Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-03-23
Legislative.

troduced to amend Law to suspend the sale OF
certain lands, mortgaged to the State, held
by volunteers; to amend r. 5. respecting
school and university lands; to amend r. >
OF Erits of mandamus and prohibition to
incorporate the American copper mining,
smelling and manufacturing company and
several local bills. Bills were passed grant
ing pre- emption 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.
Assenblv.-Mr BARRON presented memo
rial from w. A TALLBoYs, and others, for
legislative action to remove the Chippewa
Indians Mr. ABRAMS offered q resolution in
regard to Mr.. FUEssENIcH'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 eases; 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.-Senats--Bills were
introduced to authorize the Governor to take
care of the sick and wounded soldiers, and
! appropriating $40, 900 for that purpose; APP
| propriating money to State Prison; to amend
section of chapter 121, of session laws of
| 1861, cot State Prison." authorizing the
Governor to appoint an Inspector of Public
Institutions and defining his duties to abol-
ish the office of Usher in 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.
| 4ssenlb}Y. Three petitions for uniform
railroad tariffs were presented. Resolutions
for more postage stamps and to hold after
noon sessions after The present week. Bills
were introduced amending the articles of as
ISOLATION of the Milwaukee and St Paul rail
road to regulate tax sales; and a number of
! local bills.
| Bills of a general nature were passed as
| follows: To amend section SO of chapter III
of the Revised Statutes, concerning County
| Courts to amend section Y of chapter 1871
| of the Revised Statutes, concerning County
| officers; to prohibit persons from receiving
rewards for procuring extra bounty for vol
uuteers; 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
county dog system for the present town sys-
! TEN. 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 16-Seaotc- Bills were
/ introduced to authorize certain to WIS there
in named to aid in the construction of the
| Sugar River Valley Railroad; to divide the
| sth judicial circuit and organize an eleventh;
| 20 amend r s. of mills and mill dams, and
number of appropriation bills. Bills were
passed to provide for the purchase and dis
tribution of Stationery; to amend r. 5. of
the forms of civil actions and parties thereto
memorial to Congress for an appropriation OF
grant of land to aid in the construction of the
Southern Minnesota railroad, and several To-
cal bills.
-ASsemJ1y.-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 conisca-
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.
4 resolution to hold afternoon sessions
Erom and after Monday next was adopted, a
resolution for so worth of postage stamps to
each all around, was rejected.
Among the bills introduced-all of a local
character-was a bill to annul portion of
the grant of land to the La Crosse road and
confer it upon the Tonah and St Croix Rail
road Company. The bill making the finding
ofjuries final in farm mortgage cases was
passed. ......
THURSDAY, March l7.-Senate-The Senate
informally adjourned for an hour to attend
the reception of the 10th regiment of Wis
| consin veterans. \ memorial to Congress
for a tax agricultural implements and
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.
| Asseublg.-Bills were introduced relative
/ to actions commenced by attachment in JUS
/ tees courts; to accepta grant of lands from
the {. 5. TO aid in opening State road from
! Fort Howard to the Michigan state line; to
| allow the Bank of Weyauwega to reduce its