Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-04-13
Legislative.

| sed TO Incorporate the Wisconsin lmTni-
grafton Company; relative, to the. sale of
lands, &c, of the Fox and Wisconsin I'm
+, provement Co; relating TO listing personal
property for taxation, &c: to prevent per
! sons discharging firearms, &c, upon bridge
across the Catfish river in Blooming Grove.
Dane Co; to amend sec. 4, chap. I59 of R.
/ S, of writs of mandamus and prohibition: to
amend chap. III general laws, act relative to
volunteers and their families; appropriating
I 200 to the Governor for contingent ex-
penses. -zs
-4ssemJly-2t O'clock P. M.-Bills we're
/ passed to obtain the collections now in the
/ hands of the late Superintendent of the Wis
consin Geological Survey; to define the resi-
| dence of certain Wisconsin soldiers TO IL
! corporate Green Bay warehouse company
/ for the relief of Marathon county; to amend
! the charter OF the Milwaukee and Beloit rail
road, relative TO suits brought against Joint
/ stock companies; for the constr uetion of
sewer in the State Prison to abolish the Of
| fee of State Prison usher; House also concur
| red in the general State tax bill from the
| Senate, after an amendment increasing it from
| 100000 to $685., 900, and in the bills appro-
/ priating $4,000 TO take care of Wisconsin
/ sick and wounded soldiers, providing for
Temporary loan of $500, 600 and permanent
loan of s35O,O0o.
/ The Milwaukee Metropolitan Police bill was
/ killed by a large majority. The bills 1rovid-
ing for appointing immigrant Commissioners
were lost
| O'CLOCK 2. M.-Bills were passed provid-
ing for paying for rent of grounds occupied
| by Camp Sigel; to amend chapter 43 of Re
vised Statutes, of strays; to aid the st.
/ Croix and Lake Superior Railroad, by ex-
/ empting certain property from taxation to
authorize the Milwaukee and Minnesota Rail
road Company to issue preferred stock to
| abolish the office of Assistant Attorney Gen
! eral, and prohibit the Attorney General taking
fees; to incorporate the Green Bay, Shawano
and St. Croix Falls Railroad to prevent the
removal of timber, minerals, &c, from lands
! sold for taxes and memorial TO Congress
| for an appropriation to wounded soldiers.
Having disposed of all but one or two bills
on its file, the Assembly adjourned at about
!
the adjournment
SATURDAY, April 2d-Sasate-Nearly all
the morning was occupied in discussing the
warehouse bill, which finally passed, ayes 10,
noes H. Senate bill to enable railroads
I within the State to transport cordwood and
/ collect certain rates therefor, was indefinitely
! postponed, ayes Is; noes II. Bills were
! passed to provide for the appraisal of certain
school and university lands, and appropriate
/ ing $1,000 to St. Mary's Hospital.
/ -AssenJly.-At the opening of the morning
| session, Mr.. BINGHAM, on behalf of the men,
| bers and officers of the House presented the
/ Speaker, Hon. W. w. FIELD, with handsomely
| bound copies Of the New American Cyclic
padia, and the poetical works of Sir WALTER
SCoTr.
Bills were passed to change the time of
holding terms of court in the 10th circuit
amending section 81 of chapter Is, revised
statutes, respecting counties and county Of
fcers; to amend section 81 of chapter 10, re-
vised statutes, requiring district attorneys to
have been admitted to the bar; to amend the
act Of 1868, relative to a codifcation of the
school laws to amend charter of the Tomah
y Lake st. Croix railroad, and repeal part of
the rant of lands to the La Crosse r. r. Co..
to prohibit the establishment of cemeteries
within the limits Of cities and villages; and to
| amend the law in regard to soldiers families.
y o'ciock r. H-The Assembly concurred
in the Senate bills to appropriate 81 900 to
St. Mary's Hospital; to amend sec. So, chap.
10, Revised Statutes concerning State officers;
appropriating $, 900 as a contingent fund to
the Governor; and to amend law relative to
sale of land for unpaid taxes.
Bills appropriating 5000 to A. KUTzBocE,
architect of the State Capitol, and authorizing
the State Superintendent to subscribe for 500
copies of the Educational Journal were killed
SATURDAY, April ,, 5 P M-S,nate-A
large number of bills were passed, including
to revise chapter $50, r. S, relative to the
collection Of demands against boats and yes
sells; TO authorize the formation of corpora
tons for the aid Of Wisconsin inventors; to
prohibit any person taking or receiving fees
for procuring volunteers extra bounty to de-
fine the residence of certain soldiers Of this
State; and memorial to Congress for an
appropriation to wounded soldiers.
$50 P M-The bill for the registration of
votes passed by vote of p to : also bills
to reduce the expenses of the courts in Mil
waukee county; amending the law relative to
distributing cattle prohibiting railroad agents
or directors from dealing in grain, lumber,
and certain other articles, and compelling
railroads IN GARRY wood Chief ClarI- sTv.r,-