The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1876-03-02
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Summary of Proceedings in Both Houses
Sena tie.

Senate.
MADISON, February 19.-The Vance
railroad bill was passed by the following
vote; Ayes-Senators Baker, Barney, Bar
ron, Blair, Campbell, H. n, Davis Downs,
Farr, Flint, Hathaway, Hiner, Jacobs Nc
Farland, Mitchell, Nebns Reed, Rounds,
Ryan, SilverthOrn and Wilmot-20. hayes
Senators Barden, Cavanaugh, r. f. Davis,
Douglass, Patter, Treat and Weloh-7. Sem
ator Bryant, who would have voted against
the bill, was paired with Senator Fudd, who
would have voted for it. Senator Scott was
paired with Senator Eastman The As
sembly resolution granting the use of the
halls to the poor for leap year party was
concurred III, and the Senate adjourned till
Wednesday.
Assembly.
MADISON, February 19.-Bills relating
to Milwaukee Musical Society, and in regard
to the building of side tracks by nail
roads, were concuwed in; also, the
Senate amendments to the Vance bill .
The bill making an appropriation to Daniel
Delany OF $1,000, indefinite postpOnement
OF which has been recommended, was post
poned to next Thursday The bill reQuir-
ing registers of deeds to make out state
ments Tor the use otasSeSsorS, town, city and
village boards of review and county boards
of supervisors, indefinite postponement of
which had been recommended. was also
! postponed. Assembly then want into
a committee of the whole, to consider the
general file of bills. A number of bills
were reported back end ordered to a third
reading. The Assembly adjourned to We'd
nesday evening.
MADISON, February 23-DOwns nre-
| sented petition against the passage of the
bill taxing church property, and Barden
asked an amendment to the charter of Por-
tage City. Resolutions were introduced bv
Rounds, requesting information as IN
! amount of trespass money collected on state
4 lands; by Farr in relation 10 receints and
/ disbursements of the state treasury Re
/ ports of committees were then received
/ when the following bills were passed Re
! latlnS to arrests; amending the act for the
! protection of timber land on the st Croix
! grant; amending law in relation to county
/ surveyors; also the law in relation To ner-
/ manent landmarks; to cure defects in the
! organization of Waukesha county agricuI-
| tural society; relating to publication of geo
| logical survey; apprOpriating So. 900 for nub-
! LEGATION of geological reports; and a memo
rial to congress for fishwavs on the Fox
| river......Bills were ordered read a third
time Relating 10 the discontinuance of
roads by the user, and incorporating the
| fremen'S association of Menasha
Assembly.
MADISON, February 23.-Nef intro
duced resolution authorizing the adiutant
to take " Old Abe" the war eagle To the
{ entennial, at an expense to the state of
s5O0......The Centennial appropriation was
amended by reducing the amount to $4,000
and ordered to q third reading.....A bill re-
ducing the rate of interest to s per cent.
was indefinitely postponed, and the follow
ing were passed: Legalizing certain tax GER
titicates; repeating law authorizing Milwau-
kee county to increase the salary of the Dis
tr1ct Attorney to organize the Thirteenth
Judicial Circuit; to amend the statute in
relation to OtfenSeS as to property: relating
to the encouragement of inventions; amend
ing law of 1873; relating to publication of
supreme Court proceedings; to amend laws
relating to towns and town officers. Sew
eral local measures were passed, and a re-
mOnstrance received against the passage of
the Dells bill
MADISON, February 24.-The resOlu-
ton instructing the finance committee to ex-
anime into the condition of the state treas
ury was adopted, and bills were passed in
cooperating the Mineral Point and Portage
railroad, and authorizing the construction of
pontoOn bridge across the Mississippi
The Senate refused to concur in the Assem-
bio amendment to the centennial apprOpri-
alton bill, reducing the amount to $4,000
and asked tor conference committee
Lieut.. Governor Parker laid before the Sen
ate an invitation from the mayor and com
mon council of Atlanta, Georgia. inviting
the Legislature to take an excursion through
the south Referred to the committee on
federal relatiOns..u..A resolution was adopt
ed for the finance committee to investigate
all vouchers in the governors Office....A
bill to tax logs and lumber in towns where
the same were cut was killed
Assembly
MADISON, February 24-The Dells
bill was passed by a vote of II to IS. The
Centennial appropriation bill, originating in
the Senate, was also passed after being
amended so as to make the amount $4,000.
1.-THE joint resolution to send the war
eagle, Old Abe, % the Centennial was re-
ICIIcNi, dllu VIZ SftCldI lDEBStl-
gate the conduct of Assemblvman /, II
PAIL during the recent deadlock of the
House on the Gray Bennett contested cleo
ton case, made their report Their report
says PAIL absente1 himself from the AS
sembly without leave, being nauseated by
hot air and being ignorant of the effect
of such action" Tle committee agreed that
no contempt was intended.
senate.
MADISON, February 25.-The Rail
road committee made report indefinitely
postponing the bills to tax telegraph and
express companies, and repeating the laws
exempting the West Wisconsin railroad
lands from taxation. The three bills were
therefore indefinitely postponed. . Bills
were passed Requiring cities to aid villages
to construct morgues; relating to actions and
appeals to the supreme court; authorizing
the construction OfleyeeS along the WiscOn- /
sin river in Sank and Columbia counties; |
and authorizing the building of a bridge at
La Crosse......Th bill appropriating $1,000 /
to forward the Fox river improvement was
ordered to a third reading, and the new
county bill was defeated
Assembly.
MADISON, February 25.-Remon-
strances were received against church taxa
tom. Bills were passed: Amending the /