No. 99, A., A bill to amend section 2523 of chapter 115 of the revised statutes, entitled of the municipal court of Dodge county, No. 1, A., A bill to authorize the commissioners of school and university lands to loan a portion of the trust funds to the county of Portage, No. 40, A., A bill to amend the charter of the city of Oshkosh, No. 13, A., A bill to authorize Frederick R. Stees to construct a dam across Vermillion river, in Barron county, No. 26, A., A bill to amend chapter 52 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of highways and bridges, Were severally amended, ordered engrossed and read a third time. No. 48, A., A bill relating to and amendatory of section 3754 of chapter 160 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of appeals, No. 68, A., A bill to amend section 3754 of the revised statutes, relating to appeals from judgments rendered by justices of the peace, No. 59, A., A bill to provide when husband and wife may testify for and against each other, No. 55, A., A bill entitled an act to amend chapter 14 of the general laws of 1879, entitled an act to amend section 121, chapter 10, revised statutes of 1878, in relation to distribution of Blue Books, No. 76, A., A bill to authorize Frederick Reber to erect and maintain a dam across Cauley creek, in Clark county. No. 81, A., A bill to amend section 1562 of chapter 66 of the revised statutes of the state of Wisconsin, No. 16, A., A bill to limit the number of terms to which a person may eligible to the office of county treasurer, No. 78, A., be A bill relative to the disposition and expenditure of license. money in the village of Newburg, county of Washington, No. 95, A., A bill to amend chapter 114 of the revised statutes, entitled of county judges, No. 34, A., A bill to authorize the board of supervisors to exempt any county from the provisions of sections 1623, 1624 and 1625 of chapter 72 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to the license and keeping of dogs, Jt. Res. No. 7, A., Relating to investigation had before Wisconsin Fish Commission, Were severally indefinitely postponed. No. 46, A., A bill to amend subdivision 4 of section 670 of the revised statutes, relating to bounty on wild animals, Was recommitted to the committee on Judiciary. No. 79, A., A bill to amend chapter 141 of the laws of 1879, in relation to the distribution of Blue Books, Was recommitted to the committee on Legislative Expenditures' No. 89, A., A bill to legalize the acts of the deputy city clerk of the city of Milwaukee, Was recommitted to the Milwaukee County Delegation. On motion of Mr. Hemschemeyer, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1880. The assembly met. The speaker in the chair. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Richards. The roll was called, and the following members answered to their Dames: Messrs. Adamson, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Barnes, Bean, Beattie, Bentley, Blanchard, Blakeslee, Boorse, Bosustow, Bradford, Bradley, Brindley, Bullock, Burdge, Campbell, Cary, Case, Cox, Craig, Crosse, Darbellay, Eaton, Fitzgerald, Fleming, Fontaine, Freeman, Gillespie, Gilman, Gilson, Gunderson, Haugen, Heimerl, Hemschemeyer, Hill, Joslin, Kelsey, Kennedy, Kenyon, Keogh, Kingston, Klotz, Krueger, Laverrenz, Lawrence, Lord, Lowth, McDill, McGilton, McGinty, McIntyre, McMurdo, McRae, Merritty, Minor, Moors, Naber, Packard, Parkinson, Paine, Peterson, A., Petersen, J. C., Pfunder, Phillips, Pierce, Place, Pritchard, Raesser, Ringle, Root, Ruch, Schmidt, Sedgwick, Sheldon, Sherman, Simpson, Small, Sprague, Stone, Tierney, Treleven, Troy, Wall, Ware, Waste, Watson, Webster, Weil, Wilcox, Williams, C., Williams, D. C., Wilson, Yakey and Mr. Speaker. Absent· Mr. Eckhardt. Absent with leave Messrs. Colby, Klindt and Withee. LETTERS, PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, Erc. Presented and referred. By Mr. Haugen: Pet. No. 204, A., Remonstrance of W. D. Parker, J. R. Thayer and 44 others against the re-enactment of the death penalty. To committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Cary: Pet. No. 205, A., Memorial of the county board of Manitowoc county, asking the state to adopt adequate measures for the maintenance of the incurable insane. To committee