copy of all laws passed at the present session of the legislative assembly to the following printers for publication, viz: Wisconsin Territorial Gazette, at Bur

lington, Iowa News, at Dubuque, Miners' Free Press, at Mineral Point, Wisconsin Democrat, at Green Bay, and Milwaukee Advertiser, and Milwaukee Sentinel, at Milwaukee; and that the several printers hereby authorized to publish the laws be instructed to print the same in the order in which they are adopted and in all cases to print an entire act in the same newspapers.

Approved December 9, 1837.

No. 6.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the public interest requires that a land office be established at Madison, in the county of Dane, in the territory of Wisconsin aforesaid, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Hon. G. W. Jones our delegate in congress.

Approved December 12, 1837.

NO. 7.

Resolution authorizing the secretary of this territory to procure maps of the same for the use of the legislative assembly.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the secretary of the said territory be and he is hereby authorized to employ some suitable person to draft a large map of this territory, comprising the whole extent from the latest survey and examinations, that he cause the same to be lithographed and the boundary lines of the several counties, as laid off and established, to be colored or shaded, and that he have three hundred copies stricken off for the use of the legislative assembly.

Approved December 20, 1837.

NO 8.

WHEREAS, the importance of removing the obstructions and opening the navigation of the Pecatonica river is a subject of vital interest to this territory, the vast mineral region in which it has its source, the fertility of the country known as the Pecatonica, the fast settling of a substantial, agricultural population, in conjunction with a numerous and persevering class of miners, all of whom are interested in the improvement of said river as an outlet to commercial intercourse,

AND WHEREAS, in the opinion of the legislative assembly, this important avenue of trade, by a small appropriation by congress would open an internal communication through the most interesting portion of the mineral region,

AND WHEREAS, the improvement of that part of the river which is most required, lying within the lands owned by the government, the additional value of which would be increased more than equivalent to the amount required for the purpose of removing the obstructions in the navigation of said river, therefore,

Be it resolved by the council and house of representatives of the territory, That our delegate in congress be requested to ask of the congress of the United States an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars for the removing of obstructions in said river.

Approved December 26, 1837.

No. 9.

Resolution rescinding part of a joint resolution in relation to publication of the laws in the several papers of this territory and extending the authority to publish in other papers therein mentioned.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That so much of a joint resolution (appointing certain printers to publish the laws of this territory) as makes it the duty of said printers to publish any one of said laws in the same

number of their respective papers is rescinded, and they are hereby permitted to publish any law in one or more numbers of their respective papers, and further that the authority to publish in the several papers therein mentioned be extended to the "Racine Advocate," published at Racine, and "Fort Madison Patriot," published at Fort Madison.

Approved, Dec. 27, 1837.

No. 10.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the secretary of this territory be authorized to provide proper seals for the use of the several judges of probate and of the clerks of the boards of commissioners of this territory. Approved January 15, 1838.

No. 11.

Resolution relative to printing the laws in pamphlet form.

WHEREAS, by the 11th section of the act to establish the territorial government of Wisconsin, a sufficient sum is to be annually appropriated to be expended by the secretary of the territory to defray the expense of printing the laws and for other purposes; therefore,

Be it resolved by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the printing of the laws passed at the present session of the legislative assembly, in pamphlet form, be given to Messrs. James Clark & Co., of this place, and that they be instructed to have the same ready for distribution on or before the 15th day of May next.

Approved January 16, 1838.

No. 12.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the report of the commissioners, appointed to agree upon a place of the public buildings and to superintend the erection of the same at Madison, dated at Mineral Point, Nov. 29th, 1837, be approved.

That said commissioners be required to advertise for proposals and contracts for the completion of said buildings on the place submitted agreeable to the provisions of an act entitled an act to establish the seat of government of the territory of Wisconsin and to provide for the erection of public buildings, approved December 3, 1836; and that the treasurer of said board of commissioners be required to pay Augustus A. Bird, acting commissioner, five hundred dollars out of the moneys on hand in part pay for his services rendered provided, that nothing herein contained shall go to excuse the commissioners for any misconduct or for acting contrary to the provisions of the act above recited.

Approved January 19, 1838.

No. 13.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That P. H. Engle, Esq., be appointed fiscal agent for this territory, and that he be authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States out of the moneys appropriated by congress to defray the expenses of the legislative assembly of Wisconsin, such sums as he may advance, and actually pay on account of the pay or mileage of members, or on account of expenses of printing or other expenses authorized to be paid by the act of the legislative assembly of the territory, entitled an act to provide for the compensation of the officers of the council and for other purposes, passed the 19th of January, 1838, and the act entitled an act to provide for the compensation of the officers of the house of representatives and for other purposes, passed on the same day.

Approved Jan. 19, 1838.

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