RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED. On motion of Senator Barron: Jt. Res. No. 4, A., Relating to the reception of bills, was referred to the Committee on State Affairs. Jt. Res. No. 9, S., Instructing and requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress to oppose a certain bill in Congress, relating to the St. Croix land-grant. Introduced on yesterday by Senator Barron. The resolution was adopted. Res. No. 16, S., Requesting the revisers of the statutes, to report to the Senate the condition of the work in their charge. Introduced on yesterday by Senator Schuette. Senator Barron moved to amend the resolution by substituting the following: WHEREAS, In pursuance of an act of the legislature for the year 1875, to-wit, chapter 203, of the laws of that year, the justices of the Supreme Court were authorized to appoint, and did appoint certain persons to collect and revise the general laws of the State, for the purpose of preparing a new edition of such laws for publication, AND WHEREAS, By such act such revisers were required to enter upon the work of revision as soon as practicable, and upon completion thereof to report the same to the next succeeding legislature, AND WHEREAS, It is important that a completion of such revision be had as soon as possible, with a view not only to answer the requirements of said act and the demand of the people of the State, but also with a view that such revision may be completed without unnecessary delay or expense, AND WHEREAS, It is demanded by the people of the State that they be informed as to the progress made by such revisers and the probable length of time required by them in which to complete such revision; therefore, Resolved, That said revisers be and they are hereby requested to report to this House without delay, First. What proportion of the laws they have already revised. Second. What number of days they have been employed in such work to this time. Third. What further number of days they will probably require in which to complete such revision. Fourth. What the compensation of each of such revisers and their clerk amounts to at the present time. Res. No. 17. S.. Calling for information from Attorney-General regarding suits. against West Wisconsin Railway Company. Introduced on yesterday, by Senator Barron. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By R. M. STRONG, Chief Clerk thereof: Mr. PRESIDENT:-I am directed to present you for signature, Relating to the erection by the United States Government of a custom-house, post-office, and other buildings at Green Bay, Wisconsin. The same having been signed by the Speaker, MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By R. M. STRONG, Chief Clerk thereof: MR. PRESIDENT:-I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has concurred in No. 38, S., A bill relating to Racine College. and amendatory of section 4, of chapter 65, of the private and local laws of 1852, as amended, and chapter 28, of the private and local laws of 1861. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. By R. M. STRONG, Chief Clerk thereof: Mr. PRESIDENT:-I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has concurred in Jt. Res. No. 8, S., Providing for stationery for Joint Committee on Apportionment, And, Jt. Res. No. 9, S., Instructing and requesting our Senators and Representatives in Congress to oppose certain bill in Congress. No. 6, S., BILLS READY FOR ENGROSSMENT. A bill to authorize town insurance companies to insure real and personal property in any town and adjoining towns in the same county where such insurance companies may be located, and to legalize such insurance heretofore made. Was ordered engrossed. No. 37, S., A bill to appropriate to the State Board of Centennial Managers a sum of money therein named. The amendments reported by the Committee on Federal Relations to said bill, were adopted, and the bill was ordered engrossed. SENATE BILLS READY FOR A THIRD READING. No. 4, S., A bill supplemental to an act entitled, "an act to encourage the building of narrow-gauge railroads, and to secure cheap transportation to the people." No. 7, S., A bill to amend section 25, of chapter 119, of the revised statutes, entitled "general provisions concerning courts of record, of the powers and duties of judges, and of attorneys and officers of court." No. 31, S., A bill relating to wills proved and allowed in any other of the the United States, No. 36, S.. A bill to repeal chapter 77, of the laws of 1875, relating to an act entitled, "an act to amend chapter 96 of the revised statutes, entitled, 'of the powers of the circuit court over the estate of infants, insane persons, and habitual drunkards,' Were each read a third time and passed. No. 14, S., A bill to amend section 1, of chapter 306, of the general laws of 1875, entitled, "an act to transfer the Soldiers' Orphans' Home to the custody of the regents of the State University, Was, at the request of Senator Barden, laid aside. No. 59, S., A bill to amend an act entitled "an act to incorporate the Milwaukee Musical Society," approved April 5, 1852. On motion, of Senator Mitchell, The rules were suspended, the bill was read a third time and passed, and the title was amended to correspond with the body of the bill. M. C. No. 3, S., SPECIAL ORDER. Requesting an investigation to be made into the right of Geo. W. Cate to occupy a seat as member of Congress for the 8th distrtet of Wisconsin. Being the special order for this hour, Senator Silverthorn moved that the memorial be indefinitely postponed. The ayes and noes being called, the motion was lost by the following vote: Ayes-Senators Barney, R. E. Davis, Eastman, Hudd, Mitchell, Reed, Ryan, Silverthorn, and Wilmot-9. Nays-Senators