Resolved, That his excellency, the governor, be requested to transmit to the governors of the several states, and to our representatives and senators in congress, copies of these resolutions, to the end, that the government of the United States may be induced to co-operate in this important movement. Approved, April 3, 1854. MEMORIALS OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN-SESSION OF 1854. No. 1. A MEMORIAL to Congress for the establishment of a Mail route. To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representaof the United States, in Congress assembled. The memorial of the Senate and Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin, respectfully represents: That the interest and convenience of a large and densely populated portion of the country urgently require the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from Pardeeville in Columbia county, via Montello in Marquette county and Dakota in Waushara county, to Stephens' Point, in Portage county. There now being a tri-weekly mail from Madison to Pardeeville, the establishment of this route would complete the connection between the great northern pinery and Madison, Galena and St. Louis, on much the best and shortest route, which can be obtained. Your memorialists would therefore respectfully ask, that said route may be established as speedily as possible. Approved, February 9, 1854. No. 2. A MEMORIAL to the Postmaster General for increase of Mail service from Green Bay in Brown county, to Washington Harbor in Door county. To the Honorable the Post Master General of the United States. The memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, respectfully represents: That the interest and convenience of a large portion of the citizens of this state, render it necessary to establish a weekly mail from Green Bay, in Brown county, to Washington Harbor, in Door county. Your memorialists therefore respectfully ask that the mail service be established at the earliest period. Approved, February 9, 1854. No. 3. MEMORIAL to Congress for a Mail Route from Gale na, Illinois by Potosi and Beetown to Prairie du Chien in Wisconsin. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled. The memorial of the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, sheweth: That the interest and convenience of the north western, and western portions of this state require imperatively, the establishment of a weekly mail route from Galena, in the state of Illinois, by Potosi, Beetown, and Patch Grove in the county of Grant, to Prairie du Chien, in the county of Crawford. Your memorialists would state that the large settlements of the western portion of this state, are subjected to much delay in communication, by the present mail route. Your memorialists therefore request your honorable bodies to establish a post route on the above line, touching at the points aforesaid, and authorize the mail to be carried on said route tri-weekly. Approved, February 10, 1854. No. 4. MEMORIAL to Congress for an appropriation to complete the canal connecting the Mississippi River and the Grant River Slough, at Potosi, in Grant county. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress assembled. The memorial of the Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin, respectfully represents: That Congress, by an act entitled "an act granting a section of land for the improvement of the Grant river at the town of Potosi, in Wisconsin Territory," approved June 15th, 1854, appropriated to the then territory of Wisconsin, a valuable section of land for the purpose of improving the navigation of the Grant River Slough, at the town of Potosi in this state. That the legislative assembly of the territory of Wisconsin, caused said section to be sold and the nett proceeds arising from said sale to be expended in the necessary clearing and grubbing of the land, and the excavation of a portion of the line of canal designed to be made, connecting the said slough with the Mississippi river. Your memorialists further represent to your honorable body, that a careful and accurate survey and estimate of the contemplated improvement was made previous to the commencement of any work thereon, by Major Joshua Barney, an accomplished engineer of the United States army, and that from the estimate of the said engineer a |