, 1873-01-17
STATE TE.LEGlSlATURES.
WISCONSIN,,

sD<,io1 pe,rateh to The ch:-a7o Tribune:
MAp,so.7, Wis, Jan. 1G.-Anmeroaa petitions
were presented in both Houses 20 co.nEu ~, ~
emptious Of property from taxation to state,
oonnty municipal, aud cemetery property, aa;l
Hill tc Tint effect was introducedIn the Assembly
to-day. Tho Senate has voted to make .the e.ec-
ton of United States Senator the spesaih oraen
for Tosdsy forenoon, and the A-se1no'J WILL
doubtless ta9.o similar action. !
Several members obtained Leave Of absence so-
dov and there IL likely to be little more donc sni
afior tho elec:ioa OF seaa.9r; Goassigroto
business was presented in e:ca doaso to~o=5'
SENATE
Tit,a ,vern Introduced to make the Secretary OF
State, Attorney General aud state treasurer =
State Board Of Assessment, TO 1ace. ~ 1ay ~
each year to appropriate S2o, ,too 1or tno 1ustt
tute for the Blind at Janssvlile ~ 90 i'd fa,,
Mt Delayan both mainly for the current expenses
If onsung wear: also, S22, 900 for the use OF tue
Soldiers Orphans Homo at Maoleon, OF MEisn
$40 900 ia for current expenses Tor tho enso4'lS
year. the rest for painting anu repaM - 70 tha fees
Of witnesses for the State in criminal proseca-
tiona. b. aIso providing for the payment OF the
defendants fees whenhe is too poor to pay them
himself. - ,-.:..,,
Tho reports Of the Lumber Inspectors Wero
received, including that Of H. u: Charles, OF
Wa1san, showing O. ~ 1eee OF 1oss ee1Ga' ma'
trict No. 10; OF George Atkinson, SHOWING a
total lumber product on Black River, IN Distrlcs
No. 2, Of Ii, ,166, 100 feet.
Petitions wero presented for a law authorizing
County Boards to divide towns "ithout = so:o VI
tho peopls for modification o1 1ne nes'''t'
The tariff resolution, offered yesterday, ware
ferred to the Committee on Federal Relations
The resolution restricting adjournment IRON
=. F~r SfrrESf NFH . a r..
t 4 resolution Of inquiry whether any frrthor
legislation ia necessary to provide Tor the moor
poration of seminaries OF learning. was adoptea.
Twelve bills were introduced, inc!udln8 20
repeal tho registry law reiatlng 70 tne sa!e u
lands by guardians, executors, and sdmin.s1Ga- r..
tors, and to amend Sections and 2, Chapter III,
| General Laws Of 1861 to require county
! Clerks to make deeds of land sol1
| for taxes, and bought in by counties at the enc
Of five years, 80 as to secure e1emptlon lrou =
l taxes: to increase the fees and give mileage -
Justice Courts; making United States and state sa
patents Of lands primo tac!e evidence OF !l.le
! cchauging the time Of appo1tioning the drainage
| furd TO tho month Of July proVldlng tnas, nas
tie survivor shall inherit one-third Of The prop
erty, and tho rest so to the parents OF tne q, &C.
| ceased: authorizing q geological survey OF tne
State, under the direction OF J. a. Laphem, VIE
the necessary ASSISTANTS theDirector 70 naFe els
i gaue pay IS tho President Of tho University
and tic assistants the same as it's Professors
Collections col ian to he made for the Academy O.
Sciences, State University, and Normal Schools
providing that n tho case Of appeals to Court, '
| from awards Of County Supervisors, the "holt
account shall be opened; repeating the Ia"
n1Ioyinc attorneyB' fees in Justices Courts; pro
hibiting railroads making any discrimination il
connecting with other lines.
Memorials to Congress we're presented; askln|
for d geological surrey by the Genera eovein
| vant nf the limited States lands in W1sconsln
ai.,ilnr to that recently made in Kansas, Ne
braakn, and tho Western Territories; also, 10
The revision or tic laws regulating couaiaerc
and navigation on tho great lakes