Messrs. Baker, Dewey, Newland, Strong, Whiton, and Martin, (Pres't,)-6. So the resolution was rejected. Mr. Dewey, from the committee on engrossed bills, reported the following to be correctly engrossed, to wit: No. 43, "A bill to provide for the arrearages of expenses of the legislative assembly;" No. 44, "A bill relative to the assessors of Crawford county;" Also, the amendments to bill No. 8, (H. of R.) "A bill to establish a territorial road from Prairie du Chien to Lake Superior." Mr. Whiton of the committee on enrolled bills, submitted the following report: "The committee on enrollment report, that they did, on the 4th day of April, 1843, present to his excellency the governor, for his approval, a bill entitled 'An act to authorize the register of deeds of Washington county to procure copies of certain records in the office of the register of deeds of Milwaukee county;' Also, a bill entitled 'An act for the collection of certain taxes in the county of Milwaukee;' Also, resolutions entitled 'Resolutions asking an appropriation of land by congress, for the purpose of establishing within the territory of Wisconsin, institutions for the instruction of the deaf and dumb and blind, and an asylum for the insane.' EDWARD V. WHITON, Chairman of the committee on the part of the council. ROBERT M. LONG, Chairman of the committee on the part of the house." Mr. Hugunin, from the joint committee of the two houses, appointed to settle with Daniel Baxter, asked to be excused from longer serving on said committee; and, On motion, Mr. Hugunin was excused. Mr. Baker presented The account of Thomas R. Hill, for services in and about the capitol; Which was referred to the committee on legislative expenditures. On motion of Mr. Whiton, Bill No. 38, "A bill to vacate the City of the Four Lakes,” was taken up for consideration; And the question being on ordering said bill to be engrossed for a third reading, the ayes and noes were called, and the result was as follows, to wit: Those who voted in the affirmative, were Messrs. Baker, Barber, Newland, Rountree, Strong, and Whiton-6. Those who voted in the negative, were Messrs. Crocker, Dewey, Heath, Hugunin, White, and Martin, (Pres't,)-6. So the council refused to order the bill to be engrossed. On motion of Mr. Strong, Bill No. 44, "A bill relative to the assessors of Crawford county," was taken up and read the third time; and On motion of Mr. Barber, The bill was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. Strong, Bill No. 8, (H. of R.) "A bill to establish a territorial road from Prairie du Chien to Lake Superior," was taken up for consideration; And the question being on ordering said bill to a third reading, It was determined in the affirmative; And the bill was read the third time and passed. The question then being on agreeing to the title thereof; Mr. Strong moved to amend the same so as to read—“ A bill to provide for laying out certain territorial roads;" Which motion was decided in the affirmative, The "Joint resolution relative to the distribution of American state papers," was then taken up, And the question being on concurring in the amendments of the house of representatives to said resolution, The council refused to concur in said amendments. The Joint resolution relative to the bonds issued for the completion of the capitol," was taken up for consideration. On motion of Mr. Strong, The resolution was amended by adding the following, to wit: "and that the committee report within thirty days after the commencement of the next session of the assembly; Provided, that no expense shall be incurred by the territory by reason of any action of said committee in the recess of the legislative assembly;" And the resolution, as amended, was then adopted. On motion of Mr. Whiton, The council took a recess till 3 o'clock, P. M. THREE O'CLOCK, P. M. Mr. Whiton, from the committee on incorporations, to which was referred the petition of James F. Chapman, made the following report, viz: "The committee on incorporations, to which was referred the petition of James F. Chapman, praying to have authority granted him to maintain a ferry across the Mississippi river and the Grant river and slough, report: That in the opinion of the committee, the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted, for the reason that the general power to establish and regulate ferries is, by a general law of the territory, vested in the county commissioners of the several counties. In the present instance there is no proof before the committee that the commissioners of Grant county have unreasonably refused to grant to Mr. Chapman a ferry licence, or that he has ever applied to them to obtain a licence. The committee are very clear, that it would be unwise to interfere with the operation of the general laws of the territory in relation to the regulation of ferries, as prayed for in the petition, without some proof that it is wrong in its operation on the petitioner. By order of the commitee, E. V. WHITON, Chairman." The following entitled bills were then taken up, and severally read the first and second time, viz: Bill No. 30, (H. of R.) "A bill to authorize Silas Peck and David L. Wells to construct a dam across the Fox river;" and Bill No. 31, (H. of R.) "A bill to provide for laying out and establishing territorial roads therein named." Mr. Crocker, from the committee on territorial affairs, to whom had been referred so much of the governor's message as relates to the distributive share of Wisconsin in the net proceeds of the public lands, by leave, reported "Joint resolutions relative to the distributive share of Wisconsin, in the net proceeds of the public lands;" Which was read the first and second time. On motion of Mr. Baker, The council resumed its sesssion in committee of the whole on bill No. 39, "A bill to amend an act to provide for the government of the several towns in this territory, and for the revision of the county government;" Mr. Dewey in the chair. After some time, the committee rose, and by their chairman reported that they had made progress in the matter under consideration, and asked leave to sit again; And leave was given. The following message from the house of representatives, was delivered by the clerk thereof, viz: "Mr. President: The house of representatives have concurred in bill No. 24, (C.) 'A bill to authorize Clauden Stoughton and Luke Stoughton, to build and maintain a dam across the Rock river; and also, to authorize Anson W. Pope and Virgil Pope, to build and maintain a dam across said stream,' with amendments, in which the concurrence of the council is asked." A message from the governor by his private secretary, Mr. Ch. Doty, was received. On motion of Mr. Strong, The 30th rule of the council in relation to bill No. 48, "A bill to provide for the manner of levying and collecting a territorial revenue," was suspended. On motion of Mr. Strong, The council resolved itself into a committee of the whole for the consideration of said bill No. 48, Mr. Heath in the chair, After some time, the committee rose and reported that they had made progress therein, and asked leave to sit again; And leave was granted. On motion of Mr. La Chapelle, So much of the 30th rule of the council as requires one day's notice before the introduction of a bill, was suspended relative to the bill he proposed to introduce; and Mr. La Chapelle had leave to introduce the following entitled bill, to wit: No. 50, "A bill concerning the City of the Four Lakes;" On motion of Mr. La Chapelle, All rules that would prevent said bill being engrossed for a third reading now, were suspended so far as said bill was concerned; And the bill, on motion, was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading. On motion of Mr. Barber, So much of the rules of the council as requires one day's notice before the introduction of a bill, was suspended in relation to the bill he proposed to introduce; and Mr. Barber had leave to introduce the following entitled bill, viz: No. 51, "A bill relative to the sale of lands for taxes;" Which was read the first and second time. Mr. Whiton, from the committee on incorporations, to whom had been referred the petition of citizens of Manitouwoc county, had leave to report the following entitled bill, viz: No. 52, “A bill in relation to dams on the Manitouwoc river;" Which was read the first and second time. On motion of Mr. Whiton, The rule of the council which requires all bills to be printed before being considered in committee of the whole, was suspended in relation to bill No. 52. Mr. Baker had leave to introduce the following resolution, viz: Resolved, That the use of the council chamber be granted to the Rev. Mr. Matthews, this evening, to deliver an anti-slavery address; And moved its adoption; And the ayes and noes being called for, the result was as follows, viz: |