Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-02-24
Legislative

Legislative
MONDAY, Feb 5.-ASSenaJY.-Bills were
introduced to charter the German Evangel-
ical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin; increas-
ing the price of Supreme Court reports to S4
volume and to increase the annual appro
priaton for the State Library from $3.50 to
! $500.
| The Joint resolution Of Mr.. STARKs on Ma
| tional matters were postponed till Tuesday
week, at the request of Mr.. GEO. B. SMITH,
! who stated that the author of the resolutions
was absent and that courtesy demanded that
the house should not act on them in his alb
| sencc.
| TUESDAY, Feb l6.-.Satate.-On motion of
| Senator SMITH, Senator S. S. WILKINSON was
| elected President pro tenn, during the present
| absence of the Lieutenant Governor. Sena-
tor WILKINSON got 10 votes and Senator F.
| o. THoRP votes. petition was presented
| from citizens and business men of White
water, asking for law establishing uniform
| freight tariff on railroads, &c. Also from
residents of Monroe, Green county, for the
relief of the state banks. Also, two petit
tions in relation to a ferry across the Wis
| consin river in Grant and Richland counties.
| A bill was introduced to amend chapter I87
of the general laws of 1859, amendatory of
| an act entitled " of the school and university
| lands" Also, one relating to homesteads,
| and several local bills. Several appropria-
| ton bills were passed, and a bill of II. A
! Stone, of 1880, for sheriff's services, that
| hos boon before the Legislature for every
year during the past three years, was lost
! Assen15ly.-Petitions were introduced for
the relief of farm mortgagors and for pro rata
tariff of FIRE ights on railroads.
Bills were introduced prohibiting persons
from receiving rewards from volunteers for
! procuring extra bounties from them;
amending chap. 154 of the Revised Statutes
concerning the foreclosure of mortgages by
advertising; number focal bills and bills
for auditing accounts Of certain State institu-
| tons; to amend chapt. l67 laws of SO con-
| corning assessments.
| \ Senate bill 10 amend chapt. 1877 of the
| revised statutes, concerning evidence, was
| concurred in.
| There was another debate on the subject of
bridging the Mississippi river A motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bills for that
purpose were postponed two weeks prevail ed
and the bills were referred to the railroad
| committee.
! WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7th.-Senote-Senator
| BoHANs resolution calling for $50 copies of
Kurtz's colored Autographs of the Capitol
was lost by > noes to II ayes. Senator Bo-
HAN then offered a resolution st ongIy endors-
| ing the beauty and artistic exec Hence of the
| lithograph which was unanimously adopted
| Bills were introduced to authorize trials by
| jury in certain cases. To continue and con
| firm in the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chen
| Railroad Company, certain rights of fer
/ riage. To amend section of chapter 80 of
! general laws of 1864, providing for general
! bounty law" Passed under suspensions A
| local bill relating to Washington county, ana
| two appropriation bills were also introduced.
\ batch of appropriation bills and three local
! bills was passed.
| Seasbiy-Petitions were introduced for
the relief of farm mortgagors, and to reduce
the tax On the circulation of our state banks
The rules were so amended as to provide
for meeting AT : O'Clock 7. NJ on Mondays
| instead of in the morning.
Besides number of local bills, there were
bills introduced to amend section - of chap
ter 3 of the Revised Statutes concerning
county officers, disqualifyjna County Judges
from also exercising the duties of clerk of
the Circuit Court; amending the assessment
laws in regard to taxing property; dividing
lists of property into eight items; to pre-
vent the removal of timber, minerals and
other products from lands sold for taxes and
to punish frauds on volunteers and enable
them TO collect the bounties to which they
are entitled.
\ number of local bills were passed in
Guiding an amendment TO the charter of the
Milwaukee, Winnebago & St. Paul Railroad
Also memorial for mail route from Fond
du Lac via Stockbridge TO Wrightstown.
Some time was spent in Committee of the
Whole on tl.e bill consolidating and amend |
ing the laws providing aid for volunteers |
families.
.Sezlatc.-Feb. lS.-Three petitions of lc- !
cal nature were presented. Bills were intro |
dueed TO repeal sections I, and of chaDt. |
100 general laws of $50, " relating to allot- /
ment commissioners &c" To create rule of /
evidence and to amend sec. IS of chapt / ST OF /
Il. :. 4" Of evidence" To confer certain pow
ers on the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad |
Company. Also bill relating to changing a |
State road from Prescott, Pierce county; a /
local bill and three appropriation bills Bills
were passed to incorporate the Yellow River
log driving association. To incorporate the
Western mining company To amend sec. IS
of ehapt III r. S of county courts" To
amend chapt- IS B. S. "of the appointment