Clark county attached to Jack

on that subject in favor of such removal of the county seat, the county seat of said county of Clark shall be located and established on the west half of the north-west quarter of section fourteen, of township twenty-four, of range 2 west, (west half of north-west quarter of Sec 14, T. 24 of R. 2, west.) And if a majority of all the votes polled on that subject shall be against the removal of said county seat, the same shall remain at its present location.

84. The county of Clark is hereby attached to the counson for judicial ty of Jackson for judicial purposes.

purposes.

Officers to be

elected at the next general election.

5. The county of Clark shall be and constitute one town, and the board of town supervisors shall be and constitute the board of county supervisors of said county. At the general election in November next, there shall be elected a register of deeds, clerk of the board of county supervisors, a county surveyor, a county treasurer, and such other county officers as shall be necessary to carry into operation a full and complete organization for county purposes. The returns of said election shall be made to the clerk of the board of town supervisors, who shall proceed to canvass the same both for county officers and relative to the county seat, in like manner as if he were clerk of the board of county supervisors, and shall issue certificates in like manner of the result of said election.

6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication.

Approved, March 23, 1854.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

OF THE

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY,

OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN-SESSION OF 1854.

No. 1.

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to Swamp Lands.

Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, That the senators and representatives in Congress from this state be and they are hereby requested to urge upon his excellency the president of the United States the immediate compliance of the honorable secretary of the interior with the provisions of the act of congress passed September 28, 1850, entitled "an act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits;" and that the governor of this state be requested to forward to his excellency the president of the United States, to the honorable secretary of the interior, and to each of our senators and representatives in congress a copy of this resolution.

Approved, February 14, 1854.

No. 2.

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to the State Prison.

Resolved, by the Senate, (the Assembly concurring,) That the south wing of the state prison to be built at Waupun, be and the same is hereby required to be built of the length of two hundred feet, so as to contain at least two hundred and eighty cells, but in other respects as contemplated by the resolution of the senate and assembly, approved April 2d, 1853; this resolution, however, is in no wise to affect or to be construed as adopting or approving of any contract or contracts that may have been entered into by the late state prison commissioner with any person or persons, until such contracts shall have been approved by the governor, as required by law. Approved, February 21, 1854.

No. 3,

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the State Prison grounds at Waupun.

Resolved, by the Senate, (the Assembly concurring,) That the commissioner of the state prison at Waupun is authorized and instructed to proceed immediately to the building of a suitable fence around the prison grounds, without the formality of advertizing, as is now directed by law.

Approved, March 3, 1854.

No. 4.

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to D. D. Owen's Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Northern Illinois.

Resolved, by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, That our senators in congress be requested to procure the senate of the United States to order a reprint of the report of D. D. Owen's survey of the mineral lands in Iowa, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois, with the accompanying illustrations, in the same style as the "Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, &c., &c., by D. D. Owen, United States Geologist," published in 1852, by order of the U. S. Senate by Lippincott, Grambo & Co., which report was submitted by the president of the United States to the house of representatives, June 6, 1840, and is published in volume 4, part 2, of the executive documents of the second session of the 28th Congress, (Doc. No. 239.)

Resolved, That the governor of this state be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolution to each of the senators of this state.

Approved, March 8, 1854.

No. 5.

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to old Soldiers.

Whereas, The subject of the disposal of the public lands belonging to the United States has for sometime engaged the attention of public men; And whereas, the condition of the treasury does not require the proceeds of sale to be used for the ordinary purposes of government, And whereas, gratitude as well as justice to the soldiers who have been engaged in the wars of the Republic, has been deemed proper as manifested by the passage of act of Congress donating to soldiers of the late war

with Mexico, large tracts of land, And whereas, the soldiers of the war of 1812, are in every respect deserving of the same gratitude of the people, and a donation to them corresponding to their deserts, and the law granting to the Mexican soldiers would meet with general approval. Therefore

Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our Representatives requested to use their influence and vote for the passage of an act granting to each soldier one hundred and sixty acres of public lands in accordance with the request as published at the convention of soldiers, lately held in the city of Philadelphia.

Resolved, That the government of the United States should extend to the soldiers and widows of soldiers that remain of those who served in the last war with Great Britain, the benefit of the pension system that was created for and enjoyed by the soldiers and widows of the revolution.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolutions to each of our senators and members of congress.

Approved, April 3, 1854.

No. 6.

JOINT RESOLUTION in relation to cheap Ocean Postage.

Resolved by the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, in Senate and Assembly convened, That it is the true policy of every National Government, to procure for its citizens the advantages of a regular and cheap correspondence with foreign countries, and that the establishment by all maritime nations, of a uniform rate of ocean postge, reduced to the lowest sum practicable, would tend to promote and extend the blessings of commerce and civilization, and to secure the peace of the world.