SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED. The senate amendments to Nos. 1 and 131, A., Were agreed to. No. 102, S., Was referred to General File. SENATE BILLS READY FOR A THIRD READING. 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. 188, S., A bill to authorize the Chicago, St. Paul & Minneapolis Rail way 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 1878, relating to punishment for larceny, No. 73, S., A bill to create the Kewaunee Harbor Commission and de their duties, No. 114, S., A bill to authorize Thomas 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. 17%, S., A bill to authorize John H. Knapp, Henry L. 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. 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, ameni sentions 1975 and Je of the masei xarites of " to the me if ands by exeritors and administrators, to extend the time Intel 'n hantar 991, private and Dended an am so authorza Oseinin Van Hollan to kees and maintain a ferry across the St Croix river, A to legai ze the offinal acts of Alcis Neuburg, a justice the pease in the county of La Crosse, A 5.0 to legalize the acta of L. S. Rolleston, county clerk in and for the county of Columbia. No. 120, S., A bill to authorize the Hamburz Town Fire Insurance Company to reisaure the Vemon County Scandinavian Mati Insurance Company, No. 45. S., A bill to authorize the commissioners of public lands to loan a portion of the trust funds of the state to the town of Shullsburg, in La Fayette county, No. 15. S.. A bill to authorize James McCrossen and others to build a dam across and otherwise improve Spirit river, in Lincoln county, Wisconsin. No. 109, S., A bill to authorize William Wilson, Andrew Tainter, John H. Knapp, Henry L. Stout, Thos. B. Wilson and John H. Douglass, their associates, successors and assigns, to construct and maintain a dam across Hay river in Barron county, on lands owned by the Knapp, Stout & Co. Company, Were severally read a third time and concurred in. 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, Was postponed until Wednesday, February 25. No. 8, S., A bill to appropriate a certain sum of money therein named to George W. Perry, Was laid over until next session. Mr. Brindley asked and obtained leave to introduce the following: Jt. Res. No. 26, A., Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the proper state authorities be instructed to have fired a salute of one hundred guns, at some convenient place in the city of Madison, on Monday, February 23, 1880, in honor of George Washington, the father of his country. This resolution was considered privileged, and considered and adopted. ASSEMBLY BILLS READY FOR A THIRD READING. No. 31, A., A bill to provide for the individual liability of stockholders in banks and banking associations, No. 42, A., A bill to amend section 602 of the revised statutes, relating to the government of the Wisconsin Hospital for the Insane, No. 64, A., A bill to authorize the commissioners of school and university lands to loan a portion of the trust funds of the state to the city of Chippewa Falls, Chippewa county, No. 160, A., A bill to provide for service of process upon transportation companies, and the appointment of an attorney therefor within this state, No. 94, A., A bill providing for the disposal of redemption money remaining in the hands of county clerks more than six years, No. 161, A., A bill to preserve the fish in Elkhorn lake, Sheboygan county, No. 179, A., A bill to amend sections 2489, 2490 and 2498 of the revised statutes of 1878, relative to the municipal court of the city and town of Ripon, No. 181, A., A bill to amend section 3725 of chapter 158 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to proceedings in garnishment, No. 188, A., A bill to provide for laying out a state road from the town of Preble, Brown county, to the town of Casco, Kewaunee county, No. 230, A., A bill relating to and amendatory of section 2216 of chapter 100 of revised statutes of 1878, entitled of conveyances, etc., No. 250, A., A bill to amend chapter 48 of the laws of Wisconsin for the year 1875, entitled an act to authorize the parties therein named, their heirs or assigns, to build and maintain certain booms upon the river and lake St. Croix, No. 259, A., A bill to amend chapter 5, section 46 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of county canvass, No. 269, A., A bill to amend subdivision 8 of section 461 of the revised stat24-A. J. utes, relating to inspection districts and the examination of teachers, No. 326, A., A bill to amend section 4071 of chapter 176 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to testimony of defendant in criminal actions, No. 185, A., A bill relating to town insurance companies, No. 223, A., A bill to legalize the acts of the Linden Town Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Iowa county, No. 328, A., A bill to authorize the commissioners of public lands to loan a portion of the trust funds of the state to the county of Brown, No. 341, A., A bill relating to an act to authorize R. D. Shelsweek to build a pier extending into the waters of Lake Michigan, and amendatory of section 1 of chapter 29 of the laws of 1879, No. 351, A., A bill to legalize the action of the Manitowoc Rapids Mutual Farmer Fire Insurance Company, No. 356, A., A bill relating to justices of the peace, and amendatory of section 86 of chapter 40 of the revised statutes, No. 357, A., A bill to amend subdivision c of section 1946 of chapter 89, revised statutes of 1878, entitled of insurance corporations, No. 382, A., A bill relating to embezzlement, and to amend section 4667 of the revised statutes, M. C. No. 16, A., Memorial to congress for a national law to protect the fishing interest in fresh water lakes and their tributaries, Were severally read a third time and passed. BILLS REPORTED BY A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. No. 57, A., A bill to provide for the publication of proceedings of county boards of supervisors, Was amended, ordered engrossed and read a third time. On motion of Mr. Pierce, the title to No. 239, A., A bill to amend section 1623 of the revised statutes. relating to dogs, and exempting Washington county therefrom, Was amended so as to read as follows: No. 239, A., A bill to extend the time for proving and filing claims against the Wisconsin Railroad Farm Mortgage Land Company. Mr. Gunderson moved that the assembly resolve itself into a committee of the Whole on the general file of bills. Pending action on the above motion, On motion of Mr. Crosse, The assembly adjourned. The assembly met. The speaker in the chair. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1880. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Wright. The roll was called, and the following members answered to their names: Messrs. Adamson, Allen, Allison, Barnes, Bean, Beattie, Bentley, Blakeslee, Boorse, Bosustow, Bradford, Brindley, Burdge, Campbell, Cary, Case, Colby, Cox, Craig, Crosse, Darbellay, Eaton, Eckhardt, Fitzgerald, Fleming, Fontaine, Freeman, Gillespie, Gilman, Gilson, Gunderson, Heimerl, Hemschemeyer, Joslin, Kelsey, Kenyon, Keogh, Kingston, Klindt, Klotz, Krueger, Laverrenz, Lawrence, Lord, Lowth, Mc Dill, McGilton, McGinty, McMurdo, McRae, Merritty, Minor, Naber, Parkinson, Paine, Peterson, A., Petersen, J. C., Pfunder, Phillips, Pierce, Place, Raesser, Ringle, Root, Ruch, Schmidt, Sedgwick, Sheldon, Simpson, Small, Sprague, Tierney, Treleven, Wall, Ware, Waste, Watson, Webster, Weil, Wilcox, Williams, C., Williams, D. C., Wilson, Yakey and Mr. Speaker. Absent Messrs. Blanchard, Bradley, Bullock, Hill, Kennedy, Moors, Packard, Sherman, Stone, Troy and Withee. Absent with leave Messrs. Anderson, Haugen, McIntyre and Pritchard. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Was granted to Mr. Blanchard till to-morrow morning. Committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions until Thursday morning. |