From the counties of Milwaukee and Washington-Messrs. Joseph Bond, Adam E. Ray, and William F. Shepard.

From the counties of Brown, Fon du Lac, Manitouwoc, Portage, and Sheboyagan-Messrs. Mason C. Darling and Albert G. Ellis. From the county of Racine-The clerk stated that there are four members claiming seats and that the county is only entitled to three; that Messrs. Geo. Batchelder, Jonathan Eastman, and Elisha S. Sill have presented certificates of their election, in due form, and that Mr. Thomas E. Parmelee claims a seat by virtue of a certificate of election presented at the last session. Under these circumstances the clerk will call the names of the four persons claiming seats and will submit the question of their respective rights to seats to the House.

A motion was then made by Mr. Brunson, that Thomas E. Parmelee be permitted to retain his seat as a member of this House from the county of Racine until the question as to who are entitled to seats from the said county shall be finally determined;

Which motion being put, was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Whiton offered the following resolutions; which were adopted: Resolved, That His Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit to this House all papers and documents in his possession relating to the resignation, or the alleged resignation, of Thomas E. Parmelee as a member of this House.

Resolved, That the clerk of this House transmit a copy of this resolution to His Excellency the Governor.

On motion of Mr. Newland,

Mr. George Batchelder and Jonathan Eastman were admitted to seats as members of this House from the county of Racine.

On motion of Mr. Ray,

Albert G. Ellis was appointed Speaker, pro tem.

On motion of Mr. Hackett,

Daniel F. Kimball was appointed Door-Keeper, pro tem.

On motion of Mr. Batchelder,

James Hibbard was appointed Assistant Door-Keeper, pro tem.
On motion of Mr. Shepard,

Charles Larkin was appointed a transcribing Clerk, pro tem.

Dec. 7.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

On mr a of Mr. Darling,

John F. Meade was appointed a transcribing Clerk, pro tem.
On motion of Mr. Mills,

Robert H. Hotchkiss was appointed Messenger, pro tem.

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Mr. Whiton offered the following resolutions; which were adopted: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Territory be requested to transmit to this House an abstract of the return of votes given in the county of Racine at the last annual election for members of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin.

Resolved, That the clerk of this House transmit a copy of this resolution to the Secretary of the Territory.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

The House adjourned until to-morrow at 12 o'clock, noon.

Tuesday, December 7, 1841.

The House met at 12 o'clock, noon, pursuant to adjournment, and the journal of yesterday was read.

Messrs. Rockwell and Brazleton, from the county of Milwaukee, and Mr. Giddings from the county of Sheboyagan, attended and took

their seats.

On motion of Mr. Hackett,

Ordered, That the chief clerk be directed to inform the Council that this House has organized, pro tempore, and is ready to proceed

to business.

Mr. Whiton presented a petition of residents of the county of Rock, praying for the organization of a new town by the name of Clinton; which, on motion of Mr. Hackett, was ordered to lie on

the table.

Mr. Burt offered the following resolution:

Resolved, If the Council concur, that a committee of two be appointed on the part of this House to act in conjunction with a committee to be appointed on the part of the Council to wait on His

Excellency the Governor and inform him that the two Houses have organized, pro tempore, and are ready to receive any communication he may have to make to them.

Mr. Whiton moved that the said resolution do lie on the table; which was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

Ordered, That the rules adopted for the government of this House at its last session be now adopted, for the government of the present session until others are prepared and adopted.

Mr. Bond offered the following resolution; which was adopted: Resolved, That the sergeant-at-arms provide a seat for Theophilus La Chappelle within the bar of this House, and that the said La Chappelle be permitted to be heard before the House upon any question in reference to the contested seat from the election district composed of the counties of Crawford and St. Croix, now occupied by Alfred Brunson, and that the said La Chappelle be furnished with stationery and other articles which have been ordered to be furnished to the members of this Hcuse..

Mr. Brown, by leave, submitted the following report; which was read and laid on the table:

"The commissioner appointed under a resolution of this House at its last annual session to take testimony in the county of St. Croix, in relation to the right of the Hon. Alfred Brunson and Theophilus La Chappelle to a seat in this House as a representative from the counties of Crawford and St. Croix,' begs leave to report,

That the undersigned has taken the testimony of all persons who voted at the election in September, 1840 whose votes were doubtful, with the exception of Pierre Rauillard, Francais Treedell, Charles Lousasse, and Jean Bt Deniger, the three former having left the Territory, and the last being now a resident of Crawford county, and not seen by the undersigned. The testimony relative to the votes of twenty-two persons is herewith respectfully submitted." JOS. R, BROWN, Commissoner.

Mr. Whiton offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the members of this House be allowed twenty-five newspapers each per week during the present session, such as the

members shall select; provided that the said newspapers shall be published in the Territory of Wisconsin.

Mr. Brunson moved that the said resolution do lie on the table; which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Brunson then moved to amend the resolution by striking out the words "twenty-five," and inserting the word "twenty;" which was decided in the negative.

Mr. Brunson then moved to amend the resolution by adding thereto the following words:

"Provided that the said papers shall be furnished at the same ratio that they are furnished to annual subscribers ;"

Which amendment was disagreed to.

The question was then taken on the passage of the resolution, and it was agreed to.

Mr. Hackett offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That the chief clerk furnish a list of the names of the members of this House to the post-master at this place, and that the postage on all letters and papers sent and received by members be paid out of money appropriated to defray the expenses of the Legislative Assembly;

Which was amended, on motion of Mr. Whiton by inserting the word "from" after the word "sent " and the words "at the postoffice at Madison" after the word "received" and was then adopted. On motion of Mr. Brunson,

The house adjourned until Thursday next, at 12 o'clock, M.

Thursday, December 9, 1841.

The House met pursuant to adjournment and the journal of Tuesday's proceedings were read."

The Speaker laid before the House a communication from the Se cretary of the territory enclosing an abstract of votes given at the

late election in the county of Racine, as certified by the clerk of the board of county commissioners;

Which was read, and on motion of Mr. Whiton, was laid on the table.

On motion of Mr. Batchelder,

Resolved, That the door-keeper provide a seat within the bar of this house for Elisha S. Sill, and that he be entitled to all the privi leges of a member of this house in relation to newspapers, postage, and stationery, until the final determination of the house whether he is or is not entitled to a seat as a member of this house.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

The following resolution, offered by Mr. Burt, on Monday last, was taken up and adopted, viz:

Resolved, If the Council concur, that a committee of two be appointed on the part of this House to act in conjunction with a committee to be appointed on the part of the Council to wait on His Excellency, the Governor, and inform him that the two Houses have organized, pro tempore, and are ready to receive any communication he may have to make to them.

The Speaker appointed Messrs. Burt and Rockwell the committee on the part of the House under the said resolution.

Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

A message from the Council by their Secretary:

"Mr. Speaker—I am directed to inform you that the Council are now in organization, pro tempore, and ready to proceed to business." On motion of Mr. Darling,

The following resolutions were adopted.

Resolved, That the United States' officers of the territory, exmembers of the legislature, editors of newspapers, and ministers of the Gospel are hereby invited to take seats within the bar of this house at pleasure.

Resolved, That the publishers of the different newspapers in this territory be allowed the privilege of seats within the bar of this house for the use of their reporters.

Mr. Darling offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the publisher of the Wisconsin Enquirer be em