Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-02-11
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CURED in; that in regard to adjourning sine
lie on March 1st was postponed till the 26th.
The House refused to grant the use of the
Hall to the Sorghum Convention this evening.
THURSDAY, Feb. 4, Senate-A resolution
| by Senator REYNOLDS, proposing to amend the
constitution as to make the Supreme Court
consist of five judges, to be appointed by the
Governor, with the. advice and consent of the
Senate, and to hold Office i've wears Bills
were introduced to amend Sec "A of chan. 10
R. 5. of highways, bridges and ferries, with
| regard to laying out roads, to provide sala-
ry of 81 800 for the county Judge of Nilwau-
kee county, and some ofno general interest.
Observation-Disclosures were presented for re-
lief from the defunct La Crosse Railroad Co.;
for relief of farm mortgagors; for uniform
railroad tariffs; to reduce the tax on State
banks; and to abolish the Office of County
Superintendent.
Bills were introduced to amend the act civ
ing aid to volunteers families, and defining
the term family; in relation to collecting sub
scriptions for bounties, and to aid volunteers
families; also number of local bills of no
general interest. The only general bill passed
was one repeating the act of 1862, authorizing
the Governor to appoint Surgeons for Bat
teries.
FRIDAY, Feb. 5.-Seeate.-The session was
unusually lengthy. A resolution was intro
duced by Senator HARRIS, and its considera-
ton deferred, denouncing as towards and
traitors those who have fed to Canada to
avoid the draft, and instructing the judiciary
committee to inquire if there is any way of
Furnishing them. Resolutions were also in
troduced and adopted directing inquiry into
the expediency of the State paying for uui-
forms of militia companies; authorizing the
committee on State affairs to visit the State
Prison and other institutions, if necessary in
their investigations; directing inquiry as to
guarding against evasion of State tax by Ma
tional banks also, as to the care of paupers.
Senator LAWRENCE offered an amendment
to the resolution providing for an increase of
the number of Judges of the Supreme Court,
so as to still have them elected by the people.
This was opposed by Senators CLARK and b.
HAN, and consideration of the subject post
poned till Wednesday.
Among the bills introduced was one to au-
thorize overseers of highways to clear them
from snowdrifts; one to amend the laws rcla-
tive to the sale of lands for unpaid taxes
one to amend chapter 399 of the general
laws of 1862, relative to counties and county
officers; and one to amend chapter PIT of the
general laws of 1860, relating to school, uni
versity and swamp lands and to repeal sec
ton of chapter 20 of the Revised Statutes.
Among the bills passed were three from
the Assembly, one changing the time of hold
ing the circuit court in La Crosse Buffalo
and Vernon counties, and one relating to
special terms of the circuit court in the 9th
judicial circuit; and one providing that the
power of town treasurers as conferred bv
chapter % of the general laws of 1868, rela-
tive to the collection of subscriptions made to
pay bounties to volunteers or to aid in the
support of their families, shall be considered
as applying to cities and incorporated villages:
also Senate bills appropriating $4,000 to the
Hospital for the Insane, and authorizing the
investment of the school, swamp and univer-
sty funds in the bonds of the State
Quite discussion was started on this bill
by some remarks of Senator EARNEST, oppos-
ing it, which was participated in by Senators
LAWRENCE, CHANDLER, KELSEY, WILKINSON,
CAMERON, HARRIS, and Hoop, in favor, and
Senators CLARK and EARNEST, against Sen
ator CLARK reiterated his declaration that he
was in favor of repudiating all these bonds
issued tor war purposes, as unconstitutional.
Some very good points were made by several
of the Union Senators, and Senator HOOP cor
rected Senator CLARK's assertion that our
bonds were not negotiated in New York on
account of the opinion of eminent counsel
that they were unconstitutional, stating that |
the objection of New York lawyers and capt. |
talists to the bonds was based solely on the |
wording of the law requiring them to be sold |
at par. The bill passed by vote of II to 6,
all the Democratic Senators present voting !,
against it.
neutrality-suspicious. for the relief of farm |
mortgages and for uniform tariff on railroad |
treights was presented.
Mr.. KREIss offered resolution, calling in |
the United States assistant provost marshal !
general for particulars of the number of men
drafted in this State last year, number of ex-
emptions, commutatives paid, &c.
A resolution distributing $40 worth of pos
tage stamps to members and officers, and s.
worth to messengers was adopted
Bills were introduced to amend sec. l of |
chapt. 276 oflaws of 1861 respecting sales of
lands for taxes; to provide a State bounty
for volunteers, to fill the quota of this State
to authorize school land commissioners to an
null patents in certain cases. to establish lum-
Der districts and regulate the lumber traffic
in the same; also number of local bills
A number of local bills were passed: also
bill extending to cities and villages the pow
ers granted by the act of last year, to towns
in regard to collecting subscriptions for vol
unteer bounties and aid to volunteer families,
and bill amending chapt. 15S of the revised
statutes concerning writ of ho5eos corpus the
to the President for a more vigor-
Gus prosecution of the war in Virginia, was
indefinitely postponed.
Considerable time was spent on the Senate
bill authorizing cities, villages and towns to
raise money to pay volunteers bounties.-
Messrs. Barron, Belden, johnson, Taylor,
Turner, George B. Smith, Russell, Burton,
Dunn Webb and others, participated in the
discussion. Mr.. Smith, who went for the