, 1873-01-29
WISCONSIN.
Special Dsspatch to 1hs Chtca5o Tr1barf:


MADISON, Wis, Jan. 28.--The railroad contest
il fairly iuaueurated in both Houses, similar
bill to that introduced last evening u Ire
Assembly having been introduced IN the sennte
today BY tho chpPswn valley sgd T eo whero
thoy nre surest of getting railroad. lhls nl4
gives the ST. Croix l. Superior land grant to the
Milwaukee s. st. Paul Company, conditioned on
bonds for building road from some point on
LAke Superior and Bayfield,; sixty miles this
somo oo ' po}nt '&'t o. the mississippi below
Lake fepn up The s1oncln|gso chiRRevs and valley aes
to Chippewa Falls and Monoln,neo; m anu ~ tseo seo
Ecu Clair to Chippewa Falls, within year.
Memorials for the repeal Of the laws exempt
ing property from taxation keep coming INTO
both Houses. Bills werc introduced 70 maze tlle
Town Board 8 Board Of Eeyiew. with the Town
Assessor to appropriate S10, 600 to the superln-
tendent OF Public Property for stationery; pro-
yiding that when man dies and dooa not leave
funds enough to pay tbs expenses OF admins
tration, his real property may be mortgaged 1or
3 Blfs passed to appropriate s2o, 900 for tho In
stitute for tie Education OF the Blind at Janes-
vile; $2S, 500 for the Institution Tor the Eauca
tion Of the Deaf and Dumb at Delavan; go, 5oo
for the Industrial School for Boys at Wauhesiia,
s37 900 Of which ia for current expenses For the
ensuing year, and the balance for permanent
IMPROVEMENTS $500 to the Visiting Committee
! Of 1872.
ASSEMBLY,
| L Amemorial Of the Northern Wisconsin PRESS
Association for the adoption Of measures to pro-
| mote immigration to the northern part OF tho
/ State WIS presented. ,
RESOLUTIONS were offered: OF inquiry IN regard
to the propriety Of Compulsory Education Law,
and securing supply Of water for the Capitol
/ from the lakes; that hereafter the Legislature
| will hold session On Saturday forenoon;
| authorizing the taking Of further testimony IN
! the contested case Of Weiss and Bond.
Arosolution protesting against Post Office boz
and drawer rent, as obstacles to cheap postage,
| mas referred.
Bills were introduced: Providing that in ap-
pea1s in civil actions all testimony shaH be made
part Of record, and that there shall
trial before Referee; amending Chapter Gu
General LAWS Of 1850, relative to plaintiffs vs. coS1s
in Justices Courts; to amend an act OF 1861 fela
tive to steamboats, navigating certain %atesS a pa
| provided with spark-catcher; to regulate tue
salary Of District Attorneys; aInendng thap1er
T. Revised Statutes so as to require eacn ba1lot ~
be marked with the number Of voters On 1.ao tno
po!l list so that in case Of contest, illegal votes
may be identified; authorizing the He'd wing
| l. Menominee Railroad Company to bridge
the Mississippi River near Red wing; 70
| prevent the careless use Of firearms, by maEn9
authorize the Sturgeon Bay Canal Company to
issue mortgage bonds on tho canal and 1ands
granted to aid in it's construction; to prevent
the multiplicity of actions on the same cause !;
to amend Chapter 1,443, Reviaed Statutes, so
that the holder Of certificate OF sale under
foreclosure of mortgage should hare tue same
right Of action for waste as the holder on exect-
ton; to amend Section SO, Chapter u, Revised
Statutes, go that refusal Of Supervisors to lay
out highway should DO final for three years IN
stead Of one year.
Memorial to Congress was presented for such
an amendment to the law taxing State bank cir
culation, that when they deposit with tue State
Treasurer the same amount and kind Of securl-
ties as National Banks are required to deposit
with tho United States Treasurer, they shaA be
put Oh the same footing us regards taxation:
A joint resolution was adopted directing the
Go7ernor to open correspondence With the
authorities Of tho States Of New York, ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, and Massa.
chuEetts III regard to canal between Buffalo
aud Albany, with view Of ascerteining at Tha
price tho State Of New York would agree to sol
said canal and keep it in good repair, ana free
from tolls and what corporation could be &C.
cured in tie purchase OF said canal.