Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-01-28
Legislative.


| County, providing for the application of col
lection fees on delinquent taxes in Calumet
and Wood counties. Senator SMITH present
| ed a memorial of the Common Council OF
| Beaver Dam, for authority to lev! and col
lect. a special tax to redeem certificates issued
| for bounty to volunteers. Senator WILSON
presented memorial to Congress for increase
Of the pay of soldiers and sailors. Senator
MCDuL and SMITH introduced the bills called
| for bv the memorials introduced by them.
| Senator WEsCoTr introduced bill, passed
| under a suspension of the rules, for legalizing
all the proceedings of a tax meeting in the
town of Adams, Green county.
.Assem5ly.-The Assembly held brief ses-
in the evening. Mr.. Walworth introduced a
memorial to the President for more vigorous
war measures in Virginia, and asking that
1000 new recruits for me months be put
into the field in that State, to reinforce the
nv of the Potomac. Bills were introduced
amending chap. $50 ofthe general laws of1Se0
concerning the assessment of taxes; section
145 of chap. l2O of the revised statutes, re-
lating to justices coarts, authorizing towns of
Waupacca, Lind, Pennington and Caledonia in
Waupacca county, to aid in constructing the
Oshkosh and Warsaw Railroad; changing
terms of circuit court in La Crosse, Buffalo
and Vernon couetes.
Mr. Turner introduced bill repeating the
act of 1861, comforting the Land Grant on the
Sugar River Valley Railroad on the line from
Madison to Portage.
TUESDAY, Jan. 9.-Senate.-The Senate
met in the morning. and after referring the
memorial relative to a mail route in Wash
ington county, also papers relating to a claim
for the reward offered for the apprehension
of the murderer of EDWARD HALE, and adopt.
ing resolution referring so much of the Gov
ernor's message as relates to the payment of
s. per month to the families Of deceased SOL
diers, to finance committee, the Senate al
journed.
Mr.. Barron's resolution referring the sever
| al parts of the Governors Message was adopt
ed, except so much as related to the party
of the ballot was referred to a point select
committee pursuant to Mr. Turner's resolution.
Assen6ly-The Speaker announced the fol-
lowing as the standing committees:
.n1diciary.-Messrs. Webb, Hubbell, Bingham,
Barron, Geo. B. Smith.
State AfairS.-Messrs. Hubbell, Burton, Wheel
err Northrop, Geo. B. Smith
Federal Reations.-Messrs. Bingham, Barber,
Caswell, Turner, Sanborn.
Militia Messrs. johnson, Roundy, Starks. D.
B. Smith, Smoke.
Ways and Means.-Messrs. Barron, Belden,
McNitt, II. Beach, Geisse.
| Banks and Baaking.-Messrs. Northrop, Gallo
way, Barry, Powers, Ringle.
haco1pOrdtionS.-M Richardson, Dan. Smith,
Rolph, Martin, Hildebrand.
observation-disclosures. Galloway, Richardson, Cas-
well, Walworth, Pound, Ashley, Sanborn, Cochran,
Daily.
Internal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Turner, Hunt,
Shultis, Boutin, Abrams.
State Prison-Messrs starks, Ii Beach, McElroy,
Wright, Knab.
Charitable and Religious Institutions -Messrs.
Barry, Rood, A. Wilcox, W. R. Beach, Eviston.
Medical Societies and Medical Colleges.-Messrs.
Phillips, Roundy, Blackman, Burbank, Daily.
Toaon and County anization.-Messrs. Rood,
| f. Allen, LETTERS, Earle, Dunn.
Assessment and Collection of Tares.-Messrs. Bur-
| ton, Clark, Webb, Jones, Bachhuber.
! Roads, Bridges and Ferries .-Messrs. A. Wilcox,
Naber officer, Stevens, Watts
| Expiration and Re-enactnaent Of Laacs.-Osborn,
Rice, Barnum, Carpenter, Jones.
| Educatton.-Starr, Stevens, Lincoln, Russell,
| Thornton.
School and University Lands.-Barber, Powers,
Goodhue, Adams, Eyiston.
Scamp and Overlooked Lands--Asnley McLaugh-
lin, Robbins, Elwel Frey.
agriculture and Manu- factures.-Rob Cole,
| Bostwick, Green, Hass.
Mining and Smelling Cole, Little, W R. Beach,
Marx, Costigan.
! Privileges and Elections.-Carpenter, L. Allen,
Bliss Bonniwell, Schottler.
! Legislative Erpenditures.-R asset, Winter, Bur-
bank, Rice, Wolf.
Contingent Erpendttures.-Earle F. Allen, John
Smith, Niedermann, Mclean
Engrossed Bils.-McNitt, Barnum, Miller, Zet-
Enrolled Bius.-E. Wilcox, Wright, Belden, j.
Field, Ringle.
Joint Committee on Claims.-Blackman, Goodhue,
Officer, Taylor, Geisse.
Joint Committee on Public Printtng.-Walworth,
Elwel, ZilGer.
Joint Committee on Local Legislation.-Pound'
Phillips, Kreiss.
Resolutions were offered calling on the
Governor for a statement of the number of
Surgeons in the employ of the State, with
their salaries, &C., and instructing the medical
committee to report bill to obtain a supply
of healthy vaccine matter, to be used in this
State. The Senate resolution for 5000 Gov
ernor's messages was concurred in.
Bills of general nature were introduced
as follows: Amending statutes so as to elect
one County Supervisor each year for term
of three years; appropriating $4,000 to the
State Prison; and amending Sec. 70 Of Chap.
10 of the Revised Statutes concerning roads
and bridges.
WEDNESDAY, January Goth, 1s64.-.Sen-
ate.-Senator ELLIS presented the petition
of I. Klaus to build and maintain pie
into Green Bay. Communications were pre-
sented from Ex-Governor SALoMoN relating to
pardons, combinations of sentences, and the
expenditure of the war fund, and from the
Superintendent Of State property. Resolu-
tions were presented by Senators WILKINSON
and HARRIs-the formers providing for pub
fishing the usual legislative manual, and the
latter's for publishing 1000 copies of the
Governors Message in each of the usual lam
guages. Bills were introduced amendatory
of chapter 1872 of the Revised Statutes, for
relief of persons in Jail On civil process to
define the rights of towns, &C., relative to
volunteer bounties; to authorize the building
of pier into Green Bay; amendatory of the
chapter incorporating the village of Elkhorn;
to authorize the investment Of the school
lands, &C., in the bonds and certificates of
indebtedness of the State Incorporating the
Green Bay Transit Company; amendatory of
section 4 of chapter 179 of the Revised Stat
utes, of trials in criminal actions;" relating
to tax certificates in Marquette and Green