, 1876-03-09
STATE AFFAIRS.


LEGISLATIVE lnoCEEDtNd9.
!spee1a. Dfspath to The chtcado Tribune.
1lAptHoS, Wis, Match 8.-Good progress has
boon mat1o by tho Legislature to-day In dlsposing
of tho hlances before It, both Houses having
noted on large nnu,bor OF bia and roso'uttone,
Including. .eoma Important measures.
Tl,o Bcna!o, without any debate, ordered tho
CLtppowa Della Improvement bill to third road.
Ing BIZ a vots OF 81 to 10. There Was consider
able debate on three Assembly oontcstol-seas
cases, which wore concurrod in,-that Of Hay"
hurst amended by striking ont astorncya' foos.
Thoro woro aomo thirty Assembly bills ooncurred
In, mainly local, but inoludlng--to nuthosizo tho
Goyornor to appoInt Commissioners to invosti-
cato tho claim OF Nolaon MoNoal; to amend soc
i. Chap, 1o3, Of tho Laws Of 1868 relating to
tree bolts to amond Sec. 10, Chap. f7. Noytsed
statutes on cemetery associations appropr'at-
ing to L. s. Dixon aud George Graham for legal
seryIcos In tho case Of the stnte against ths
West Wisconsin llailroad: ,,,,,-
Tho Assembly roconsldered the vote killing
tho bill to improve tho County 6npesfntoudcna5
Of schoola and. attor reducing It to QUO section;
changing tho time Of election to spring, ordered
tue bill 70 third roaling.,
The Benntc bill 20 facilitate Artificial propa9a-
tton aud preservation OF tish md aIpEopriastug
$4,000 for that purpoeo. and To- purohho9,
sito. for o 6tsto hatching-houBo and
tho erDction thereof, WAC ordered TO- third
reading, attor an ablc speech by Pr: Reynolds,
Which, hovevor. h6 vas prevented ilnlhhing by
tho enforcement Of tho tcn-ninute rule.
Thero was a Bhnrp dobate, especially among
| Milwaukee momborg, on tho bill prohibiting
County Judges who haso civil jurisdiction charg-
| Ing foes Ia probate nattors. which, It VA Vas
| claimed, wns . drive At Judge Mnnn. OF Mil
weukee, but 1t waa protested that i WAS j1Ht
and proper la". and waa ordered to third
| reading. -...
toat ovcr a bill to authorize tho City
| of Milwaukee, to build or buy ,drcdge-
| tug md scow.: A Democratic member I'd
vocated It to ralteyo tho people ol
parsau,cntary i1deoorum OF announcing That
Gov. Ludington desired it's paaBaget for which,
strange to Sly, no ONO robuked him.
4 largn number Of bills woro considered 'n
Committee OF tho Wholo and ordered to O third
Tho following, n1uong others, woro killed Tc
nmond Soo 20, Chap. sc, laws Of lB7o. for tht
incorporation and government OF fro and iniaut
Of Chap. qua of tho laws Of 1878. rolatiyo to sle
| QeoipsiQal survey collections to aubMit to til.
peoplo IN amendment to &c., 23 Of Art.
OF tho Constitution relative to county RoYorn
mont reuuIring e3 foo for 9tate warrants
10 compel children to attend froo schools Il
| commission mud surveyors and to abolish th'
| Office OF County Surveyor.
A Joint resolution to amend tho Constitution
so ns to make tho school nEo from to 90 yohr
was reconstle1ed. The Appottionnens Commit
tos III not yot ready to mako d tna! report, but
is hoped to got through thAt and Nil other iogs
lative business this wock.
Thero wcro 1iyoly times In tho 6cnhto TIL
J evening, tho ball bsing opened by communsca
ton of tho late Superintendent Of Public Pror
czty Knight in reply to tho report yesterday Q
tho expenditure Of tho contingent fund by nm
and TO which Gov. Taylor and Senator Bake
aildcd q nnn,bcr at latters and doouments fort
: fyiug thotr statements. Acommittoo Of throe wu
1ooyod for further inyostigauon Of tue u,atto
whorcupon documents Wero provided to onlarG
tic scope Of Investigation and 80 Gacls tcu yenr
Finally resolution was adopted for 1otl
committee Of five to Investigate tho Exccutiy
Office aud oflico Of Superintendent Of Pub!
rroperty for tho last four years, Senators Da
ney ami Dardor woso appointed On tho part {
. tho Honato.
Tho Chippewa. .pellB bill waB concurred tn
to 8, 10 that light ia over,
The Qoyernot'a a first veto WAS received OF It
D bill rotating TO tho Nau]scAha County Agrlcu
, tufal Society.