In Van Buren on the third Mondays in April and Van Buren, September.

În Henry on the fourth Mondays in April and Sep- Henry,

tember.

In Slaughter on the first Mondays in May and Oc- Slaughter, tober.

In Louisa on the second Mondays in May and Octo- Louisa, ber.

In Muscatine on the third Mondays in May and Oc- Muscatine, tober.

In Cedar on the fourth Mondays in May and Octo- Cedar, ber.

In Scott on the first Mondays in June and No- Scott. vember.

In Des Moines on the second Mondays in June and Des Moines, November.

In Brown on the fourth Monday in May and second Brown, Monday in October.

In Milwaukee on the second Monday in June and Milwaukee, first Monday in November.

In Racine on the first Monday in July and third Racine. Monday in November.

abate by reason

SECTION 4. No suits, writs, indictments, recogniz- Suits not to ances, informations or other process or proceedings re- of change. turnable to the supreme or any of the district courts of this territory shall abate, be made void or in any wise affected in consequence of any change of time of holding any of the said courts by the provisions of this act but when the same may have issued or may have been made returnable to any day in accordance with the time of holding courts before the passage hereof they shall be considered as returnable to the term of the courts respectively named in this act which may be nearest in point of time to the day to which they have been made returnable; and all jurors, witnesses and other persons bound in any way to appear before the courts when the time of holding the same shall be changed by this act, shall be bound to appear before the said courts at the term nearest thereto in point of time as established by this act. Approved January 20, 1838.

RESOLUTIONS.

No. 1.

Resolution authorizing the secretary of the territory to expend the unexpended balance appropriated for the use of the late secretary for rent of office and furniture.

WHEREAS, from the account rendered by John S. Horner, Esq., late secretary of this territory, corroborated by a statement of the present secretary, there appears to remain an unexpended balance of two hundred and fifty dollars of the appropriation made by the legislative council at their last session for rent of office, furniture, &c., therefore,

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of this territory, That the present secretary of the territory is hereby authorized to expend the aforesaid unexpended balance of two hundred and fifty dollars for the use and purposes expressed in the act of appropriation.

Approved November 29, 1837.

No. 2.

Resolution relatiing to the franking privilege.

Resolved, that the council and house of representa tives of this territory, concur in the resolution of the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, recommending the extension of the franking privileges to the governor, secretaries and chief clerks of both branches of the several state legislatures, and that our delegate in congress be instructed to procure the passage of a law to that effect, including the same officers in the different territories of the United States.

Approved November 29, 1837.

No. 3.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That our delegate in congress is hereby instructed to use his best exertions to procure the passage of an act to provide for the appointment of commissioners on the part of the United States, and on the part of this territory, to act in conjunction with commissioners on the part of Missouri, to finally adjust and settle the boundary line between the state of Missouri and the territory of Wisonsin, and that a copy of this report be sent to our delegate in congress, to the president of the senate and to the speaker of the house of representatives of the United States.

Approved December 2, 1837.

No. 4.

Resolved, That in the opinion of the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, the construction of a ship canal by the congress of the United States, to connect Lake Ontario with Lake Erie, will reflect great credit upon the nation and highly promote the trade and commerce of the United States.

Approved December 5, 1837.

No. 5.

Resolution relative to the publication of the laws in the several papers of this territory.

Resolved, if the house of representatives concur, That the secretary of the territory be directed to forward a copy of all laws passed at the present session of the legislative assembly to the following printers for publication, viz: Wisconsin Territorial Gazette, at Bur

lington, Iowa News, at Dubuque, Miners' Free Press, at Mineral Point, Wisconsin Democrat, at Green Bay, and Milwaukee Advertiser, and Milwaukee Sentinel, at Milwaukee; and that the several printers hereby authorized to publish the laws be instructed to print the same in the order in which they are adopted and in all cases to print an entire act in the same newspapers.

Approved December 9, 1837.

No. 6.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the public interest requires that a land office be established at Madison, in the county of Dane, in the territory of Wisconsin aforesaid, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Hon. G. W. Jones our delegate in

congress.

Approved December 12, 1837.

NO. 7.

Resolution authorizing the secretary of this territory to procure maps of the same for the use of the legislative assembly.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That the secretary of the said territory be and he is hereby authorized to employ some suitable person to draft a large map of this territory, comprising the whole extent from the latest survey and examinations, that he cause the same to be lithographed and the boundary lines of the several counties, as laid off and established, to be colored or shaded, and that he have three hundred copies stricken off for the use of the legislative assembly.

Approved December 20, 1837.

NO 8.

WHEREAS, the importance of removing the obstructions and opening the navigation of the Pecatonica river is a subject of vital interest to this territory, the vast mineral region in which it has its source, the fertility of the country known as the Pecatonica, the fast settling of a substantial, agricultural population, in conjunction with a numerous and persevering class of miners, all of whom are interested in the improvement of said river as an outlet to commercial intercourse,

AND WHEREAS, in the opinion of the legislative assembly, this important avenue of trade, by a small appropriation by congress would open an internal communication through the most interesting portion of the mineral region,

AND WHEREAS, the improvement of that part of the river which is most required, lying within the lands owned by the government, the additional value of which would be increased more than equivalent to the amount required for the purpose of removing the obstructions in the navigation of said river, therefore,

Be it resolved by the council and house of representatives of the territory, That our delegate in congress be requested to ask of the congress of the United States an appropriation of twenty thousand dollars for the removing of obstructions in said river.

Approved December 26, 1837.

No. 9.

Resolution rescinding part of a joint resolution in relation to publication of the laws in the several papers of this territory and extending the authority to publish in other papers therein mentioned.

Resolved, by the council and house of representatives of the territory of Wisconsin, That so much of a joint resolution (appointing certain printers to publish the laws of this territory) as makes it the duty of said printers to publish any one of said laws in the same