The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-01-30
LEGISLATIVE.

chambers ana each transacted a It'll e bust.
IS. In the Assembly Ii. &c. Nichols
having been kept away Ivy illness al pear
ed,to"k the oath and his seat. TIE re-
port OF G.Callahan dated ut Eau Claire,
Vas rrce we'd stat ny that in District No
z thtre have been 1913 555 feet Of pine
| igs scaled all of which had been manu-
fac:ured, also that there had bee mana
iac'1red III the district 10,610,650 lath'
1,l70,O0O shingles, 96.84O teet of palings.
A resolution WAS offered directing the
Governor to open correspondence with
the authorities ot the States 81 New York,
OHIO, Indiana. Illinois, Minresota, Iowa.
and Massachusett in regard to the canal
bet "een Buff 10 and Albany, with a view
"f ascerthlning at what price the State of
New York would agree TO sell said canal
and keep II IN gooG repair ard free from
t"ll., land what co-C per.ti"u could be Sc
cured III the purchase of SAID canal
TUESDAY, JAN. -SENATE-A vote
was taken for y. s. Senator whoa result.
cd 20 Howe22;H. L. Halrner 9;abscnt 2
ASSEMBLY A few local bills were
northumberland a vote was taken for U. 8
Senator which resulted fDr TImDthy U.
Howe 81, Henry l. Palmer % for G. A.
EIdrtdge l. Henry L. Palmer. sbse Mt 8.
"WEDNESDAY, JAN 22D. SENATE
Bills were Introduced fixing the salary
ui 5, crrtsry OF State, State Treasurer and
Attorney General u, $4,000, and provid-
ing all tees go into the State Treasury;
Ia ap!h,prjate 800 each Ia the visiting
committee at 1879. The joint resolution
Ut tue ASS mbIy Tor int convention at
noon to-tay, IL confirm the q ectIon o.,
United States Senator was adopted. Sen
a'e bills ere passed rtl,,ing tn the col
lection OF taxes anu Hlaklng appr"pria
Madison AID Oshkosh The Sc nate bill
relating tc the exemption of Certain be
nevolent societies from taxation accasson
ed quiAe lengthy debate, and WIS finally
passed.. The Assembly JOINT rssolu, ion
refusing I" receive any new business after
the h OF February was cnncufred in.
As~EMBLY-Scversi memoriais fur the
repeat ct the laws ex>mptIng properly
ftom taxation were presented A rrsolu
ton III relation tn codiiyn2 the laws ami
Sc verai bills were Introduced among
VIII eli VAS to provide for printing 5000
copies OF he Governors message annual
ly for the use of the Lrglsl ture.
JOINT CONVENTION AT noon the two
Houses met pursu ant to tile law Of Con
gaess and u JOINT re- olution If the Seuate
the journal of each House relating to the
vote taken on Tuesday for United States
Senator for he term OF six years from he
4th day of March next, IN place Of Hon
Timothy o. Howe. Hon. H. L. Eaton.
President of the Senrte, presided, and the
Journals having been read by the, chief
clerk OF each House, and showing an ag-
o. 83 votes for Timothy o. Howe
to Al tor Henry L Palmer, and / tor
Charles II. EldridGe. Mr.. Howe was de-
clarrd elected u. s. Senator from w soon.
sin for six years from the 4th of March.
1878. Ga .1ih I ST. o oa.I s.. "a
THURSDAY JAN % --SENArE.-A pcti.
tinn asking for tn repeal of all Laws ex.
emptipg certain property from taxa,
ton was presented. A re-. olutinn
was offered that the Judiciary Conn
mlttee be- instructed to inquire
whether the laws OF 1879, to provide
ag Iiust the evils resulting from the sale
of intoxicating liquor, has been in opera
ton long enough 10 enable the public to
Judge fairly 0t It's merits, which was
Bills were introduced to pro-
vide for complete Geological survey az
tho State Gnd to regulate express and tel.
egraph companies and their agents. Y~
ASSEMBLY - Petitions were presented
for the repeal OF laws exemptlng property
from taxation, and for the repeal of the
temperance law ut last winter Resolu
tions were offered in regard to the Sol
diers' Land Bounty bill, Low before Con.
grtss: to give To soldiers quarter section.
OF land. or 5000 which was referred to the
on Federal Relations. Tie
members voted themselves copies Of all
laws passed since 1867. A large number
OF bills were introduced among which
were to provide that jurors shall not DO
disqualified because OF having rm.d an
opinion on ruLlor or newspaper report if
they could decide impartislly from the
evidence; requiring assessors to report the
number OF births, marriages and, deaths
in their districts to the registers Of deeds
and they to the Secretary Of State Of Wis.
coDsiu; to repeal the temperance law Of
een -ea agE9