The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-23


d memorials to Congress were concurred il
d for appropriations for the improvement
t OF the harbors of Port Washington, Alma
r pee and Two Rivers. An Assembly mem
orial to CONGRESS was adopted urging the
a speedy improvement of the Fox and Wis.
consln Rivers. Bills were passed to re-
: strict pound net fishing IN the waters oil
Lake Michigan; to amend chapter 49,
laws of 1870, so as only to require passen-
: ger railway trains to pause before coming
to drawbridges. After an earnest speech
!, in their favor by Mr.. keenan,, the As
sembly tabled all the bills making apprn-
priations to Milwaukee charitable insti-
Itutlons by the following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Arnold, Atwater, Ayrcs,
Bailey, Baker, Blake, Bowen, Brcmner,
P K Briggs, Chambers, Chase, Cheney
Coons, Curtis, Dana, Davis. Fay. Field
Hall, Hammond, Harris, Hixon, Hpllo-
way, ] w. Hoyt, Humphrey, Judd, King.
Kuntz, Marvin, Maxon, Merrman, Mer
ri, Mihills, Moulton, Nichols, Pengra,
Peterson, o. S. Powell, r. T. Powell.
Rhodes. Rood Rounds, Samuelson. SIN
derson, Sherman, Smith, Swain, Torgerson,
and Mr.. Speaker Smlth-49.
| N1ys- Messrs Anderson, Barnard,
BaInes, Dick, Eastman, Fitzgerald, Free
man. Fryer, Gaagan, Heimd.d, Hmckley,
| H1sKins, Hoye, Keenan,, Knoel, Lnner-
gan, Manson, Mccormick, Mcdonald.
Mcintosh, M yer, More, Ockler, Citing,
orion, Pease, Rankin, Richards, Richter
Ruscn. Semmann, Trumer, V tughn, Wag
ner, WATTS, We'll, J. 5. White, and s. A
i WhTte-38
/ A motion to consider was tabled by a
vote of ~ to AZ. Bills were killed to
amend section 3, chapter ID. laws OF 1870,
relative to tax receipt stub books, and 10
to amend chapter 538, laws of 1865, rela
tive to the assessment and collection of
taxes.
Feb. 16-SENATE-The resolution OF
The majolity of the committee on the corr
tested election cases, presented yesterday
was passed by a ct PARTY vote of 10 t.
IA. The first resolution Of the m nprity
report presented yesterday was referre1
to the Judiciary Comml tee by a vote ot
10 TO IA The second resolution of the
, minority was indefinitely postponed, am
the motion to reconsider laid upon III
table.
AssEMBLY-There were 4 1 bills intro
duced, and some were passed.
Feb. II, Senate The memorial TO Con
gress for the impro vement of the Fox ant
Wisconsin rivers was concurred in TIL,
bill to provide for hold Ing normal in>ti
tutes in tue State and approptlatirg So,
! 900 for that purpose Was concurred III
Senator Petit presented the remon
STRANGE of the business men of Blacl
against any law whereby the genera
laws of fish inspection are made inopera
: tive in any part of the State; also of fish
ermen of Kenosha in regard to the same
also of business men ard fishermen c
Milwaukee relating to the same; also o
business men of Stoughton, same
AssEMBLY-A number of bills were il
= troduced, among them the following:
u authorize female tax payers to vote a
school meetings "a grain Of Justice
remove the Capital from Madison to Mi
] waukee; to incorporate the Wlsconsi
State Line railroad company for roa
d frem Milwaukee to Chicago pio Racin
Il and Kenosha; to authorize the charge ,
! the circuit judge to be taken down by
q photographic reporter, instead of bein
e written out by the Judge; a resolutio
Was offered for final adjournment Marc
e 9th. Mr. Rhodes presented petitin
from citizens of Wisconsin for an apprt
d priation to advance the Dairying int
: ests OF the State.
Feb. 18-SENATR-The JOINT resol
: ton instructig the state printer to priI
d 500 copies of the annual address befol
d the State Historical Society of Hon. G.
: Walker, was concurred in.
; ASSEMBLE was voted that whe
) the ssembly adjourn it be to Monday ev,
lie ming A resolution was offered for "a con
q mittee of five to consider all bills relatiy
= to insurance. The resolution relative I
). cutting off new business and adjournmer
e was amended, after considerable talk, b
: striking out the provision for final az
= Ijournment on the 9th of March, and the
laid over to Monday evening
HOSPITAL CokTRACT-The contrat
for erecting the buildings for the Hospits
J. for the Insane at Oshkosh has bee
: awarded to Mr.. james Reynolds of Mi
d waukee for $l46,581, being the loves
n bidder