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Newspaper
Wisconsin Argus
Location
Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1846
Page
3
The passage discusses support for debtor exemption in tax law with tensions between freeing debtors and protecting creditors. It weighs whether exemptions should cover real estate or personal property and questions the inclusion in the constitution while calling for sufficient funding to sustain government and maintain order.
Fragmented OCR records outline Conia Maine County Democratic Convention held July 25 1846. Committee appointed to attend the state convention and party slates named for county offices with several candidates listed for sheriff private etc. Proceedings note secretary and chairman actions and publication by Conerse.
Delegates gathered Thursday August 945 at the Mineral Point court house to organize the county caucus for the upcoming general election. Gen WM BR Smith presided joined by Henry Wagnowsn as secretary with a committee on credentials. The slate named Ebha Goodsell Andrew Burnside Janell Parkinson Thomas Jenkins Moses Miong and others as delegates to the state convention and county officers including clerk treasurer coroner and tax collector were chosen. The body pledged to support the ticket and the constitutional convention slate.
The Democratic District Convention met at Fond du Lac July 30 to nominate one council member and two representatives. George D. Ruggles was elected president, credentials committee named Brown Green and others, Elisha Morrow and Hugh McFarlane led in voting for House seats, and proxies were disallowed in future. The convention adopted procedural rules and announced future delegate allocations.
The convention resolved to appoint officers for efficient discharge of duties and to sign the proceedings. It was ordered published in the Wisconsin Argus and Galena Journal. The convention adjourned sine die on the seventh of August.
Governor Henry Dowge proclaims a new act creating election districts and allocating representation in the Wisconsin Territory. The document details how counties Racine and Milwaukee are apportioned to the Assembly and House seats, referencing census under the act to form a state government and establish districts.
A morning blaze in Kilbourntown gutted Gow mill of Mase Gom stock d& Chage and several adjoining shops along the canal. Losses reach about fifteen thousand dollars in building and machinery, with Amos Tufie, John Lapoint, and Mr Luecomb among those burned out. Large quantity of lumber and finished materials destroyed. total damage likely over twenty five thousand dollars. Suspected incendiary cause. canal water had been drawn and wheels idle for days. Local editorials note political party alignment and stray remarks from the Woukeshi Herald and American Freeman.
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