on Charitable and Penal Institutiors. By Mr. Gunderson: Pet. No. 206, A., Petition from Jerome F. Coe in support of bill No. 97, A., re.lating to municipal court in Barron county. To committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Packard: Pet. No. 207, A., Petition of J. G. Meacham and 142 other citizens of Racine county asking for a law to prevent unqualified persons from practicing medicine. To committee on Medical Societies. By Mr. Naber: Pet. No. 208, A., Petition of citizens of Oconto for adoption of memorial to congress accompanying. To committee on Federal Relations. By Mr. Packard: Pet. No. 209, A., Petition of L. G. Meachem and 156 other citizens of Racine, asking for a law to prevent unqualified persons from practicing medicine. To committee on Medical Societies. By Mr. Keogh: Pet. No. 210, A., Remonstrance of E. H. Brodhead, and others against extending limits of the 2d ward of the city of Milwaukee. To Milwaukee County Delegation. By Mr. Ringle: Pet. No. 211, A., Petition of Mary J. Plumer and 600 other residents of Marathon and Lincoln counties, asking the passage of a resolution in favor of female suffrage. To committee on Federal Relations. resolution or otherwise. Instructed to report by By Mr. Treleven: Pet. No. 212, A., Remonstrance of C. L. Ray and 35 citizens of Lake Mills and vicinity against the passage of bill No. 29, A. To committee on Medical Societies. By Mr. Sprague: Pet. No. 213, A., A remonstrance of 75 business men of Monroe against the passage of bill No. 29, A. To committee on Medical Societies. By Mr. Small: Pet. No. 214, A., A petition of citizens of Oconomowoc praying for amendments to charter. To committee on Incorporations. RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Brindley: Res. No. 24, A., Resolved, That the use of this assembly chamber be and the same is hereby granted to the State Agricultural and State Historical Sacieties, on Wednesday and Friday evenings, February 4 and 6, for address, reading of papers, discussions, etc. Adopted. By Mr. Bentley: Res. No. 25, A., Resolved, That the report of the board of immigration, on pages 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62 of the journal, be referred to committee on State Affairs, with the privilege to report by bill or otherwise. Laid over. RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED. Jt. Res. No. 17, A., Relating to furnishing copies of geological survey to reporters of daily newspapers, Was amended and adopted. Jt. Res. No. 18, A., Relating to selling laws of Wisconsin concerning the organization and government of towns and the powers and duties of town officers and boards of supervisors, with practical forms, Was adopted. BILLS INTRODUCED. Read first and second times and referred, as follows: By Mr. McGilton: No. 185, A., A bill relating to town insurance companies. To committee on Insurance, Banks and Banking. By Mr. Packard: No. 186, A., A bill to amend an act entitled an act to revise, consolidate and amend the charter of the city of Racine, approved August 8, 18:8, and the several acts amendatory thereof, approved March 11, 1876, and the several acts amendatory thereof. To committee on Incorporations. By Mr. Lord: No. 187, A., A bill to re-establish a municipal court in Rock county. By Mr. Darbellay: No. 188, A., A bill to provide for laying out a state road from town of Preble, Brown county, to the town of Casco, Kewaunee county. To Brown County Delegation. By Mr. Packard: No. 189, A., A bill authorizing the city of Racine to pay an inceased salary to the harbor master and bridge tenders of said city. To committee on Incorporations. By Mr. Packard: No. 190, A., A bill authorizing the city of Racine to purchase additional cemetery grounds. To committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Cary: No. 191, A., A bill to amend section 604 of chapter 32 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of the hospital for the insane. To committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions. By Mr. Wilcox: No. 192, A., A bill to amend chapter 409 of the general laws of 1864, entitled an act to authorize the village of De Pere and the town of Lawrence to purchase or lease a certain bridge across Fox river. To committee on Roads and Bridges. |