River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-03-13
WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE.
Special Daily kilograms from the
State Capital.


MADISON, March 4.--The last business ses-
sion of the Senate for the year 1879 was full of
interest for the State officers at least The bill
reducing their salaries, which passed the Sem
ate yesterday and went To the Assembly last
evening, was amended by restoring the SUI
preme court Judges TO $1,000 per year. The
senate only bad hour this morning after
converting before the hour arrived for cutting
on all business. The first half hour was taken
up IN reading bills, etc, and discussion of the
resolution to print instead of enroll bills,
which was finally indefinitely postponed.
Senator Campbell then called up the AS
semhly message which had just came in, and
bill No. y, Senate, to cut down State officers
salaries, was taken up. Senator Bennett OBJ
tanned the floor and made funny speech of
twenty-five minutes duration. He finally
yielded the floor and Senator Rankin, who was
acting president, put the question on the
amendment. The ayes and noes were called
for, which occupied till II A. NJ. The amend
ment was lost and the presidents gavel fell
declaring the bin out of order by reason of the
time for business having expired.
The following bills were also on Chief Clerk
Bross desk and fell by limitations lat, Senate
bill introduced by Senator Burrows, to require
IRE and inland navigation insurance COR
porations OF other States doing business IN this
State to pay the same taxes and fees as
are imposed by other States upon
like corporations of this State, and to
provide for the examination of
corporations by the commissioner of insurance;
iva, House file, introduced by Mr. SanderAon,
relating to license fees to be paid by insurance
companies incorporated under the laws of this
State; 394, House file. by MIR. Bullock to pro-
tect the State against insolVent and unauthori-
zed Insurance. agents.; 364, House file, by MIR.
/ Hutchinson, relating to Madison fire insurance
company, and amendatory of chapter 1914 of
the laws of 1851 and laws amendatory thereof.
In the assembly the hour of eleven found
| Clerk Eidreds desk cleared consequently no
bill was killed by limitation.
| Both houses had short sessions this afternoon,
| but as no business was before either, both adj
1 lourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow, at which
time all bills will be returned from the Cover
nor and the legislature will adjourn sine die at
| IL AN.
/ MADISON, March Booth houses of the Wis
eonsln legislature adjourned this morning at
| IL clock A. n. Only three Senators, Andrews,
| Burrows and Houghton. were present. In the
absence OF observation-disclosures Bingham, SEN
ator burrows in few appropriate words de-
clared the Senate adjourned sine die.
In the Assembly, it having been discovered
| that an error was made in the bills numbered
| as 252 and 407 Assembly, they We're recalled
from the Governor and the necessary correc-
tions made in both houses under suspension of
rules. The Governor having notified the legis
lature that be had no further business, at II A.
NJ, the hour liked for final adjournment, Speak
er Kelly adjourned the Assembly sine die in a
few feeling and appropriate remarks and the
session of 1879 was over.
i The session has lasted fifty-seven days. The
business transacted during the session, con
slderlng that ten days were almost wholly oc-
cupled IN the contest over the United States
Senatorship, has averaged well in amount. In
the Senate there were introduced 1917 bills, OF
which 80 became law. Forty-one resolutions
were offered and thirty-seven of them adopted
Of the twenty-one joint resolutions originating
| IN the House, eighteen were adopted. Two
hundred and thirty-one petitions and remon
strances were offered, but no memorials Il
CongIass.
In the Assembly four hundred and thirteen
bills We're introduced and one hundred anc
sixty-one of them became laws. Sixty-foul
resolutions were offered and forty of then
adopted; twenty-e. ght Joint resolutions origi
mated in this house and twenty-three of then
were adopted OF the seven memorials to Con
gress introduced, four were passed Two hun
dred and sxty-three petitions and remon
stranees were offered in the Assembly. Thui
the whole number of acts passed by the legisla
tuTe amount to two hundred and tfty-six, some
what below the common estimate of the result
and much below the average number as will bt
seen upon reference to the fact that at the reg
ular session of 1873 there were passed 342 acts
in 1877, 30l in 1876, AIS; in 1875, 344; in 1874
$40; in 1878, sos; in 1872 329; in 1871, GIL, anC
in 1870 666.
MADISON March 6.-The Speaker of the
Assembly, Mr.. Kelly, was the last of the Leg
islature to quit the capital, he leaving for his
home on the ii A. NJ. train. The capital il
very quiet Appropriations were passed
amounting to 1929, l78 of which nearly $500
600 was for charitable and penal institutions
The appropriations made at the regular session
of the legislature of 1878 amounted to about
1888, 600, saving this year of about $40, 600.
Gov. Smith issued commissions to-day to the
following officers of the new county of Price
Treasurer, David O'Brien; county clerk. f. w
Saekett; county judge, Willis Hand; superin
tendent of schools, j. d. Wyatt; register OF
deeds, Walter Brown; coroners, Charles Roes
ser; surveyor w. d. Grimarr; commissioner
for the adjustment of settlement between
the counties of Chippewa and Price-from the
State at large. Dana O. Lamber; from Chippews
county, J. A. Bate and j. i. Taylor; from Price
county Willis Hand and David Osburn; com
missioners for the adjustment of settlement
between Lincoln and Price eounties-from tbs
State at large, Dana C. Lamb; from Price
county, Willis Hard and David O'Brien; from
Lincoln county, NJ. II. MeCard and Van r.
Willard.