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To the Hon. the Counciland Hosue of repre-
setative so the Territory of Wisconsin

The undersigned, citizens of the county
of Walworth would respectfully represent that
wheras the present law of this Territory entitled
an "act to establish the rate of toll for grinding,"
maybe so construwed as to compel the owners &
occupiers of grist mills to flour for transportation
& to grind the grain for distilleries, and there by not only
defeat the Spirt and object of the law, the
prompt accommodation of the public in due
turn, by engrossign the use of grist mills the
greater portion of the timein flouring & grinding, for dis-
tillation, but also operate on the owners &
occupiers of mills who have conscientous
scruples against grinding for distilleries
with a harshness and severity unknown to
the mild Spirit of our laws by compelling
them to do what they believe to be morally wrong;

They therefor respectfully pray
that your honorable body would draft an
act of explanatory of the law above mentioned
by whitch it should be enacted that said
law shall not be so constrewed as to compel
any miller or the owners or occupier of any
grist mill to flour for transportation or grind
any grain for any distillery or which shall
be intended for the purpose of distillation

Walworth County Dec 8th 1840
Wm K. May
Wm D. Chapin
Jonathan P. Chapin
Cyrus Pugy
Ebin S. Jennings
John Chapin
John Chapin, Jr
Jacob Chapian
Benjamin ABaall
Bevy M Ball
Alonzo Curtis