No. 215, A., A bill to authorize James Conniff to maintain a dam now built by him on his own land in Marinette county, No. 242, A., A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the chamber of commerce of the city of Milwaukee, approved February 29, 1868, No. 287, A., A bill relating to certain town, village and municipal funds, A bill to authorize Augustin Larose to maintain a dam across Dry wood creek, in Chippewa county. No. 304, A., A bill to organize a new town in Clark county, No. 298, A., A bill to organize the town of Withee, in Clark county, No. 335, A., A bill authorizing certain towns in this state to accept indemnity in certain cases, No. 346, A., A bill to amend sections 855 and 857 of chapter 40, revised statutes of 1878, entitled of villages, No. 246, A., A bill to amend section 1213 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to taxation of railroads, telegraph, fire and inland navigation and life insurance companies, No. 247, A., A bill relating to and amendatory of section 1391 of chapter 55, entitled of fences, No. 239, A., A bill to amend section 1623 of the revised statutes, relating to dogs, and exempting Washington county therefrom, No. 271, A., A bill to appropriate to D. G. Cheever a sum of money therein named, No. 279, A., A bill to prohibit the hunting of certain game birds therein named with dogs, No. 283, A., A bill to amend section 4772 of chapter 194 of the revised statutes, entitled fines, to whom paid, No. 336, A., A bill amendatory of chapter 217 of the laws of 1874, entitled an act to appropriate to James Reynolds and John Fellenz a sum of money therein named, and to authorize them to bring an action against the state for the amount of their claim not covered by such appropriation, No. 193, A., A bill to amend and consolidate the charter of the village of Omro, No. 343, A., A bill to amend sections 1785 and 1786 c of the revised statutes, on the organization of incorporations, No. 370, A., A bill to prevent the manufacturers of lumber, lath or shingles from throwing slabs, edgings, trimmings of lumber or shingles, or saw dust, into the Wisconsin river, or any of its tributaries, No. 8, S., A bill to appropriate a certain sum of money therein named to George W. Perry, No. 41, S., A bill to amend chapter 141, laws of 1879, entitled an act to amend section 121, chapter 10, revised statutes of 1878, in relation to the distribution of blue books, No. 108, S., A bill to authorize the justices of the peace elected in the several wards of the city of Plymouth, to keep an office and perform their duties in any part of said city, No. 144, S., A bill to amend section 1979 of chapter 90 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to organization for protection against fires, No. 188, S., A bill authorizing the Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis Railway Company to abandon, under certain conditions, that portion of its railway lying between North Wisconsin Junction and the St. Croix Lake, No. 48, S., A bill to amend section 4415, revised statutes of 1878, relating to punishment for larceny, No. 73, S., A bill to create the Kewaunee Harbor Commission and define their duties, No. 114, S., A bill to authorize Thos. B. Scott to build a dam or dams on Prairie river, in Lincoln county, Wisconsin, No. 160, S., A bill to authorize A. E. Sawyer, David Austin and Richard Dewhurst to build and maintain a dam across Black river, No. 177, S., A bill to authorize John H. Knapp, Henry B. Stout, Andrew Tainter, William Wilson, Thomas B. Wilson and John H. Douglas, and their associates, successors and assigns, to erect and maintain a dam across the Red Cedar river, on lands owned by the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company, No. 187, S., A bill to legalize the action of the board of supervisors of the county of Polk in setting off and creating the town of Georgetown, in said county, No. 200, S., A bill to amend chapter 58 of the private and local laws of 1859 entitled an act to incorporate the Madison Gymnastic Association No. 201, S., A bill to amend section 1480 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to the prevention of the spread of noxious weeds, No. 213, S., A bill to amend chapter 3 of chapter 72 