No. 11. RESOLUTION relating to County Seals. Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin, That the Secretary of the Territory be, and he hereby is, required to furnish, as soon as possible, to the several organized counties of the Territory, which are not sup> plied, with suitable and proper seals for their use. Approved, January 13, 1840. No. 12. RESOLUTIONS relating to the Southern Boundary, and the admission of Wisconsin into the Union as a State. Whereas, the southern boundary of this Territory, and of the State to be formed therein, is fixed and established by the ordinance of July 13th, 1787, on a line running due west from the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river. And whereas, although said ordinance is declared to be forever unalterable, unless by common consent, a large and valuable tract of country is now held by the State of Illinois, contrary to the manifest right and consent of the people of this Territory. And whereas, it is inexpedient for the people of this Territory to form a constitution and state government, or to ask admission into the Union as an independent, state, until the southern boundary to which they are so justly entitled by said ordinance shall be fully recognized by the parties of the original compact, therefore Resolved, by the Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Wisconsin, That the inhabitants of this Territory qualified to vote for Delegate to Congress, be requested at the next general election, to be held on the fourth Monday of September next, to vote for, or against the formation of a state gov ernment, including all that district of country north of a line running due west from the most southernly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river, over which the State of Illinois exercises jurisdiction, and if a majority of such electors vote in favor of said measure, the Governor is hereby authorized to is sue his proclamation requiring the electors aforesaid to meet in their respective precincts on such a day as he may appoint, and choose delegates from their respective districts, equal to the number of representatives in both branches of the Legislative Assembly, to assemble at the Capitol in Madison on the third Monday of November, for the purpose of deliberating upon, and adopting such lawful and constitutional measures as may seem to be necessary and proper for the early adjustment of the southern boundary, and admission into the Union of the State of Wisconsin on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever. Resolved, That the judges of the several election precincts be required to receive, and the clerks of the board of county commissioners to canvass the votes authorized to be taken by the foregoing resolutions, and make return thereof to the Governor, agreeably to the provisions of "an act to provide for and regulate general elections." Resolved further, That the inhabitants of the district of country now claimed by Illinois, lying north of the line running due west from the southern extreme of Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river, be, and are hereby invited to furnish the Executive of this Territory, as early as may be convenient, and in such manner as they may deem proper, an expression of their sentiments in relation to the formation of a state government, as contemplated by the foregoing resolution, and in the event of an election be ing ordered by the proclamation of the Governor, for the election of delegates to a couvention as above provided for, to choose delegates to the convention aforesaid, proportionate to the ratio of representation in the Legislative Assembly of this Territory, to act on the business of said convention on an equal footing with the other delegates: Resolved further, That two thirds of all the delegates authorized by the first resolution shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Resolved, That the Governor cause to be transmitted one copy [each] of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to such editors of newspapers in the State of Illinois and in this Territory, as he may deem proper, with a request that they publish the same in their respective papers. Approved, January 13th, 1840. No. 13. RESOLUTIONS relating to the public printing. Resolved by the Council and House of Representatives, That a Joint Committee, consisting of three on the part of each House, be appointed to contract for the printing of the Legislative As. sembly at its present session, at the price of seventy-five cents per thousand ems for composition, and seventy-five cents per token of one hundred and twenty-five sheets for press work, and the market price for paper; when less than sixty-three sheets to be charged only as half a token, and when over sixty-three sheets, to be charged as a token. Resolved further, That the committee appointed in pursuance of the foregoing resolution shall be a committee on printing, the duty of which committee shall be, to keep regular files of all slips, documents, &c., printed for the use and by the order of either House. To this committee shall be referred all accounts for printing, upon which they shall be required to report before such accounts are passed upon by the Legislative Assembly. Resolved further, That the prices prescribed in the first of these resolutions shall be the compensation to be allowed for the printing already done by order of the two Houses at the present session. Resolved further, That the said committee on printing shall, in performance of the duties required of them by the foregoing resolutions, make as equal a division as may be, of the printing, between the printing establishments now in Madison. Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions with regard to printing shall only extend to the incidental printing and the journals of the two Houses. CERTIFICATE. I HEREBY CERTIFY, that the Laws contained in this pamphlet purporting to be Laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, are true copies of the Statute Laws delivered to me by the officers of the Legislative Assembly, at the close of its last session, when they were enacted; and now on file in the office of the Secretary of said Territory. TERRITORY OF WISCONSIN, DAVID BRIGHAM. DANE COUNTY. SS. JUNE 6, 1840. Then the above named DAVID BRIGHAM personally appeared and I made oath that the above certificate, by him subscribed, is true. Before me, WILLIAM N. SEYMOUR, Justice of the Peace. TITLE OF ACTS. No. 1. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to regulate General Elections, Page 5 2. An act to divide the towns of Kinnikinnick and Lisbon, and to change the name of Prairie Village,.. ib 3. An Act to establish a Territorial Road from Madison to Frankfort in Dodge county,..... 6 4. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide a Territorial Revenue,. 67 5 An Act to provide for the construction of a Bridge across Milwaukee river,. 89 6 An Act relating to the fiscal agency of Moses M. Strong, 8 An act to provide for recording contracts relating to lands and for other purposes, 9. An act to repeal an act entitled "An act to change the corporate limits and powers of the town of Green Bay,.......... 10. An act to prevent trespass and other injuries being done to the possession of settlers on public lands, and to define the rights of possession on such lands... 11- An act to incorporate the Michigan and Rock river Rail road Company, 12. An act to organize the county of Calumet and to lay off the county of Winnebago,.. 13. An act to amend an act entitled "An act relating to the Militia 14. An act to exonerate the several counties of the territory from the payment of certain taxes,. 15. An act to divide the town of Delavan and for other purposes, 21. An act to amend an act of the Statutes 1839, entitled "An act concerning the Supreme and District courts,.. 22. An act to incorporate the Wisconsin lead mining, smelting and manufacturing company, 23. An act to establish the county of Sauk and to define its limits,. 24. An act to provide for laying out and opening territorial roads and for other purposes... 25. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to charge the corporate limits and powers of the town of Milwaukee,. 26. An act to amend an act to provide for aiding in the construction of the Milwaukee and Rock River Canal,.... 27. An act to provide for taking the census or enumeration of the inhabitants of this territory, and to fix the time for holding an extra sessson of the Legislative Assembly, 28. An act for the relief of Joseph R Brown,.. 37 38 ....... |