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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
78 .- After the morning hour, any member may move that the Assembly resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole, on the general file of bills, or upon any particular bill or measure, or upon the special order. If the motion prevail, the Assembly may elect a Chair- man, or the Speaker may call some member to the Chair.
BILL TO BE READ BY SECTIONS.
79 .- Every bill in Committee of the Whole shall be read and considered by sections, un- less the committee shall otherwise order. The body of the bill shall not be defaced or in- interlined; but all amendments agreed to by the committee shall be attached to the bill, noting the section line, and so reported to the Assembly.
CLERICAL ERRORS MAY BE CORRECTED.
80 .- Mere clerical errors in a bill may be corrected by the Chairman or Clerk, without treating them as amendments.
AMENDMENTS TO MEMORIALS AND REPORTS.
81 .- All amendments made to a memorial or report committed to the Committee of the Whole shall be noted and reported as in the case of bills.
RULES IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
82 .- The rules observed in the Assembly shall govern as far as practicable the proceed- ings in the Committee of the Whole; except that a member may speak more than twice on the same subject, and that a call for the yeas and nays, or for the previous question, can- not be made in a committee.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE ORDER.
83 .- The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall have the same power to pre- serve order and decorum as the Speaker of the Assembly.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
84 .- After the business upon which the Assembly resolved itself into Committee of the Whole shall be completed, the committee, without motion (or any time previous, upon mo- tion), shall rise and report. *
PROCEEDINGS SUBSEQUENT TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
85 .- Whenever any bill, or any memorial or joint resolution requiring the signature of the governor shall have been reported to the Assembly with amendment by any standing committee, and subsequently considered hy the Committee of the Whole, the action of the Committee of the Whole, on every such [amendment, shall be noted by or indorsed by the chairman of such committee.
86 .- No amendment to any bill, or any memorial or joint resolution, requiring the sig- nature of the governor, which has been made or considered in Committee of the Whole, shall be read by the Speaker on resuming the chair, unless required by one or more of the members, but the Speaker shall state what action has been taken by each committee which has considered the same, or thereon indorsed or noted, and the question shall first be put upon every such amendment, and the same shall be disposed of in the same manner as if the amendment had been originally proposed in the Assembly.
The question shall first be put to the Assembly by the Speaker upon the recommendation of the standing and select committee, upon all bills, memorials or joint resolutions reported by any such committee.
87 .- The final question before the third reading of every bill or other paper originating in the Assembly, and requiring three readings previous to being passed, shall be, "Shall it be engrossed and read a third time?" And upon every such bill or paper originating in the Senate, "Shall it be read a third time?"
ENGROSSMENT OF BILLS.
88. - Every Assembly bill and resolution ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, shall be re-written in a plain hand, with all amendments, before being read a third time, except as provided for in rule 27.
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RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY.
NO AMENDMENT ON THIRD READING.
89 .- On the third reading of the bill or resolution, no amendment, except to fill blanks, shall be received, except by the unanimous consent of the members present.
RECOMMITMENT PREVIOUS TO PASSAGE.
90 .- A bill or resolution may be recommitted at any time previous to its passage; if any amendment be reported upon such commitment, the question shall be upon the amend- ment, and the question for its engrossment and third reading may then be put.
QUESTION ON PASSAGE OF BILLS.
91 .- Upon a third reading of an assembly bill, the question shall be stated thus: "This bill having been read three several times, the question is. 'shall the bill pass?'" Upon the third reading of the Senate bills, the question shall be stated thus: "This bill having been read three several times, the question is, ' shall the bill be concurred in?'"
BILLS TO BE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE.
92 .- Each bill which passes its third reading shall be certified by the Clerk, and by him transmitted to the Senate; the day of transmission shall be entered on the bill books of the Clerk.
PRIVILEGED MOTIONS.
93 .- A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, except when the House is voting; but this rule shall not authorize any member to move an adjournment when another member has the floor.
94 .- Any motion or resolution relating to the organization of the Assembly, or to any of its officers, members, or committees, shall be privileged and need not lie over for considera- tion under rule 36.
SUSPENDING AND CHANGING RULES, ETC.
95 .- No standing rule or order of the Assembly shall be rescinded or changed, without one day's notice being given of the motion therefor, which motion shall embrace the pro- posed amendment. Nor shall any rule be suspended, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present. Nor shall the order of business as established by the rules of the Assembly be postponed or changed, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present.
