Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-05-01
Madison Correspondence.

| Madison Correspondence.
ILEGIsLATURE-THE REVISION AMOUNT OF
BUSINESS = ACTI0N-S0ME IMPORTANT
BILLS-MILEAGE, &C-THE UNIVERSITY
GOV. EAsHFoKD-THE CAPITOL EXTEN-
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SENATE CHAMBER, MADISON, Wis.,,
April 26th, 1858. IS
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The Legislature have now been at
work about 4 fortnight since the recess;
have been industrious and made good
degree Of progress. e1'f e'l's2 a52
The Assembly have gone through with
the Revision, adopting for the most parts
the amendments of the Revisors and ma
king some Others. The Senate have gone
through with III out of l57 chapters, and
except a few chapters in which there are
! differences between Senate and Assembly,
the chapter on Assessment and that
on the University, 80 much of the Revision
has been disposed Of in much less time
THAN was anticipated. The whole matter
viii probably be finished up this week.
New loea.. business is now cut of A
large number of new bills were introduced
last week. The number of bills introduced
Tia both Senate and Assembly is between
IlIo0 and 1900. Besides these theie have
Seen about 400 memorials and nearly 500
resolutions acted on. Both houses have
two loag sessions daily and are grinding
Through bills &c. as rapidly as possible
ITbs Assembly have not yet acted on many
lof the important bills before the Legisla-
ture. A bill Of some special interest in
one or two localities ii your county, has
tbeen passed providing for the incorpoFa-
ton Of Academies &c. under q general
law. The Agricultural College Bill re-
ceiyed its death blow, in the house of its
friends, the Senate having refused to pass
lit BY vote Of l3 to 10. The bill for the
decentralization Of the school fund passed
the Senate but rests in the Assembly,
The same is the case with the amendments
to the Banking Law, the most important
Of which is the provision that no bank
shall be located where there are less than
l. 900 voters. There was strong but Vain
effort made to insert clause prohibiting
the issue Of small bills. A bill to prevent
the canvas Of supplemental returns enc
for the relief Of mortgagers providing for
/ six months time to answer, and six months
further tine before selling on foreclosure OF
NOR tgage,) ore to amend an act for the
Ience urseenents Of Acadsmies and Nor
NAL Schools, extending the distribution Of
funds to Union High Schools and cutting
off the privilege Of Borrowing aaoHey;a
bill authorizing the people to vote for or
against a convention to revise the Constr
tuition, and numerous others Of less impor-
lance have passed the Senate but not yet
the Assembly. The latter body devoted
most Of their time last week for the Reyis-.
ion. They passed the Drainage Fund bill
which was Struggled through he. Senate
before the recess, but Mr.. Robbins and
Others opposed it 60 siTehuoasly that its
friends consented to several a,nenaner's
which sent It back to the Senate, where /.
has moi vet been finally acted on. Its
principle features is that it takes 80 per
cent. instead Of % per cent OF tire sales o.
the swamp lands for drainage purposes,
thereby taking nearly sl,ooo,ooo from the
lsehool fund. Tho Assembly passed res
lolution instrncting the Speaker and Chief
CLERK to certify to the mileage Of members
lathe recess. The resolution was defeat
led two or three times by the sudden want
Of 4 ouorarn and was once voted down BY
40 to So but subsequently was adopted by
a vote Of SO TO 81. Speaker Loveli and
|chief CLERK Crane however refuse 70 make
lon. the certificates AID Il y said tie secre-'
|tarv Of State would decline to audit and
the Treasurer to pay the certificates on the
ground Of unc, rstitutfohaiity and Illegally.
SO the lovers Of filthy lucre are in hx.---
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