And respectfully recommend that they be concurred in. No. 6, A., A bill to authorize the committee appointed by the justices of the supreme court to revise rules of practice in the circuit and county courts, to employ a clerk, Has had the same under consideration and respectfully report the same back to the senate, and recommend that it be referred to the committee on Claims. So ordered as to No. 6, A. D. R. BAILEY, Chairman. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Leave of absence was granted to Senators Hathaway and Swain until Monday night. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By J. E. ELDRED, chief clerk thereof. Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform you that the assembly has passed, and asks the concurrence of the senate in, Jt. Res. No. 12, A., To provide for the funeral of the late Hon. John Potter, Jr., member of the assembly from Winnebago county. Messrs. Ford, Webster and Pulcifer, a committee on part of the assembly. ASSEMBLY MESSAGE CONSIDERED. Jt. Res. No. 12. A., Was unanimously concurred in, And Senators Richmond and Van Schaick were appointed as members of said committee on the part of the senate. Out of respect to the memory Hon. John Potter, Jr., deceased member of assembly, The president declared the senate adjourned. FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1879. Senate met. President pro tem. Price in the chair. The roll being called, the following senators responded to their names: Senators Anderson, Bailey, Burrows, Bennett, Campbell, Chipman, Dering, Haben, Houghton, Hyde, Kellogg, Loper, McFetridge, Morgan, Paul, Price, Reynolds, Richardson, Sacket, Scott, Treat, Van Steenwyk and Welch. Absent: Senators Andrews, Grimmer, Hathaway, Hudd, Rankin, Rice, Richmond, Swain, Van Schaick and Wolf. Journal of yesterday approved. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE. The president presented the report of the text-book commission. On motion of Senator Paul, It was referred to the committee on Education. LETTERS, PETITIONS, ETC. Presented and referred. By Senator Welch: Pet. No. 81, S., Petition of Henry Bunker, A. G. Cooper, R. C. Chipman and 70 other citizens of Fairfield, Sauk county, for submission of constitutional amendment prohibiting the traffic in liquors. To Joint Special Committee. By Senator Loper: Pet. No. 82, S., Petition of John Harris and 30 others of Grant county, praying for constitutional amendment in regard to traffic in intoxicating liquors. To Joint Special Committee. By Senator Kellogg: Pet. No. 83, S., Remonstrance of Thos. S. Norton and 56 others against passage of senate bill No. 17, declaring the little Eau Plain river navigable. To Select Committee, consisting of Sentors Kellogg and Scott. By Senator Burrows: Pet. No. 84, S. (accompanying bill No. 89, S.), Petition of Henry Bætz, late state treasurer, for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred in defending a suit against him. To committee on Claims. BILLS INTRODUCED. Read first and second times, and referred. By Senator Burrows: No 89, S., A bill to appropriate to Henry Bætz, late state treasurer, a sum of money therein named. To committee on Claims. By Senator McFetridge: A bill to authorize the commissioners of public lands to loan a portion of the trust funds of the state to the city of Beaver Dam, in Dodge county. To committee on State Affairs. By Senator Burrows: No. 91, S., A bill to authorize Wm. H. Irish, his heirs and assigns, to maintain a dam across the Red Cedar river, in Barron county, Wisconsin. To committee on Incorporations. By Senator Burrows: No. 92, S., A bill to provide for the laying out of a state road from Evansville, Rock county, to Exeter, in the county of Green. To committee on Roads and Bridges. By Senator Houghton: No. 93, S, A bill relating to evidence. To committee on Judiciary. By Senator Burrows: No. 94, S., A bill to authorize the secretary of state to audit certain accounts. To committee on Claims. By Senator Scott: No. 95, S., A bill to amend chapter 97 of the general laws of 1876, entitled an act to regulate the license to be paid by railroads. To committee on Railroads. By Senator Bailey: No. 96, S., A bill to repeal chapter 200 of the general laws of the state of Wisconsin for 1878, entitled an act for the protection of game in St. Croix county. To Special Committee consisting of Senator Bailey. A bill to repeal sections 1623, 1624 and 1625 of chapter 73 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of the distress of animals doing damage. To committee on Judiciary. By Senator Hyde: No. 98, S., A bill in relation to the sewerage system in the city of Milwaukee. A bill to amend section 3718 of the revised statutes of 1878, relating to garnishee proceedings. To committee on Judiciary. By Senator Loper: No. 100, S., A bill to amend chapter 91 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of religious societies. To committe on Education. By Senator Hyde: No. 101, S., A bill to establish a board of education. To committee on Claims. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. The joint committee on Claims, to whom was referred No. 72, S., A bill to appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to the Columbus Union Fair Agricultural Society and the Lodi Union Agricultural Society, Have had the same under consideration, and report it back with the recommendation that it be indefinitely postponed. No. 32, S., A bill to appropriate to the commissioners of fisheries a certain sum of money therein named, Have had the same under consideration, and report it back with amendment and recommend its passage when so amended. D. E. WELCH, Chairman. The committee on State Affairs, to whom was referred A bill to amend section 4878 of chapter 200 of the revised statutes of 1878, entitled of inquests of the dead, Have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the same back and recommend that its further consideration be indefinitely postponed. O. C. HATHAWAY, Chairman. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By J. E. ELDRED, chief clerk thereof. Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform you that the assembly has adopted, and asks the concurrence of the senate in the adoption of Jt. Res. No. 11, A., To appoint a joint committee of five (5) to devise legislation relating to incurable insane of this state. Messrs. Quarles, Bradley and Ringle appointed a committee on part of the assembly. ASSEMBLY MESSAGE CONSIDERED. Jt. Res. No. 11, A., Was referred to the committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions. BILLS READY FOR A THIRD READING. No. 31, S., A bill to encourage the artificial propagation of fish in Wisconsin, Was read a third time and passed. |