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Legislative Record. TUESDAY, Feb.8.-senate.-Billsintroduced: To compel the building of fences along highways to constitute and organize the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit from the Third, Fourth and Tenth to aid free discussion and the liberty of the press. The latter provides that no word, published or spoken, not charging a criminal offense, shall be actionable, except where it is done maliciously. Assembly.-The use of the chamber was granted to the Railroad Committee, to hear the argument on the bill legalizing a change of the route of the West Wisconsin Railroad The resolution, offered last evening to the of effect that the State control railroads has been established by all the courts in which it has been brought, and that the rights of the people would be endangered by the repeal of the Potter law, was referred to a special committee by a vote of 61 to 64 Bills were passed, authorizing the establishment of sinking funds; to make twenty days a school month, and for the protection of brook-trout A resolution for the amendment of the Constitution, for a biennial session, and election of Senators every four years, and of Assemblymen every two years, was adopted. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9.-Senate.-Over thirty bills were introduced, the most important being To prohibit claims being allowed unless presented within six years; amending the laws relating to hawkers and peddlers; amending the laws in relation to the destruction of wolves and wild cats; to protect wild pigeons in nesting; relating to public printing; to regulate license of railroad companies; providing for incorporating associations for lumbering and logging purposes; to authorize County Judges to grant pardons. Bills passed relating to nquests of dead; in relation to trials in civil and criminal cases; relating to executions, etc communication was received from the Governor nominating for Regents of the Normal School, S.S. Sherman, of Milwaukee; John Phillips, of Stevens oint; and C. A. Weisbrad, of Oshkosh. Assembly.-Bill were introduced authorizing insurance companies to insure against loss or damage by hail; in relation to the organization of railroad companies; making county, city, town and village Treasurers ineligible for a second successive term to damage by provide against corn-shellers, by tumbling-rods threshing, or other machines run or shafting; to amend the Registry law; forbidding the dismissal of suits before Justices on the ground of orthographical errors; relating to the disposition of the real or personal property of paupers; to amend the Game law A few unimportant bills passed. THURSDAY, Feb. 10.-Senate.-Bills introduced: To protect depositors in State and Nationa Banks; to authorize the State Prison Directors to lease convict labor; to provide for a State sinking fund for the relief and protection of railway stockholders; to reconstruct the Eleventh Judicial Circuit; for the protection of fish in inland waters reating to the issue of State warrants; appropriating $2,000 as a contingent fund. To-day being the last for the introduction of new business, there was a flood of it The Senate passed bills to extend the time for the construction of the North Wisconsin Railroad, and waive forfeiture for failure to build 20 miles the past year; to permanently provide for deficiencies of the University fund income: appro priating $5,000 to the Blind Institute, for furniture. the Assembly.-The railroad agony is over. In Assembly, by a vote of 67 to 31, the pending railroad Some 109 bills bill was ordered to a third reading were introduced, about a fourth as many as during the whole previous session. Many were of only local importance, many merely titles to cover something yet to be prepared and referred back for perfection. This afternoon, after three hours discussion of the Iowa County contested seat between Gray and Bennett, the vote resulted in a tie-48 to 48-80 Gray, Democrat, keep3 his seat. Field, of Racine, voted with the Democrats. Mr. Gray made an eolquent effort in his own behalf, and Messrs. Griffin and Flint, of the Committee on Privileges and Elections, bly advocated the claim of the contestant. This it has been was an in the and that vote was An evening count, the found that there really 49 to error 48. effort will be made to correct it in the morning. FRIDAY, Feb. 11.-Senate.-The nomination of Wiesbrod, Sherman and Phillips as Regents of the Normal School was confirmed unanimously Resolutions of inquiry as to the funds of the State in the broken Corn Exchange Bank at Waupun, and in regard to $100,000 of the Insane Asylum appropriation, in the hands of Mr. Mills, were adopted. Assembly.-The session was principally occupied in trying to arrange the contested election case of Gray vs. Bennett, and a resolution was finally presented for a new vote, and putting the members on Their honor to vote as they did yesterday. After its filibustering, a vote was reached on ad/ption, being 48 to 48, Mr. Gray voting. The Speaker ruled that Mr. Gray had no right to vote. Appeal was taken and the
