Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-02-15

moved to strike out all but the l3th sec, which
repeats the act of last winter. Both these mo-
tions were cut off by the previous questions.
The bill was read third time and PASSED,
by the following vote
Ayes-Messrs. Abbott, Babcock, Briggs,
Brown, Bryant, Cameron, Chapman, Cheeny,
belong, Dodge, Ellis, Fullerton, Galleger,
Green, Hale, Hasey, Hoskins, Hurlbut, Jen-
kins, Manney, MEG onigal, McIndoe, Pinkney,
Geo. M. Robinson, Sellers, Shears, E. c..
Smith, Spooner, Sterling, Sykes, Taylor, Tom
pkins, Turner, Vanderpool, Wood, and Strong,
(Speaker,) Sc.
Noes-Messrs. Barns, Bennett. Chase,
Crary, Cross, Dwin, Fitzgerald. Griffin, John
son, kelog, keerhn, McFarlane, Murdoch,
Palmer, c. d. Robinson, Seger, II. y. Smith.
Spaulding, Stewart, Turley, Watrous, Wells,
HilIians, and York, "a.
All west of the Capitol voting for it, ex-
cept four in italics. This as a western man
am proud of. Nothing affords your correspon-
dent more undisguised pleasure than the fact
that the entire western part of the State, has
undergone radical change on this subject
within the last two years.
Feb. 7th-Bills limiting each town to one
Justice of the Peace, and his jurisdiction to
his own town to abolish Capital punishment;
to require declarations ofintentions by foreign
ers for Citizenship to be made in open court
in the Clerks office, a, the county seat; and
several others were summarily disposed of by
striking out the enacting clause. A bill to
divide the county of Portage, and establish a
county by the name Of. / forget the
name, was passed.
The Assembly is a working body. They
meet at 81 O'Clock a, NJ. and sit till O'Clock
z. NJ, adjourning about two hours for dinner
and tea. There is an iron will pervading the
entire body to do the business before them this
week, and the expression of nearly every MEM
Der is that he would rather apply himself a
few hours extra daily, than stay here day be-
yond Monday next
a bill to change the form of county govern
ment, providing that each county shall in
March next be divided into three districts, and
and at the annual town meeting in April each
district to elect one Supervisor, who should 90
out of Office as by the number oftheir districts
yearly, SO that there should be one elected an
nually. All powers now conferred on county
Supervisors, to remain with them. The bill
after being advocated by Messrs. Abbott and
yanderpool, aud opposed by Messrs. Temp
kins, Stewart and others, was defeated By IS
TO %. The western members | believe all yo-
ted for 1t except Mr.. Fullerton, who said he
thought if the present system be any worse
than the commissioners system, Iowa county
would have to apply to Congress, or some 9TH
er source for relief
In Assembly, the land limitation resolution,
asking Congress for grants ofall public lands
on condition that the State sell them to actual
settlers only, not more that 160 acres to any
individual, were passed by a vote of 81 to 20.
] believe nearly all the measures introdu-
ced into the first Constitution, together with a
number of other measures mooted since that
time, have come before the present Legis-
lature for action, and most of them have been
approved. Indeed, no one can deny that if
the Legislature reflects the voice of the peo-
pie, the State of Wisconsin is progressing as
% AItG mus sun progression CUuiu
have anticipated. 1t remains yet 10 be seen
whether all these new measures will be advan-
tageous or the contrary.
On the evening of the 8th, in Assembly, the
Senate bill appropriating to c. L. Sholes &c.
100 the price fixed by the Governor on 1000
copies of the Revised Statutes, being rs cts,
less per copy than claimed by Sholes, was IN
der consideration. Mr.. HAZE of Southp port
moved to strike out the words Sin FULL but
finding it would prejudice the whole bill, he
withdrew it. The bill as it came from the
Senate passed by a vote of 81 to 25, Messrs.
Strong and Fullerton of Iowa county both vo-
ting in the negative.
The considerations that passed the bill,
believe, were the facts that the Statutes are
distributed, and that much of our legislation
at this session has been amendatory to GER
tain sections and chapters Of the Revised Stat
uieS. 1901.