"Mr. Speaker: The governor has notified the council that he did, on the 11th day of January, inst., approve and deposite in the office of the secretary of the territory the following:

'An act to incorporate the trustees of the village of Mineral Point; and

'A memorial to congress for a donation of land to improve the Grant river slough,'

The council have passed

No. 22, (II.) ‘A bill to authorize the register of deeds of the county of Green to procure certain copies of records in the office of register of deeds of Milwaukee and Iowa counties.'

With an amendment, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence of this house."

Mr. Darling moved that the resolution offered this morning by Mr. Hicks be taken up for consideration;

Which the speaker decided to be out of order, as the unfinish ed business of yesterday had not yet been disposed of.

Mr. Masters gave notice that on some future day he should ask leave to introduce a bill to amend an act regulating interest. The hour devoted to morning business having expired, The house proceeded to take up the unfinished business of yesterday, when

The speaker stated that the question pending was the motion of Mr. Hicks, to indefinitely postpone the following bill, to wit:

No. 24, (H.) “A bill in relation to the qualifications of votes for state government, and for the election of delegates to form a state constitution."

Mr. Hicks moved for leave to withdraw said motion,

Which was agreed to.

Mr. Thompson then moved that the said bill and amendment offered by Mr. Platt do lie on the table until Wednesday next; And pending that question, and

On motion of Mr. Hunkins,

A call of the house was made, and Mr. Trowbridge reported to be absent.

On motion of Mr. Agry,

Mr. Trowbridge was excused from attendance.

The question was then put on laying said bill on the table until Wednesday next,

And passed in the negative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for by Mr. Thomp

son,

Those who voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Capron, Elmore, Grant, Hopkins, Messersmith, Palmer, Platt, and Thompson-8.

Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Agry, Bartlett, Birchard, Crossman, Darling, Ellis, Hicks, Hunkins, Long, Manahan, Masters, Meeker, Olin, Par sons, Price, Tripp, and Walker (speaker)-17.

Mr. Ellis moved to lay the amendment offered by the gentleman from Grant, (Mr. Platt,) on the table, provided that the vote on the motion to lay on the table shall not be considered as committing the house in regard to the proposition contained in the said amendment, but that if adopted, it shall be for the express purpose of separating the proposition touching state government from the question of suffrage.

Mr. Platt moved to amend the motion by striking out all after the word "table," where it occurs;

And the question being put on the amendment,

It passed in the negative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for by Mr. Platt,
Those who voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Capron, Elmore, Hicks, Hopkins, Messersmith, Palmer, Platt, Thompson, and Tripp-9.

Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Agry, Bartlett, Birchard, Crossman, Darling, Ellis, Grant, Hunkins, Long, Manahan, Masters, Meeker, Olin, Parsons, Price, and Walker (speaker)—16.

The question was then put on the motion moved by Mr. Ellis, And it passed in the affirmative;

And the ayes and noes having ceen called for by Mr. Platt, Those who voted in the affimative were,

Messrs. Agry, Bartlett, Birchard, Crossman, Darling, Ellis, Grant, Hunkins, Long, Manahan, Masters, Meeker, Olin, Parsons, Price, and Walker (speaker)-16.

Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Capron, Elmore, Hicks, Hopkins, Messersmith, Palmer, Platt, Thompson, and Tripp-9.

Mr. Platt then moved that the said bill do lie on the table until Wednesday next;

And the question being put thereon,

It passed in the affirmative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for by Mr. Platt,
Those who voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Bartlett, Capron, Elmore, Grant, Hicks, Hopkins, Long, Messersmith, Olin, Palmer, Platt, Thompson, and Tripp-13. Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Agry, Birchard, Crossman, Darling, Ellis, Hunkins, Manahan, Masters, Mecker, Parsons, Price, and Walker (speaker)-12.

Mr. Platt asked leave to introduce a bill;

And objection being made by Mr. Ellis, that the rules of the house required one day's notice,

The chair decided that it would not be in order.

