NUMBER 10. MEMORIAL to congress, for a mail route from the city of Manitowoc to the city of Green Bay. To the honorable the senate and house of representatives in congress assembled: Your memorialists, the legislature of the state of Wisconsin, would respectfully represent : That the importance of the city of Manitowoc in the county of Manitowoc, and of the city of Green Bay in the county of Brown, as well as the interest of the citizens between such places, demand increased mail facilities, and that the general interest of the section of country above described would be best served by the establishment of a mail route and a triweekly mail from the city of Manitowoc, via the postoffices, Francis Creek, Prag, Rosencrans and Cooperstown in Manitowoc county, and Denmark and Pine Grove in Brown county, to the city of Green Bay. Your memorialists would respectfully pray that, said mail route be established as aforesaid, at the earliest practicable period. Approved March 17, 1870. NUMBER 11. MEMORIAL to congress, asking for the division of the state of Wisconsin into two judicial districts, and the creation of the western judical district. To the honorable the senate and house of representatives of the United States in congress assembled: The memorial of the the senate and assembly of the state of Wis consin respectfully represents: That at the present time the state of Wisconsin, with a population of upwards of one and one quarter million inhab itants, constantly increasing, and extending more than two hundred miles east and west, forms but one judicial district, the seat of justice of which is at the city of Milwaukee at the extreme line of the state. That the rapid increase of population in the western and north western parts of the state, and the consequent increase of judicial business, make it a matter of absolute necessity that a new judicial district be created more accessible to the great mass of citizens residing in the western and northwestern counties of the state, thereby greatly reducing their expenses attending court. Your memorialists therefore pray, that the state be divided into two judicial districts by nearly a north and south line; that the counties of Rock, Dane and Columbia, and that portion of the state west of those counties and north and west of the Wisconsin river, constitute the new district to be called the western judicial district, and that a United States court house be erected at La Crosse, and that an appropriation of $50,000 for that purpose be made, and a judge for said western district with the necessary officers, as required by law, be appointed. And your memorialists play that a clerk's office be located at the city of Madison and also one at La Crosse, and that terms of said court be held each year at Madison, and also at La Crosse. Your memorialists further pray, that in order to facilitate the transaction of business in the eastern judicial district, and to accommodate the people in the northeastern part of the state, a term or terms of the court in the eastern judicial district be fixed by law to be holden annually at the city of Oshkosh in said district. The governor of the state is hereby requested to transmit a copy of this memorial to each of the senators and representatives in congress from this state. Approved March 16, 1870. NUMBER 11. MEMORIAL to congress for a mail route from Osceola Mills to Black Brook, in Polk county. The memorial of the legislature of the state of Wisconsin respectfully represents: That the interests of a large number of the inhabitants of the county of Polk, and state of Wisconsin, require the estab lishment of a weekly mail route from Osceola Mills to Black Brook, in said county, by the way of Alden and Wagon Landing. Your memorialists therefore respectfully memorialize you to establish such route. Approved March 16, 1870. NUMBER 13. MEMORIAL to the post mas er general for a weekly mail route from Menomonee in Dunn county, Wisconsin, to Erin in St. Croix county, Wisconsin, by way of New Haven and Flemings Mili, in said counties. The memorial of the legislature of the state of Wisconsin respectfully represents: That the interests of a large number of the inhabitants of the counties of Dunn and St. Croix require the establishment of a weekly mail route from Menomonee in the county of Dunn to Erin in the the county of St. Croix, by the way of New Haven in the county of Dunn, and Flemmings Mill in the county of St. Croix. Your memorialists therefore respectfully memorialize you to establish such route. Approved March 17, 1870. NUMBER 14. MEMORIAL to congress relative to a grant of land to the Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company. To the honorable the senate and house of representatives of the United States, in congress assembled: The memorial of the legislature of the state of Wisconsin respectfully represents : That by the act of June 3, 1856, there were appropriated to the state of Wisconsin certain public lands to aid in the construction of certain railroads. The legislature of that state granted the said lands to the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad, from Madison by way of Portage City, St. Croix lake or river, and thence to Superior, with a branch to Bayfield. The said La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company proceeded to locate and plat the line of their road, and filed the plat of said location, and the commissioner of the general land office withdrew the lands within the parview of said line from market. The La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company proceeded to construct sixty-one miles of the said railroad and completed the same in the year 1858, from Portage City to Tomah and then failed, and all their rights and immunities became the property of the St. Paul Railway Company. In 1868 the legislature of said state incorporated the "Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company," authorizing it to take and hold the lands due the aforesaid railroad company for the construction of the said sixty-one miles of railroad, with the consent of the St. Paul Railway Company. And congress by the act of the 27th of July, 1868, authorized the said lands to be sold for the benefit of the said Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company. It is now ascertained that only about forty-five sections of land unsold, reserved and unclaimed can be found within the limits of the withdrawal made by the commissioner of the general office between Portage City and Tomah. It is further understood that there is now pending in the house of representatives, bill No. 1231, providing for the selection of the balance of the sixty-one sections along the original line located by the said La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad Company, between Tomah and St. Croix and between St. Croix and Superior and Bayfield, not in any way interfering with any subsequent railroad or railroads. Inasmuch as the grant was made for the construction of the railroad from the points mentioned above, and inasmuch as sixty-one miles of the road have been constructed and have been in running order daily for some twelve years, and inasmuch as none of the parties interested has received any of said lands, and more especially as the railroad company interested, the state and congress have all agreed that the said Farm Mortgage Company should have the lands for the said sixtyone miles of railroad, we request your honorable body to pass the said bill. Approved March 17, 1870. NUMBER 15. MEMORIAL to congress relating to bounties to honorably discharged soldiers. WHEREAS, great injustice has been done to the volunteers who entered the service from April 19, 1861, to December 23, 1863, by not giving them an equal amount of bounty with those who enlisted at a later period; and, WHEREAS, We owe all we have and are to those men; and, WHEREAS, such an unjust discrimination will prevent enlistments in case of another war; therefore, Be it resolved by the senate and assembly of the state of Wisconsin, That our senators be instructed and our representatives in congress be requested to vote for a law which will equalize the bounties so that all honorably discharged soldiers shall receive, with what has heretofore been given, an amount equal to eight and a third dollars per month for their term of ser vice. Resolved, That the governor be requested to forward a copy of this memorial to our senators and representatives in congress, Approved March 16, 1870. |