The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-21
Legislative Proceedings.

TUESDAY, Feb. 12.-SENArE.- This being the
last day for the admission of new business, a
perfect grist of petitions and bills were pre-
sented. Among the bills introduced were: A
memorial to Congress praying for a levy of in
come tax to prescribe the license moneys to
be paid by insurance companies, and exempt
ing their personal property from taxation to
regulate the time of holding court terms in
the Sixth Judicial Circuit relative to State
officers relative to the rate of interest to
provide for the improvement of marsh lands
in the Menominee valley appropriating 81 900
each to ST. Rosa's, st. Joseph's and st. Kmilia-
nus Orphan Asylums, the Home of the Friend
less, st. Vincent's Founding Hospital, and the
Milwaukee Orphan Asylum, of Milwaukee;
Also $3.50 each to Cadle Home and st Joseph
Hospital, of Green Bay, and st. Luke's Hospi-
tai, of Racine amending the charter of Mil
waukee; relative to highways to incorporate
the Milwaukee Popular Science Society rela-
tive to Justices fees; to provide compensation
for the President pro tenn. of the Senate modi-
flying the laws relative to assessment and col
lection of taxes; three bills to legalze acts of
the Common Council of Chippewa Falls; relat-
ing to street work and special street tax pro-
vlding for salaries for the use of State and
County Boards of Assessment. The bill rela-
tive to stereotyping the Supreme Court re-
ports came up on it's passage, and was
made the special order for Thursday Bills
were passed: Appropriating $1,000 fer the
Northern Wisconsin Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Association; appropriating $1,000 to the
State Agricultural Society; to detach certain
territory from the town of Koshkonong, Jeffer-
son county, and attach the same to the town of
Jefferson, in the same county; authorizing r.
A. Kidd and Socrates Chandler to keep and
maintain ferry across the Mississippi river in
Grant county; relating to the publication
of the Legislative Manual AT the even
ing session bills were introduced: Providing
for County Insane Hospitals; relative to the
assessment and collection of taxes; erect
ing the county of Flambeau out of Chippewa
and Lincoln counties: relating to insurance
companies: concerning offenses against the
lives of individuals; relating to actions against
counties and cities On defective tax titles; re-
lating to mileage of members and employees to
provide for the care of the insane incorporat-
ing the cities of Neillsyille and Fort Atkinson ;
exempting from taxation land of the MOI thern
Wisconsin Railroad Company in Ashland and
Bayfield, counties concerning the powers and
jurisdiction of constables to prevent minors
from obtaining Intoxicating liquors and playing
billiards in saloons and other pubicp places; legal
izing the highway laid outby Supervisors in any
town; providing for swamp drainage through
out the State; concerning the representation
OF towns. villages and cities in County Boards
of Supervisors; providing home for chronic
insane fixing the salaries of officers of State
charitable institutions relative to the publica-
ton OF Revised Statutes. :. The Senate con-