The question was then put on granting leave to the committee. of the whole house to sit again for the consideration of bill No. 28, (C.) entitled "A bill to provide for the punishment of the of fence of trespass on the lands of individuals, and for other purposes," being a part of the unfinished business of yesterday;

And passed in the affirmative.

Mr. Darling renewed his motion to take up the resolutions of fered by Mr. Hicks this morning;

And the question being put thercon,

It passed in the affirmative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for by Mr. Thomp

son,

Those who voted in the affirmative were,

Messrs. Bartlett, Birchard, Crossman, Darling, Ellis, Grant, Hunkins, Long, Masters, Mecker, Olin, Parsons, and Walker (speaker)-13.

Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Agry, Capron, Elmore, Hicks, Hopkins, Manahan, Messersmith, Palmer, Platt, Price, Thompson, and Tripp-12.

Mr. Darling then moved to amend said resolution by striking out all after the word "resolved," and inserting the following, to wit: "That the right to form a state government, so far as it is possessed by the people of Wisconsin, rests in all the people equally who are capable of exercising political rights at the time of the formation of such government, and that the subject of the formation of a state government, relating as it does to the inherent

rights of the people themselves, in whom all true sovereignty, and all right of originating government rests, cannot be restricted or prohibited by the legislative assembly, to any of the inhabitants of Wisconsin, on account of their having been born in any other state or foreign country."

And then the said resolutions and amendment were,

On motion of Mr. Darling,

Ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Platt gave notice, that on some future day he should ask leave to introduce a bill to authorize the people to vote at the next general election, either for or against the formation of a state gov

ernment.

The speaker laid before the house the message of the governor, received this morning, notifying it that he had, on the 11th inst., approved and deposited in the office of the secretary of the territory, bills of the following titles, to wit:

"An act to authorize the president and trustees of the village of Southport to discontinue a street."

"An act for the relief of the town of Sharon, in the county of Walworth."

Mr. Platt, pursuant to notice previously given, and by leave, introduced the following memorial,

Which was read the first and second time, to wit:

No. 5, (II.) "Address of the legislature to the secretary of the treasury of the United States, in relation to the marshal of this territory."

On motion of Mr. Darling,

Ordered, that the undermentioned bills be referred to the committee of the whole house, to wit:

No. 7, (C) "A bill to provide for the election of clerks of the boards of supervisors, and for other purposes;"

No. 28, (II.) " A bill to organize the county of Fond du Lac for judicial purposes."

Thereupon the house resolved itself into the committee of the whole house, for the consideration of the said bills;

Mr. Hicks in the chair.

After some time spent therein, the committee rose, and by their chairman reported No. 7 to the house with amendments, and that they had made some progress in No. 28, and desired leave to sit again for the consideration of the same.

Pending the adoption of the report of the committee,

Mr. Ellis moved the following resolution, which was adopted, to wit:

"Resolved, That bill No, 7, (council file) be committed to the committee on the judiciary, and that said committee be instructed to inquire into the expediency of giving the clerks of the boards. of supervisors authority to administer oaths."

Leave was then granted to sit again for the consideration of bill No. 28.

On motion of Mr. Manahan,

The house adjourned.

SATURDAY, January 13, 1841.

The undermentioned petitions were severally presented and referred, to wit:

By Mr. Hunkins: the petition of the citizens of Milwaukce county, for the removal of vagrant Indians;

Referred to the committee on territorial affairs.

By Mr. Mecker: the petition of Benjamin S. Kavanaugh and other citizens of Grant county, praying for the passage of a law to prohibit the sale of ardent spirits, and other articles, at camp meetings, without the consent of the persons holding such meetings;

Referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Mr. Olin presented the petition of inhabitants of Milwaukee, praying for the repeal of so much of section 12, (on page 38 of the revised statutes) of the act entitled "an act to provide for and regulate general elections," as prohibits colored citizens from exercising the elective franchise; which was read, and

On motion of Mr. Hunkins,

Laid on the table.

Mr. Price, by leave, offered the following resolution, which was adopted, to wit: