No. 13, S, A bill "To provide for the collection of special taxes in certain cases," No. 20, S., A bill authorizing and requiring the Wisconsin Farm Mortgage Land Commissioners, appointed under chapter 446 of the private and local laws of 1868, to extend the benefits of said act to certain other parties equitably entitled thereto. A. D. ANDREWS, The committee on Railroads, to whom was referred No. 91, S., A bill to amend chapter 119 of the general laws of 1872, entitled an act in relation to railroads and the organization of railroad companies, No. 156, S., A bill relating to certain classes of railway bonds therein named, and amendatory of chapter 335 of the private and local laws of 1869, Have had the same under consideration and respectfully report the same back with recommendation that they do pass. THOMAS B. SCOTT, Chairman. The joint committee on claims to whom was referred A bill to authorize the Secretary of State to audit and approve, and the State Treasurer to pay from the St. Croix land grant railroad trespass fund, the bill presented by B. J. Stevens for legal services in protecting and preserving said fund and grant, Have had the same under consideration, and authorized me to report the same back, and recommend it be indefinitely postponed. Senator Mumbrue dissenting. On motion of Senator Burrows. D. E. WELCH, Chairman. No. 198, S., was recommitted to the committee on Judiciary. The committee on Engrossed Bills have examined and find cor. rectly engrossed the following bill: No. 152, S., A bill to provide for the collection of statistics in relation to the principal farm products of this state. M. ANDERSON, Committee. The committee on Banks, Banking and Insurance, to whom was referred No. 103, S., A bill to authorize the formation of manufacturers' and millers' mutual insurance companies, Have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back with substitute, and recommend the passage of the substitute. J. B. TREAT, Chairman. The committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred A bill relating to the drainage fund in the several towns. Have had the same under consideration, and respectfully report the same back, and recommend its passage. A. A. LOPER, Chairman. The committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred No. 11, S. A bill to amend chapter 133 of the revised statutes, entitled "Of fees of constables." No. 17, S., A bill to amend chapter 49, general laws of 1866, entitled " Of costs and fees of sheriffs." No. 5, S. A bill relating to the discovery of books, papers and documents in actions now pending or hereafter commenced in courts of record in this state. No. 34, S., A bill relating to laying out building lots in villages and cities, and amendatory of chapter 22 of the laws of Wisconsin of 1876. No. 160, S., A bill relating to evidence, and to repeal chapter 238 of the laws of 1877. No. 90, A., A bill to amend section 205 of chapter 120 of the revised statutes of 1858, of appeals to the circuit and county courts from justices' judgments. No. 92, A., A bill to provide for the punishment of the common law offense of Champerty. No. 110, A., A bill to amend chapter 28, of the general laws of 1859, entitled "An act to amend chapter 15 of the revised statutes, entitled of towns and town officers,' Respectfully report the same back, with the recommendation that they be indefinitely postponed. Senator Hudd dissenting on No. 11, S., and No. 17, S. A bill to provide for the payment of a sum of money to Peter Swenson. No. 150, A., A bill to legalize the acts of John Brownlee, justice of the peace in the county of Pepin. No. 203, A., A bill to appropriate to Dennis Phelan, a sum of money therein named. Respectfully report the same back with amendments, and recommend that they be concurred in when so amended. Senator Wing dissenting on Nos. 134 and 203, A., on the constitutionality of the bills. No. 123, A., A bill to amend section 4 of chapter 179 of the revised statutes, entitled, "Of trials in criminal cases." No. 135, A., A bill to amend chapter 25 of the laws of 1876, entitled an act to create a municipal court for the county of Chippewa, Respectfully report the same back and rceommend that they be concurred in. No. 175, S., A bill to leglize the acts of the common council of the city of Chippewa Falls, relating to street work, and to authorize the assessment and collection of the amount thereof as a special tax, Respectfully report the same back and recommend that it do pass. No. 78, S., A bill to amend sections 2, 3, 4 and 15 of chapter 110 of the revised statutes, entitled "An act for the registration of marriages, births and deaths," Respectfully report the same back with amendments, and recommend that it do pass when so amended. No. 211, A., A bill fixing the terms of the circuit court, in certain counties of the eleventh judicial circuit, Respectfully report the same back with amendments, and recommend that it be concurred in when so amended. M. P. WING, Chairmau. On motion of Senator Rankin, the bills reported by the committee on Judicary were ordered to be put in the calendar for Tuesday next. REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES. The select committee consisting of the Senators from Milwaukee county, to whom was referred No. 154, S., A bill to lay out and establish a boulevard in Milwaukee county. Respectfully report the same back to the Senate, with amendments, and recommend that it be passed when so amended. GEO. A. ABERT, I. W. VAN SCHAICK, Select Committee. The select committee, consisting of Senators from Milwaukee county, to whom was referred No. 225, A., A bill to amend section 21 of chapter 184 of the laws of 1874, in reference to the collection of personal taxes in the city of Milwaukee, Respectfully report the same back to the Senate with amendment, and recommend that when so amended the bill be concurred in. GEO. H. PAUL, GEO. A. ABERT, I. W. VAN SCHAICK, Select Committee. The select committee, to whom was referred, No. 182, A., A bill to legalize the official acts of Chas. Naffz, a notary public of Sauk county, Have had the same under consideration, and report it back, with the recommendation that it be concurred in. D. E. WELCH, Committee. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By J. R. HUNTER, Chief Clerk thereof. Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has concurred in No. 65, S., A bill to appropriate to the State Agricultural Society the sum of money therein named. No. 66, S., A bill to appropriate to the Northern Agricultural and Mechanical Association a sum of money therein named, No. 87, S., A bill to appropriate to the Industrial School for Boys a sum of money therein named, No. 32, S., 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 La Crosse, La Crosse county. And M. C. No. 1, S., A memorial to Congress for the establishment of a tri-weekly mail route from the village of Whitehall, the county seat of Trempealeau county, to Eau Claire, Eau Claire county, Wis. And has passed and asks the concurrence of the Senate in No. 14, A., A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 289 of the general laws of 1877, relative to the employment of children in factories or other workshops in this state." No. 115, A., A bill to amend chapter 15 of the revised statutes, entitled of towns and town officers, powers and duties of towns. No. 146, A., A bill to authorize the levy of a special tax in the twelfth ward of the city of Milwaukee. No. 147, A., A bill to repeal chapter 67, general laws of 1871, relating to the taxing of dogs. No. 162, A., 66 an A bill relating to the duties of town officers in certain cases, and to amend section 1 of chapter 286 of the laws of 1877, entitled act to define the duties of towns and town officers in certain cases." No. 144, A., A bill to repeal chapter 159 of the laws of 1876, entitled an act to authorize the improvement of streets in the second ward of the city of Milwaukee, and to authorize the levy of a special tax therefor in said ward. No. 276, A., A bill to authorize and direct the commissioners of school and university lands to convey certain lands to the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal and Harbor Company. No. 215, A., A bill to extend the time for the construction of the North Wisconsin Railway, and to waive the forfeiture therein named. No. 192, A., A bill to authorize the appointment of a phonographic reporter for the ninth judicial circuit. No. 187, A., A bill to legalize the official acts of William L. Shumway, a justice of the peace in the town of Raymond, in the county of Racine, Wisconsin. |