Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-03-04
Legfslatiye summary.


Senate.--The Senate met at n o'clock |
last evening, but 1khsacted no business.
This morning sen- You've offered joint
resolution fof the appointmest Of - joint
to inquire what messur@
should be taken, ifany, 10 facilitate the
of the exports and imports
of this. State, ria aof the Velland Canal
and Montreal. The resolution was
adopted, and Senators You've and Hicks
were appointed on such committee.
Sen. WILSON, from q select committee
on the claim of HUM and LEIoH, Of the
9th ward of Milwaukee, reported back
the same by bill to reimburse them for
amounts paid by them for substitutes,
they having been drafted improperly.
President SPooNER introduced q bill to
amend the Military Suffrage Act. SO as to
enable slodieTs TO yots tor the judges OF
County, Circuit and Supreme Courts.
Among the bills passed are following
Relative to, principals and factors or
agents To amend the articles of sssocia-
ton of the Milwaukee and Prairie du
Chen Railway Company To incorpor-
ate the Eau Claire Wesleyan Seminaries,
and several appropriation bills.
Some time was spent in the discussion
of the bill for reducing and graduating the
price OF swamp aud over flowed lands, the
question being On its engrossment and
third reading. Senator BARTLETT said in
the course of the discussion that ont OF
81 900 acres of these lands forfeited in
Jackson county but about 800 acres had
been redeemed. The bill was ordered to
q third reading without amendment.
Assena6ly.-The House did good day 5
work last evening. The use of the Hall
was granted to the Democratic State Con-
vention after IL O'Clock tomorrow.
Among the bills introduced was one by
Mr.. HYER intended to nuilify the draft in
this State so far as relates to drafted men
not yet gone ont of our borders.
This morning there was little business
of general interest transacted. Another
attempt to fix day of final adjournment
failed. A resolution passed, however, to
receive no new business after March 10th.
FEB. "a.
Neutrality-suspicious. were presented +:
for the annexation of Douglas county to
Minnesota; tor disseminating advertise
ment of lands to be sold for taxes for
amendment to charter of North W. stern
Wool and Flax Growers Association; and
against compensated emancipation.
Mr.. WHITE, OF Lafayette Co., Demo
crat, and Virginian by birth, presented
series Of resolutions, q copy, We think,
of the resolutions OF the copperheads of
the Indiana Legislature, providing for
sending delegates to N nashville and inviting
other States to send similar representa-
tivee, in order to adjust the present ma
tional difficulties. Mr.. FIELD moved to
reject them. Mr.. BINGHAM thought the
resolutions were disrespectful to JEFF.
DAVIS inasmuch as they provided that a
copy of them should be sent TO Mr.. LIN
OoLN, and not to the other 6 functionary.n
Mr.. STARKs offered war resolutions as q
substitute. The subject was finally allow
ed to go over until tomorrow.
Mr.. PULLRN offered resolution of
thanks to Gen, RosKCRANs.
Among the bills introduced was one by
Mr.. SoHANTz, of Washington Co., making
cities or counties liable to actions tor dam
ages sustained by private property in con-
sequence of riots and mobs.-Fe6. 25.
81 Assena6ly-Mr. Writes resolution, Of
fered yesterday and laid over till to-day,
was taken up. A substitute for the same
was Withdrawn, and the resolutions were
discussed by Messrs. SHARPsTEIN, WAL
WORTH and BARRON against its adoption,
and by M. SANBoRN in its favor. Mr..
SHARPsTKIN made good Union speech.
The discussion occupied all the morning.
The Governor sent in his veto to several
bills, among which was the one for the re-.
lief OF CARPENTNR & HYKR. The veto of
this bill VAS considered and sustained by
vote OF n for, to against. The Gov
errors reason for vetoing this bill was
that some of the sections were ambiguous.
Mr.. CARPENTER being present when this
action was taken, prepared letter to the
Assembly stating that he should be unable
to fulfil bis contract, or any part thereof
after this week, which letter was present.
ed by Mr.. PoPE, and read by the clerk
FEB. 26.
Senate.-Sen. LAWRENCE presented q
petition asking an amendment to the dog
law, so as to tax male dogs IS and female
dogs $40. A bill was introduced which
requires the Superintendent of Public Prop
erty and the Superintendent of the Hospi-
tai tor the Insane to purchase certain fur
niture OF the State Prison Commissioners.
Several other bills Of an unirHportant
character were introduced.
Resolutions offered some time since by
Sen. +. o. Thorpe, and made the specia
order for this evening, were made the
special order for next Wednesday.
The business of the Senate is cleared up
every day; but little, however, of the As
sembly business has been placed before it.
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