entitled an act to reduce the act incorporating the city of Janesville and the several acts amendatory thereof, into one act, and to amend the same. Were severally read a third time and passed. On motion of Senator Thorp The Senate resolved itself into a COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE On the General File of bills, Senator Kreiss in the chair. After considering the File, the committee rose, and, through their chairman, reported as follows: MR. PRESIDENT: The Senate in Committee of the Whole, has had under consideration the General File of bills, has gone through with the same, and has instructed me to report the following bills to the Senate for its consideration: No. 38, S., A bill to appropriate the sum of money to persons therein named for services as the Visiting Committee of the state for year 1872. No. 23, S., A bill to appropriate a sum of money therein named for the use of the Institute for the Education of the Blind, for the payment of current expenses from February 1, 1873, to February 1, 1874, and for the purchase of land. No. 24, S., A bill to appropriate a sum of money therein named, for the use of the Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, for the payment of current expenses from April 1, 1873, to February 1, 1874. No. 28, S., A bill to appropriate a sum of money therein named, for the use of the Industrial School for Boys, for the payment of current expenses from January 1, 1873, to February 1, 1874, and for permanent improvements, And No. 32, S., A bill to amend section 51, chapter 31, revised statutes, entitled of counties and county officers, and acts amendatory thereto, Without amendment. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CON SIDERED. Nos. 38, 23, 24, 28 and 32, S., Were severally ordered engrossed and read a third time. The President announced as the select committee on No. 44, S., introduced this morning by Senator McCord, Senators McCord, Thorp, McCurdy, Burchard and Lindsley. LEAVES OF ABSENCE Were granted as follows: To Senator Campbell, till Tuesday the 28th inst. On motion of Senator Schmidt, The Senate adjourned till 7 o'clock Monday evening, January 27th. 5-S. J. MONDAY, January 27, 1873 7 P. M. Senate met pursuant to adjournment. The president pro tem. Senator Eaton presiding. The calling of the roll was dispensed with. LETTERS, PETITIONS, MEMROIALS, ETC., Presented and referred. By Senator Hixon: Mem. No 16, S., Petition of A. Steinlein and 215 others of La Crosse county, asking the repeal of all laws exempting certain property from taxation. To select committee on that subject. RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED. Senator Thorp offered the following substitute for Joint resolution to provide for the distribution of the Legislative Manuals for 1873: Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concurring, That the Secretary of State be directed to purchase for the use of the legislature, 1,300 copies of the Legislative Manual for 1873, to be distributed as follows: Seven copies to each member of the Senate and Assembly nd the elective officers thereof. One copy to each other officer and employee of the two Houses. Fifty copies to the Governor for exchanges with the several states and territories. One copy to each of the Judges of the Supreme Court, the clerk thereof, and one to each circuit judge. Ten copies to each elcctive state officer. One copy to each Senator and Representative in Congress. One copy to the State Agricultural Society; to the State Horticultural Society, and the Society of Arts and Sciences. Twenty copies to the State Historical Society. One copy to each of the clerks in the State Department. One copy to each of the charitable and reformatory institutions. One copy to each regular reporter in attendance at this ses sion. The copies for the Governor, and one for each state officer and member of the Senate and Assembly, and the elective officers of the two Houses, shall be bound in full morrocco and lettered with their names; and the Secretary of State is hereby authorized to audit the account for such manuals and extra binding at the regular trade rates for such work, Provided, That the cost for such manuals shall not exceed $2.50 per copy. To which Senator Johnson offered the following amendment: "Twenty copies to the State University," Which was accepted, and The substitute as amended was adopted. BILLS INTRODUCED. On leave granted, read first and second times and referred.? ¡¡ By Senator Lindsley: No. 48, S., A bill to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the Wis consin Odd Fellows Mutual Life Insurance company, To committee on Incorporations. By Senator R. E. Davis: No. 49, S., A bill for the relief of assessors of certain towns in the county of Dane, Was read first and second times, and On motion of Senator Davis, The rules were suspended, and The bill was read a third time and passed. By Senator Johnson: No. 50, S., A bill to change the time of the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Hekla Fire Insurance company. To committee on Incorporations. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By E. W. YOUNG, Chief Clerk thereof: Mr. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has concurred with the Senate in the passage of No. 17, S., A bill to appropriate a sum of money therein named, for the use of the Northern Hospital for the Insane at Oshkosh, for the payment of current expenses from February 1, 1873, to February 1, 1874, and for improvements. On motion of Senator Burchard, Senate met. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1873, 10 o'clock A. M. The President pro tem., Senator Eaton, presiding. Roll called. Present: Senators Baker, Blair, Brown, Burchard, Campbell, Cotzhausen, H. N. Davis, R. E. Davis, Eaton, Greene, Hiner, Hixon, Irish, Johnson, Jones, Kreiss, Lindsley, Little, Mitchell, McCord, McCurdy, Nelson, O'Rourk, Pratt, Schantz, Scott and Thorp-27. |