Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-01-30

this slte exhibits the following viz
Cred5 to The amount of sl7,65o 50
Aga g. which has been char
In ISIS, eIo9 46
"ISs9 3,482 81
20, 1919 %
Totalsayments, S5.62l 50
Showing a balance in favor of the Ter
ritory.of 522 029 10 to which NAV be ad-
ded AZ the same shall be realized the
amount due on canal land mortgages, $40,
2ll u The amount due from David
Merrsl, late Receiver of Conal lands, and
the alsount supposed to be due from the
UnittSl States, which after the payment of
all kp',wn liabilities for the Territory will
In anS event leave balance of several
thousand dollars in favor of the same
Information received from the Hon. J.
ID D,.sy renders it probable that in the
adjustment OF the claims Of this State
agains. the United States, the sum of
about $4,000 VIII be realized from the
Treasury department for bonds and
scrip sedeemed by the Territorial Treas
urer yshich was authorized by act of Con
gress 20 be paid by the T. S
Thg above amount will appear in the
es tim fled receipts to the Treasury the
presest year
A 4 aim against the Territory for sta
tiona3i and candles furnished in 1889 has
been Presented by Messrs, Benton & Gar
field, sf Lee, Massachusetts, amounting at
the dste thereof, to the sum of SIG Is,
to wA. adding eleven years interest at
seven. per cent, will make the claim al this
time Z = IS.
No sloubt exists as to the business Of
this cain. The Legislature in l849 pass
ed an bet to provide for the payment Of
said Gain with interest to tia date No
eYide.ce hatever appears IN the Treas
urer s.or Secretary's Office ct the payment
Of thc;saue The amount including IN
terest .gid be found included with other
liabilities 20 be provided for the present
year
Thespe .ition of Caleb Benton and Harrison
GaTtet .eiatiye to the matter IN question IS
herew sh transmitted.
An spprnp iati1n Of 81 geo was made 10 the
Ttea ~uler at The last session of the Legislature
for tic erection Of fire proof money vault, IN
the thesl Sqpreme Court Dom, which was in
tendad:as 50 supposed for the use of the
Irea~ufer's Office. The Secretary's office
being BY .aN made the place Of deposi;e for all
deeds, eomFeyances, leases, bonds, mortgages,
securities TER money, books, records, parch-
nlents, papers and other articles and effects
belong eng 10 the State, aud the law defining
the dute, e. the Secretary requiring him from
time g.. time to provide for the arran cement
and preservation thereof. in such manner as
: hal! te JIemed necessary; and in view Of
flp n and Ipprp9cIVrr vail Of tho
effects referred TO, deemed il my duty to aG-
ihorlze the Treasurer to erect double vault
80 tia; JCth the Treasurer and Secretary mipf,t
have proper place for the safe keeping Of
such eaecis as properly belong to tier re-
sPectis@ oiIces.
The work has been completed at an expense
exceeding the appropriation of the sum of
e05l 81, as will appeal in the statement Of
expenses lor the year 1850.
Sec.lgn II chapter Of the Revised Stat
utcs provides that = it shall be the duty Of
the Secretary Of State 70 cause the orig nal en-
rolled laws and Joint resolutions passed at
each session Of the Legislature together with
al index containing the titles Of the same, 10
be bound i3 volumn IN q substantial manner
&c.
In obedience TO the foregoing Statute,
have cau>ed all the laws and resolutions re-
feTred X, CD tn OF the Territory and Statel
= be bound III neat and substantial, manner
in twenty volumns at an expense Of - 90
each. The claim therefor, viii be found IN
the esdmste Of expense for 1850, and iuclu-
ded Ia she amount claimed by Rood g. Whit
;emore.
BY an act Of the Legislature at its last ses-
sion III" Secretary of State was authorized 60
procure four large manuscript maps, one for
each Of the offices Of the Governor and Sec
Rotary Of State, and one for each of the halls
Of the SENATE and Assembly.
Ia accordance with the provisions Of said
act contract was made with Robert l. Ream
for making the maps. The work is now com
pieted and delivered and is believed to be
a well executed job. The price of the maps
Is by tie terms Of the act 10 be fixed by the
Legislature, the present year, at rot exceeding
one hundred dollars each, which is thouhgl to
b. but "a moderate compensation for the work
Claims for materials and instruments used in i
making .thc maps viii be fourd in the esti-
mate q. expenses for the year 1850. Here
with, marked J will be found an abstract Of
tie PROPOSALS received at this office for doing
the printing 81 the State for the present year.
Robert B. Wentworth for the occidental, OF
frs; ~; {. Latham Sholes fos the Journals
and Lass, OF second class; and Beriah Brown
for the Hiauks Of the several State Depart
meuts, Hr ihird class; being the Lowest BID
ders wee severally declared in accordance
with -1s prov lSions of law appointed to d %
the printing as above specified, and were ac-
cordInIiy duly notified.
Bond: approved by the Governor have been
fled in siis Office for the faithful perform
ince of ao work
Abstr:cts Ct census returns as made 20 this I
flee ~. the nited States Marshal for the /
District Il Wisconsin, marked X 4 l. will /
- found herewith. Abstract marked X being /;
By towns ard made from the returns will be +
,2und 81 vary in some respects from the one !
BY counties marked L.
The lFtser : supposed 70 be correct, IS the /
same vrss P-ccured from the records in the +
NarsLaFS Office.