Baker, Barden, Barron, Blair, Bryant, Campbell, H. N. Davis, Douglas, Downs, Farr, Flint, Hathaway, Hiner, Nevins, Rounds, Schuette, Scott, Treat, and Welch-19. Senator Silverthorn offered the following amendment: Amend the memorial by striking out the whole of the last paragraph, commencing on page 4, and insert in lieu thereof the follow ing: Your memorialists further represent that in the county of Douglas, at said election, Mr. McDill received 109 votes, and Mr. Cate received 40 votes, but that in a contest for the office of county clerk of that county, in the case of the State of Wisconsin ex. rel., Vincent Cournoyer against Richard Relf, the court found the following facts, and rendered the following decision, viz: DECISION OF JUDGE CLOUGH IN THE RELF-COURNOYER CASE. Circuit Court, Douglas County, State of Wisconsin, ex. rel. Vincent Cournoyer, plaintiff, against Richard Relf, defendant. A jury trial having been duly waived in this action, and the same having been tried by the court without a jury, at a term of the cir cuit court begun and held in the county of Douglas, on the third Monday of June, A. D., 1875, and having heard and considered the allegations and proofs of the respective parties, and the argument of their respective counsel, I do find and decide as Facts. 1. That at the general election, held on the 5th day of November, A. D., 1872, in the town of Superior, (then and still the only town in Douglas county,) Richard Relf, the defendant, was, by a majority of the legal votes cast at said election for county clerk of Douglas county, elected such county clerk, for the term of two years, commencing on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1873, and thereupon the said Relf duly made and filed his official bond and oath of office in the office of the county treasurer of said county, and during all said term, and hitherto during all the time since the expiration of said two years, has been in possession, and has discharged the duties of said office. 2. That on the third day of November, A. D. 1874, at an election held in the town of Superior, in the county of Douglas (said town being the only town of said county,) as and for the general election for electing county and State officers, the whole number of votes given for county clerk was 147, of which number the relator, Vincent Cournoyer, received 81, and Richard Relf 66. Said election was held at the time and place and in the presence and under the direction of the officers provided by law in the case of general elections. 3. That on the 6th day of November, A. D. 1874, the county clerk of Douglas county delivered to said Cournoyer, in manner and Uor M form as stated in the complaint, a certificate of his election to said office of county clerk. 4. Afterward, on the 10th day of November, 1874, the said Cournoyer duly executed as and for his official bond, the bond set forth in the complaint, and conditioned as in the complaint stated, which bond was approved as stated in the complaint. And on the 20th day of November, 1874, the said Cournoyer filed in the office of the county treasurer of Douglas county the said bond, together with his, the said Cournoyer's, oath to the effect stated in the complaint, as and for his official oath. 5. On the first Monday, the fourth day of January, A. D. 1875, the said Cournoyer, at the office of the county clerk, in the courthouse of the county of Douglas, demanded of and from the said Richard Relf the possession of said office, and of all the books, records and papers thereto pertaining, and demanded that the said Relf surrender the same to him, the said Cournoyer, as the said Relf's successor in said office. And the said Relf then and there refused to comply with the said demands or any of them. 6. That there was no meeting of any inspectors of election as a board of registry for the town of Superior, (the same composing one election-district,) held in said town on the Tuesday three weeks preceding the said election of November 3d, 1874, and no lists of any persons, qualified and entitled to vote at the said general election of November 3, 1874, was made by the said inspectors or by the said board of any such meeting. 7. That no meeting was held in said town by said inspectors, or any board of registry therein, on Tuesday of the week preceding said general election at the place designated for holding the polls of election, for the purpose of revising, correcting, and completing any such list, and no such list was revised, corrected or completed at any such meeting, and none of the persons who voted at such election did furnish the board of inspectors any affidavit in writing, giving his reasons for not appearing on the day for correcting the alphabetical list, nor prove by the oath of a householder of the district in which such election was held, that such householder knew such person so voting or offering to vote, to be an inhabitant of such district. 8. The relator, Vincent Cournoyer, was born in the United States, has been a resident of the county of Douglas for more than nineteen years last past, is about twenty-four years old, is a civilized person, and is not a member of any tribe of Indians. His father is a white man, his mother is a mixed blood half-breed, of the Chippewa Indians. And I further find and decide as conclusions of law: 1. That the relator, Vincent Cournoyer, is a citizen of the State of Wisconsin, and a legal elector of the town of Superior, in the county of Douglas, and eligible to the office of county clerk in said county. 2. That the said election so held in the town of Superior, as and for the general election on the 3d day of November, A. D. 1874, was null and void, because no registry or list of persons qualified |