Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-01-23
Legislative Summary.

were introduced instructing the revisers
of the statutes to report; and distribut-
ing the executive message to appropri-
ate committees. Bills were introduced,
to provide for the purchase of 400
tionary; to provide for the relief of the
family of the late Moses M. Strong;
and to discover books, papers etc. in
suits in courts of record. The Bland
silver bill resolution Of Sen. Price was
made the special order for Wednesday
the 10th. The Senate then adjourned
until Monday evening Jan. 14th
FRIDAY Jan. 11.-Asemby.-The AS
sembly met and adjourned until the
14th.
MONDAY, Jan. 14th--Scnate.- me-
mortal to congress was introduced for
extending the time for the completion
of the North Pacific railroad. A bill
was introduced for the erection at Mil
waukee of an Asylum for insane.
MONDAY, Jan. 14th-Assenabiy. = A
memorial to congress was introduced
for the coinage of silver and to regulate
the value thereof; also for the COM
pletion of the Sturgeon Bay and Lake
Michigan ship canal. A bill was intro
duced to abolish the Office of rail
road commissioners. The speaker an
nounced the following
STANDING Committees
Judcia~v-Messrs. Warner, Potter,
Peters, Jonas, Pope, Kelly, Pierce.
Ways and Means-Messrs. Parker,
Dexter, Graham, Hamilton, Luch-
singer.
Federal Relations - Messrs. Ford,
VIM. Fitzgerald, II. Smith, Carter, Dor
win.
observation-disclosures Jonas, Durham,
McGinly, Kelly, Oils.
Railroads Messrs. Keogh, Parker,
Conditt, Nash, Johnson, McFetridge,
Hurlburt, Bullock, Jones.
Insurance, Banks and Banking
Messrs. Johnson, Dick, King, Ingraham,
Clarke.
State AfIairs-Messrs. Wall, Haight,
Lyle, Hyde, Kimball.
Privileges and Elections - Messrs.
Peters, Lawlcr, White, Gilbert, Barlow.
lncorporations--Messrs. Potter, Wiz,
Holzhauer, Guernsey, Anderson.
Assessment and Collection of Taxes
Messrs. Kickbusch, Dove, Mccoy.
Guernsey, Gray
Lumber and Manufactures Messrs.
Arnold, fish, Mehan, Ellsworth, Knapp.
Public Improvements--Mes Jew
ell, Burns, Willard, p. M. Smith, Nit
chell
Militia-Messrs. Stcflen, Mullowney,
Thornton, Woodward, Rusk.
observation-disclosures. Ball, Ellison,
Rice, Thomas, Aldrich.
Town and County Organizations
Messrs. Conditt, fish, Cheves Bryant,
Funke.
Roads and -Messrs Bow,
Coughlin, Langenfeld, Baker, Pember-
ton.
State Lands -Messrs. Weaver, Mason,
Rogers, Ingraham, Hill.
Medical observation-disclosures Post, Mos
cowtt, McGinty. Sheppard, Stark.
Legislative Expenditures Messrs.
Mccoy, Wall, James Fitzgerald, Barrett,
Wood.
Engrossed Bills.-Messrs. Thornton,
Scollard Graham, Hawks, Hawn.
Enrolled Bills. - Messrs. Flynn,
Werts, Burncs, Miner, Sem.
JOINT COMMITTEES.
Claims-Messrs. Cheves, Mechan,
Bow, Arnold, Jones'
Charitable and Penal Institutions
Messrs. Bentley, Dexter, Lyle, Swan,
briggs.
Printing.-Mcssrs. Nash, keogh, Coe.
TUESDAY, Jan. l5--Senate Bills were
introduced TO require the commissioners
of school and university lands to trans
nit certain information to county clerks;
to ratify, confirm and make valid the
acts of certain state timber agents; also
Il memorial asking for an appropriation
for the enlargement of the Oshkosh hos
pital for insane.
TUESDAY, Jan. 1o.-Assembiy -Bills
were introduced: to provide for the
payment of labor in the lawful money
of the United States; for the division of
the countses of Clark and Marathon and
the erection of the county of Forest;
regulating the publication and revisions
of city charters; to authorize the drain
age of lead bearing mineral lands; IN
relation to the appointment of notaries
public; regulating the school month; TO
legalize proceedings of the board of SUI
pervisors of Monroe county.
The resolution relating to the enlarge
ment of the state library and supreme
court room was adopted.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. l6.-Sendte,-T
following was introduced
Ia Crosse, Jan. 10. 1873.
To TIE Honorable, TIE Legislature Of Wisconsin:
Agreeable to sec. - chapter 50, of the general
laws OF 1861, have the honor to transmit here
with a statement of the amount of logs scaled and