, 1873-01-24

WISCONSIN.
Special pespiteh to The Chicago Tribune.

MADISON Jan 23-In tho Senate, to-day.
lengthy memorial was presented, setting fortI
should not be relieved from tho obligation i'm
posed by tho land grant and charter, to build
section OF road between Portage aud nipon.
Resolutions were offered ins:ructing tho Ju
dietary Committee to Inquire rs to the practca
working Of the law Of 1872, to provide agalas
the evils resulting from - sn1c OF intoxicatinf
Liquor, and vhether any Inendnent is needed.
Bills were introduced amending the statutef
relative to highways and bridges, 80 as to secure
the joint OF supecviao1e in laying cut high
for complete geological survey Of tie 5tn.o oI
Wisconsin, and to. repeal Chapter 137 Of the
| general laws Of 1870, constituting the Governor,
Secretary OF State, and Superintendent OF Pub.
lie Instruction State Board Of Geological Sur
very, who shall hayo authority to appoint per
sons to make d survey, desgnato their field Of
! labor md Tx their salary; requiring express
] and telegraph companies to make m annual
statement OF tboir business, and taxing them 2
per cent OF gross receipts.
Tho Sonnte adopted resolution requesting
our members Of Congroas to urgo the passage Of
national postal telegraph law, which tho AS
sembiy referred to the Committee on Federal
Relations,
| ASSEMBLY.
Petitions wero presented for the repeal OF
laws exempting property from taxntion, and Of
the Temperance law OF last winter.
RESOLUTIONS Tero offered in regard to the Sol
diers' Land Bounty bill now before Congress-
one by Mr. Patterson. expressing entire conf
denca in tho ability and discretion OF our 6eaa-
tors to act on it uninstructod, and one by Mr.
Armstrong, opposing said bill, and expressing a
preference for bill which should give the SOL
diers tho option Of a quarter section Of
land with actual settlement or $500. After
some consideration, these and the resolutions
heretofore offered for and against said bill we're
sent to the Committee On Federal Relations.
A resolution for printing 1900 copies Of the
Governors message Of this year, and a bill to
print that number annually for the use Of the
Legislature were both rejected.
About score OF bills we're introduced, includ-
ing besides locals, the following: To provide
TINT jurors shall not bo excluded from the trial
Of causes for possessing ordinary intelligence,
provides thatno juror ahall be regarded incompe-
tent because he has formed m opinion on
newspaper report, if, Notwithstanding, he is FREQ
from prejudice and feels ahle to decide accord
ing to tho law and evidence shown on the trial;
and disquahhcs and puniahes all persons who
ney seeks such place; to f1 Deputy Sherlf's
fees ut 50 q day; requiring Assessors to report
births and marriages and deaths in their dis
tricts to ReEisters Of Deeds, and they to the
nes 9' under &aconsn m a%s to
limits; providing for reports to tho
Secretary Of State by Circuit Court !
CiorKs OF CRIMINAL atattstlc5; amending Chapter !
II, Revised Statutes, go Us to require the build
ing Of fences on % didaing !tno Foqp5ng the
Laws Of 1871, relatiyo to slaughter-houaes; to !
repeal Section l, Chapter ILL., LENS Of 1869, rela-
two to lien for lnmhoring in cortain counties; /
including reapers and seederB among articles |
exempt from sale or execution; to repeal Sec |
ton 127 Of the Goneral Laws Of 1872; to |
provide against evils from the sale Of IN
Eoxicating liquors, being tho famous No.
of last winter; to amend the School |
:odo so as to provide TOR paying School District
Clerks; to repeal tho laws regulating the rate Of
interest and mako money free; to require As
3essoIs to give correct descriptions Of property;
1lso memorial to Congress for grsnt Of land |
20 build q railroad from Green Bay to tho navi-
3ablo waters Of 1ako st. Croi3.
N1r. J. ". Davis, hitherto prevented BY sick
'ess from attending appeared, and was sworn
nto Office.
The Committee On Education reported against
he memorial for the abolition Of County School
,uperintendency.
The Senate bill appropriating ss5,822 to the
3tate Hospital for the Insane was concnrred in.
4 resolution proposing IN amendment to tho
Constitution for biennial scasioas Of the Legis-
etnre WAS indefinitely postponed by . decisive
'ote.