No. 148, S., A bill to repeal section 5 of chapter 37 of the laws of Wisconsin for the year A. D. 1881, entitled an act to change the third and fourth judicial circuits and to create the thirteenth judicial circuit, and to amend section 2424 of chapter 113 of the revised statutes of Wisconsin, Was read a third time and concurred in. No. 158, S. Mr. McDonnell moved that the bill be indefinitely postponed. Pending the question, Mr. S. W. Pierce moved that further consideration of the bill be postponed until to morrow at 11 A. M. Which motion prevailed. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The committee on Enrolled Bills, to whom was referred A bill to appropriate a sum of money therein named to the Wisconsin Wool Growers' and Sheep Breeders' Association. No. 177, A., A bill to prohibit the sale or use of toy pistols and other toy fire. arms. No. 156, A., A bill to appropriate to the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society a sum of money therein named. No. 347, A., A bill to amend chapter 106 of the laws for the year 1881, entitled an act to authorize the town of Fredonia, in Ozaukee county, in the state of Wisconsin, to raise a special tax for the building and erection of a bridge across the Milwaukee river. No. 379, A., A bill amending section 1492 of the revised statutes, relating to obnoxious and infectious animals. No. 100, A., A bill to appropriate to the Wisconsin State Dairymen's Association a sum of money therein mentioned. No. 178, A., A bill relating to and amendatory of sections 1 and 3 of chapter 206 of the general laws of Wisconsin for the year 1878, entitled an act to amend and extend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Apple River Log Driving Company, approved March 6, 1868. No. 181, A., A bill to amend section 1, chapter 289 of the general laws of 1881, entitled an act for the protection of brook trout in the state of Wisconsin. No. 308, A., A bill to authorize R. Ayres, C. Rich, and their assigns, to construct and maintain a dam across Blake brook, in Waupaca county. 33-A. J. No. 433, A., A bill for the protection of children from abuse or criminal neglect of parents guardians. No. 58, A., A bill to incorporate the city of Stoughton, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back correctly enrolled. C. FINGADO, Chairman. The committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes, to whom was referred No. 422, A., A bill to amend section 1056, chapter 48, revised statutes of 1878, relative to the assessment of taxes. No. 450, A., A bill to amend chapter 305 of the laws of 1880, entitled an act to amend chapter 133 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of actions of ejectment, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with amendments and recommend their passage when so amended. J. W. REWEY, The committee on Judiciary, to whom was referred No. 431, A., Chairman. A bill to amend section 2516 of the revised statutes of 1878, in relation to the removal of criminal cases from the municipal court of Dane county to the circuit court of Dane county for trial. No. 476, A., A bill to amend sections 725, 2432 and sundry other sections of the revised statutes, relating to practice and procedure, and to repeal sections 2534 and 4112 of the revised statutes, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with amendments and recommend that the same do pass when so amended. No. 57, A., A bill to amend sections 2522 and 2519 of the revised statutes, relating to the municipal court of Dane county, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass. S. W. PIERCE, Chairman. The committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 4560 of the revised statutes, relating to taking of fish in lakes, and to repeal chapter 351, session laws of 1865, and 171 of laws of 1874, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with amendment, and recommend its passage when so amended. J. W. OSTRANDER, Chairman. The committee on Town and County Organization, to whom was referred No. 325, A., A bill to amend chapter 66 of the revised statutes, relating to excise and the sale of intoxicating liquors, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it do pass. No. 156, S., A bill relating to the meetings of county boards, and amendatory of section 664 of the revised statutes of 1878, Have had the same under consideration and have instructed me to report the same back with, the recommendation that it be concurred in. No. 121, S., A bill to amend section 1300 of the revised statutes, relating to county boards, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. ATLEY PETERSON, Chairman. The committee in Bills on their Third Reading, to whom was referred No. 445, A., A bill to provide for increasing the revenues of the state and to regulate the license fee of telegraph companies. No. 439, A., A bill to provide for the erection and maintenance of fences along the line of highways in certain cases. No. 296, A., A bill to amend chapter 332 of the laws of 1878, entitled an act to protect laborers and material men in the city of Milwaukee. No. 87, A., A bill to amend 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. No. 37, A., A bill to amend section 4397 of chapter 181 of the revised statutes, in relation to the punishment of crime. No. 33, A., A bill providing for the equalization of taxation. No. 125, A., A bill relating to secret, beneficiary, charitable and benevolent orders, and amendatory of section 1, chapter 246 of the laws of 1881, entitled an act relating to the Northwestern Mutual Relief Association, and amendatory of section 1 of chapter 204 of the laws of 1879. No 107, S., A bill to amend chapter 165 of the laws of 1879, entitled an act to amend chapter 170 of the private and local laws of 1857, entitled an act to incorporate the Yellow River Improvement Company, and chapter 116 of the private and local laws of 1871, entitled an act to amend chapter 186 of the private and local laws of 1869, entitled an act to amend chapter 398 of the private and local laws of 1868, entitled an act to amend chapter 170 of the private and local laws of 1857, entitled an act to incorporate the Yellow River Improvement Company, and the acts amendatory thereto. No. 98, S., A bill amendatory of section 1958 of chapter 89 of the revised statutes, entitled insurance corporations. No. 32, S., A bill vesting in assignees in cases of voluntary assignments the rights of creditors to avoid fraudulent conveyances, and amendatory of chapter 80 of the revised statutes. No. 82, S., A bill to amend sections 111a and 112, chapter 10, revised statutes of 1878, entitled "of the legislature.' No. 18, S., A bill to amend sections 99, 113 and 114, and to repeal sections 115 and 116 of chapter 10 of the revised statutes, entitled "of the legislature." No. 125, S., A bill to amend chapter 5 of the laws of 1881, entitled an act fixing the terms of the circuit court for Lincoln county, Have had the same under consideration, and report the same back without correction. No. 126, S., A bill to amend section 2482 of the revised statutes, as amended by section 6, chapter 31, general laws of 1879, Have had the same under consideration, and report the same back with the correction therein. E. W. KEYES, Chairman. The committee on Engrossed Bills, to whom was referred A bill relating to the selection of jurors in circuit courts. A bill to amend chapter 275, private and local laws of 1870, entitled an act to incorporate the city of Manitowoc. No. 323, A., A bill to amend section 747 of chapter 37 of the revised statutes, entitled of county officers, Have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back correctly engrossed. f. THOS. J. SHEAR, Chairman. Bills reported by the committee on Engrossed Bills were referred to the committee on Bills on their Third Reading. The select committee to whom was referred A bill to consolidate and amend an act to incorporate the city of Green Bay and the several acts amendatory thereof, Have had the same under consideration, and report the same back with amendments, and recommend its passage when so amended. JOHN HOGAN, Committee. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. By CHAS. E. BROSS, chief clerk thereof. Mr. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform you that the senate has concurred in the assembly amendments to No. 123, S., A bill to incorporate the city of Menominee. Has amended, and concurred in as amended, No. 148, A., A bill relating to the city of Portage, and codifying, consolidating and amending the act of incorporation and all acts amendatory thereof. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. By CHAS. E. BROSS, chief clerk thereof. Mr. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform you that the senate has passed, and asks the concurrence of the assembly in, No. 237, S., A bill to enable the city of Fond du Lac to refund or retire its present bonded indebtedness. |