The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-02-08
LEGISLATIVE.

MONDAY EVENING JAN 29th.-Sonate-
Petitions were presented to regulate the
sale of Intoxicating liquors. A resolution
ordering the Governors message printed
IN different languages was passed.
y AssembIy.-Several bills we've intro.
duced and number were passed among
which was one to prohibit the carrying
of concealed weapons.
TUEsDAY.-JAN. 30.-Senate- Senator
Williams was excused on account of i'll
heath from serving on the committee on
general laws and Senator Miner was an.
pointed in his place. Several bills were
passed and several joint resolutions among
which was one ordering 1900 copies of
the Legislative Manual at SO SO per copy,
providing for their distribution, and for
full morocco binding for members or the
Legislature at trade rates.
As'ena6Iy.-Several petitions were pre-.
sented for law to prevent the evils of m
temperance. A number of bills were in.
troduced among which was one to appro,
pirate $4,000 for rebuilding school houses
IN the town Of .Peshtigo The bill pro.
hloiting persons holding more than one
city, village, county or town office was in.
definitely postponed. A bill authorizing
railroad companies organized under chap
70 Revised Statutes, of joint stock com.
panies TO condemn land for right of wav
was passed.
WEDNESDAY JAN. 81 Ssnats-Peti.
lions were presented for law to prevent
evils resulting from the sale of iutoxicat
ing liquor. The Assembly joint rcsolu
ton prohibiting the superintendent or
trustees from expanding any money for
insurance OF buildings belonging to the
State, was concurred in. Bills were in
trodueed declaring the record of wills in
certain cases to be evidence; amending
the general laws of 1868, providing tor
the assessment OF property for taxation.
and the levy of taxes thereon. The mo
morlal to Congress for the renewal of the
grant to aid in the construction of a rail
road from st. Croix river, or lake, to the
west end of Lake Superior and Bayfeld
was concurred in under suspension Of the
rules Senate adjourned.
ASSen'6ty.-Numerou temperance nett.
tlons were presented, also for STRINGENT
law to protect fire insurance policy hold.
ers, tor the relief of Sufferers by fire and
for law to guard against cattle diseases
a resolution Was offered directinp ino,,,rv
1nto me expectancy of appropriating
1unos from those IN the hands of the Gov.
ernol' ~ repair roads and bridges de
stroyed py IRE Bills were introduced to
PloF!oe hereafter for the appointment Of
messengers Tor the Senate and Assembly
from the Soldiers Orphans Home; to es'
tablish an Insurance Department, with 8
superintendent similar to that in New
York to appropriate to different Mil
Waukee charitable Institutions as follows !.
81. Amellanus, st. Joseph's and st. Rose's
+ orphan Asylums, ST. Johns Church's
home, Milwaukee Orphans Association
milwaukee, and st. Mary's Hospital ami
Home Of the Friendless 81, 900 each and
to Seamen's Friend Society $500; to an
thorlze' town boards to appoint overspers
to work the road anywhere in the town
authoflZlng the formation of town insur
ance companies. After quite u sharp
contest, arising from rivalry between
competing localitiesthe Senate substitute
Tor the Assembly DILL authorizing the su.
perYlsors OF Menom0nie, Dunn county. to
issue bonds TO cid in securing the ioca
ton Of Normal School, making it's pro
visions general, was concurred in, with an
amendment striking out the Limitation,
to populations of 1880 and the sum to
$4,000. The Senate resolutions for the
purchase and distribution IF Legislative
Manuals and for exchange of Tsylor's
Statutes for the Revised Statutes were
concurred in.
THURSDAY FEB. 1--Senate- A petition
was presented for the protection of policy
Ao1oers In lire insurance companies; also,
several petitions Tor law to prevent the
.eV1is resulting from the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors. A Joint resolution was offer
ed and adopted as follows:
WHEREAS A bill now nendino before
Congress provides,among other tbinos for
the remission of import duties on ali ma
terial used IN rebuilding the burn. district
of the city of Chicago; and, .e~-~,-,
WHEREAS, We believe that such, an
enactment will be detrimental to the .mer
camille and manufacturing interests of
many localities, and especially of the
F.. states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, where immense amounts of cauital
are invested and thousands of persons are
engaged in the manufacture of lumber.
brick and other building materials, whose