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No. 58, S..

A bill to legalize the acts of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance company of the town of Oak Grove, Dodge Dounty, Wisconsin,

No. 69, S.,

A bill to amend section 2, chapter 48, af the laws of 1881, entitled "town insurance companies,"

Have had the same under consideration, and have instucted me to report the same back with the recommendation that they do pass.

HANS B. WARNER,

Chairman.

The joint committee on Claims, to whom was referred
No. 76, S.,

A bill to appropriate to the governor's contingent fund a sum of money therein named.

No. 77, S.,

A bill to provide for the sale of the Nicodemus and Conover map of the state of Wisconsin,

Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that they do pass.

GEO. W. RYLAND,
Chairman.

The undersigned, a minority of the committee on Penal and Charitable institutions.

Beg leave to report that I non concur in the report of the joint committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions, because in my opinion they are too high.

I find that the fuel for the State Hospital has cost $43.99 per diem the year round, or $28.42 per capita for patients and employees; for the Northern Hospital, $30.65 per diem per annum or $17.52 per capita per annum for patients and employees; for Industrial School for Boys, including employees, per diem, $13.49, per capita same, $13.49.

Now, I have found no satisfactory reason why it should cost $10.90 more per capita in the State Hospital for fuel than it does in the Northern hospital, or why it should cost $14.93 more per capita for fuel in the State Hospital than it does for the Industrial School for Boys.

On page 59 of the report of the State Board of Supervision I find a statement that 134 males and 200 females are daily employed, leaving 125 helpless. Now, perhaps it is necessary to hire 96 attendants and other employees, but it strikes me as being unnecessary. I can see no reason why the maintenance of those state institutions should cost the state more than they would if managed by a good business man in his own interest.

Now what business man of ordinary capacity would continue to pay year after year not much less than $6000, per annum for fuel pro rate to the State Hospital than it does in the Northern Hospital.

Now this difference is caused either by defective heating apparatus or mismanagement. The state has already suf fered a loss of more than $100,000 from one or more combination of those causes during the last twenty years and it seems to me that it is time to remedy the evil which will evidently not be done as long as the legislature appropriates without question the amount of money asked for by those having those institutions in charge.

ENOCH CHASE.

REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES.

The select committee to whom was referred
No. 79. S..

A bill for the better protection of the public health, Have had the sare under consideration and report the same back with the recommendation it do pass.

ENOCH CHASE,

S. L. LORD,
W. W. REED.

BILLS READY FOR A THIRD READING.

No. 26, S..

A bill to amend section 1038, of chapter 48, revised statutes, entitled, "of assessment and collection of taxes,"

Was laid over.

No. 7, S.,

A bill relative to pawn brokers, junk shops, and secondhand dealers in the city of Milwaukee,

No. 13. S..

A bill supplementary and amendatory of chapter 91 of the revised statutes entitled of religious societies,

No. 31, S.,

A bill relating to electors and general elections, and amendatory of sections 12 and 14 of chapter 5 of the revised statutes,

No. 36. S..

A bill relating to the raising of tax in the Brodhead school district and amendatory of section 2 of chapter 207 of private and local laws of 1867.

Were severally read a third time and passed.

No. 20. S.,

A bill to amend sub-division four of section 258, revised statutes of 1878, entitled of the investment of trust funds, Was read a third time and passed.

The ayes and noes being required, it was decided in the affirmative; ayes 26, noes 3; not voting, 4.

The vote was as follows:

Ayes-Senators Ackley, Adams, Blake, Carey, Colman, Comstock, Erwin, Flint, Hill, Hudd, Jonas, McDonald, Minor, Palmetier, Parry, Pingel, Randall, Reed, Ryland, Sherman, Smith, Stanley, Wall, Warner, Webb and Wiley26.

Noes-Senators Chase, Cottrill and Kingston-3.

Absent or not voting-Senators Bennett, Lord, Meffert and Ringle-1.

