No. 193. S.. A bill to amend chapter 231, laws of 1876, relating to the city of Eau Claire, Were severally indefinitely postponed. No. 19. S., A bill to fix the minimum price of all public lands which have not been offered for sale at public sale, at the sum of two dollars and fifty cents per acre. No. 79. S.. A bill for the better protection of the public health. No. 112, S.. A bill to purchase two thousand copies of Strong's History of Wisconsin Territory for educational purposes, The question being shall the bill be indefinitely postponed, It was refused to be indefinitely postponed. The ayes and noes being demanded, it was decided in the negative; ayes, 4; noes, 26; not voting, 3. The vote was as follows: Ayes Senators Carey, Parry, Ryland and Warner.- 4. Noes Senators Ackley, Adams, Bennett, Blake, Chase, Colman, Comstock, Cottrill, Erwin, Flint, Hudd, Jonas, Kingston, Lord, McDonald, Minor, Palmetier, Pingel, Randall, Reed, Ringle. Sherman. Smith, Stanley, Webb and Wiley.-26. Absent or not voting - Senators Hill, Meffert and Wall. 3. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time. No. 99, S.. A bill to amend sub-division 17 of section 1038 of chapter 48 of the revised statutes relating to the assessment of taxes. Was refused to be ordered engrossed and read a third time. The ayes and noes being demanded it was decided in the negative: ayes, 10; noes, 18; not voting, 5. The vote was as follows: Ayes- Senators Adams, Carey, Chase, Comstock, Cottrill. Jonas, Minor. Parry, Randall and Stanley.-10. Noes-Senators Ackley, Blake, Colinan, Erwin, Flint, Hudd, Kingston, Lord, McDonald, Palmetier, Pingel, Reed. Ringle, Ryland, Sherman, Smith, Warner and Wiley.-18. Absent or not voting-Senators Bennett, Hill. Meffert. Wall and Webb.-5. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1883. The senate met. The president in the chair. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Eaton. The roll was called and the following senators answered to their names: Senators Ackley, Adams, Bennett, Blake, Carey, Chase, Colman, Comstock, Cottrill, Erwin, Flint, Hudd, Jonas, Kingston, Lord, McDonald, Meffert, Minor, Palmetier, Parry, Pingel, Randall, Reed, Ringle, Ryland, Sherman, Smith, Stanley, Warner, Webb and Wiley. The journal of yesterday was approved. LETTERS, PETITIONS, ETC. By the president of the senate: Pet. No. 18, S., Petition of the German Political Club for an increase of license. To Milwaukee Delegation. On motion of Senator Warner, The vote by which No. 69, A., A bill to provide for an appeal from the decision of the State Board of Supervision of Wisconsin Charitable, Reformatory and Penal Institutions, Was indefinitely postponed, Was re-considered, and the bill was re-committed to the committee on Judiciary. 15-S. J. RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. By Senator Ringle: Jt. Res., No. 15, S., WHEREAS, In a recent decision of the supreme court in a case, James S. Easley appellant, vs. Clarence F. Whipple respondent, it is decided that the title of the state and subsequent purchaser in certain lands conveyed to the state by Marathon county by virtue of chapter 22, laws of 1867, is defective. Therefore be it Resolved, by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the committee on Public Lands be requested to report a bill to cure the defects in said law, and such other provisions as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of protecting the interest of the state and its assigns. The rules were suspended and the resolution adopted. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The committee on Roads and Bridges, to whom was re ferred No. 63, A., A bill to authorize the maintenance of a bridge across Rock River in the city of Beloit, Have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it be concurred in. No. 62, S., A bill to amend section 1227, of the revised statutes of 1878. entitled of highways and bridges, With the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. W. T. PARRY, Chairman. The joint committee on Claims to whom was referred A bill to prescribe the manner of carrying into effect the provisions of section 408 of chapter 26 of the revised statutes relating to teachers institutes. No. 34, A., A bill in relation to the departments of insurance and of railroads, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with amendments, and recommend their passage when so amended. GEO. W. RYLAND, The committee on Public Lands to whom was referred A bill to donate to the counties of Sauk and Columbia the proceeds from the sale of swamp and overflowed lands, Have had the same under consideration, and instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass. C. PALMETIER, Chairman. The committee on Judiciary to whom was referred A bill to vest and confirm in Eugene Shaw and George B. Shaw, heirs at law of Daniel Shaw, all the rights, privileges and franchises granted to or owned or enjoyed by Daniel Shaw under and by virtue of the provisions of chapter 288 of the general laws of the state of Wisconsin for the year 1874, entitled "an act to authorize Daniel Shaw and his associates to improve Thornapple river for log driving purposes," and the several acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, Have had the same under consideration, and have in structed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass. No. 125, S.. A bill to amend section 1339 of chapter 52 of revised statutes relating to highways and bridges. No. 153. S., A bill to facilitate the collection of wages. No. 106, S., A bill to provide for uniformity in fire insurance policies. No. 137, S., A bill to secure the equal distribution of the property of debtors, among their creditors and for the release of debts against debtors, With the recommendation that they be indefinitely postponed. No. 101, S., A bill to amend section 2902 of chapter 288 of the revised statutes, entitled of issues, trials and judgments. No. 204, S., A bill to provide for laying out a state road on the line between the counties of Marathon and Lincoln, With amendments, and with the recommendation that they do pass when so amended. No. 21, A., A bill to authorize the voters of incorporated villages to direct whether the offices of village clerk and street commissioner shall be filled by appointment or by election, With amendments and with the recommendation that it be concurred in when so amended. No. 48, A.. A bill to amend section 1, chapter 9, general laws of 1879, relating to special terms of the Circuit Court in the seventh judicial circuit. No. 208, A., A bill prescribing and fixing the terms of the circuit court in the county of Winnebago, Wisconsin. No. 297, A., A bill to amend section 523, of chapter 27 of the revised statutes, relating to the election of officers by town boards of school directors in towns having the township system of school government, With the recommendation that they be concurred in. No. 6, A., A bill relating to the discharge of mortgages, and amendatory of section 2256 of chapter 100 of the revised statutes. No. 334, A., A bill to amend section 4713, chapter 191, of the revised statutes, relating to attorneys' fees in certain cases, With the recommendation that they be indefinitely postponed. No. 173, A., A bill to repeal section 1 of chapter 56 of the private and local laws of 1860, entitled an act to provide for the holding of the annual school meeting in district No. 4 of the town of East Troy, With the recommendation that it be recommitted to a select committee of one, consisting of Senator Palmetier. A. N. RANDALL, Chairman. So ordered as to No. 173, A. The committee on Incorporations, to whom was referred No. 211, S., A bill to incorporate the city of Mauston. No. 24, S., A bill to authorize John H. Knapp, Henry L. Stout, Andrew Tainter, William Wilson, Thomas B. Wilson and John H. Douglas, their heirs or assigns, to construct and maintain a dam across Long Lake river, Burnett county, Wisconsin, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report them back with amendments, and with the recommendation that they do pass when so amended. J. T. KINGSTON, Chairman. The committee on Education, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 72 laws of 1882, entitled an act to amend sections 462, 463 and 537, of the |