Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-06-30
MADISON CORRESPONDENCE.
MADISON. June %, 1913.

Nothing was completed In either house to-day
The Senate ordered 10 a third reading the bill dis
tricting the State with reference to the three mem
bers of Congress, 10 be elected next fall The dis
tricts, it at present stands and will think pass,
are composed as follows:
First-Racne, Walworth, Milwaukee, Waukesha
Second-Rock, Green, Lafayette, Grant, Iowa
Dane, Sank, Richland, Crawford, Portage, Adams,
St. Croix, Chippewa, LaPointe,
Third-W ashington Dodge, Jefferson, Sheboygan
Mantouwoc, Calumet, Marquette Fond du Lac,
Brown, Winnebago Columbia.
\ bill appointing commissioners to select the
500 900 acres of land TO which Wisconsin is emit
tied, was considered i'll committee of the whole |
shall s nothing about its feature before it becomes
a law
the House, the Judiciary bill which was passed
by the Senate has been pretty much all day in
mttee of the whole, and numerous amendments
were appended to it.
June 81, lS4S.
To-day, as you perceive by the date, is Saturday
day, thus far during the session, on which but
| little is generally accomplished. Daring the morn
| ing, petition of citizens OF Dodge county, praying
for a repeal OF the collection laws, was presented,
and referred, on notion TO select committee Of five
! consisting of MesSrs. Shoes Chase Dennis, Gardner
! Billings forgot to mention the presentation, a
morning or two since, by Col. White, OF a some
what lengthy report on the subject o. common
schools which wa, ordered TO be printed, and which
will soon be before you. The whole of the time
after the expiration of the morning hour taken
up in discussing, in committee of the whole, the
bill defining the powers and duties of the Secretary
of State Progress was made, and leave asked 10
sit again, when the Senate adjourned until Monday
morning.
| do not learn that anything has to-dpy been per
! fected in the House. The House is now, o clock
! p. NJ, engaged in discussing proposition TO ad-
! joum Various propositions presented, but |
| perceive they generally run in one channc which
! is to do now what they are compelled to do and
| then adjourn for harvest and come back in October
or November 1t is difficult conjecturing what con
clusion will be arrived at 1t is generally thought al!
necessary business can be completed by the 10th or
18th OF July, and | have my doubts whether the
Senate will agree to any extra session. although
there is a majority of odd fellows" among them
You will perceive the Legislature is not disposed
to be very extravaganza in reference TO the compen
sation of the public officers The salary OF the At
toruey General is fixed at $500 There has been
much discussion with reference to tie sal
AIRY Of the Treasurer, The House fixed it $1,000
the Senate amended it by inserting 5000 The
House refused to concur, and the Senate refused to
recedc. 4 committee of conerecc was appointed
which fixed it at $500, which has been adopted by
the Senate. and think will be by the House The
salary OF the Superintendent of Public Instruction
has got to be fixed and tina, OF the Secretary OF State
also. The Judiciary bill has not yet been perfected
by the House. ).
MADISON, June PC, 1918.
The House on Saturday night after closed my
last letter passed resolution to adjourn on the Sd
of July, acd re-as>emble on the ID Monday Olsen
temher The Senate received the message to that
effect this morning and referred the subject to the
committee on State affairs / do not think it at all
likely the Senate will concur a report was made
! this morning by Mr.. Kinney. chairman of the COM
! mittce town and county organization against
comforting the powers of local legislation upon To-
! cal boards. The legislature | think are not vet
| prepared to confer the power because town and
county systems to be modified and rendered
uniform bat the argument of the cha irman Of
the committee against ever comforting this pow
err it was not adopted but accepted and laid on the
table. The sentiment of the Senate think is in
Of
be
The Homestead Exemption bill has been before
the Senate, and ordered to a third reading by
vote OF 10 to 8. In its general features exemp
a homestead of 10 acres in the country, and in a
village, house and lot or where the lot is leased
House. cannot conjecture
The Judiciary bill has not yet got back from
the House TO the Senate, but it is ready under
stand, to be returned aud probably will be to,mor
row.
a disagreement exists between the :yo Houses
on tn subject of Warren Chases free soil resolu-
tons. They were passed by the Senate as intro
duced but the House changed their character into
resolutions recommending only graduation. This
the senate refused TO concur in, and the House re-
fused to receIe and appointed a committee of con-
ference
Ihe committee on finance to day reported bill
ievyng tax of u mills per dollar upon the pre-.
sent assessed value of real estate throughout tho
State. This will raise some fifty thousand dol.
lars, a sum believed to be necessary to sup