Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith. The following message was received from the Council by their Secretary, viz: "Mr. Speaker :-I am directed to inform this House that the Council have passed four joint resolutions, in which they ask the concurrence of this House." On motion of Mr. Walker, Ordered, That the House do now proceed to the considera. tion of the resolutions referred to in the preceding message. And the first resolution having been read, which is as follows: Resolved, by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin, That in their opinion the Congress of the United States did, on the 18t day of May last, appropriate the sum of $20,000 to defray the expenses of the Legislative As. sembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, commencing on the first Monday of December, 1842; and that there is no law either of Congress or of the Territory which would prevent the holding of a session of the Legislature at the present time, or would render invalid or nugatory any law which it might enact. The question was taken thereon and determined in the affirm. ative, ayes 19, noes 1. And the ayes and noes being called for, Those who voted in the affirmative, are Messrs. Crossman, Darling, Elmore, Hamilton, Hicks, Hop. kins, Hunkins, Long, Manahan, Masters, Meeker, Olin, Parsons, Platt, Price, Thompson, Tripp, Walker, and Ellis, (Speaker.)— 19. Mr. Capron voting in the negative. And the second resolution having been read, which is as follows: Resolved, That while we entertain the opinion that there can be no objection to the Legislative Assembly holding its session at the present time by reason of no appropriation having been made to defray its expenses; yet inasmuch as doubts are entertained whether there can be a session of the Legislature without the concurrence of the Governor, we deem it expedient that the present session of the Legislature be adjourned without day. Mr. Hamilton moved to amend the same by striking out the words "there can be a session of the Legislature," and inserting in place thereof the words " any law can be enacted." Which amendment was agreed to. Mr. Hamilton then moved further to amend the resolution by striking out all after the word "expedient" to the end of the resolution And pending the question on this motion, and On motion of Mr. Darling, Ordered, That the resolution be laid on the table. On motion of Mr. Darling, The House adjourned until 6 1.2 o'clock, P. M. HALF PAST SIX O'CLOCK, P. M. On motion of Mr. Darling, The House proceeded to the further consideration of the resolutions from the Council reported by the joint committee appointed to inquire into the legality of holding a session of the Legislative Assembly at the present time. And the question pending, being on the motion of Mr. Hamilton, to amend the second of said resolutions, by striking there. from all after the word "expedient," the same was put and de. termined in the affirmative. A message from the Council by the Secretary thereof: "Mr. Speaker-The Council bave unanimously concurred with the House of Representatives in the passage of a joint resolution for the appointment of a committee to draft a memorial praying for the removal of His Excellency James D. Doty, and have appointed Messrs. Whiton, Baker and Rountree, a committee on their part." Mr. Hamilton then moved further to amend the second resolution by adding after the word "expedient," the words "when the Legislature adjourn that it adjourn until the last Monday in January, 1843, in order to enable the President or the Congress. of the United States to take some action with a view of relieving the embarrassed state of the Territory." The amendment was agreed to, and the resolution as amended was adopted. And the third resolution having been read, which is as follows: Resolved, That the conduct of the Governor in refusing to meet the legislature at the present session, thereby preventing all legislation and centering all power in his own hands, is unparalleled in the history of this government and a gross viola. tion of all law-evincing an utter disregard of the will and interests of the people, and of those laws which as Governor of the territory he is sworn to support, and that his refusal to assign reasons for so extraordinary a course, is an insult to the legislature and the people of Wisconsin. Mr. Darling moved to amend the same by striking out the words "preventing all legislation and centering," and inserting in place thereof "attempting to concentrate," Which was agreed to, and the third resolution, as amended, was adopted. And the fourth reasolution having been read, which is as follows: Resolved, That copies of the report of the committee, and resolution, be transmitted to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to be laid before the bodies over which they respectively preside, that such relief may be granted by Congress as the nature of the case may require, and the wants of the people of the Territory demand. Mr. Darling moved to amend the same by inserting after the word "resolution," the words "together with a transcript of the ayes and noes of both Houses upon the passage of these resolutions." Which was also agreed to and the fourth resolution as amend. ed, was adopted The question was then taken in concurring with the Council in all of the resolutions, and on this question the ayes and noes being called for, Those voting in the affirmative, are Messrs. Capron, Crossman, Darling, Elmore, Hamilton, Hicks, Hopkins, Hunkins, Long, Manahan, Masters, Meeker, Olin, Parsons, Platt, Price, Thompson, Tripp, Walker, and Ellis, (Speaker.)-20. So the resolutions were unanimously concurred in. The House adjourned until nine o'clock to-morrow morning. Friday, December 9, 1842. A message from the Council by their Secretary. "Mr. Speaker. The Council have refused to concur with the House of Representatives in their first amendment to the joint resolutions relative to the present session of the Legislative As. sembly, and have concurred in the other amendments of the House of Representatives." The journal of yesterday being read, Mr. Capron asked leave to change his vote on agreeing to certain joint resolutions of the Legislative Assembly, and On motion of Mr. Hamilton, Leave was granted Mr. Capron to change his vote from the affirmative to the negative on the question of concurring in all the resolutions as amended. The Speaker announced the appointment of the following standing committees: On the Judiciary-Messrs. Hamilton, Darling, Platt, Mana. han and Meeker. On Internal Improvements-Messrs. Walker, Hunkins, Tripp, Palmer, Thompson and Hamilton. On Schools-Messrs. Hopkins, Crossman, Elmore, Hicks and Long. On Territorial Affairs-Messrs. Darling, Olin, Parsons, Price and Walker. On the Militia-Messrs. Capron, Palmer, Thompson, Darling, and Hicks. On Finance-Messrs. Meeker, Tripp, Hopkins, Parsons and Manahan: On Corporations-Messrs. Manahan, Platt, Olin, Palmer and Darling, On Elections-Messrs. Masters, Hamilton Thompson, Crossman and Meeker. On Agriculture and Manufactures-Messrs. Hunkins, Long, Platt, Capron and Masters. On Mining and Smelting-Messrs. Platt, Crossman, Elmore, Long and Price. |