Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1876-02-18
LEGISLATIVE.

LEUlSLAIlf II.
| In the Senate, on the It'll, resolutions
were offered asking the Secretary OF State to fur
nish the affidavit of the officers of the West Wis
| consin Railroad us to its cost from Elroy to the
| Minnesota State line; inquiring whether the ex-
penses OF the State University and its farm cannot
| be reduced. A bill was int reduced to provide for
| the safe keeping of public moneys; making it EN-
| bezzlement to loan or use them by officers, and
| for the investment Of trust funds in Government
bonds. Bills were passed--appropriating ~. 600 to
the State Agricultural Society, SIS 600 to the In
dustrial School for Boys for bootand-shoe shop;
/ authorizing the construction of pontoon bridge
| across the Mississippi River in Buffalo County.
| Several local Assembly bills were con-
CURED in :; In the Assembly. large num-
| Der Of petitions were presented. Communi-
| cations were received from the Railroad
/ Commissioners and the Secretary Of State in re-
Spouse to resolutions of inquiry. Resolutions
| were offered setting forth that the principle that
/ the State can regulate railroads ! d d en- sus-
/ tanned by all the tribunals TO nth it had been
submitted up to the Supreme Court OF the United
1 States, which had not yet announced its decision,
| and that the rights of people thus established
/ would be endangered by any material modification
| of the Potter law The resolution for final adj
| journment on the oath was referred TO the Judi
/ ciary Committee Among the bills introduced
were To prevent and punish chariyaris to pre-
vent extending the time for collecting taxes be.
yOnd March %; to permit the publication OF legal
| notices in other than English newspapers. Sew
| eral Senate memorials to Congress and unimpor-
| tant bills passed
| In the Senate, on the 6th, sundry petit
| tons were presented and large number Of bills
| introduced. A resolution was presented, asking
for examination into the financial affairs of the
university farm, and if the expenses of conducting
| the same cannot be reduced. A bill was passed.
| amending the law authorizing the establishment
and maintenance of free high. schools. reso-
| luton adopted inquiring of the Secretary of
State to the cost of the West Wisconsin Railroad
| from Elroy to Hudson, and whether anything was
expended for the purchase OF the North Wisconsin
lsented in the Assembly, mainly for or against the
passage of the Dels bill and the repeal or modif-
| cation of the Potter law. The resolution depre-
eating the repeal Of the Potter law presented the
evening before, referred TO special committee.
large number of bills were introduced. Bills were
! passed-to compel assessors and county clerks to
make certificates required by chapter 3S, laws of
1870; to compel clerks of towns, cities, villages
and counties to collect and furnish statistics of
| taxes raised required by chapter 49, laws of
1872; to amend the laws relative to the assessment
| of property for taxation; providing a minimum
compensation for clerks of school districts; au-
thOriZing municipal corporations to establish sink
ing funds; to make twenty days school-teacher's
month; for the protection of brook trout; pro-
yiding that negotiable paper coming due on sun
day legal holiday shall not be protested till the
| day after. The joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution providing for BIZ
ennial sessions of the Legislature and the election
| of Senators for four and Assemblymen for two
| years. was adopted by vote OF IS to Is.
In the Senate, on the 9th, resolution
was offered to amend Sec. 2, Art g. of the Consti-
tuition, so that money shall be paid out of the
| Treasury except pursuance of appropriation,
| and that no appropriation shall be made for pay
ment of any claim against the State, unless made
| within SIX years after the claim accrued. rcso-
luton also offered directing the Printing Com
mttee to report to the expediency of publishing
| in pamphlet form all laws relating to roads and
| bridges. large number of bills. were in
| troduced. A resolution to purchase extra
| copies of the Legislative manual was adopt
| ed. Assembly bills were concurred in
amending the law in relation to inquests; regulat-
| ing the laying out of building LOTS without the
limits OF village or city. Bills were passed in
relation to trials in civil and criminal actions
to amend Chap. 134, relating to executions and
proceedings supplementary thereto The follow
ing nominated Regents of the Normal
School: S. S. sherman, of Milwaukee; John Phil
lips of Stevens Point and C. A. Weisbrod, of
Inconsistencies were presented A large number of
bills introduced. The Senate bill to authorize
town insurance companies and to lcgaliZe such
insurance heretofore made, was concurred in.
Bills were passed-to preserve duck and other wild
fowl to prevent the hunting of deer with dogs iii
the counties of Calumet, Outagamie and Shawn
no. The bill for amending the Potter law came
up as the special order. and was considered Sec
ton by section, until one p. M, when the Assem-
bly, adjourned.
| In the Senate, on the 10th, large num-
Der of bills and resolutions were introduced. The
use of the Senate Chamber was granted to the
on the afternoon of the 18th. Bills passed
| to extend the time for the construction of the
North Wisconsin Railway, and to waive the for
fixture incurred by the North Wisconsin COmpa-
ny, by its failure to construct twenty mic of it's
road during the year 1875; to permanently provide
for deficiencies in the University Fund income; to
appropriate $500 to the Blind Institute for paying
Indebtedness After the introduction Of a
very large number of bills and resolutions, the
special order, the Railroad bill was taken up and
considered A large number of amendments we e
voted n
from the committee was ordered engrOssed by a
vote of 81 to 81 The contested election case of
Gray Us. Bennett, of Iowa County, was decided in
favor of Gray, the sitting member by 4S to AZ.
In the Senate, on the 18th, resolutions
of inquiry were adopted-in regard to State de-
posts in the Corn Exchange Bank and Madison
Bank by the State Prison Director and Insane
Hospital Treasurer; asking as to the amount of
aid by the State for legal services in the last two
years, and instructng the Judiciary Committee to
report bill prohibiting employment of additional
counsel than the Attorney General and his assist
ant, except in extraordinary cases, in which the
necessity was certified to by the Supreme Court
or the o 6
Phillips and @. A. Weisbrod as Regents of the
Normal School were unanimously confirmed. A
few unimportant Assembly ,1 bills were concurred
passed. bill for the better care of
pauper and destitute children was passed.
condition hs affairs anssa asd f55t
1
| there was mistake in the count and announce
ment of the vote in the Iowa contested election
case, and that instead of the vote being 48 to 49,
| thus keeping Gray in his seat, it was 40 to 48,
thus seating Bennett. At the opening of the ses-
sion resolution was offered in effect requiring
each member to state ON his honor how he voted,
and that then the vote should be counted and re-
corded. This gave rise to bitter discussion, and
motions and counter motions were the order of
| the day. The Assembly was still in session at
1890 a. m. of the 18th. and there was no immediate
prospect of the deadlock being broken.
In the Senate, on the 18th, resolution
was adopted, after considerable debate, request
ing the Railway Commissioners to furnish the
Senate with the local tariffs of the several rail-
roads in the State of Minnesota; also resolution
requiring the Commissioners to furnish the Sen
ate with as complete statement as possible of the
market quotations for the past three years, of the
railroad companies having railroads within this
State. In the Assembly the deadlock
continued all through the night. At $3.50
a. M the Speaker announced the arrest
of PAIL, the member whose absence without
leave had caused the dead lock. The call of the
vote on Thursday was then proceeded with, and
the Speaker announced the corrected cOunt-i9 to
4S-and Mr. Bennett was declared seated and Mr..
Gray unseated. Mr.. Gray then retired after an
appropriate speech. A resolution Of censure upon
MIR PAIL was offered and its consideration post
been in continuous session for over twenty-fouI
hours adjourned until the evening Of the 14th
A GEORGIA mule wrecked a freight
train the other day