The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-06-13

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Legislative Proceedings
TUESDAY, June 4.-SENATE.-The Wisconsin
Legislature, in extra session. convened at noon.
The Senate was called to order by Charles E.
Bross. Clerk of the last session. The roll was
called, all the Senators answering to their
names except Albert, Andrews. Mumbrue. Van
Schaick and Williams On motion of Sena-
| tor Richardson Senator Borden was reelected
President, pro tenn. Charles E. Bross, of
Dane, was elected Chief Clerk Il. J. Bray
ton was elected Sergeant-at- Arms John W.
Degraf was appointed Assistant Chief Clerk
J. F. Sickle. Bookkeeper; D. D. Polleys,
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms ; Fred Badger,
Postmaster John Neayille, Assistant !;
F. j. Stockwell, Gallery Assistant; all minor
officers being cut off =. A resolution was
adopted notifying the Governor that the Leg
| islature was organized and ready to proceed to
business, and Senators WEIGH and Rankin were
appointed a committee on the part of the Sen
ate. The rules of the last session were
adopted for the government of this. "A joint
resolution was adopted cutting off all business
except consideration of the statutes and mat
tiers appertaining to the expenses of the Legis-
lature. Senator Grimmer offered the fol-
| lowing resolution, which was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the standing committees of
the Senate shall be as follows: Judiciary,
Senators Wing, Arnold, Bailey, Hudd and
Rankin; State Affairs, Senators Hathaway,
Price and Anderson; Finance, Banks and In
surance, Senators Treat, Burrows and Rice
Railroads, Senators Scott, Sackett, VanSchaick,
Reynolds, Hathaway, Paul, Rankin, Reed and
Williams; Education, Senators Burrows, An
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Senators Swain, Lopez and Albert: Incorpora-
tions, Senators Price, Scott and Rich
mond Town and County Affairs. Sen
ators Torrey, Campbell and Mumbrue !;
Public Lands, Senators Lopez, Grimmer and
Williams Military Affairs, Senators Van
Schaick, WEIGH and Richmond Privileges and
Elections Senators Bailey, Terry and Schnei-
der Legislative Expenditures, Senators Camp
bell, Richardson and Schneider Federal Re
lations, Senators Sackett, Bones and Rice /;
Roads and Bridges, Senators Grimmer, Borden
and Wolf Agriculture, Senators Arnold, BCr-
den and Wolf; Engrossed Bills, Senators
Reynolds, Terry and Anderson Enrolled
Bills, Senators Andrews, Swain and Albert.
ASSEMBLY. Assembly was called to Or
der by J. r. Hunter, Chief Clerk of the last
session. The roll of members was called, and
| Lightweight members answered to their names.
49,. The Assembly proceeded to the election of
a Speaker, with the following result A. r.
Barrows, IS; D. M. Kelly, 36; G. C. Pope, 1.
On assuming the chair Mr.. Barrows thanked
| the Assembly for the honor conferred upon
him. u. R. Hunter was elected Chief Clerk.
-. Anton Klaus was elected Sergeant-at-
Arms; Sam Ryan, Assistant Clerk; 4. L. Cox,
Second Assistant r. G. Spooner, Bookkeeper ;
D. W. G. Wilson, Postmaster; and G. W. Dart,
Assistant. The usual resolutions notifying
the Senate and Governor were adopted, and
| the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, June 5.-SENATE.-In the Sen
ate message was received from Gov. Smith
recommending that some action be taken by
the Legislature to relieve the distress caused
| by the late terrible tornado through Southern
| Wisconsin. Senator Burrows, in behalf of
| the Mayor and citizens of Madison, in
vited the members of the Legislature, en-
| plOyes and reporters, to q Legislative
excursion around Fourth lake. to take
place Oil Thursday afternoon, commencing
at o'clock. Senator Anderson introduced
the following joint resolution, which lies over
under the rule Reso{Ued that there shall be
joint committee appointed to take into consid-
Grafton the recommendation of the Governor
in regard to the damage done by the recent
| tornado, and the Senate appoint one men,
Der and the Assembly one member from each
county through which such tornado passed,
and that said committee have power
to introduce bill for the relief of said suffer-
ers if, in their opinion, State aid is required.
80. The report Of the revisers was received,
and the Senate took recess until 2 p. m. .
This afternoon the Senate took up the work of
revision. The amendments reported by the
committee were read by the Clerk. snd the
Senate acted thereon. The Senate went into
session this evening, and, contrary to all hope
or expectation, finished up the work of rev-
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Revision under suspension of the rules.
AssEMBLY.-In the Assembly tie Speaker all
nounced the standing committees, which are
the same as at the last session. "A long dis
cusson was had on a resolution restricting the
number of employees. Finally, under the oper-
alton of the previous question, the resolution
was adopted, after being amended so as to
leave the matter discretionary with the Speaker
Chief Clerk, and Sergeant -at-Arms. The Sem
ate joint resolution limiting the business of the
session to action upon the revision of the stat
utes, or matters pertaining thereto, came up
and was concurred in.
THURSDAY, June 6.-SENATE.-In the Senate
this evening, a bill was received to enable Iowa
county to settle it's Indebtedness . The Gov
ecnor sent the following as Fish Commissioners
tonight, and they were Immediately unani-
mOusly confirmed: For the term ending April
I, 1879, William WEIGH, of Dane county, John
F. Antisdel, of Milwaukee county; for the
term ending April 1, 1880, Moses Hooper, of
Winnebago county, Christopher Hutchinson, of
Grant county; for the term ending April 1,
1881, Mark Douglas of Jackson county,
P. Rhoy, of Racine county. . The
Senate passed bill granting $500 to each
member of the Revision Committee, after con-
siderable opposition and an attempt to cut
down to $780,. The effort to organize COM
mittee to investigate the tornado ravages was
defeated. The bill passed providing for the
printing of 10000 copies of the Revised Stat
utes by the State Printer.
ASSEMBLY. The Assembly passed the Stat
ute Revision bill as it came from the hands of
the Revision Committee, without debate.
There was at first some disposition to introduce
amendments, but the directors, seeing the
unanimity of the sentiment in favor of taking
the report without question, withdrew their
opposition. Adjourned till evening". =. In the !
Assembly this evening, bill appropriating |
$500 to each of the Revisers was amended so |
as to appropriate $3.50. This amendment was
refused concurrence in the Senate, and COM