The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-03-19
III e PILOT.
MANITOW VOC:
Friday, March 10, 1869.
AdjnurnmeLt Of the Wisconsin Leg
lsIature

islature.
The legislature at Madison adjourned
sine die on Thursday, the 18th inst, after
d session of sixty four days, from the 9Th
| of January last. The acts of the legisla
| ture. including bill, memorials, joint reso
| Iutions aud appropriations, will number
seven hundred and SIX in all, lnclua.iiury four
! ..npd'ed aud seventy 0, local laws, Que
hundred and eighty six general laws, thir>
ty-scven appropriations, eigh joint resolu-
lions and four memorials to congress.
| There were more important measures
lost than carried during the winter. The
following is pretty comIlete summary Of
what was done or left undone OF an impor
tant character:
A United States senator was elected, and
the Minnesota legislature Hospitality enter
! taihed. Among the IInportsnt measures
Carried were tine following: The ratihca
ton OF the suffrage amendment to the
United States constitution proposed
amendments 10 the state constItu tion. au
thurIzng the abolition OF the grand jury,
the Increase of the number OF supreme
court judges to five, the increase OF the sal
aries ut the governor to SIS 0UO, and TIC
neuteuaut governor to 81 ,yUO; the estab
i.>hnent of the township system of school
government the cUiiication of the laws
relative to highways and bridges, normal
schools, and trays; the substantial repeal
Ut the law DISTINGUISHING descrters; pros
yiding for statistics tor state and county
boards Of asses ment; authorizing the Sec
rotary Of state to levy additional taxes TO
those provided for by law, when necessary
to meet appropriations Liberal appro-
prlaiIons have been made for the stare in
stli uiIonS, amounting TO about 1878 600,
among them 100000 to the Hospital for
the Insane $53. 500 to the Soldiers Or
| phan> Home; $4,000 TO the State Pris-
GU; S25,U0U to the Reform School; S33,
ono 10 The Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb; SlS,5OO to the Institute for the
| Band, aud about $1,000 to the various pri
vate, charitable ana benevolent institutions,
all III Milwaukee, except one in Waukesha
! and one III Grant county. There was an
appropriation OF IS 900 tor committee
roous IN the capitol, III addition to the APP
IrnpIlatlCn heretofore made for completing
the dome.
There were considerable number Of
important bills Introduced, which failed to
become laws, as follows:
Bills to compel the attendance at schools;
to abolish the county superintcndency of
schools 10 reeto-c The town supervisor
system Of county government to restore
the death penalty tor iburJer; to amend
the constitution SO as to authorize the
luanlng Ut the credit OF the state to aid in
con,t, uc,Ing railroads to :odlty the laws
tor the asst ssment of taxes TO submit to
the people the question of holding a cons
stltuilOuai convention; abUllshlng fees in
pIuUale courts; establishing uniform
railroad passenger aud freight tariff; pro-
n,lultinsy The sale OF liquors As IA bes erage );
to modify The usury and exemption laws,
were lost In the assembly, where they Orig
mated a proposed amendment 10 the
Constitution 80 as to authorize direct aid by
the state 10 the construction OF railroads
anu the Improvement OF the Fox and VI Is
! cousin rivers; a resolution consentlns to
HE ce>sIuu ut the state 10 form the Stlte OF
Superior; bills o organize the tenevo>
lent aili penal Iu>tituti1na a: the state and
| place lhem under The cuntTU! oi one board,
consisting OF one trOm each congressional
district and one at large to provide for
the education of the deaf and dumb and
bilnd by charging the expense to the
Counties where the unfortunate came from
We're lost In the senatc, where they origin
ated. Bills submitting To the people the
Exclusion Ut suffrage TO WOMEN; codItylug
| the laws Tor the Gu, ectlous Ut taAes 10
enable The ianilcs ot drunkards and
| speudthrits to collect damages from per-
son, who sell them liquor to establish
-no; her Hospital tor the lns n. and an
institution tor the care aud training oi Idi-
utic and Iubcclie children tor an eugrav
ed Testimonial of houor to Wisconsin sol
dlers 10 prohibit men practlciug as phys
lcians without a diploma, which passed the
Assembly, were Killed ny the senate. Bills
prUvld ny Tor deposit of the public mon
eys al Interest, with banks to divide the
patients at the Hu. pital for the Insane ia
! III tmo classes, one 10 have their expenses
paid 10y Their friends, the others, pauper,
| 10 have ticlI keeping paid by the counties
iron which they came TO provide for as
certalDlng the amount of taxes levied in
| the state, which passed the senate, were
ueieated III the Assembly,