of the private and local laws of 1858, entitled an act to incorporate the city of Ripon, No. 27, S., A bill to amend section 4771 of the revised statutes of 1878, in relation to security of costs in criminal cases, No. 23, S., A bill to amend sections 3875 and 3878 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to the sale of lands by executors and administrators, No. 30, S., A bill to authorize A. D. Lunt and P. M. Musser to build a dam across and otherwise improve Elk river, in Price county, for log driving purposes, No. 66, S., A bill to extend the time limited in chapter 281, private and local laws of 1870, entitled an act to authorize Diedrich Van Hollan to keep and maintain a ferry across the St. Croix river, No. 84, S., A bill to legalize the official acts of Alois Neuburg, a justice of the peace in the county of La Crosse, No. 71, S., A bill to legalize the acts of L. S. Rolleston, county clerk in and for the county of Columbia, No. 120, S., A bill authorizing the Hamburg Town Fire Insurance Company to reinsure the Vernon County Scandinavian Mutual Insurance Company, Jt. Res. No. 23, A., To amend section 4 of article VI of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, relating to sheriffs, Without amendment. No. 191, A., A bill to amend section 604 of chapter 32 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of the hospitals for the insane, With amendment. The title to No. 112, A., A bill for the discontinuance of a portion of a state road in Fulton, in Rock county, Was amended to correspond with body of bill. REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CONSIDERED. Nos. 242, 204, 343 and 247, A., Were ordered engrossed and read a third time. Nos. 176, 82, 212, 346, 83, 195, 239, 271, 206 and 283, A., Were amended, ordered engrossed and read a third time. No. 191, A., Was postponed till Wednesday, February 25, at 11 A. M. Was postponed till Thursday, February 26, at 11 A. M. Was referred to committee of one, Mr. Webster. No. 370, A., Was recommitted to committee on Judiciary. Was postponed for one week. Jt. Res. No. 23, A., Was postponed till Thursday, February 26. Was postponed till Tuesday, February 24. No. 30, 73 and 177, S., Were amended, and ordered read a third time. Nos. 120, 188, 27, 108, 8, 23, 48, 66, 71, 84, 114, 160, 187, 200, 213 and 201, S., Were ordered to a third reading. Mr. Simpson moved that when the assembly adjourn it be until to-morrow at 9 A. M. Which motion prevailed. No. 144, S., Was recommitted to committee on Judiciary. No. 41, S., Was indefinitely postponed. On motion of Mr. Stone, The assembly adjourned. The assembly met. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1880. 9 O'CLOCK A. M. The speaker in the chair. The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names: Messrs. Adamson, Allen, Barnes, Bean, Beattie, Bentley, Blanchard, Blakeslee, Boorse, Bosustow, Bradley, Brindley, Burdge, Craig, Crosse, Darbellay, Eaton, Fontaine, Freeman, Gillespie, Gilman, Gilson, Gunderson, Haugen, Hill, Kelsey, Kenyon, Kingston, Krueger, Lord, Lowth, Mc Dill, McGilton, McGinty, McMurdo, Merritty, Minor, Moors, Naber, Paine, Pfunder, Phillips, Pierce, Schmidt, Sheldon, Sherman, Simpson, Sprague, Stone, Tierney, Ware, Waste, Webster, Yakey and Mr. Speaker. Absent Messrs. Colby, Fitzgerald, Fleming, Heimerl, Keogh, Laverrenz, Lawrence, Packard, Parkinson, Peterson, A., Place, Raesser, Ringle, Ruch, Sedgwick, Treleven, Wall, Watson, Wilcox, Williams, C., and Withee. Absent with leave Messrs. Allison, Anderson, Bullock, Campbell, Case, Cox, Eckhardt, Hemschemeyer, Joslin, Kennedy, Klindt, Klotz, McIntyre, McRae, Petersen, J. C., Pritchard, Root, Small, Troy, Weil, Williams, D. C., and Wilson. Was granted to LEAVE OF ABSENCE Messrs. Ruch and Watson for this morning's session. Messrs. Williams, D. C., Packard, Colby and Raesser until Monday evening. Messrs. Withee, Bradford, Parkinson, Treleven, Allen, Ringle, Kenyon, Place, Williams, C., Blakeslee, Eckhardt, Gillespie, Eaton, Gilson, Keogh and Kelsey till Tuesday morning. Messrs. Ware and Krueger till Tuesday evening. Mr. Kelsey moved that when the assembly adjourn it be till Tuesday morning. Mr. Ware moved to amend by making the time Tuesday evening, Which amendment was lost. |