Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-03-22
Tie Legislature Of 1870.

1.-The Legislature of 1870 having fin
ished its labors, has adjourned, and
the mentors have departed to their
homes. The volume of business
presented and disposed of was con-
siderably larger than last year.
The acts passed include Fl appro-
priations, 25 joint resolutions, 10
memorials to Congress. 5l7 private
and local laws, i4S general laws.
Or the general laws, so classified,
quite a number are of only local APP
plication, relating to terms of court,
&c. Of those of general Importance
the following liet we believe will in
clude most: The "f1sterly"@ bill to
encourage the construction of rail-
roads; To encourage the manufacture
OF beet sugar, and the propagation
OF brook trout by exemption from
taxationi to protect the people from
empiricism in the practice of medi-
cine and surgery by requiring a di-
ploma OF SONS medical college or
soclaty, or pro',f of five years sue.
cessful practiCe.of medicine; to restore
che system of: county government
by boards composed of chairmen of
town boards ct supervisors. senior
aldermec OF cities, and presidents of
villages; to exempt disabled soldiers
from the ha wkers and peddlers license
and requiring license of certain
classes OF showmen; giving to the
families of soldiers who served dur
ing the war in the regular army SIS
month State aid providing for the
education of certain soldiers orphans
IN the normal schools !; providing for
the publication Of new school code :;
giving a bounty for killing wolves,
lynxes and wild cats; providing for
geometrical and Typographical sur
vey OF the southwestern lead mines :;
increasing the penalty for trespass
on State lands to repeal the laws
imposing license tor the keeping
of dogs. et8
Among the enrolled joint resolu-
tions which passed were: reaffiirm-
ing the amendment to the Constitu-
ton dispensing with grand juries.
which is to be submitted to the peo-
pie this fall; proposing On amend
ment to the Constitution, prohibiting
action by the legislature except in
the enactment of general laws pro-
posing a change of the Constitution
so as to hold the annual election in
October, Congress being meanwhile
asked to suspend it's law for the
election Of Congressman as to this
state.
Among the general measures which
failed were amendments to the
Constitution so as to strike out the
limitation Of suffrage to males :;
making sessions of the Legislature
biennial leDgthening the term and
increasing the number of Judges Of
the Supreme Court for the removal
of the Capitol to establish uniform
freight tariff on railroads and regu-
late their running connections to
provide for a rcvision of the statutes !;
to establish estate board of charities
aud reforms 20 have charge of the
State charitable and reformatory in
situations and requiring the Consti-
tutions Of the United States and
Wisconsin to be taught in The public
schools; to provide for town super
intendent OF schools; fixing the
length of school month to estab-
lish o uniform series of school books !;
to largely increase the rates Of license
charged for selling liquor; to restore
the death penalty in aggravated cases
under restrictions to limit the par
doning power.
The appropriations for the State
institute have been most liberal,
as follows: 500, 450 lor the Hospital
for tho insaAe $4,000 for u new
building Tor : female college at the
State University SAT 800 for the
Institute for the Blind $4,000 for
the Soldiers Orphans Home, with
an indefinite; amount for the care of
soldiers orphans supported else there;
$40, 900 for the State Prison S37 900
for the State.Reform School S37, l76
for the Institute for the Deaf aud
Dumb Sl25,OOO for new Hospital
for the Insane, to be located and
$40, loco expended this season. Be-
sides these there was about S28, 900
appropriated for other purposes.
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