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From the county of Crawford, Mr. Ira B. Brunson.

On motion of Cruson,

Mr. Childs, of Brown county, was appointed Speaker pro ten

On motion of Mr. Street,

John Catlin was appointed Chief Clerk pro tem.

On motion of Mr. Billings,

James D. Jenkins was appointed Serjeant-at-Arms pro tem. On motion of Mr. Story,

H. II. Brannan was appointed Messenger pro tem.

Mr. Edward V. Whiton, from the counties of Rock and Wa worth, appeared and took his seat.

On motion of Mr. Beardsley,

Edward Elderkin was appointed Door-keeper pro tem. Messrs. Prentiss, Wells and Vineyard, from the Council, we introduced, and informed the House that the Council were in o ganization, pro tempore, and ready to proceed to business.

On motion of Mr. Billings,

Ordered, That a committee of two be appointed to inform th Council that this House is now organized and ready to proceed t business.

Messrs. Billings and Brunson were appointed said committee. Mr. Whiton presented the certificate of the Governor of th election and qualification of Messrs. William R. Longstreet, Adan E. Ray and William Shew, members elect from the counties o Milwaukee and Washington, which was read, and

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

They were admitted to their seats.

The following message was received from the Council, by the Secretary thereof.

"Mr. Speaker-The Council have appointed Messrs. Wells and Brigham, a committee, on their part, to act in conjunction with a similar committee to be appointed by this House, to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the two Houses are now in organization, pro tem., and ready to receive any communication he may have to make to them."

Mr. Billings, from the committee appointed to inform the Coun.

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cil of the organization of the House, pro tempore, reported that they had performed that duty.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

Ordered, That a committee of two be appointed, on the part of this House, to act in conjunction with the committee appointed by the Council, to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, and inform him that the two Houses have organized, pro tempore, and are ready to receive any communication he may have to make them.

Messrs. Whiton and Shew were appointed the said committee. Ordered, That the Council be acquainted therewith.

Mr. Charles C. Sholes, from the county of Brown, appeared and took his seat.

On motion of Mr. Billings,

Resolved, That the standing rules of the House of Representatives of last session, be adopted until others are prepared and adopted.

Mr. Whiton, from the joint committee, appointed to inform His Excellency the Governor of the organization of the two Houses, pro tem.. reported that the committee had performed the duty assigned to them, and were informed by His Excellency, that he would address the two Houses, in person, on to-morrow at 11 o'clock meredian, in the Representatives' Hall.

On motion of Mr. Street,

The House adjourned until to-morrow at ten o'clock A, M.

TUESDAY, Dec. 3d, 1839.

The House met pursuant to adjournment. The roll was called, and a quorum not being present, the messenger was sent after

absent members.

Mr. Story presented the certificate of the election and qualifi cation of Mr. Horatio N. Wells, from the county of Milwaukee, which was read, and

On motion of Mr. Conroe,
He was admitted to his seat.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

Ordered, That the House proceed to the election of officers On motion of Mr. Conroe,

Ordered, That the roll be called previous to going into the el tion of officers, and that the Serjeant-at-Arms be sent after abs members.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

D. F. Kimball was appointed Serjeant-at-Arms, pro tempore, place of Mr. Jenkins, who was not in attendance.

The roll was then called and the Serjeant-at-Arms sent af the absent members.

Message from the Council by the Secretary':

Mr. Speaker-The Council have passed a joint resolution lating to printing, in which I am directed to ask the concurrence this House."

And then he withdrew.

Resolution No. 1, was then taker up, and

On motion of Mr. Sholes,

Was read the first and second time and laid on the table.

Mr. Story offered the following resolution, entitled No. 1, "jo resolution relating to the transportation of the mail betwe Madison and Milwaukee;"

Which was read a first and second time.

The absent members having appeared, the House proceeded the election of officers.

On motion of Mr. Conroe,

Messrs. Street and Wells were appointed tellers to canvass t

votes.

On motion of Mr. Cruson,

Ordered, That the House first ballot for a Serjeant-at-Arms. Mr. Cruson nominated James Durley.

The ballots being taken and counted, it appeared that Jam Durley had received twenty-one votes, and was thereupon declar to be unanimously elected.

A motion was then made by Mr. Billings that the House do no proceed to elect a Chief Clerk, and the question being taken, It was decided in the negative.

A division being called for, there were ayes 10, noes 10.
So the motion was lost.

On motion of Mr. Shew,

The House proceeded to ballot for an assistant clerk.
Mr. Shew nominated Benjamin H. Edgerton.

The votes being taken and counted, it appeared that Mr. Edger. ton had received twenty-one votes, and was declared to be unani. mously elected.

The House then, on motion of Mr. Street, proceeded to elect two transcribing clerks.

Mr. Sholes nominated B. C. Eastman.

Mr. Stevens nominated Robert H. Strong.

The votes having been taken and examined, it was found that Robert H. Strong had received sixteen votes, B. C. Eastman twenty-two, Thomas O. Spraig three, and I. A. Libby two.

Messrs. Strong and Eastman were declared to be duly elected. On motion of Mr. Cruson,

James Durley, elected Serjeant-at-Arms, appeared at the clerk's table and was sworn truly and faithfully to discharge his duties in office.

On motion of Mr. Whiton,

The election of officers was postponed to some future period.
On motion of Mr. Cruson,

Ordered, That seats be prepared for the reception of the Governor and Council.

The clerk was ordered, on motion of Mr. Baldwin, to inform the Council that seats had been prepared in the Representatives' Hall for the Governor and Council, preparatory to the delivery of the Governor's message.

On motion of Mr. Sholes,

The joint committee appointed, on yesterday, to wait upon His Excellency the Governor, &c., was requested to inform His Excellency that the two Houses had assembled in the Representatives'

Hall.

The Council having met the House, and the Governor being introduced, addressed the two Houses, as follows:

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Fellow-citizens of the Council and House of Representatives: You are assembled, in conformity to a law of the last se of the Legislative Assembly, to resume the responsible dutie devolve on you as the representatives of the people of Wi

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We have abundant cause to be thankful to divine Provid for the many blessings conferred upon us. Crops of every adapte to our climate, have this season been unusually abun and the husbandman has reaped a rich reward for his indu Our citizens, who cultivate the soil, are rapidly developing the agricultural resources of the country; our prairies are being verted into luxuriant fields; and towns and villages are sprin up where the wigwam of the savage stood seven years ago. have a territory of nearly sixty thousand square miles in ex containing rich and inexhaustible stores of mineral wealth, poss ing a climate of the most genial and salubrious character, an soil suited to the production of every thing calculated to min to the necessities and comforts of man.. We have the great la Michigan and Superior, (our inland seas,) on the east and no the Father of Rivers on the west, with several noble streams pe trating the Territory in different directions.

Coming immediately from the mass of your constituents, it presumed that you bring with you such a knowledge of their wa as will enable yon to enact laws accommodated to their state condition. To legislate for enlightened freemen, is one of most important labors man is called upon to perform. To p scribe what is right, and prohibit what is wrong, by the passage salutary laws, equal in their bearing on all classes of the co munity, is the great object for which we have been convene and, you may rely, gentlemen, on my co-operation in the supp of all such measures, as have for their object the attainment these desirable results.

At the last regular session of the Legislative Assembly, I su mitted, for your consideration, the importance of consulting t

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