No. 25, S.,

A bill to provide for the publication of the report of the professor of agriculture, W. H. Henry, for the year 1882, and for the distribution of the same,

Was read a third time and passed.

The ayes and noes being required, it was decided in the affirmative; ayes 29; noes 0; not voting 4.

The vote was as follows:

Ayes-Senators Ackley, Adams, Blake, Carey, Chase, Colman, Comstock, Cottrill, Erwin, Flint, Hill, Hudd, Jonas, Kingston, McDonald, Minor, Palmetier, Parry, Pingel, Randall, Reed, Ryland, Sherman, Smith, Stanley, Wall, Warner, Webb and Wiley.-29.

Absent or not voting-Senators Bennett, Lord, Meffert and Ringle.-4.

On motion of Senater Erwin,

The vote by which

No. 5, S.,

A bill to prohibit the use and sale of pistols and revol

vers,

Was refused to be ordered engrossed and read a third time.

Was reconsidered.

Senator Kingston offered the following amendment.

Amend the substitute so that sections 1, 2 and 3 of said substitute shall read as follows:

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any minor within this state to go armed with any pistol or revolver, and it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, constables or other police officers to take from any minor any pistol or revolvers found in his pos

session.

Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any dealer in pistols or revolvers, or any other person, to sell, loan or give any pistol or revolver to any minor in this state. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person in a state of intoxication in this state, or any known criminal or person arrested on a criminal warrant on complaint or for crime, or

arrested as a vagrant to go armed with any pistol or revolver. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

On motion of Senator Flint,

The bill and pending amendments were recommitted to committee on Judiciary.

BILLS ON THEIR ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING.

Senator Ryland offered the following amendment to the amendment offered by the Judiciary committee to

No. 37, S.,

A bill to provide for the appointment and compensation of registers in probate courts, and prescribing the duties of such registers.

Amend the amendment by adding after the word "probate" "provided this act shall not apply to the county of Grant."

On motion of Senator Flint,

The bill and pending amendments were recommitted to committee on Judiciary.

The president pro tem was called to the chair.

The amendments to,

No. 48, S.,

A bill relating to the national union and amendatory of section 1, of chapter 204, of the laws of 1879, as amended by chapter 246, of the laws of 1881, and chapter 249, of the laws of 1882,

Were adopted and the bill ordered engrossed and read a third time.

M. C. No. 7, S.,

Memorial to congress for an increase of pensions for disabled soldiers in the war with Mexico,

M. C. No. 8, S.,

Memorial to the postmaster general for an increase of mail service on certain routes in Door county.

Were severally ordered engrossed and read a third time. No. 49, S.,

A bill relating to the Mutual Beneficial Life association of the state of Wisconsin, and amendatory of section 1, chapter 204, laws of 1879, as amended by chaptor 246, laws of 1881, and chapter 249, laws of 1882,

No. 51. S..

A bill relating to the Danish Brotherhood of the United States,

Were indefinitely postponed.

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The roll was called and the following senators answered to their names:

Senators Ackley, Adams, Bennett, Blake, Carey, Chase, Colman, Comstock, Cottrill, Erwin, Flint, Hill, Hudd, Jonas, Kingston, Lord, McDonald, Meffert, Minor, Palmetier, Parry, Pingel, Randall, Reed, Ringle, Ryland, Sherman, Smith, Stanley, Wall, Warner, Webb and Wiley.

The journal of yesterday was approved.

RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED.

By Senator Hudd:

Res. No. 8, S.,

Resolved, That the use of the senate chamber this afternoon (Feb. 8th) be and the same is granted for the public meeting of the Wisconsin State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies.

Adopted.

LETTERS, PETITIONS, ETC.

By Senator Kingston:

Petition No. 4. S..

Petition of W. J. McKay and 95 others, citizens of Sauk county, praying the legislature to memorialize congress to pass an act in favor of woman's suffrage.

To committee on State Affairs.

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