Amend the amendment by striking out "thirty-five thousand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars and forty-six cents," and insert in lieu thereof, "thirty-eight thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars." Adopted. The amendment as amended was then adopted. Senator Price offered the following amendment to the bill. Section 2. The managers of said school are hereby empowered and authorized to settle with the Milwaukee & Madison Railway Company for the right of way used by said company in crossing the land of the state, occupied by said industrial school for boys, in such manner and upon such terms as they may deem best for the state, and may direct their president to deed said right of way to said railway company. Also renumber section 2 to be section 3. The amendment was adopted. The bill was then ordered engrossed and read a third time. No. 59, S., A bill to appropriate to the State Hospital for the Insane certain sums of money for current expenses and special purposes, Amend the amendment by adding at the end thereof: For fire proof elevator, two thousand dollars. For iron stairs, five hundred dollars. Adopted. The amendment as amended was adopted, and the bill ordered engrossed and read a third time. The amendments to No. 60, S., A bill to appropriate to the Northern Hospital for the Insane certain sums of money for current expenses and special purposes, Were adopted. The ayes and noes being demanded, it was decided in the affirmative: ayes, 15; noes, 13; not voting, 5. The vote was as follows: Ayes Senators Anderson, Blackstone, Carter, Delaney, Ellis, Griffin, Hunt, Kusel, McGrew, Phillips, Price, Ryland, Scott, Smith and Wiley - 15. Noes Senators Fifield, Finkelnburg, Hamilton, Kelly, Paul, Rankin, Richardson, Simpson, Sutherland, Thomas, Van Schaick, Wing and Woodman - 13. Absent or not voting-Senators Burrows, Crosby, McKeeby, Quarles and Weaver - 5. Senator Crosby moved to adjourn. The ayes and noes being demanded, it was decided in the nega. tive: ayes, 9; noes, 19; not voting, 5. The vote was as follows: Ayes Senators Carter, Crosby, Hamilton, Kelly, Paul, Rankin, Simpson, Van Schaick and Wing-9. Noes Senators Anderson, Blackstone, Delaney, Ellis, Finkelnburg, Griffin, Hunt, Kusel, McGrew, Phillips, Price, Richardson, Ryland, Scott, Smith, Sutherland, Thomas, Wiley and Woodman 19. Absent or not voting Senators Burrows, Fifield, McKeeby, Quarles and Weaver — 5. No. 60, S., Was then ordered engrossed and read a third time. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By J. E. ELDRED, chief clerk thereof. MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform you that the assembly has concurred in Jt. Res. No. 42, S., Recalling No. 126, S., from the governor. And has passed, and asks the concurrence of the senate in, No. 241, A., A bill to authorize the commissioners of the public lands to loan a portion of the trust funds to the town of Bovina, in the county of Outagamie, And has refused to concur in No. 247, S., A bill to legalize certain records in certain cases. And has passed, and asks the concurrence of the senate in, No. 202, A., A bill to provide for the instruction of deaf mutes in the city of Milwaukee. And requests the return of No. 247, S., A bill to legalize certain records in certain cases, And has concurred in No. 100, S., A bill to amend section 16 of sub-chapter 6 of chapter 184 of the laws of 1874, entitled an act to revise, consolidate and amend the charter of the city of Milwaukee, approved February 20, 1852, and the several acts amendatory thereof, approved March 10, 1874, No. 155, S., A bill relating to the duties of clerks of the board of public works of the city of Milwaukee, And has amended, and concurred in as amended, No. 78, S., A bill relating to the incorporation of the city of Oconomowoc, and amendatory of chapter 239 of the laws of 1879, And has passed, and asks the concurrence of the senate in, No. 225, A., A bill to establish a state public school for dependent and neglected children, and to appropriate certain sums of money therein named, And has amended, and concurred in as amended, No. 126, S, A bill to amend chapter 135 of the laws of 1876, entitled an act to revise, consolidate and amend the charter of the city of La Crosse, approved February 19, 1869, and the several acts amendatory thereof, and changing the boundaries thereof. ASSEMBLY MESSAGE CONSIDERED. No. 241, A., Was referred to the committee on State Affairs. To Milwaukee Delegation. The assembly amendments to No. 78, S., Were concurred in. No. 247, A., Was ordered returned to the assembly, as requested. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1881. The senate met. The president in the chair. The roll was called, and the following senators answered to their names: Senators Anderson, Blackstone, Burrows, Carter, Crosby, Delaney, Ellis, Fifield, Finkelnburg, Griffin, Hamilton, Hunt, Kelly, Kusel, McGrew, McKeeby, Paul, Phillips, Price, Rankin, Richardson, Ryland, Scott, Simpson, Smith, Sutherland, Thomas, Van Schaick, Weaver, Wiley, Wing and Woodman. Absent-Senator Quarles. The journal of yesterday was approved. LETTERS, PETITIONS, ETC. By Senator Wiley: Pet. No. 160, S., Petition of Reese & Whiting and 75 others, to regulate the oil law, so as to give better oil and more light. To committee on Manufactures and Commerce. On motion of Senator Burrows, No. 278, A., A bill relating to railroad laborers' liens, and amendatory of section 1815, chapter 87 of the revised statutes, entitled of railroads, Was recalled from the assembly for further consideration. On motion of Senator Thomas, The chief clerk was instructed to request the return from the assembly of No. 279, A., A bill to enable Caleb M. Hilliard and Profirus N. Tuttle to run and maintain a ferry across the Mississippi river from the village of De Soto, Wisconsin, to the city of Lansing, Iowa, For further consideration. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The committee on Education, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 425, chapter 27, revised statutes, in regard to school meetings, No. 133. A., A bill to repeal chapter 155 of the laws of 1889, entitled an act to amend subdivision 8 of section 461 of the revised statutes, relating to inspection districts and the examination of teachers, and to re-enact and restore subdivision 8 of section 461 of the revised statutes, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that they be indefinitely postponed. No. 222, S., A bill in relation to the duties of school district clerks, and amendatory of section 472 of chapter 27 of the revised statutes, With an amendment, and the recommendation that when so amended it do pass. EDWIN E. WOODMAN, Chairman. The committee on Roads and Bridges, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 1299 of chapter 52, revised statutes, entitled of highways and bridges, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it be concurred in. A. L. PHILLIPS, Chairman. The committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes, to whom was referred No. 174, A., A bill to amend section 1081, chapter 45 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to assessment and collection of taxes, Have had the same under consideration and have directed me to report the same back with amendments, and the recommendation that it be concurred in when so amended. GEO. E. SUTHERLAND, Chairman. The committee on Finance, Banks and Insurance, to whom was referred the assembly amendments to No. 96, S., Relating to the Northwestern Mutual Relief Association, and amendatory of section 1 of chapter 204 of the laws of 1879, 33-S. J. |