Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-07
THE LEGjSLATURE.


adopted appointing acommittec to examine the
work of the reyisers of the statutes and report
what additional legislation is necessary IN esne
dlte The work .Sundry local bills We're passed:
also bhls--reiatlne topri souers and common tails:
relating to Registers ees relating to the transfer
OF documents to the State: relating to the fore
osure of mortgages; providing for the appoint
ment oil Commissioner 10 the international Prs-
on Congress. The bin relating TO olenses
against morality. chastity and decency was in
definitely postponed
AssEMBIY-Senate bills were conCurred
in amending the laws in relation TO the organiza-
ton OF corporations for manufacturing and other
purposes; TO appropriate money In payment OF
services and expenses Of members of the State
Board OF Charities; appropriating $500 for the
purchase OF stationery for the use of the State:
relating to assaults with intent to do great bodily
harm, and to prescribe the punishment therefor;
TO authorize the Trustees of State Charitable and
Benevolent Institutions TO require bonds OF Treas
urers having money or property in their posses
sion; Tor the preservation Of fish in certain lakes
ana rivers; also memorial TO Congress for in
creased mail facilities In Oconto County; for SER
vice and mail route from Menomonee to Erin Cor.
ners; Tor extension Of the mail-ro from Berlin
TO hamburg The Senate resolution for the APP
po.htnent OF committee of five, two on
the part OF the Senate and three ON the
part Ut the Assembly, TO inquire into the
work OF revision Of the statut es was adopted The
Speaker appointed Messrs. Carter, Spence and
Flanders members Of the committee on the part
OF the Assembly The vote by which the bin re-
powers and duties, was indefinitely postponed,
was reconsidered, and the bill referred TO the
Judiciary Committee Assembly bills were
passed-to prevent the commission of waste upon
lands upon which certificates are outstanding and
unpaid; appropriating 81 600 for he invention
and successful use OF steam and other mechanical
agents on highways, and amending the laws
the subject; providing for the purchase OF 200
hundred copies OF Webster's dictionary; relating
70 the size of mesh used in trap pound nets; re-
latng to the exemption OF the earnings of married
men, relating to the pltal of fire and life insur
ance companies of other States and foreign Gov
ernment- desiring TO do business In tue State;
amending the laws entitled RR act to provide for
the assessment of property for taxation and levy
of taxes thcreon relating to the right of way OF
railroads.
SENATE-On the Goth, twenty four pc
titons presented fayoring the passage Of the
School Textbook bill. Bills were passed-to
au horize the Governor TO designate Judge to
hold court in any circuit where vacancy exists;
to appropriate $500 to the State Law Library;
latng to increasing witness fees
AssEMBIY--Bills passed appropriating
81 800 annually Tor purchasing books for the State
Law Library, aud providing for yearly report to
the Governor by the State Librarian; declaring
warehouse receipts negotiable. The bill TO refer
TO u vote Of the people the question of removing
county seats was Killed.
SENATE--On the 9th, majority and
minority reports were made on the bin to cheaper
school text books. Bills passed relating TO the
assessment OF property for taxation providing
for the publication OF The transactions of the
Dairymcns Association; to protect makers OF
notes given to insurance companies to submit to
the people an amendment to Sec. 2 Art. ~ the
Constitution. cutting OF old claims after six
years; providing stationery and pc iage stamps to
clerks and employees: relating To estates In dover;
relating 10 evidence In certain ca.es 10 provide
privy seal for he Executive Department; relating
10 the commencement OF actions for limitation Of
tax certificates owned by counties nppruprinting
$40. 90 10 the Fish Commission; relating 10 de
posts of married women, trustees and minors In
savings banks; relating to the State Historical
Society, A resolution providing for niennial
sessions OF the legislature was Indefinitely post
poned. o. The Senate refused 10 order To third
reading bill 10 change the system of county
government to the Commissioners system.
Reconnaissance bills were concurred
in--amending the laws for the improvement and
raising OF stock to amend the laws for the preser
walton of wild fowls: authorizing and requiring
Farm ortgage Land Commissioners appointed
under Chapter Ai6 OF Private and Local Laws OF
1868 to extend the benefits OF said act to certain
other parties equitaby entitled thereto; also
joint resolution ratif, ing and agreeing to an
amendment 10 the bill proposing an amendment
TO Sec. 2 Art OF the Constitution Bills passed
to au horize the Governor to designate Judge
OF Circuit Cour, to hold court in circuit where
vacancy exists; relating to the appointment of
Notares Public. and making their term Of Office
four years he vote by which the bill concern
ing Town Boards Of Review wa. indefinitely post
poned was reconsidered and the bill referred TO
tue JUDICIARY committee. "A message rom the
Governor yctoing the bill relating to aud smenda
tory Of Section 2, Chapter 323 Laws Of 1870 enti
tied " An Act to Authorize the Establishment OF
Free High Schools" on the grounds OF unconsti-
tutionality, was presented.
SENATOR the 2Sth, bills were
passed relating 10 certain Of the School and Uni
yersity Land Commissioners amending the laws
relating to rcrignatons and vacnnc cs; relating to
the establishment and aid In the maintenance Of
free high schools; relating to TOW n Insurance com
p MES, to amend the laws providing for the more
efficient puni.hm mt OF certain cases; to regulate
the usc II the Great zeal II the tate; IN relation
to fees Of opnty Judges; relating TO highways.
streets md alleys upon boundary lines OF cii les
and towns The bill to divide The County ~
Oconto indefinitely postponed D.. Several
bile making appropriations to private charitable
institutions In Milwaukee We're amended 20 that
The amount in case exceeds 800, aud bills
ordered TO third reading.
AssEMBLY-The veto by the Governor
the bill ing to the establishment Of free high
schools was unanimously sustained Assembly
bill, pas.s rclatingto railroads aud 1dendgtofy
OF See. T. { hop b., Laws OF 1875; te amend The
Laws Of 1876 in relation 10 Sheriff f. aiing
10 and amenditory % laws TO stccr,,-tL Ianually
the mum Der OF acres ~ pin pal farm produ 5 IN
the state; 10 repeal laws re ating to i""ls and
town officers Among the bills ih eipit..s post
ppned were bis relating TO tn' Incorporation oi
lire departments in un Incorporated viii ge-.
amending the laws relating 20 TAG deeds; exempt
itS luuds of tue North Wisconsin Railroad from
taxation to compel the tpeeiha p rformance Of
written contracts between landlo d. ana tenants;
reItpg u The maf,ucf o. commencing aC-
iians to authorize a record OF title Of rcl e tate
III heirs; dyclar ug the intention aud mean
ng OF have pyo'ding for the Incorporation ~ rali-
E.oue ocieles; 10 exempt binds O the tO-unti ft-
YcT.it from t4Naon I0r The al, III "a ~ the rugu-
ties Dt Clark uLd "a aihun; % prevent tNce -iye
taxa ion by towns and cities Al the evening
zee ion. the COMMITTEES GA Accounts the ten.
tru.aIl COMMISSIONS reported the items pi iue
accounts without expressing an opinion ip
their % rcctbe Z. ahI r po lei % bili to settle and
cglrU,.tr tHe affair q. HE Commission O.. BIS
Wgr. passcd 4chtjng To q uUty sup mt nGsni1
oil schools. 70 auth5.ir, Nillagr rB-tecs and
Conn Oh GouHciif 81 giti4- 20 pre- Crlbg rhc du-
tics Of t5eet Om,ai -iorer~; 20 amenJ 10 Con.
stituiou a. 10 o,d ciaims, to app oprile 10 ieier