BEING A FULL AND COMPLETE REPORT OF THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS, BY AUTHORITY OF THE CONVENTION; ACCOMPANIED, FOR PURPOSES OF LUSE, LANE & CO., PUBLISHERS. JOB.PRINTERS, AND BOOK-BINDERS. NOTE. As the debates and proceedings of the convention that framed the new constitution, were ordered to be published, not only for the information of the people of the State, who were to be called upon to vote upon the new organic law, but also to afford information to the bench and bar, in relation to the proper construction of the various provisions of the constitution, it will not be inappropriate to publish in connection therewith, those acts of Congress relative to the formation of the territorial and State governments of Iowa. They are put in the second volume of the Debates, in order that they may be contained in the same volume with the old and new constitutions, for more convenient reference. ORGANIC LAW OF WISCONSIN. AN ACT establishing the territorial government of Wisconsin. power and authority of the government of Michigan in and over the territory hereby constituted, shall case: rights of person or property now appertaining Provided, That nothing in this contained shall be construed to impair the to any Indians within the said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to impair the obligations of any treaty now existing between the United States and such Indians, or to impair or any wise to affect the au Be it enacted, by the senate and house of rep-| And after the said third day of July next, all resentatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That from and after the third day of July next, the country included within the following boundaries shall constitute a separate territory, for the purpose of temporary government, by the name of Wisconsin; that is to say: Bounded on the east by a line drawn from the northeast corner of the State of Illinois, through the middle of Lake Michigan, to a point in the middle of said lake, and opposite the main channel of Green Bay, and through said channel and Green Bay to the mouth of the Meno-thority of the government of the United States monie river; thence through the middle of the main channel of said river, to that head of said river nearest to the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the middle of said lake; thence through the middle of the main channel of the Montreal river, to its mouth; thence with a direct line across Lake Superior, to where the territorial line of the United States last touches said lake northwest; thence on the north, with the said territorial line, to the White-earth river; on the west, by a line from the said boundary line following down the middle of the main channel of White-earth river, to the Missouri river, and down the middle of the main channel of the Missouri river to a point due west from the northwest corner of the State of Missouri; and on the executive power and authority in and over the Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the south, from said point, due east to the north- said territory shall be vested in a governor, who west corner of the State of Missouri; and thence shall hold his office for three years, unless with the boundaries of the States of Missouri sooner removed by the President of the United and Illinois, as already fixed by acts of Congress. States. The governor shall reside within the to make any regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, or law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make if this act had never been passed; Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing the territory hereby established into one or more other territories, in such manner, and at such times, as Congress shall, in its discretion, deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other State or territory of the United States. |