River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-06-13
THE EXTRA SESSION AND THE
REVISED STATUTES.

| The extra session of the Wisconsin
Legislature for 1878, called to assem-
BILE on the fourth day of June, con-
vened on contract time and organized
by the reelection or the officers of the
| regular session, as announced by us
| last week, the force of employees be-
ing somewhat reduced. Though the
resolution cutting off all business aside
from that relating to the Statute re-
vision was not strictly adhered TO, but
little else was done and the session
| closed on Friday evening We believe
that five acts were passed. embracing
the following subjects Chapter one
enables the county of Iowa, the city of
Mineral Point and the several towns
in Iowa county to adjust their indebt-
edness chapter two embraces the Re-
vised Statutes as finally passed, with
but slight amendments to the report
of the Joint Committee on Revision ];
chapter three provides for the print
ing, publication and distribution of the
Revised Statutes chapter four pro-
vides for the publication of laws en-
acted at the special session with the
exception on the Revised Statutes, and
chapter five appropriates to each MEM
Der of the Joint Committee on Revi-
sion the sum of ss400. The Revision
as it finally passed is not what all de-
sired, but members very generally rec
ogniZed the fact that should they COM
mence to tear to pieces the work that
had been so carefully revised by a conn.,
petent committee, they would be occu-
pied weeks in SO doing, with posi-
bility that they would leave it no bet
ter than they found it, and very SEN
sibly concluded to make no amend
ments involving discussion or an ex-
tended limit of time; hence, Thurs
day morning it passed the Senate and
was at once messaged to the Assem-
bly, which body it passed on Thursday
evening with but one dissenting vote,
this element of slight discord being
brought about by Mr.. Walls objection
to the Game Law as embodied in
the Revision. But for one thing the
session might have closed one day
sooner, namely: The Senate passed a
bill appropriating $500 to each men,
Der of the Joint Committee on Reyi-
sion; this bill was sent to the Assem-
bly, for action, where it was amended
by fixing the sum at $3.50 and returned
to the Senate which refused to concur
in the amendment, and conference
committee was appointed this COM
mittee failed to agree, necessitating
the appointment of another committee
by which the matter was finally COM
promised at $400, which closed the
business of the session. The law
which provides for the printing of the
Revised Statutes was very carefully
drawn and its provisions are such as
to insure superior piece of work at
very moderate, if not low cost, which
is to be done by the State printer, Tn
der the supervision of committee 20
be appointed by the Judges of the ST.
preme Court. The law provides for
the printing of twelve thousand copies,
six thousand of which are to be ready
for delivery by the fifteenth day of
October next, and the balance by the
first day of November following, when
they are to take effect and go into OPP
Grafton. The only publication of the
laws of the extra session authorized is
in the official State paper and with the
bound volume of the laws passed at the
regular session. We are informed
that as a rule the members in atten-
dance at the extra session claimed
their regular $50 worth of newspapers,
and also provided for the distribution
to each member of the Legislature of
1878 of one copy of the Revised Stat
utes, very convenient 'perqulsite.