ABSTRACT

Of the votes given at an election held on the 6th day of April, A. D. 1847. in the sereral counties of the territory of Wisconsin, for and against the adoption of the constitution, and for and against equal suffrage to colored persons.

Equal soffrige Equal suffr'ge

Names of Counties. For constitu- Against con-o colored pero color'd per

tion.

-Yes. Isons-—..

-..No.

One district. † One district, and returned from the district and not from each county.

Office of the Secretary of Wisconsin Territory,

Madison, Dec. 16, 1847.

I certify the foregoing to be a true abstract of the vote given on the 6th day of April, A. D. 1817, in the territory of Wisconsin, for and against the constitution, and for and against equal suffrage to colored persons, as appears from the returns made to the executive office.

JOHN CATLIN, Secretary Wisconsin Territory.

Mr. GALE moved that the same be printed.

Mr. KING moved that the motion be laid upon the table;
Which was agreed to.

A. G. COLE introduced the following resolution, to wit;

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Resolved, That one hundred and fifty copies of the rules adopted for the government of this convention. be printed in pamphlet form for the use of the members thereof."

Mr. KING moved that the same be laid upon the table;
Which was agreed to.

And a division having been called for,

There were forty-two in the affirmative;

Negatives not counted.

Mr. LOVELL introduced the following resolution, to wit: Resolved, That the following rules be adopted and inserted among the rules before the 5th rule, viz:

"5th. That no resolution shall be acted upon the same day upon which it is presented.

"6th. That one hundred copies of all reports, petitions and resolutions ordered to be printed, be printed for the use of the conven. tion without further order."

Mr. CHASE introduced the following resolution, to wit:

"Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to define the duties of the officers of this convention."

And the question having been put on the adoption of the same, It was decided in the affirmative.

And a division having been called for,

There were 30 in the affirmative, and 6 in the negative.

Mr. KILBOURN introduced the following resolution, which was adopted, to wit:

"Resolved, That the sum of five dollars be paid to ERASTUS D. BROWN, as messenger of this convention."

Mr. WHEELER introduced the following resolution, to wit:

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Resolved, That the fireman be authorized to employ some suitąble person to act as assistant fireman to this convention."

Mr. JUDD moved that the same be laid upon the table;

Which was agreed to,

The resolution introduced on yesterday by Mr CHASE, relative to the appointment of a committee to present articles for the action of the convention;

Was then taken up, when

Mr. JUDD moved to amend the same, by striking out all after the word "resolved," and inserting "that a committee of nine be appointed to prepare and submit a plan for the progress of the convention; the number of committees to be appointed; and such other suggestions as they shall deem proper and expedient."

Which was accepted by Mr. CHASE, as a modification of the original resolution.

The resolution as modified, was then adopted.

The resolution introduced by Mr. WHEELER, on yesterday, relative to printing, was then taken up, when

Mr. FOX moved to amend by striking out all after the word "resolved," and inserting

"That H. A. TENNEY be employed to do the printing for this convention, and that a committee of five be appointed by the president, to fix a price to be paid for said printing."

Which was accepted by Mr. WHEELER, as a modification of his resolution.

Mr. RICHARDSON moved that the same be laid upon the table. And the question having been put;

It was decided in the negative.

And the ayes and noes having been called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative, were

Messrs. Beall, Bishop, Biggs, Castleman, Chase, A. G. Cole, Davenport, Dunn, Estabrook, Featherstonhaugh, Fitzgerald, Fowler, Harvey, Judd, Kilbourn, Kinne, Larrabee, Lyman, McDowell, Mulford, O'Connor, Pentony, Mr. President, Reymert, Richardson, Sanders, Scheffler, Secor, Whiton and Warden-30.

Those who voted in the negative, were

Messrs. Carter, Case, Orsamus Cole, Colley, Cotton, Crandall, Fagan, Fenton, Foltz, Foote, Fox, Gale, Gifford, Harrington, Hollenbeck, Jackson, Jones, King, Lakin, Latham. Lewis, Lovell, McClellan, Nichols, Prentiss, Ramsey, Reed, Root, Rountree, Scagel, Steadman, Turner, Vanderpool, Ward and Wheeler-35.

