The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-02-22
From the Madison journal.
Legislative Summary.


death penalty was presented and resolu
report plan for amending the assessment
law, and directing the Railroad committee
to report bill regulating railroad freights
and passenger tariff.
A number of local bills were introduced.
Also relating to charges ON railroads for
the relief of Calumet county and amend
ing section l, of chapter 10, Revised Stat
utes, increasing compensation for work on
roads from 81, 90 to 81, so for a man, and
from % to $3.50 for a team. Several
small appropriation bills were passed
The following veto message was received
from the Governor, action on which was
postponed till monday:
I'VE published the veto message last
week, and therefore omit It'd Telegraph. !
TUESDAY, Feb. 13.-Quite number of
bills were introduced, mainly local, but in
Guiding bills to protect bailors of personal
property by providing better means of re-
dress in cases of destruction of property
loaned or hired; to amend Chapter "a, R. S.
relative to limited partnership, to repeal
Section l of Chapter 2S2 of the laws of
1865, which provides for calling in the sums
due to the trust funds of the State
Among the bills passed was one to pro-
vide for the custody of the records of the
public surveys of this State by the School
Land Commissioners; and one to authorize
the Commissioners of School and University
Lands, with the Governor and Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction, to settle and COM
promise certain Indebtedness to the trust
e 70 boIa
due can not be collected.
The bill to amend the law of last winter,
requiring insurance companies to deposit
Wisconsin bonds as security, elected some
further discussion. Some amendments
were adopted, including one to allow Life
and Accident insurance companies to do
business in this State on evidence of the
deposit of 500, 900 securities with the prop
er officer of the State where it is organized,
and Fire insurance companies on like evil
dence of deposit Of $50, 900. The bill was
ordered to third reading by vote of Is
to / l.
The following Senators were announced
as members of the joint committee on ap.
portionment on behalf of the Senate: Lar
kin, Lawrence, Rountree Judd, Meade,
| Fulton.
ASSembIy-More petitions and affidavits
were presented in favor of the Kilbourr
! City dam; petition for restoring the death
penalty, and remonstrance against the
removal of the county seat of Crawford Co
A series of resolutions were offered by Mr.
i WILSON for legislation to prevent extortinn
by railroads. The subject of revising tn,
assessment law was referred to a select com
mittee of five.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14-Senate Petition
were presented for law to prohibit the i'm
portation of hop roots and regulate the siz
| Crosse railroad, and a remonstrance agains
the restoration of the death penalty.
Bills were introduced to amend section z
of chapter % r., entitled ''of the School an,
University Lands and to direct payment t.
be made from the general fund of all expen
ses incurred on account of the Trust Fund
of the State and the lands belonging t
such funds; to enable the Milwaukee AM
st. Paul Railroad Company to extend it
road from Horizon to Il point on its mail
line near Oconomowoc, to amend section 81
chapter 1877 R. S., relative to evidence, s.
that in criminal, as in civil cases, the per
t son charged with crime shall, at his owl
request and not otherwise, be permitted t.
/ testify, the credit to be given to his evidenc
being left to the jury under instructions O
the court; to amend section ia of chapte
, l 3 so as to include deputy sheriffs anon,
officers who are 70, hidden to be or have al
office with an attorney and to amend sec
ton 2 of chapter 364 of the laws Of 1865
by striking out the limit of 30 days 70
making claim of bounty for wolf scalps.
A claim of j. D. WEIGH for military ser
vices to the State was disall0wed, and tn
motion to reconsider the vote indefiniteI1
postponing a resolution instructing tn,
Railroad Committee to take speedy actor
on land grant railroad bills, in preference t.
other subjects, was tabled by vote of Il
to IL.
Bills were passed appropriating $4,000
for current expenses of the State Prison, anl
81, 900 for a steam and fire engine therefor
also the bill to amend the law of last win
ter, requiring the deposit of bonds by In
surance companies, which, as passed, re.
quires home Insurance companies to deposit
United States or Wisconsin bonds in pro-
portion to the amount of their business,
and gives foreign companies the option Of
doing that or of depositing in the States
where they are Incorporated, bonds of that
State or of the United States, and furnish
ing evidence thereof, to an amount by Fire
Insurance companies of $50, 900 and Life
and Accident companies of 800, 900.
AS8emabIy.-Sevefal petitions in favor of
the Kilbourn City dam and remonstrance
against it was presented. Also a remon-
STRANGE against removing the county seat of
Crawford county, and petition for law
restricting railroad extortions
A large plumber of local bills were intro
duced; also bill amending section 205, of
chapter 120, revised Statutes concerning
Justices Courts.
The Governors veto message of bill au-
thorizing a minor to convey real estate was
sustained.
Among the general bills passed were Sen
ate bills regulating the disbursement of the
State moneys by the Secretory and Treasu-
err; amending section 81, chapter 10, re-
vised statutes, concerning State officers :;
and authorizing towns counties and viIag-
es to erect soldiers monuments Assembly
bills were passed amending section 8, chap
ter 257, laws of 1852, requiring county
judges &c. to file statements from their
dockets in certain cases for issuing exc
cutions on judgments in certain cases, for
paying State tax on suits in certain cases.
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