The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-02-07

presented. The message was accompanied
by letter frem Rusk. Memorials, etc,
introduced: A petition relating to state
road in Barron county; also remonstrance
against the same; remonstrance against
the bill abolishing religious instruction in
public schools. Bills introduced: To au-
thOrize the employment of a photographic
reporter for the circuit court in Calumet
county; TO amend the law relating TO duties
of superintendents of the poor; TO amend
the law relating TO consolidating and
amending the the charter of Green Bay.
The bill relating TO the cemetery at Elk
horn, Walworth county, passed under a
suspension OF rules ...... Adjourned.
a. seably.
TUESDAY, January 29.-Memorials,
etc., presented: Several remonstrances
against the passage of the bill prohibiting
the reading of the bible in public schools
several remonstranees against the division
of Marathon and Clark counties; petition
for additional rooms at the Oshkosh asvlum.
THE resolution to amend the state con-
stitution in relation to taxation and the
burial of the dead was taken up, but
further consideration was postponed
until Tuesday next......Bills intreduc-
ed: For the protection of game
IN Jefferson county; relative to the
charter of Eau Claire city; for the publca
ton of supreme court decisions; in regard to
the bonds Of Oconto city; to legalize certain
acts of the Rocky Mound Grange com
pany; to appropriate $500 TO st. Luke's hos
pital, Racine......The assembly then went
into committee of the whole on the general
file, and after clearing the file reported
James Fairman pay for his pictures. The
bill authorizing the city of Hudson to fund
its Indebtedness was passed, and the as
sembly adj djourned.
Senate.
WEDNESDAY, January 30.-A resolu-
ton was introduced by Andrews to provide
for the printing of 1000 copies of the con-
stitution of the United States and this state
for the use of common schools. .. Price pre-
sented petitions for the passage of consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting the traffic
I of lquOr...... Bills introduced: Relating TO
village cemeteries; relating to fire escapes
/ in inns and hotels; approprating $500 for
the year 1877 to the Mauston City Guard;
to appropriate $1,000 annually TO the state
( agricultural society; te appropriate
/ 81 900 annually to the Northern
| Wisconsin agricultural society; to
amend the charter of the village of Ge-
neva appropriating 800 for current ex-
penses and improvements to the institute
/ for the education of the blind appropriate
! ing S27 900 for current expenses and i'm
/ provement to the institute for the deaf and
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read nominating as normal school regents
! VIM. Starr, of Ripon, George Keeper, of
! Milwaukee, and Jonathan Starr, of Platte
! vile. Bills passed: Authorizing the city
OF Hudson to issue bonds to liquidate its in
debtedness ....Adj journed
Assembly.
WEDNESDAY, January 30.-Remon-
strances presented: Against senate bill No.
l authorizing the issue of $4,000 county
bonds by Jackson county several against
/ taking the Bible from the public schools;
against the erection OF the county of Flam-
/ beau; against the erection of the county of
Forest against the division of Clark county:
several against the division of Marathon
county....A petition was presented from cit
I liens of Sauk county for the erection OF the
office OF town auditor .... Bills introduced:
/ For the preservation OF fish in Little Lake,
Buttes des Mortes, and in the Fox river,
! between Lake Winnebago and Little Shute
/ DAM to amend the law incorporating the
cities of Neenah and Menasha for the pro-
lection of game in the state; to amend the
charter of Prairie du Chen; relating to
sheritfs' fees in Crawford county; to incor-
porate the city of Two Rivers ito codify the
laws relating to common schools; relating
to the sale of intoxicating liquors, and for
the codifca.ion of the laws on the subject; to
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! trict No. l, city of Wausau. The bill last
named was Immediately passed under sus-
pended ules.....Adjourned.
4 Senate.
/ THURSDAY, January 31.-Petitions,
memorials, ETC., presented: For the passage
of law requiring he inspection of steam
boilers; for an appropriation for bridge
across Buffalo lake, Marquette county; for
a law requiring assessors to list cows; for the
! passage of an amendment for the pro-
hibition of liquor traffic; against the bill
abolishing the reading of the bible III public
schools. Bills introduced: To improve
Standing creek, in Door and Kewaunee
counties; for the inspection of boilers and
/ licensing of engineers; relative to a ferry
across the Mississippi river in Grant county;
relative to adam across Little Wolf river, in
Waupaca county; relative to the circuit
court of Racine county; appropriating ST.,
/ 600 for improving the bridge across Buffalo
/ lake, Marquette county; relative to the
town business of Fort Edward, Wood coun-
| ty; amending the laws of 1876 relative TO
the loans to Wood county from the school
and university land commissioners; relating
, TO booms on Wisconsin river; appropriat ng
I $500 to the Waukesha industrial school
for boys. Bills passed: TO provide for
the election of two associate justices Of the
supreme court; to authorize Barron county
/ to issue bonds to pay its debt. The norni-
nation OF A. j. Turner for railroad commits
sioner was reported back favorably by the
committee on state affairs, and unanimously
! confirmed by the senate .....Adj journed.
Assembly.
+ THURSDAY, January 3l.-Petitions,
remonstrances, etc, presented: Against
the removal of the bible from the public
schools relative to railroad, telegraph and
20 tba GA,
ment of hospitals for the insane: for audit
ing accounts of charitable and penal insti-
tutions Bills passed: To amend the
charter of the Madison Mutual insurance
company by changing the name......In COM
mittee of the whole the resolution for bien-
nial sessions, recommended for indefinite
postponenent, was made special order for
Thursday next......Adlourned.
Senate.
FRIDAY, February 1.-Several pe.i-
tons were presented for the passage of a
constitutional amendment prohibiting the
liquor traffic within the state. Bills into
duced: To allow the inmates of state insti-
tutions to exercise the right OF conscience
in matters of belief; providing for fining
persons for walking or riding on railroad
tracks or over railroad bridges; to pro-
vide fishways in the outlet of Green lake /;
to amend the law relating to the organiZa-
ton of railroads; amending the charter Of
Centralia relative to the elections in the
city of Waupaca......Bi Bills passed Changin e
the name of the Madison Mutual insurance
company to Madison Fire insurance COM
pany; making eight consecutive years Of
insanity sufficient ground for divorce; rela-
tive to elections in Waupaca..... Hudd's
Joint resolution for the repeal of the re-
sumption act was made the special order
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Monday next.
Assembly.
FRIDAY, February l.-Petitions intro
duced Against the removal of the bible
from the public schools; for an an amend.
ment of the usury laws; for the payment of
wages in lawful money; to establish bureau
of labor; against the proposed county OF
Flambeau... Bills introduced: Providing
for a uniform system of keeping town
records; extending the time for the con-
struction of the North Wisconsin railroad
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