Number 3.

JOINT RESOLUTION relative to the Lecompton Constitution.

Resolved by the People of the State of Wisconsin, represented in Senate and Assembly

FIRST. That Congress has no power by the Constitu- Grant railroad Relating to tion, or of common right, to create a State or form a the Lecompton Constitution for any people without their consent; and Constitution. that any attempt to exercise such power shall be regarded as a dangerous innovation, alike subversive of the fundamental principles upon which our National institutions rest, and of the declaration contained in the charter of our National liberties, that all Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed;

SECOND. That the People of this State do solemnly protest against the passage of any act or resolution by Congress, introducing or admitting Kansas into the Federal Union as one of the States thereof, under the instrument commonly denominated the "Lecompton Constitution," or under any constitution which shall not have been first submitted, as a whole, to a fair vote of the people thereof, and have been by them ratified and approved.

THIRD. That they are alike opposed to the passage of any act providing for the formation of a Constitutional Convention in the Territory of Kansas, unless said act shall provide for just apportionment of delegates to said Convention, based upon the number of inhabitants in said Territory, and the election of such. delegates by a fair vote of the resident people, and unless provision is made in said act for a submission of any constitution which may be formed, in all its parts, as a whole, to a fair vote of the people, for their acceptance or rejection.

FOURTH. That the passage of any act or resolution in the nature of a compromise, or otherwise, whereby the admission of Kansas as a State is made a condition to the admission of any other newly formed State, or to the organization of any new Territory, would be

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a violation both of right and of the principles of just government.

Resolved, That the Governor be requested to forward a copy of the foregoing resolves to each of the Senators and Representative in Congress for this State, to be by them laid before Congress.

Approved April 15th, 1858.

To procure the printing of assessment

law.

Number 4.

JOINT RESOLUTION instructing Secretary of State to procure printing of
Assessment Law, and to distribute the same.

Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Secretary of State is hereby required to cause to be printed immediately in pamphlet form, a sufficient number of copies of the Assessment Law, and the blanks required under said act, to supply one copy each to every Assessor and town and city clerk in the State. When such copies are printed, the said Secretary shall immediately forward the same to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of each county, and to each member and officer of the Legislature, by the most expeditious means, prepaying the postage or other charges thereon. Approved May 17th, 1858.

Number 5.

JOINT RESOLUTION.

Relating to the Resolved, by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, removal of the That the Superintendent of Public Property, be and he Bank Comptroller's office is hereby authorized and required to procure within the city of Madison, a suitable room for the use of the Bank Comptroller, and to cause to be removed immediately after the adjournment of the Legislature, the safes, furniture, and other articles belonging to that office. Approved May 15th, 1858.

The Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin, does hereby certify, that the Joint Resolutions published in this book, have been compared with the original enrolled Joint Resolutions deposited in this office, and that they appear to be correctly printed.

[L. S.]

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the Great Seal of said State, at the Capitol, in Madison, this 19th day of June, 1858.

D. W. JONES,

Secretary of State.

MEMORIALS

PASSED BY THE

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

OF THE

STATE OF WISCONSIN-SESSION OF 1858.

Number 1.

To the Honorable, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled.

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The memorial of the Legislature of the State of From WhiteWisconsin respectfully represent, That the interest and water to Coconvenience of a large and densely populated portion of the country would be greatly enhanced by the establishment of the mail route from Whitewater, in Walworth county, through Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Lake Mills and Waterloo, in Jefferson county, and Portland, in Dodge county, to Columbus, in Columbia county.

Your memorialists would therefore respectfully ask, that said mail route may be established as aforesaid, and tri-weekly service established thereon at the earliest practicable period.

Approved February 5th, 1858.