The regulations of the States upon the subject of the duties of their Electors, are different in different States. Our own has provided for the election of Presidential Electors by general ticket, has prescribed the time of their meeting, how they may fill vacancies in their number, and their compensation, and then enacted, "that they shall proceed to perform the duties required of them by the Constitution and Laws of the United States." The undersigned believes there is further legislation necessary, clearly to define the duties of Electors of President and Vice-President, and that such legislation should prescribe the manner in which said Electors should resolve themselves into an organized body for the transaction of business, should determine the manner in which they should select and authorize one of their number, to take charge of, and deliver the result of their doings at the seat of the national government, and above all, provide by legal enactment, for the preservation of a permanent record of their proceedings. They are State officers and act by State authority, and transmit to the national government, what the State has done in its sovregin capacity, acting in connection with its sister States. The political and official history of a State is imperfect without a history of the acts of its Presidential Electors. The records of the national government are not the records of a State, and each State should have a perfect history, in and of, itself, in its individuality. The undersigned would therefore, recommend the passage of the accompanying Bill. All which is respectfully submitted. A. M. BLAIR. On motion of Mr. Weil, said majority report was then adopted. Mr. Sharpstein moved that 500 copies of the majority report be printed for the use of the Senate, Which was agreed to. Mr. Briggs, from the committee on Printing, reported, No. 94 S, a bill to appropriate to Beriah and John A. Brown the sums therein named, Which was read the first and second times, and the printing thereof dispensed with. Mr. Smith, from the committee on claims, reported the following bills, which were severally read the first and second times, and the printing thereof dispensed with. No. 95 S, a bill to appropriate to Joseph A. Seibhaber the sum therein named. No. 96 S, a bill to appropriate to Patrick Walsh the sum therein named. No. 97 S, a bill to appropriate to S. W. Martin the sum therein named. Mr. Blair, from the committee on Engrossed Bills, reported the following bills as correctly engrossed: No. 33 S, a bill to appropriate to Donaldson and Tredway the sum therein named. No. 8 S, a bill to authorize the town of Beloit to aid in the construction of a certain railroad. No. 14 S, a bill to authorize the city of Milwaukee to construct a canal from the Milwaukee River to River Street in the Fifth Ward of said city, and to levy a special tax to pay for the same. No. 35 S, a bill to incorporate the Plymouth and Charleston Plank road Company. Mr. Sharpstein, from the committee on Incorporations, to whom had been referred, No. 64 A, a bill to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Winnebago Lake and Fox River Railroad Company, Reported the same back to the Senate without amendment. Mr. Hunter from the Committee on Internal Improvements, to whom had been referred, No. 13 S. A Bill to declare Big Plover river a Public High way. Reported the same back to the Senate, without amendment. No. 4, S. A bill to incorporate the Menomonee Locomotive Manufacturing Company, Was taken from the table. And the question being upon concurring in the amendments of the Assembly thereto, in. A division was called for, Whereupon the first and second amendments were concurred And the third amendment thereto was non-concurred in. The following bills were severally read the third time, Passed, and their titles agreed to: No. 8, S. A bill to authorize the town of Beloit, to aid in the construction of a certain Railroad. No. 33, S. A bill to appropriate to Donaldson & Tredway, the sum therein named. No. 14 S., A bill to authorize the city of Milwaukee, to construct a Canal from the Milwaukee River to River street, in the Fifth Ward of said city, and to levy a special tax to pay for the same. No. 35 S., A bill to incorporate the Plymouth and Charleston Plank Road Company. The ayes and noes being required on the passage of said bill No. 33 S. Those who voted in the affirmative were, Messrs. Alban, Allen, Bashford, Blair, Bovee, Bowen, Briggs, Cary, Dunn, Hunter, Lewis, Pinkney, Reed, Sharpstein, Smith, Squires, Wakeley, Whittlesey and Wiel.-19. None voted in the negative. No. 40 A. A bill to change the time for assessing and collecting taxes in the counties of Marathon and Portage. Was read a third time, And, on motion of Mr. Alban, said bill was recommitted to the Committee on town and county organization. No. 60 A. A bill to establish a Ferry across Chippewa River, Was read the third time, And the question being upon the passage thereof, Mr. Dunn, asked the unanimous consent of the Senate to move to amend Section first of said bill by striking out the word "twenty" and inserting the word "ten" before "years" in 4th line, Which was granted. The said amendment was agreed to. And said bill was then passed as amended and its title agreed to. No. 65 A. A bill to amend an act entitled "an act to amend Sections eighty-two and three of chapter eighty-four of the Revised Statutes," approved April 17, 1852, Was read the third time, And, on motion of Mr. Bashford, said bill was referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The following bills were read the third time: No. 52 A. A bill appropriating to E. B. Quiner the sum therein named. No. 55 A. A bill to organize the county of Shauanau. Mr. Squires, from the committee on enrolled bills, submitted the following report: The committee on enrolled bills have presented to the Governor for his approval the following acts: An act to vacate a part of Water and Fifteenth Streets in the village and county of Manitowoc Wisconsin. An act to amend section 16 of an act to incorporate the Port Washington and Newburg Plank and Turnpike Company, approved April 19, 1852. Joint resolution concerning the Menomonee Tribe of Indians. An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Sheboygan and Mississippi Rail Road Company, approved March 8th, 1852. An act to extend the time for the completion of a Bridge across Platte River in Grant county. An act to authorize the Trustees of the village of Waukesha to raise money by tax. The committee have also examined, No. 10 A. A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the village of Waukesha, approved April 16th, 1852, Also, No. 17 A. A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Neenah and Manitowoc plank road company. No. 1 S. Memorial to the Post Office Department in relation to the increase of service on mail Rout, No. 4575, And report the same as correctly enrolled. On motion of Mr. Dunn, SQUIRES, Cha'n. No. 15 S., A bill for the Preservation of Game, Was taken from the table, and referred to a select Committee of three, Consisting of Messrs. Bovee, Reed and Dunn. In Committee of the Whole for the consideration of, No. 12 S., A bill in relation to Mills and Mill-dams. No. 44 S., A bill to appropriate to S. M. Booth, the sum there in named. M. No. 2 A., A memorial to Congress, for a mail route. And after sometime spent therein, The Committee arose, and by its Chairman, reported back to the Senate, said memorial No. 2 A, Without amendment. And said bills No. 44 S., and No. 12 S. With amendment. The report of the Committee upon said bills and memorial was concurred in. And said bills No. 44 S., and No. 12 S., were ordered engrossed and to be read the third time. |