Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-03-05
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.


Constitution were presented. The
I,iority OF the select committee upon
.l l5 Ionor traffic, reported in favor Of
'n t,,ittinr the question of a conStitu-
t',al amendment 10 the people The
-',ort was signed by Senator Price, and
,isemblgmen Ingram and Bailey. The
-note Joint resolution providing for
5;annial sessions came up on the ques-
ion of indefinite postponement; senate
fused ostponement-ayes II, noes 10,
AZ follows:
IL - Senators Anderson, Burrows Bennett
,-iiggner Haben Hudd, Kellogg, Paul, Rankin,
TW..,mnoids Van Schaick, ana WOLFE.
"'}5nSs~Senators Andrews, Campbell, Chapman
,-r,ny, Houghton Hyde, McFetrdge. Morgan,
p,ice RICE, Richardson, Swain, Treat, Van
SI discussion ensued but the time for
the special order having arrived the reso-
in,jon was laid aside. The bill to regu-
late the practice of medicine in the
.fate was then taken up, and after an
omendnent excepting midwives from
~, restrictions OF bill lit was ordered to
tIird reading by the following vote
Ex-senator Anderson, Andrews, Bailey,
Burrows, Chapman, Deriug, Hathaway; Hough-
tou Lopez. McFetridge, Price Reynolds, Rice,
swain. T eat Van Steenwyk, Welch-l7.
Yofs-Senators Bennett Campbell, Grimmer,
i Hrdd HIDE, Kellogg, Morgan, Paul, Rankin,
| richardson Richmond, sacket Van Shack,
Wolff
The bill to cheaper the cost of school
books was passed by the following vote: :
4yfs-S Senators Anderson, Andrews, Bailey,
Burrows, Campbell, Ctipman Dering, Grlmmer,
Hathaway, Houghton, Hyde, Kellogg, Loper,
Morgan, Paul. REYNOLDS, Rice Richmond: Treat,
Van schaick, Van Steenwyk WEIGH, Wolf-23.
Woes Senators Bennett, Haben, Rankin, Rich
ifdsOu, Sacket-5.
The bill exempting from taxation for
five years the lands Of the Wisconsin
Central railroad, with an amendment to
tax the said lands at the rate of one dollar
for every forty acres, was passed by vote
of 20 to 10. An evening session was
then held and several local bills concurr-
ed in. Adjourned until Monday even,
ing
FRIDAY, Feb. 21-ISSemJly-Bills con
cured in were: For the erection Of the
county of Price by dividing the counties
Of Chippewa and Lincoln; in relation To
the rights Of the descendants of the Chip
pewas of Lake Superior becoming legal
voters, and entitled to vote at all state
elections; to authorize the payment of
expenses in securing lands to which the
state may be entitled; to provide maps of
Wisconsin for public use in certain
cases. Bills passed were: To regulate
county of Polk; to appropriate to Green
Lake S203.10; to repeal Sec. 2Il, Il. >,
relating to redemption of mortgages; to
incorporate the city Of Oconomowoc to
provide for levying state tax for 1879.
The senate bill to provide for the removal
Of county treasurerS in certain cases, was
indefinitely postponed; also assembly
bill relating to attachments, chattel mort
cages, bills of sale and assignments. An
evening session was held and bills were
passed as follows: Relating to the fore
closure of tax certificate, sale Of lands,
ETC.; relating TO election returns, etc. to
ppeal sections 636, 1857, 1888 and 1880
&revised statutes, entitled of wild ami
mails. Among the bills indefinitely post
goned were the following: TO appropri-
ate certain sums ofmoney to the northern
hospital for the insane; relating to delln-
guent taxes on state lands and mortgaged
ands forfeited by the state; relating to
testing and grading of wheat; to incor
porate city of Neilsville; relating to
claims upon logs and timber. Adjourn
ed until Monday evening.
MONDAY, Feb. 24-SeH0te.-The com
mittee appointed to investigate the sub
ieCt Of capitol employees, reported that
no state office had too large force eX
cept that of superintendent of public
property, and recommended that the
latter force be cut down from % to ~.
Bills COnCurred in were: to amend the
charter of Plymouth, and to provide for
the preservation of fish in Calumet cOun-
". The compulsory education bill was
ordered to a third reading by vote OF
10 to II after long discussion. The
previous vote to indefinitely postpone the
bill was defeated by the following vote:
AysS-Senators Andrews, Burrows, Grimmer,
Haoen, Hudd, Kellogg, Morgan, Paul, Rankin,
Richardson, Van Schaick, Van Steenwyk, Won
-l3
N5c-SenatoIs Anderson, Bailey Bennett
Campbell, Chapman, Hathaway Hyde, Lopez
McFetridge, Price, Reynolds sacket, Scott,
swain, Treat, Wclch-16
The bill to authorize Crawford county
to build bridges across the Kickapoo
river was indefinitely postponed. Adj
iourncd.
MONDAY, Feb. 24-iSsemb'H-A large
number Of senate bills were concurred
In, The most important were: relating
10 common schools; limiting the amount
ot school district tax to be levied in any
one year; relating to the divisions of
towns; relating to the organization of
corporations; relating to otfenses against
ives and persons of individuals. After
long debate the interest bill, fixing the
'"Sa! rate at per cent. was Indefinitely
postponed by the following vote:
dgfs-MeSsrs. j. Allan, A. c. Allen Barter,
BENTLEY Blackstone. Bradley, Brindley, Burdge
Naiey, Carter, Coe, +. T. Condit. Dec rolf. Field
fischer, Gilbert, Gray. Hart, Haugen, Hcmmi
H"mschemGyer, Hi, Hutchinson, Ingram, keoeh
evils Loycjoy, Markham, Mason, McRae, Pulc
3TI,QuareS Sarnow, simpson,W. j, Vincent, f. c.
val, y" Wall, Washburn, Widule and Mr.. Speak
rr-AO.
,.3osS-Messfs. Ausman, Bailey, Barry Bottum,
raGE Clark, Cox, Dawson, Eastman, Eckhardt
E.uh"ood, Fit2grrald. Fleming, Finn, Ford