The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-03
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.


on the Odd In the Senate lively fight was
had on the bill to appropriate money to keep
up fsh-hatcheries AT length a bill allowing
$1,000 was sent to third reading. A salute Of
100 guns was ordered fired in honor of the
father of his country.
The bill to provide for holding the first ses-
sion of the Legislature under the biennial az
rangement was the special order III the Senate
on the 23d. The bill provided that the first
session should be held in 1884 An amendment
was offered substituting 1885, and long argu-
ment was had over 1t. The Senators who sup
ported the amendment claimed that if the ses-
sion be held in 1884, and regular session bs
held in 1885, it would become necessary to call
Especial session in 1886 to elect successor to
United States Senator Cameron, whose term
expires March 4, 1885, The other side argued that
the people who had adopted the amendment
would appreciate the relief afforded by doing
away with each alternate session as soon as
possible. Other States have the biennial svs-
tenn and elect United States Senators fifteen
months beforehand, and Wisconsin can prop
erly do likewise. The amendment, which would
necessitate session next January, was rejected
by vote of IA to 16 A special committee,
consisting of Price, Parry, Cabannis, Keogh
and Maxon, reported to the Assembly
joint resolution for constitutional pro-
QlDlIlOQ OF Inc U1duutaCbulb anu btlo
of intoxicating liquor, and recommended its
passage, Keogh and Maxon dissenting. Assem-
blyman Pooler reported the bill to increase the
revenues of the State by taxing telegraph COM
panies 1t requires the companies to report to
the State Treasurer the number of miles OF
lines and amount of gross earnings OF each
company. Those earning $500 per mile shall
pay license tax of per cent; under $500 per
mile. the tax shall be 81 per mile of line.
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an important railway bill in the Senate ON Feb.
o. 1t was in relation to the sale and convey
ance of land grants by railroad corporations
and provides that companies accepting grants
shall fulfill the conditions imposed by the Leg
islature as well as by Congress in disposing of
them. The bill further provides that when the
companies to which grants are conferred shall
fail to fulfill the conditions Of the grant they
shall absolutely forfeit all interest in them,
and the Attorney General shall institute pro-
ceedlngs to recover possession of the lands, as
well as to obtain judgment for the amount Of
penalty provided for such nOn-fulfllment. Mr..
Kidd reported bill which is intended to assist
assessors in their work of assessing bonds
notes and mortgages 1t provides that persons
holding or owning such papers shall be COM
PEELED to show, by the assessors stamp upon
their face, tthey have been properly returned
for taxation. The owners shall not be allowed
to recover judgment for such bond note or
mortgage without theirpaper being so stamped
The Senate Committee on State Affairs re-
ported q substitute. for the bill fixing the time
when the Legislature shall meet under the
biennial system. After considerable debate,
the substitute, which, if agreed to by
the Assembly, will necessitate session
next winter, was passed. The Lewiston
Levee bill passed the Assembly after
another long, exciting contest, by a vote of AT
yeas to 30 nays A resolution was introduced
In the Assembly authorizing the Committee on
State Affairs to report a bill to enable the Land
commissioners to ascertain the present imam
clal standing of persons who negotiated in
dlvidual loans from the trust funds many
years ago, as well as to determine the value OF
the security they gave. BY the report recently
made by the Secretary of State it appears that
many men, now wealthy and prominent, are
owing the State these old debts. The Senate
bills making appropriations for State institu-
tons were concurred in by the Assembly with
out amendment.
Two important railroad bills having reference
to the St. Croix land grant, recently acquired
by the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha Railroad Company, and to the railroad
which the company Is required TO build
IN order to secure patents for the lands,
were reported to The Senate, on the
provides that the fund now in the State
treasury collected from trespassers shall
be paid to the corporation to which patents
may hereafter be granted, in such proportion
as the different corporations interested may be-
come entitled by building roads. The Governor
Is authorized to retain such amount from the
trespass fund as will pay all the cost of protect
ing such lands. The other bill is to confer
upon the Chicago, St. Paul, Mime
"a all
thu rights and franchises which the
airline corporation possessed. The Senate
Committ on finance, Banks and
Insurance reported an amendment to the As
semblf bill, regulating the rate of interest by
raising the legal rate by contract from to 10
per cent. In the House the following bills
were concurred in: requiring village plats TO
be approved by the Chairman of the Town
Board before being recorded; authorizing
County Treasurers to replace lost tax certiti-
Gates authorizing the levy of special tax III
Watertown for iron bridges.
The following Assembly bills were concurred
in by the Senate, at the session on the 28th
ult.; Increasing the penalty for the crime of
fornication with an unmarried female of pre-
Vlous chaste characterize the maximum of eight
years; amending the Doctors bill so that it
shall be inapplicable to students under instruc-
ton of competent preceptor and also midwiyes.
Senator Hudd reported bill relating to set-offs
and counter-claims in payment Of the $4,000
paid to the Governor by the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company.
Bills were passed by the Senate: Allow
ing the Chippewa Valley and Superior Rail-
road Company to construct bridge for rail-
way purposes across Beef slough to authorize
the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Com
pany to guarantee payment Of bonds Of
roads purchased, and to be purchased.
The Assembly had lively struggle over the
Bates Church Taxation bill, which had been
recommended for indefinite postponement.
Mr. Bates made savage attack on the Catho
lies, and was several times called to order by
members representing Catholic cons titueucies.
Mr. Harrington spoke for an hour against the
bill, recounting the good results attending the
encouragement Of church work. Mr.. Price
offered an amendment to the Dill as a compro-
mise between the two extremes, which was
voted down. The bill was then indefinitely
postponed by 67 to 20, thirteen absent or not
voting. A resolution for final adjournment
March was introduced in the Assembly and
laid over.