River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-02-28
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

MONDAY, Feb. 1S.-Sendte.-The petit
tions for the passage of constitutional
amendment for the prohibition of the liquor
traffic continue to accumulate, three havin Q
been presented at the session to-day. The bill
fixing the compensation of the Attorney Gen
eral at $4,000 passed the senate. The Assem-
bly, bill to legaliZe the acts of the Supervisors
OF Pierce County was cOncurred in. The Sen
ate refused to concur in the Assembly bill re-
lating to exemptions of mechanics and labor
ers. The bill to provide for the inspection of
boilers and to license engineers, and the one
to amend section s, chapter 10 of the revised
statutes, regarding State officers, were lndef-
nitely postponed.
4SSemblg,-A resolution was presented
in relation to the frequent adjournment of the
legislature from Friday till Monday, which did
not meet with very favorable reception, and
was indefinitely postponed. Several bills of
no general Importance were indefinitely post
poned, when the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb. 19.-Senate.- Bills
passed: For protecting State Capitol from
fire; appropriating $1S500 to Institute
for Education of the Blind; appropriating
money for postage stamps for employees; APP
propriating $4,000 to Superintendent of Public
Property; relating to terms of court in sixth
district; relating to registration of marriages,
births, and deaths; relating to dam across Lit
tie Wolf river; Assembly bills concurred in:
appropriating 800 to the Manitowac Agr-
cultural Society: appropriating S35 to Babetta
Sllyerfriend; reIunding S23S3.43 to Mineral
Point railroad; appropriating 500 to erect a
monument to the late Gov G. p. Harvey; con-
corning estates in dover.
AssembIy-To provide for the collec-
ton of special taxes in certain cases; author
Zing the county of Barron to issue bonds for
the payment of outstanding Indebtedness;
authorizing and requiring the Wisconsin
Farm Mortgage Land Commissioners, APP
pointed under chapter 446, laws of 1868, to ex-
tend the benefits of said law to certain other
parties equitably entitled thereto; relating to
the health department of the cit1 of Milwau-
kee; amending section /, chapter 236, laws of
1S76;,to repeal section 6, chapter 81, Revised
Statutes relating to tender of money; to
auththorize municipal corporations to aid in
the construction of railroads; providing more
careful supervision of common jails; relating
to prisons and common jails.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20.-Sendte. The
Matthews silver resolutions were ordered to
lie on the table. The resolution providing
that no more adjournment be had, except
Sundays, until the final adjournment, was in
definitely postponed. The Jonas joint re-
solution favoring the reconciliation of silver
came up as the special order, and was adopt
ed, 19yeas, nays.
4dssemb{y-The resolution to amend
the constitution providing for biennial sessions
came up, and after long debate was further
postponed and made the special order for the
26th inst. The matter of the claim Of Morgan
l.. Martin came up as the special order, and
the question being on ordering the resolution
engrossed for third reading, the Assembly
refused to order it,