Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-02-10


tunity to manifest their intense par
tizanship by Offering a number of
triiling amendments to the resolu-
tons, all of which were defeated, and
the resolutions were adopted by a
little moro than party vote. There
will be no trouble IN the Senate over
lheae resolutions.
Gates SEAT.
The memorial to Congress request
ing an investigation into the right OF
G. W. Cate TO represent the eighth
district of this State in Congress has
passed the Senate, and is awaiting
the action of the Assembly. 1t is
not expected that tho ex-rebels in
tho House of Representatives will
pay the least attention to this mem
orial, and the main purpose in intro>
ducing and passing 1t was to enter a
protest against the grossest kind OF
frauds ia the election and canvass of
the votes in some portions Of the
eighth Congressional district.
BIG SALARIES.
A few days ago Senator Potter in
troduced resolution calling upon
the State Treasurer and Secret ~ of
State TO inform the Senate of the
amount Of fees received aud retained
by them during he two years past.
The information furnished in re-
Spouse to this resolution was quite
startling 70 the senate, and VIII un-
doubtedly be equally so to the PEG,
pie The following are the figures
given by the Treasurer:
There has been received by me during the
years 1874 and 1878, as one of tee School
Land Commissioners fees, as follows;
In 1s74..... $4,000
In lS75...... Los ,5o
have also received, as interest on the de-
post Of State funds during said term Of two
years, the sum of $24, 334 81
Not being aware of any law requiring any
part Of these sums to be credited to the gen,
eral fnnd, have retained the whole amount,
in accordance with the uniform practice of
my predecessors
Very respectfully FERD. KUEHN
State Treasurer
The Secretary's report is as fol-
lows:
SR-l have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt Of resolution NO "a, Senate, and in
reply would respectfully state that the fees re
ceived during my term, were as follows
From Fire aud Marine Insurance Compa.
MES SlbUI6,OV
| OF such fees there has been paid into the
State Treasury, to the credit Of the gen
era fund under chapter SO, general laws
Of 1870, including $f74.50 expended Ia
Curreney..... $ioOl5.lO
There was received from Life and Accident
OF W
From the Land Office 3,733 5S
For incidental fees Certified copies &cl-. l,36s 30
These fees have been retained for services,
in accordance with existing laws, and the set
tied and uniform practice of this Department.
1t may not be improper to add that notarial
fees, payable by law into the State Treasury,
are frequently sent to the oface OF Secretary
of State Such fees are invariably turned over
to the State Treasurer and placed to the credit
of the.General Fund.
Very respectfully PETER DOYLE,
Secretary of State
To be added to tho above is the
salary of th 9 Treasurer at 81, 400 per
year, making So 500 for the torn,
and grand total of $50, 867 80 for
TWO years services. lobe added to
the amount received by the 9ecre-
tary is his salary of 81 200 per year,
which makes total of $11, 1902 II re-
ceved by him for two years labor.
Following the receipt of these COM
municstious, Senator Potter intro
duced bill to fix the salaries of
these offices and that Of the Attorney
General at $4,000, and providing
that all fees shall be paid with the
general fund Of the treasury.
A MINING BILL.
Mr. Coates, of Iowa county, has
introduced a bill which provides
shat bounty Of 100000 be paid to
the corporation, person or persons,
VINO SDhlI uIStJ Wltuln tcu y ehTS
from the passage" of this bill, sink
into and discover good, Substantial,
paying and workable mines 10 the
lower magnetism limestone in the
mines in Southwestern Wisconsin.
The bill was referred to the commit
tee on mining and smelling,
ASSESSORS.
A bill has been introduced in the
Assembly which provides that hen
ever any town in this State shall con-
tain an incorporated village of 800
or more inhabitants, tho said town
shall elect two assessors inst @ Of one
as now" and only one of said asses.
sors shall reside in the village, and
that they shall have equal authority
and in case of disagreement shall re-
port to the town board who shall
deter mine the question.
TWENTY DAYS TO BE A MONTH
The teachers school month is
again before the lawmakers, and an
amendment is offered to the law so
that twenty days shall constitute a
month instead of twenty-five, and