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JOINT RESOLUTIONS.-No. 19, 20.

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WHEREAS, By their report it is evident that such contemplated improvement would be of great importance to the interests of the state, and should receive our fostering care and attention; and

WHEREAS, It is evident that a canal from the intersection tion of the Catfish with Rock river, through the chain of the four lakes to the Wisconsin river, at some point in the county of Sauk, would be of like importance to the interests of the state; therefore

Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the governor appoint a committee to examine said proposed route for a canal from Rock river to the Wisconsin river, whose duty it shall be to carefully examine said route, and report thereon to him before the next session of the legislature; provided, that the state shall not be liable for any portion of the expense of such examination.

Approved March 5, 1868.

NUMBER 19

JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the state historical society to donate books to the orphans' home.

Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the state historical society is hereby authorized to donate to the soldiers' orphans' home such juvenile books as they can spare for that purpose.

Approved March 6, 1868.

NUMBER 20.

JOINT RESOLUTION in regard to correcting the records of the war departpartment by expunging the names of persons erroneously returned as deserters.

WHEREAS, It appears from the transcript procured by this state from the records of the war department at Washington, giving the names of persons, who being residents of this state

have been returned and are enrolled in the office of the secretary of war as deserters from the military or naval service or from a draft duly ordered into such service, that sundry persons, some of whom have been brave and true soldiers in the national army, have been erroneously returned and recorded as deserters; and,

WHEREAS, It is fit that the republic should take care that none of its citizens may stand unjustly charged with crime upon its official records, and especially that it should jealously and tenderly watch over and vindicate the honor and good name of the faithful defenders of its flag; therefore

Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That our senators in congress be instructed and our representatives requested to enquire what, if any, legislation is necessary to correct the records of the war department in relation to deserters and to enable persons erroneously enrolled as deserters to have their names expunged from such record.

Resolved further, That the governor is hereby requested to forward copies of the above preamble and resolutions to each of our senators and representatives in congress. Approved March 6, 1868.

NUMBER 21.

JOINT RESOLUTION amending title to bill No. 19, A.

Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the title of bill No. 19, assembly, entitled "a bill to abolish the office of superintendents of county poor in the county of Dane, and vesting all powers pertaining to the same in the county board of supervisors of said county," be amended so as to read as follows: "A bill to prohibit the boards of supervisors and the superintendents of county poor to make any contract or agreements for the purchase of provisions or other things for the use of the county poor, except in their official capacity." Approved March 6, 1868.1

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NUMBER 22.

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the printing and distribution of the assessment laws.

Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the sectary of state be authorized and required to cause a sufficient number of the laws for the assessment and collection of taxes, passed by the present legislature, to be printed and distributed to the different town and city officers of this state, and that said laws be sent to the several officers at the earliest practicable period, with such instructions as to the secretary of state may

seem proper.

Approved March 6, 1868.

NUMRER 23.

JOINT RESOLUTION instructing senators and representatives in congress to preserve the equilibrium between the co-ordinate branches of govern.

ment.

Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the gov ernment of the United States was founded upon the theory that it was essential to the safety of the union, the protection of the rights of the people and the preservation of their liberties, that the powers of government should be distributed between and devolve upon three distinct co-ordinate departments; the executive, legislative and judicial; and that the powers and duties of each department shall be clearly defined and limited and that each should be secured in the full enjoyment and exercise of the powers conferred upon it without any encroachment or interference by any of the others; that to that end the constitution of the United States was adopted; that to unite the powers of all or any two of the three great departments of the federal government in the same hands would form a combination dangerous to public liberty and hazardous to the life of the republic, and that any attempt, come from whatever source it may, to subvert the federal constitution by consolidating the powers of the executive, legislative and judicial departments in any one of them or to restrict or interfere with the full exercise of the powers devolved upon either

and the abrogation of the rights of the citizen on the part of the judiciary as in the "Dred Scott case," and the usurpation of the powers of the legislative branch of the government by the executive, Andrew Johnson, in establishing governments in the states lately in rebellion without the authority of congress, deserves and should receive the condemnation of every patriotic citizen of the republic.

Resolved, That our senators in congress be instructed and our representatives in congress be requested to oppose by their votes and influence all measures in antagonism with the spirit of the foregoing resolutions.

Resolved, That the governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our senators and representatives in congress.

Approved March 6, 1868.

MEMORIALS.

NUMBER 1.

MEMORIAL to congress for a grant of lands to build a wagon road.

To the honorable the congress of the United States:

Your memorialists, the legislature of the state of Wisconsin, would most respectfully ask for a grant of lands to the state Wisconsin, for the purpose of building a wagon road from the village of Chippewa Falls, in Chippewa county, Wisconsin, to Ashland, in the county of Ashland, in the state of Wis

consin.

Your memorialists further respectfully represent that there is at present a large tract of country, lying between Chippewa Falls and Ashland, that is unsettled and unavailable, because of its inaccessibility; and the contemplated wagon road between the points mentioned, will be the means of opening the country to emigrants who are desirous of settling there, and will result in great benefit to this state and to the general gov

ernment.

And your memorialists will ever pray.
Approved January 10, 1868.

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