Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-07-21

In the afternoon, the Senate went into committee
ofthe whole on bill to pay the Sheriff of Iowa
county certain expenses for keeping state prison
ers. which occupied pretty much all the afternoon.
Mr. Sholes from the select committee to which the
subject was referred made report in favor of a
duciion of the fees of Register. Mr.. Chase from
the committee on corporations. reported bill TO
incorporate The Beot and Madison rail road with
out action.
The House of Representatives spent all day yes
terday in consideration of a bill exempting from
forced sale certain articles opersonal property but
did not perfect it,
The Senate, on the 18th, passed joint resoIu-
tion relative 10 certain rooms in the capitol. A
bill defining the powers and duties OF the Secretary
of State Resolutions relative 10 certain lands and
scrip in the hands ofthe treasurer and joint rcsolu
tons TO 90 INTO joint election for commissioners
to revise the statute laws of the State This after
noon motion to go into committee of the whole
on a bill TO incorporate the village Of Port Wash
ington was opposed the ground that general bill
should be introduced allowing any village or towns
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ed and the balance of the forenoon spent on
said bills which finally became law, and the Sen
ate adjourned until past o'clock.
In the afternoon the Senate had some fun oven
resolutions from the House congratulating France
&c. when il adjourned to the assembly chamber, to
meet the assembly in joint election OF commission
ers to revise the statutes. The two houses met
and on the first BALLOT
Michael Frank of Racine co, A. w. Randall,
Waukesha CO.. c. L. Jordan Rock Co, were chosen.
The Senate again re-assembled, when MIR. King
from the committee on town and county govern
nent reported bill authorizing all towns III the
territory which failed to elect town officers, last
spring to elect now upon the call OF the town clerk
to that effect Mr.. King moved that all rules be
! SUSPENDED and that the bill be ordered to third
reading now Mr. Sholes opposed the motion, and
smoke briefly against the BILL the ground that the
town clerk on the request OF few persons might
nut town to the trouble and expense OF an cleo
ton, when the people really did not desire 1t. He
was willing that III those towns where a "GJoF"y
of the people desired it there should be special
elections, but he had no disposition to allow the
town clerk and a fer citizens of any town to com
pei the town to that expense and trouble. MI
Kings motion prevailed bat have no idea that the
bill will pass in its present shape. The Senate al
oured until Monday morning o'clock, 5.
Manson, July y, lSIS.
BY reference to the Home Journal of Saturday,
perceive that the only measure Of public interest
before that BODY was the bill exetnpting certain
articles of personal property from sale on execution
! This bill has been before the House several days.
and the opinions with regard to il, seem 10 be.near-
ly as many the number OF the members. Wheth,
er amid all this div ersity OF opinion the bill viii
get through the house know not; it is undergon"
modification after modification and seems to be no
nearer completion than when commenced. In the
afternoon the election OF commissioners TO rev Sc
the laws was gone mo which occupied the after
noon.
In Senate on the II, a resolutitn was introduce
providing that the Legislature adjourn on the
blank Monday of August next. On motion the
blank was filled with the first Monday and the
question REQUIRED on the passage of the resolution,
and was decided in the Affirmative. Your readers
well understand that this resolution, nothing
in particular, and there is no mole probability ei
the Legislature adourning on that day, after he pass
age OF the resolution than there was before
An important bill was considered in co nmttce
of the whole aud reported to the Senate, when the
Senate went into committee of the hole on the bill
relating 10 Registers OF Deeds. This bill as it was
introduced provided that ten cents per folio should
be charged for recording and copying which should
be paid into the county treasury and the Register
be allowed a salary by the board ofsuperyis,rs Mr.
Sholes moved that ten cents be stricken ont and SIX
cents inserted, which after considerable discussions
was lost Mr. NhoIes then moved that eight cents be
inserted, which was also lost. A majority of the
members seemed TO think in view of the small coun-
ties and the sparseness OF population that the educ
ton proposed by the bill sufficient, and hence
the proposition for further reduction rejected
great many different propositions were made by
the enemies OF the BILL Tor the purpose OF killing it,
which were all defeated. The committee reported
the bill back 10 the Senate when the enemies of the
bill again went to work TO defeat it, The Senate
adjourned until clock, when the bill was again
taken up, and discussed. An amendment was
again offered cutting down the fees to cents,
which wasI lost; cents were then moved, and adop-
ted and the bill was again discussed until past 5
o'clock, when on motion the bill was referred TO
the committee on the Judiciary. What will be its
fate now cannot conjecture. Few. bills have met
with as much opposition as this but am in hopes
some salutary measure on the subject will yet be
adopted The committee to whom the subject was
referred reported back the Racine city charter With
a recommendation that it be passed.
In the House, on the l7th the several exemp
ton bills taken up and made the special or
der ofthe day for Wednesday. The finance bill
as it passed the Senate was referred in the House
to the committee of ways and means. The reso- /
luton from the Senate on the the subject of adj .
ioumment was laid on the table. Certain resolu-
tons declaring the Mexican war just the thing land
censuring the wings for afordng aid and comfort
to the enemy has been the subject of an animated .
discussion. Whether the Wisconsin Legislature I