The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-03-28
Legislative Proceedings.

Legislative Proceedings.
TUESDAY, March 19.-SENArE.-A message
from his Excenency, the Governor, was read,
nominating Phillip L. Spooner, Jr., of Madi-
son, to be Insurance Commissioner for the term
of two years, commencing the first Monday in
April next, which was unanimously confirmed.
Bills We're concurred in: Relative to the
elective franchise; AUTHORIZING the iDcOroora
ton OF street railroad companies; defining the
liabilities of railroad companies in relation to
wages due their employees; amending the char
ter OF the Milwaukee and Green Bay Plank
Road Company; authorizing O. A. Bullion and
l.. O. Stanley to erect and maintain a dam
across Chippewa river at the foot of Eagle
rapids, IN Chippewa county, and to construct
pier and boom Assembly bill providing for
printing 2, 600 copies of the constitution OF the
| United States and the constitution Of the State
OF Wisconsin, for the use of common
schools, was indefinitely postponed
In the evening session the bill for the ASSESS
ment and collection of taxes was reported. from
aconference, with substitute ordered printed.
| and made the special order for 1915 g. NJ to-
morrow. Bills were concurred in: Relative
to the corporate Indebtedness of Racine: for
the Improvement of Eau Claire river; relative
to the Police Court Of Eau Claire; authorizing
the Red Wing and Trenton Transit Company to
transact business in Wisconsin, and authoriz-
ing the same company to erect a bridge across
slough IN the town Of Trenton, and number
of local bills.
AssEMBLY.-Bills were passed Requiring
the Secretary of State torevoke the license of
certain insurance company; relating to the
village of New London; to amend the charter
Of the Milwaukee and Cedarburg Plank Road
Company; amending the Revised Statutes re-
latlng to liens of mechanics. Senate bill
passed: To appropriate $625.40 to the county
OF Green Lake Indefinitely postponed: Re
lating to the fencing of railroads to cheaper
the cost OF education in the State; to amend
the charter Of the city Of Milwaukee relating to
steam dummies on streets relating to the ap-
preparation to the city of Appleton In the
afternoon the Assembly concurred in the Sen
ate bill relating to the registration OF voters
and killed the bill for the better organization
Of the State militia The bill to appropriate
money to half dozen private orphan asylums
was defeated. =. The Senate bill relating to the
mode OF fencing railroads was concurred in
..The bill to cheaper the cost of supporting
common schools was concurred in.
WEDNESDAY, March 20.-SENATE.- fol-
lowing bills were concurred in: Authorizing
the electors of the town of Madison. Dane
county, to hold their election in Ward Y, of
the city OF Madison; giving leave of absence to
Chief Geologist Chamberlain, to visit the Paris
Exposition; relative to the government of the
Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane: amending
the charter of the Madison Relief Association:
amending the charter of the Milwaukee and
Cederburg Plank Road Company; to provide
for State park in the northern portion of the
State; relative to street certificates in Oconto
80. Assembly bill indefinitely postponed: To
declare the intent and meaning of the provisO
In section IL, chapter q, laws of Wisconsin for
1916. The special order was taken up, being
the Taxation bill. After discussion the bill was
passed. "A communication from the Secretary
Of State was received and spread upon the
Journal transmi ting, per request of the Sen
ate statement of the bonded and other in
debtedness of the several counties, cities. vii
lagos and towns of the State as appear by re-
turns made to the department up to Jan. l.
1878. "A vote Of thanks to Senator Barden.
President pro tenn, Chief Clerk Brogs and as
sistants, Sergeant-at- Arms Brayton and assist
ants, and the reporters for the various news
papers, and the resident clergy. was passed
A joint resolution cutting off new business after
to-day at P. ~, and for final adjournment
tomorrow at IL, passed.
ASSEMBLY. Assembly passed commit
mentary resolutions of thanks, etc., to the
Speaker, Chief Clerk and assistants Sergeant
alarms and assistants The amendment of
the Senate to bill providing for publishing
passed to facilitate the building of county in
sane asylums and to authorize counties to Dor
row money for this purpose. The Tax bill. as
amended by the Joint Committee on Confer
ence, was passed. +. The legislative Joint rego-
luton cutting off new business after D. m.
and for final adjournment tomorrow at Ii
O'Clock, was adopted.
THURSDAY, March 81. At IL O'Clock by
the Legislative clocks which had been set
ahead quarter of an hour 10 suit the
convenience Of Senators and members who de-
sired to leave on the II 80 train, and, with
three or four Senators and many members
IN their seats, President pro tenn. Barden and
Speaker Barr0ws declared their respective
houses adjourned without day, to be called to-
gether on the 18th of May, for the purpose Of
considering and acting on the report of the
Revisers of the Statutes, should the Reyisory
Committee accomplish the work by that
date, when the Legislature will ACT on the
revision. If no snags are struck it will doubt
less take ten days or two weeks. The Reyisorv
Committee will meet the first week 10 April
with Ine reYlsers OF the statutes, the latter viii
insert the laws passed at the session, when the
Revisory Committee will consider and act on
| the revision and report the same, with rec
ommendatlon to the Legislature in extra ges-
sion. The work Of the session briefly g1ro-
married., Is as follows: There were introduced
IN tue senate zl5 bills, twenty-six Joint res0lu-
uons, thrty-nlne resolutions, seven memorials
70 congress, and 29l petitions, memorials ETC.
1neTe were introduced in the Assembly $40
bills, % Joint resolutions, 80 resolutions. Ii me-
morals TO Congress, and 476 petitions. memo
rlals, etc. OF these, 116 Senate and 225 Assem-
ply bills passed and became laws. There also
pas SEQ joint resolutions and II memorials to
congress. The Governor vetoed 1 Assembly
ana Senate bill, both city charters. and allowed
one or two unimportant bills to die bynot sign
ing them.