Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-02-11
From the Wisconsin State Journal
Legislative Summary.

Legislative Summary.
Senate.-A quorum not voting this morn.
ing on motion to dispense with the read
ing of the journal, recess was taken for
half an hour.
Sen. BoHAN offered joint resolution
endorsing the decision of the Supreme
Court in the Ozaukee ha5eas corpus cases.
Sen. BARTLETT offered joint resolution
warmly endorsing the Presidents eman-
cipation proclamation, and also one for q
joint committee of five to inquire into the
expediency of invoking tie aid of the
general government in the transfer OF the
various Indian tribes yet remaining within
the limits of this State. The two former
resolutions lie over, tie latter was adopt
ed and Senators BARTLETT and KMBALL
were appointed on the joint committee on
the part of the Senate.
Assembly.-There was little OF interest
done in the Assembly this morning. Mr..
WALwoRTH's resolution for q short session
was adopted. Several resolutions of
| political nature were offered, and laid over
for action. Mr.. FIELD introduced bill
amending the law granting aid to volun-
teers' families, SO as to apply only to the
wives Of the volunteers, and children IN
der fourteen years Of age. 1t is charged that
as the law now stands almost every volun-
teer in the service, who has no family, has
an INDECENT parent The bill is intend
ed to correct an alleged abuse in this par
| ticular.-Fsb. 2.
| Senate.--On motion of Senator HOPKINS,
CLARK's resolution to pay the per diem OF
! the members of the Legislature in coin,
was indefinitely postponed by vote of l9
to 10. Senator PRATT offered resolution
requiring tie State Treasurer to pay out
no coin now in the State Treasury, until
otherwise directed by the Legislature.
The larger part of the session was spent
in the discussion of resolution offered by
Senator BoHAN yesterday, endorsing the
decision of the Sapreme Court of this State
in the ha5eas corpus cases.
Assem5ly-The old claims of DANIEL
BAXTER against the State for work on the
Territorial Capitol, was presented by Mr..
Wilcox. Mr.. HANSON offered a series of
resolutions endorsing the Presidant's proc
lamation Mr. LARKIN offered a resolu-
| ton protesting against appropriations by
Congress to aid emancipation in the
| States. Mr.. WRIGHT offered resolution
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postage stamps, the amount to be deducted
| from their per diem. The resolutions of
Mr.. DEUsTER, as amended, endorsing Gov.
SALoMoN's message, were discussed at
great length.-Feb. 3.
Senate.-Sen. WEST offered resolution
ordering the Governors annual message
to be printed for the use of the Legislature
1900 in English, and $500 in other Ian
guages.
The resolutions offered yesterday by
Sen. KEoGH, condemnatory of the State
and United States Administrations, and of
the Presidents proclamation of emancipa-
ton were promptly tabled.
The preamble to Senator PARTS reso-
luton instructing the State Treasurer TO
paw out coin in the State Treasury only
On reauisition of the Legislature, was
passed, after the preamble censuriDg that
officer by implication, had been stricken
out.
AssembW.-Mr. PULLEN offered a reso
luton discountenacing the Offering of po-
litical resolutions, and spending the time
of the session in stirring up party feeling.
| Mr.. JONES offered resolution providing
for a change of rules so as to adjourn every
! Saturday until the following Monday eve
ming. A number of bills of local natur e
or amending the statutes were introduced.
| The committee on Charitable Institutions
were directed to visit st. Mary's Hospital,
| Milwaukee.
The resolutions endorsing Gov. SALo-
MONS message, the emancipation procla-
nation, and against compensated emanci-
patton, were postponed till Thursday of
next week Mr.. HANSON, at his request,
was excused from serving on the joint
committee of Investigation, and Mr.. GAL
LowAY appointed in his place. Mr.. POPE
submitted very able report from the
Committee on Federal Relations, in regard
| to the Ozaukee arrests, sustaining the ac-
| ton of the Federal and State authorities.
Mr.. DEUsTER submitted minority report.
FEB. f.
Senate-The funds in the State Treas
ury were again under consideration. Sen.
RICH offered resolution directing the
| Treas urer to inform the Senate what
amount of discredited currency in the
State Treasury bad been redeemed, and at
what rates, and also what amount there Is
now in the Treasury and on what banks.
The resolution directing the Superintend-
ent of Public Property to furnish the
| clerks, sergeant-at-a arms and assistants,
postmasters and doorkeepers, fremen and
messeng FRS of the Senate, with postage
stamps, was adopted, after having been
/ amended so a. To read Sd y. orth each. to