Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-01-21

" This gives fquotng from the correspondent of
the Milwaukee Sentinel total of So members Of
the Legislature Under the old Constitution, the
senate was to consist of 21 members and the House
of 70. total OF 100. If the Convention, seems
probable adopts the Report of the Legislative Com
mittcc that committee will then proceed to district
the State in conformity thereto
The letter of our Madison correspondent, in ano-
thcr column contains all OF importance connected
with the proceedings OF Thursday, Friday, and Sa-
turdap the 18th, 4th. and 18th. We are there
fore saved the trouble of preparing regular abb
stract We find the Two items following in the
Madison correspondence of the Milwaukee Sentinel:
The Article on Apportionmcnt was considered
a short time ION Friday and then laid aside with
view of waiting for the corrected census OF Grant
countv-the population Of which is returned at
IL, 739, the mc,c believed to exceed 1880
A new census would probably show errors to an
equal extent in other counties In respect to our
own county, we feel very certain that such would
be the case, as in one town alone (Southport) an
error of nearly 50 was discovered by an enumera-
ton carefully taken week or two after the terrific
rial census-our true population exceeding to this
atIlOuHl Tue lChuihcN -A'H III u
neghborng town pike, if not in other towns,
errors 10 an equal extent it is confidently believed
were committed. But we doubt much the proprl-
ETY. of the Convention waiting for corrected re-
turns in anv one case unless it does in all cases
where it is belev ed errors have been made which OF
course impracticable and out OF the question. And
it would evidently be unequal and unjust TO make
the census of Grant county taken and returned IN
the latter part of January, S4s basis for apPor-
tionmcnt to that county when, in respect to other
counties, the apportionment is based upon an emu
meration taken and returned nearly two months
previous.
The other item in the Sentinel is as follows:
An important error was discovered to-
tlav, in the Act for the admission of Wis
consin into the Union as published in
connection with The rejected Constitution.
The proviso runs that the State of Niscon-
sin shall provide, by clause in the Con
stitution. or an ordinance, irrevocabe with
out the consent of Congress, :" that she
doth consent To. and accept of the bOunda-
ries herein prescribed" &c. The words
quoted are not cotained in the official OF the
Act, and were struck out of the original bill,
Mr.. Martin says, by the House of Repre-
sentatives on his motion. 1t is supposed
by many that this releases us from the
necessity of asserting specifically, IN the
Constitution, to the Boundaries prescribed
by Congress.
The Article on Banks and Banking, as finally
adopted in Convention, and the ayes and noes on It's
passage, are subjoined:
s /. The legislature shall not have
power TO create, authorize or incorporate,
BY any general or special law, any bank, or
banking power or privilege. or any institu-
ton, or corporation having any banking
power or privilege whatever, except in ac-
cordance with the following sections of this
article.
81 The legislature of this state shall
have power to suomit TO the voters at any
general election the question of Bank or No
Bank. and fiat any such election a number
of votes equal to majority of all the votes