Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-01-28
LEGISLATIVE,


v9a LEGISLATIVE,
SENATE. On the evening of the 18th,
at eight O'Clock, the Senate convened "A resoiu-
ton was offered asking Of the State Treasurer "a
statement of receipts and expenditures of the last
quarter and other information "A solution was
also offered directing the Railroad Commissioners
to procure of the West Wisconsin Railroad sundrY
information as to lands sold, etc. Bills were
introduced prohibiting Circuit Judges from
practicing law; fixing N. / as the limit for deer
hunting. Adjourned.
ASSEMBLY. Several petitions and reso
lutions were offered . Fifteen bills were intro
duced, among them the following: Making eight
years of insanity cause for divorce; enabling for
eign trustees to sue inWisconsin; providing for
thecompensation of Town Treasurers; repeating
the Dog law One or two local Senate bills were
cOncurred in. "A resolution for Joint Commit
tee on ApDortionment was also concurred in
SENATE.-On the 18Th the Governors
message was referred to the appropriate commit.
tees. "A resolution requiring the State Treasurer
to make exhibit of his receipts and expenditures
from Sept. 80, 1875 to Jan. ], 1876 was adopted
The resolution requesting the West Wisconsin
Railway Company to give information as to the
amount of land sold or mortgaged by it and the
price per acre was postponed until the Goth. -.
Bills were introducedto app Opriate 81 600 to the
State Agricultural Society; to facilitate artificial
propriate certain sum of money for a State
clearinghouse. Adjourned.
ASSEMBLY Petitions were presented
asking for the repeal of laws exempting railroad
lands, especially those belonging to the West Wis
consn Railway Company from taxation. IA res
olutiOn was offered to print the Governors mes
sage, 1900 copies in English, 5000 in German
1900 in Norwegian, J. 900 in Welsh and 600 in the
Holland language y Bills-were introduced1-fxin
the salary of the Assistant Superintendent of Pub
State Commissioners of immigration, to be APP
pointed by the Governor, to have $4,000 a
year compensation and keep an office in
Milwaukee,; authorizing the Adiutant- General
to collect in his next report the names of Wiscon-
sin soldiers who died in the defense of the Union,
and their places of burial to fix per cent. the
ages to treble the amount paid where more is
charged The papers in the contested election
cases OF Messrs. Gray and Griffin wee presented
Elections. ;. Adjourned sAtlt&55<N. tf[$
SENATE.-On the 18th a memorial was
presepted requesting sConggesst to investigate the
right of George.W Cate to hold his seat as Mem
Der of Congress from the Eighth District. The
reports of the State Geologt the State Centennial
and Womans Centennial commissions were pc
scented. .Sundry appropriations to state lnsti-
tutions were reported : Adjourned.
AssEMBLY.-A proposition 10 print the
Governor message in English and various for
eign languages was indefinitely postponed as
needless expenditure. "A message was received
from the Governor Transmitting last years list of
pardons Sundry committees were authorized to
emplov clerks Seventeen bills, mainly local,
Were introduced. :. eAd -aarned.
SENATE-O On the Goth a resolution was
adopted for an inquiry into the West Wisconsin
land sales Bills were introduced-to repeal the
law requiring notice of special legislation; relat
ing to wills proved in any States app"Opriating
$1,000 to the Southwestern Wisconsin Industrial
nr OF the the 4
penses of the State Prison, $4,000 to the State
Board of Centennial Managers; to repeal Chap.
n, Laws Of 1875, relating to infants of insane
persons and habitual drunkards The name of
Prof. T. &. Chamberlain was sent in for confirma-
ton as State Geologi The report of the Treas
urer called for by the ssnate showed the general
$1S,SS3t2. making a total of SIT ,iT2.09. .Ad-
journed
ASSEMBLY. Sundry petitions were pre-
scented for the abolition of County superintendent
and for uniform public-school textbooks -. Re
ports were presented showing that g. 404 04 feet OF
logs had been scaled in the Hudson district and
154 936 feet of lumber manutacturedin District
No 81. Resolutions were offered directing the
Judiciary Committee TO report law to better Sc
cure the people against loss from municipal and
county Tieasurers; for adjournment Feb. 81 and
to transact no business alter the 21st; in favor OF
equalizing soldiers bountes as to give 1888
month from the 18th OF April to muster out; by AZ to
joint committee of nine on apportiOnment. Bills
were introduced-to divide the money for license
for the sale OF liquor between county and town
treasures for the poor fund; requiring
Registers of Deeds to make out statements
of instruments securing loans by liens on
real estate for assessors or other officers hav-
ing to do with taxes for the regulation of mill
dams: to pay school-dstrict Clerks not less than
five dollars a year; to repeal Sec 8, Chap. 211,
Laws of 1874 in relationto railroads. to divide the
counties of Clark and Marathon, and create the
county Of Langlade named after French pioneer
who settled at Green Bay 13o years ago. :. .Ad-
iourned.
SENATE.--On the 2ist petitions were
presented from the Northwestern Railroad Com
pany and the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Rail-
road Company for the. amendment of the Rail-
road laws 4 resolution was introduced asking
Congress for an appropriation fora Custom House
and Postofice at Green Bay No bills of inn
poftanee were introduced or passed. The nomi-
nation of j. G.. Chamberlain as State Geo.ogist was
unanimously confirmed. Adjourned. El1
AssEMBLY.-The Speaker announced
the Assembly members of the Joint Committee on
Apportionment, as follows: Messrs. Reynolds,
Book, Keogh, Putnam, Wall and Bradley .Ad-
journed, after fifteen minutes session, until the
evening or the 2fth
SENATE.-On the 22d, a communicate n
was received from the Railroad Commits sioners in
responsible resolution, showing the number of
acres of land sold, money received, lands mort.
gagged etc. by The West Wisconsin Railroad
The resolutions of the Board OF Supervisors of St
Cox County against the issue of patents to the
West Wisconsin Railway We're esentcd. J. The
Joint resolution for Tn ted States Postof1ice and
Court House at Green Bay was adopted. !. Adj
journed.
AssEMDLY.-Not in session.