, 1873-03-12
STATE LEGISLATURES.
WISCONSIN,.

oPet'At AfSVAtcHt u 1Ne LTacuHo 1F1oHtSs
MADISON, Wis, March 11.-Tho Assembly to-
day ordored tho bill comforting tho St. Croix and
Superior land grant on tho Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad to third readng atter dobato,
The proceedings occupying from 11:o0 D. m. to
mont giving part of tho grant to tho Ohioago l.
Air Limo Company, was repudiatod by Mr..
Palmar. and tho friends Of tho Milwaukee, bill,
and a{tor Bome discussion rejected. Tho bill rs
amended now, provided for building the st.
Croi1 d Superior Road at tho ratio OF sixty miles
hyear; also, on tho extension Of the road from
Monroe to Bhu1lsbuty, anda road frona tho Missis-
Birpi Riyor vis A1ondoyia or Durand to Chippewa
Falls: Tho section exompting tho lands from
taxation I'LL tho completion Of THO roaa was
struck out, by 3 vote Of 90 to a. Mr.. Barron
North Wisconsin, except that on the Superior
81 to 81, and The bn was M then ordered TO 70 I thir
reading. There being. no uac for q session in
tho afternoon to consider the North Wisconsin
Railroad bill as tho special order waB agreed on,
tho Assembly adjourned till Tomorrow.
The friends OF tho North Wisconsin claim q
majority III tho Senate.
Tho following is tho additional buniness Of
a.9,, last evening md this morning: Tho sonnto
Of tho Soldiers Orphans Homo reported. The
general conclusion Of tho report is, that tho
charges ngatnHt tho management Of Suporln-
tendont Burton nre not sustained, excopt that lii
ono case, tho punishment Of one boy was too
able and ample, and tho Superintendent and
Matron cone{deratp Of tho welfare of tho chill
dren. They regard the wnnt Of hnrmony in tho
Board the main ca,1so Of tho trouble, mud nh
provo tho action Of the Superintendent and tho
majority Of the Board upon thopoints ofdifforonco
They recommend that the Superintendent bo
authorized to dismiss employees for cause; that
tho employment of member Of tho Board as a
reBldont physician bo discontinued, and that no
relative Of member of tho Board be employed
In tho institution also, that tho Board appoint
IN agent to provide homos for tho children in
private families.
tee to whom wao rcforrcd tho bill ropealing tho
arnllnm Liquor law, submitted reports jori-
ty against and Senator Schmidt In favor Of re-
fusal of third reading to tho bill. The bill re-
and postponed to this ovoning.
Tho doyernor returned with objections tho
SonAto bill to provide for tho collection Of oer-
tain ssatsstics with view OF moro fully equaliz-
Ing the State taxou, and the sonatc refused tho
pasaago Of the bill ovor the Governors voto by
u to Ii. Tho Assembly joint resolution for tho
appointment Of Commissioners to tho Vienna
Exposition WIS concurred in. Tho Senate bill
araending tho railroad LICENSE foo to por cont
roading-17 to ia. Tho Senate bill providing
for proper distribution Of the drainage fund
was indefinitely postponed !; also, amending tho
general lava renting to o1omptlng the property
In the Assembly, III but two Of tie Railroad Com
mittoo reported in favor Of authorizing the La
Crosse d Mnnosota Bridge Company to bridge
tho mississippi opposite Laorosso, and aIL but
three Of tho said Committee wero in favor Of
authorizing tho Milwaukee i st. Paul Railroad
Company to bridge the Mississippi opposite
North LnCroBao.
senato billn wore conourrod in in relation to
tho education OF the county poor; authorizing
Iowa County and tue Town OF Mineral Point
to settle their bonded iudobtetlness. Assembly
bills passed providing for geological survey Of
the State BY tho Chief Geologet and four assist
ants, to be appointed by The Governor, to bo
begun in Ashlald County, md completed in four
yeare. appropriating not exceeding S13, 900 an
nualy; fixing the rate of interest on court tude-
ments at tho same as the obligations OH which
they wero obtained; to repeal tho Law requiring
the publication Of notice Of proposed
special or local legislation; to botter pro-
vide for collecting tho claims Of laborers for
work by themselves and teams for contract
ors on railroads regulating tho height Of fonocs
and tho mattor Of partition fcnccs; for the pros-
eryation Of .gamo; for tito relof Of s. D. Car
tho laws exompting property from taxation werc
indehnitoly postponed; also, for the appoint
n1ent Of an eRtomologist for the State Historical
Society to authorize tho State agent for tho
et. Croix Railroad lauda to compromise with
trespassors.
Tie memorial to Congress in regard to do
fras1dlng the Chippewa Indians. and BILLS for tho
repeal OF tho laws oxomptipg tho West WiBco1l-
Bn landB from taxation wore mado tho epecial
order for tomorrow.