Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1864-04-09


by volunteers; to amend r. S. respecting
school and university lands to amend r. s.
of writs of mandamus and prohibition; co
| incorporate the American copper mining,
smelling and manufacturing company, and
several local bills Bills were passed grant
ing redemption rights to occupants of swamp
and overfowed lands; for the removal of the
county seat of Trempeleau county and sever
| al local bills The Senate concurred in the
Assembly joint resolution for procuring 5000
copies of the proceedings of the State Sor-
ghum Convention. srgis .ses
Ass1nbly.--Mr. BARRON presented memo
rial from w. A. TALLBoYs, and others, for
legislative action to remove the Chippewa
Indians. Mr. ABRAMS offered a resolution in
regard to Mr.. FUEssEMcH's postage stamps,
that gentleman having gone to Europe. A
number of bills were considered in committee
of the whole. Assembly bills to repeal the
act comforting part of the land grant on the
Sugar River Valley Railroad Company; estab-
fishing uniformity in deeds of conveyance;
to extend the effect and operations of judg-
ments in certain cases; for supplying -omis-
sions and correcting errors in record evidence;
and to prevent the circulation of counterfeit
currency, were severally indefinitely post
poned.
| TUESDAY March 5-Sendte.-Bills were
| introduced to authorize the Governor to take
care of the sick and wounded soldiers, and
appropriating $4,000 for that purpose; APP
propriating money to State Prison to amend
section of chapter III, of session laws of
| 1851, "of State Prison." authorizing the
Governor to appoint az Inspector of Public
Institutions and defining his duties; to abol-
ish the Office of Usher i'll the State Prison;
to provide for an investigation into the affairs
| Of the State Prison; and general local bills.
Bills were passed to incorporate the Sturgeon
Bay Ship Canal and Harbor Company; to aid
the st. Croix and Lake Superior Railroad
Company to incorporate the Waupun and
Rock River Railroad Company.
Assembly. Three petitions for uniform
railroad tariffs were presented Resolutions
for more postage stamps and to hold after
were introduced amending the articles of as
ISOLATION of the Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road to regulate tax sales; and number of
| local bills.
Bills of general nature were passed as
follows To amend section SO of chapter lit
of the Revised Statutes, concerning County
| Courts to amend section ~ of chapter 1877
of the Revised Statutes, concerning County
officers; to prohibit persons from receiving
rewards for procuring extra bounty for vol
unteers; to change the time of holding the
Milwaukee Circuit Court; to amend section
al of chapter 1873 of the Revised Statutes
concerning costs and fees.
| There was good deal of debate on the
dog law bill, which proposes to substitute a
county dog system for the present town sys-
tenn. 1t was finally terminated by the previ-
Gus question, which was called for by Mr..
Pound, and demanded by the House, though
its application caused some growing on the
part of the minority of the talking members
who had not vet given their views on the
subject. The bill was then ordered to a third
! reading.
WEDNESDAY, March l6.-ISenate were
introduced to authorize certain towns there
| in named to aid in the construction of the
Sugar River Valley Railroad to divide the
| 9Th judicial circuit and organize an eleventh +;
to amend R. S. of mills and mill dams, and a
number of appropriation bills. Bills were
passed to provide for the purchase and dis
| tribution of Stationery !; to amend r. S. ''of
the forms of civil actions and parties thereto !;
memorial to Congress for an appropriation or
grant of land to aid in the construction of the
Southern Minnesota railroad, and several To-
cal bills.
Assembly. petitions were presented to in
crease the wages of employees in the State
Prison; to remit $500 of the State tax to
| Douglas county on account of the confsca-
| ton of real estate owned by rebels in Supe-
rior city, on which the State tax cannot be
collected, and for uniform tariff of freights on
railroads
A resolution to hold afternoon sessions
| from and after Monday next was adopted. A
resolution for $40 worth of postage stamps to
| each all around, was rejected.
Among the bills introduced-all of a local
character-was bill to annul portion of
| the grant of land to the La Crosse road and
confer it upon the Tomah and St. Croix Rail-
road Company. The bill making the finding
of juries final in farm mortgage cases was
passed.
THURSDAY, March 7.-Senate-The Senate
informally adjourned for an hour to attend
the reception of the 10th regiment of Wis
consin veterans. A memorial to Congress
for a tax on agricultural implements and an
appropriation bill for the Insane Asylum were
introduced Several local bills were passed,
and the Assembly bill for bridging the Missis-
| sippi was extensively discussed in committee
of the whole.
| Assena5ly.-Bills were introduced relative
to actions commenced by attachment in JUS
tees courts; to accept grant of lands from
the q. s. to aid in opening State road from
Fort Howard to the Michigan state line; to
allow the Bank of Weyauwega to reduce its
capital stock and change its place of bust
ness limiting the amount of costs recovera-
BILE in actions for trespass in certain cases;
and for indicting and Furnishing nuisances in