Mr. KING moved to amend by striking out "H. A. Tenney," and inserting "W. W. Wyman."

Mr. BEALL moved to amend the amendment by substituting the resolutions introduced by him on yesterday, in relation to printing. And the question having been put on adopting the same;

It was decided in the affirmative,

And the ayes and noes having been called for,

Those who voted in the affirmative were.

Messrs. Beall, Biggs, Carter, Case, Castleman. Chase. O. Cole, Colley, Crandall, Featherstonhaugh, Fitzgerald, Foote, Gale, Harrington, Harvey, Hollenbeck. Jones, Judd, Kilbourn, Kinne, Lakin, Larrabee, Lyman, McDowell, O'Connor, Pentony, Ramsey, Reymert, Reed, Richardson, Sanders Scheffler, Secor, Steadınan, Vanderpool, Ward, Whiton, and Warden-38.

Those who voted in the negative were,

Messrs. Bishop, A. G. Cole, Cotton, Davenport, Dunn, Estabrook, Fagan, Fenton, Folts, Fowler, Fox, Gifford, Jackson, King, Latham, Lewis, Lovell, McClellan, Mulford, Nichols, Prentiss, Mr. President, Root, Rountree, Scagel, Turner, and Wheeler,-27.

Mr. CHASE moved that the resolution be referred to a committee of three with instructions to report thereon at the next meeting of the convention;

Which was agreed to.

The PRESIDENT announced the appointment of the following committee to whom said resolution was referred, to wit: Messrs. WHEELER, CHARE, and BISHOP.

The resolutions introduced by Mr. KILBOURN, on yesterday, were taken up, when

Mr. LOVELL moved that the sixth resolution be referred to the committee of nine to be appointed under the resolution of Mr. JUDD ; Which was agreed to.

The 7th, 8th, and 9th resolutions were

On motion of Mr. KILBOURN,

Laid upon the table.

Resolution No. 10, introduced on yesterday, by Mr. LARRABER, was taken up, when

Mr. LARRABEE asked leave to withdraw the same.

Leave was granted.

The resolation introduced by Mr. RICHARDSON, on yesterday, rel ative to the number of resolutions, &c., to be printed, was taken when

Mr. CHASE moved that the same be laid upon the table;
Which was agreed to.

up,

Mr. FENTON introduced the following resolution, to wit: "Resolved, That the secretary be authorized to employ, when necessary, suitable assistance to do the writing of this convention." Mr. KING moved that the same be laid upon the table;

Which was disagreed to.

The question was then put on the adoption of the resolution,
And was decided in the negative,

On motion of Mr. JUDD,

The convention adjourned.

SATURDAY, December 18, 1847.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr. LORD.

The journal of yesterday was read.

Mr. CHASE, from the committee to whom was referred the reso lution relative to standing committees, made the following report,

to wit:

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The committee to whom was referred the resolution to provide for the appointment of standing committees, respectfully submit the following:

1st. A committee of fifteen on General Provisions-comprising Preamble, Boundaries and Admission of the State, Suffrage and Elective Franchise, Interna! Improvements, Taxation, Finance and Public Debt, Militia, Eminent Domain and Property of the State, Bill of Rights, and such other provisions as may be referred to them. 2d. A committee of seven, on the Executive, Legislative and Administrative Provisions.

3d. A committee of five, on the Judiciary.

4th. A committee of nine, on Education and School Funds. 5th. A committee of five, on Banks, Banking, and Incorporations. 6th. A committee of seven, on a Schedule and other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Your committee deem it inexpedient to recommend in their report any instructions to the respective committees, or to specifically divide and define the various subjects referred to them respectively."

The said report was adopted.

The said committee also reported back resolution No. 6, of December 16, without recommending that any action be taken on the same; and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the subject.