Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-28
THE LEGISLATURE.


passed-to amend the act to authorize the taking
Of fish from public waters for the purposes OF
propagation: to amend the act for the preSerya-
ton OF duck and other wild fowl Bills were in
definitely postponed relating to change Of yenue
in justices Courts; relating To municipal aid Tor
railroads The Assembly amendments to the
bill to exempt Wisconsin railroad lands from tax
aton were conCurred in.
AssEMBLY-The bill to extend the time
of exemption from taxation OF the lands OF the
Wisconsin Railway Company came up and was
finally pass ed n to 80, resolution 20 recon
slider was tabled-al TO 81 Bills passed--to ex-
tend the benefits OF the public schools OF Wiscon.
sin; TO prevent certain officers and teachers from
acting As agents in the sale Of school books, re
lating to the registering OF names Of persons who
have or may hereafter de lare their intentions TO
become citizens Of the United States. and amend.
ing Chapter to OF the Laws of 1866: Senate bill re
lnting to certificates OF emp Dyes OF the iegisla-
ture >. Mos Of the session was spent in Commit
tee of the Whole, where large file of bills were
considered.
SENATE--Bills were passed, on the nth,
relating to towns and officers; amendatory Of
Sec 81, Chap Is OF the Revised Statues; pro-
vidng for the mpetency OF married women
witnesses; approp Iauon to the Northern Hospital
for the Insane Tor the purchase of an engine and
boiler; to amend laws entitled Improving the
Raising of Stock y. .Sundry local House bills were
concurred in. Bills relating TO the admission of
attorneys To practice in courts OF record and to
amend the Revised Statutes in rclati n to the jul
risdiction of justices OF the Peace In criminal
cases were indefinitely postponed.
AssEMBIy--Ihe Chief Clerk was in.
structed TO employ copyists TO assist in engrossng
and enrolling bills at seven cents per folio As
sembly bills passed relating TO Town 'lreasurers.
and defining their duties; to repeal Chap : 8 OF
the Laws of 1873; relating to the improvement OF
Embarrass River relating to prisoners in common
Jais; amending See 10. Chap. III, Of the Re
yised Statutes, of actions for the coyery OF real
Drppprty. to authorize the transfer the
officers Of certain documents belonging to the
State; relating to foreelosu sales. relating to
public printing; to amend the laws In relation TO
the registering Of names OF per, ons Glazing their
intention to become citizens OF The United States;
relating 10 estates in dover "A motion to in
definitely postpone the b creating the County of
Wells was lost and the bill ordered to third read
ing "A large number of bills were ordered to a
third reading ON report and recommendation OF tho
Committee of the Whole "A great number OF
bills we're indefinitely postponed.
SrNATE-On the 10Th, bills passcd-rel-
alive to keeping insane persons; extending the
time for the completion of the geological survey
Of the state ,..A joint resolution passed rat
flying the constitutional amendment fixing the
against the state at six years.
AssEMBI.y--A substitute was presented
from the Committee on Federal Relations to the
resolutions thanking Senator Howe for his vote
fayorlug the Electoral Commission The substi.
tnte thanks Howe and also the Democrats who
voted for the Commission, iudoses the proceed
ings of the Commission thus far aud regrets tho
Oppoai ion to the count OF the vote made In the
Electoral commission law. Bills passed Ia mp
propratc TO the Oshkosh Insane Asylum S6BblG:
10 the Naukesha Industrial School for Boys, S62
900; to the Innesylllr Institute for the Blind SIS.
50i; 10 the Deleyan lnst ute for Deaf and y NIB.
$4,000; prohibit the employment OF children
under hi teen years OF age In factories,
SENATE-Bills were passed-to appro-
pirate TO E. A Elmore and other members Of tho
Board OF Charities and Reform 500 each for sery
ices rendered.: to amend the law in relation 10
fire departments in uninCorporaicd villages
mi ting the time Of imprisonment OF persons
committed TO jail for non payment of fines; au-
thorzing aud requiring Farm Mortgage Commits
sioners to be appointed; 10 amend the section
of the general laws, entitled AN act to provide Tor
the assessments of property for taxation and levy
taX,s thereon"
liens upon logs and timber in the Chippewa River;
amending the act Of 1876 10 improve the North and
South Branches Of Eau Claire River.
AssEMBLy-The resolution allowing the
Chief Clerk to employ temporary assistance passed.
THE resolution in relation to the Compromise
measure was postponed until the evening of the
2ist ...1 The Senate bill submitting to the people
au amendment to the Constitution in relation to
the license fund passed "A bill to create the
County Of Wells passed The bill TO amend the
laws in relation 10 lay NJ out highways was indeh
nitely postponed The Railroad Committee re-
ported in favor Of the indefinite postponemcnt OF
the Stock and Bond bill, and the minority Of the
Committee on Federal Relations in favor Of the
indefinite posiponement of all resolutions relating
70 the Electoral Commission and the duty Of Con
gress The Joint rosolut n udorring the Elect
oral Commission were adopted by strict party
vote
SENATE--On the 21st, joint resolution
was adopted asking Congress to appropriate
money for buildin. lighthouse and steamfo.
signal on StaunDrdH Rock. Lake superior Bills
tU-ftt amend a law entitled - "A Act to
.hOrzg the establishment OF free high schools
to prevent fraud by the coloriGg OF grain bill
latlug TO swamp land IN certain localities. and to
-epenl the ac TO authorize the uee OF moneys
arising from the sale OF swamp lands In Portage
County for ia. purpose OF draining "A long de
bate ru-urI on the motion to order the bin 10
amend the net for the organization OF corporations
Tor manufa turing and other purposes to a third
reading
AssEMBLY-The vote Indefinitely post
ponng The bin to provide for the support OF
mar women and their minor children was re-
considered aud is further conside alton deferred
until the I'D. Bills were passed relating 10 dis
training cattle doing damage: providing Tor the
app ointment OF hye COmmi .sioners who shall re-
port t. the next Legislature bill 10 rrdisrict the
State into judicial Circuits equaizing tbs labors
u the Judges and determining their salary me-
Uorl1i 20 Congress for "a mail route from rcnd-
ship 10 Liberty Bluffs, relating to an amendment
to ihc Constitution of the United states rendering
Jud - OF the supreme Court ineligible Tor any
political OH relating 10 Liabilities Of counties IN
Ceria ca ~ relating 70 costs and fees amending
the Reg-'ry law Of the state A INT resolution
was adopted defining who may vote 10 Nt-con m.
bill- were indie nitely pB-tpo Icd-to lew tax
for the better support OF bic schools TO repeal
'hap.er 10 81 The Laws " 1910, r.llilhs 70 tAe
organization Of town 20 appropriate money 70
each suBDrd nate Grange IN tn state; u amend
& apt p - Revised statutes, OF executions
procf ding. supplementary, thereto, re- ain to tho
pa JHCatiOu OF legal notices, r thug 10 COu-t
toumt-s one-s and OF rle5 fObic The con-
-ideratioa II tie 0Ill making nsarity cause Tor
divorce w1- reCOumitted 10 the } u4tclary Commit
tee with instructions t. report sub.u4 ia or.
The b d relating 10 the invention ana succe--fUl