WHEN BILLS OR RESOLUTIONS RECALLED MAY BE ACTED ON.
96 .- (93) "Whenever by joint resolution of the Senate and Assembly, any bill or reso lution shall have been recalled from the Governor for further consideration, said bill or resolution shall be deemed to be before the house for its action thereon, and may be recon- sidered or otherwise acted upon. Provided such bill or resolution shall have been actually returned to and be before this house when such action shall be taken.
That the number of rule No. 96 be changed to No. 97.
JEFFERSON'S MANUAL THE STANDARD.
97 .- The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the Assembly in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsist- ent with these rules, and the orders of the Assembly, and the joint rules and orders of the Senate and Assembly.
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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK.
JOINT RULES OF SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.
Of Messages.
HOW TRANSMITTED AND RECEIVED.
1 .- When a message shall be sent from the Senate to the Assembly, it shall be announced at the door of the Assembly by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and shall be respectfully communi- cated to the Chair by the person by whom it may be sent.
2 .- The same ceremony shall be observed when a message shall be sent from the Assem- bly to the Senate.
3 .- Messages shall be sent by the Chief Clerk or his Assistant in each House.
REJECTED BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
4 .- When a bill or resolution which has passed in one House shall be rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the House in which the same originated.
5 .- When a bill or resolution, which has been passed in one House is rejected in the other, it shall not be again brought in during the same session without a notice of five days, and leave of two-thirds of the House in which it shall be renewed.
PAPERS TO ACCOMPANY BILLS.
6 .- Each House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded.
ORDER REQUESTING CONCURRENCE.
7 .- When a bill, resolution, or memorial shall have passed either House, and requires the concurrence of the other, it shall be transmitted to said House without entering an order upon the journal of the House in which it passed, requesting the concurrence of the other House.
Of Joint Committees.
8 :- The joint committees required by the statutes are as follows:
1. On Claims .*- Three from the Senate and five from the Assembly.
2. On Printing.t-Two from the Senate and three from the Assembly.
PRINTING OF REPORTS.
9 .- Whenever any report of a joint committee or other document shall be presented to both Houses of the Legislature, the first House acting on the same, if it shall be thought necessary to have it printed, shall order a sufficient number of copies for both branches, and shall immediately inform the other House of its action upon the subject.
COMMITTEES OF CONFERENCE.
10 .- In all cases of disagreement between the Senate and Assembly if either House shall request a conference, and appoint a committee for that purpose, the other House shall appoint a similar committee. Such committees shall, at a convenient hour, to be agreed upon by their chairmen, meet in the conference-chamber, and state to each other verbally, or in writing. as either shall choose, the reasons of their respective Houses for or against the disagreement. and confer freely thereon; and they shall be authorized to report to their respective Houses such modifications or amendments as they may think advis- able. When it shall have been determined by the two Houses to appoint a committee of conference, such committee shall consist of three upon the part of the Senate, and three upon the part of the Assembly.
11 .- After each House shall have adhered to their disagreement, the bill or resolution shall be lost.
Acts of a General Nature.
TITLES OF BILLS.
18 .- The title of every bill of a general nature shall designate the object, purpose or subject of the bill, and when such bill proposes to amend any chapter or act, the title shall read thus:
*See Secs. 106 and 117 R. S.
tSee Sec. 106 R. 8.
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JOINT RULES OF SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.
"A bill relating to --- and amendatory of section -, of chapter - -, of the - -," filling the blanks with the proper subject, section and chapter of the revised stat- utes or laws, designating the same. And every bill shall recite at length every section which it proposes to amend as such section will read if amended as proposed: provided, such recitation shall not be required when the proposed amendment shall only add to such sec- tion without changing the phraseology of the original.
13 .- The title of all bills for repealing any act, chapter or section, and which have no other object, shall be as follows:
" A bill to repeal section of chapter - of the - relating to -," filling the blanks with the proper section and chapter of the revised statutes or laws, designat- ing the same, and also the subject, object or purpose of the section or chapter repealed. And in the body of every such bill the full title of the act repealed shall be recited at length.
RETURN OF BILLS.
14 .- Either House shall return any bill called for, by a resolution of the other House, if the bill is yet in the possession of the House then called upon, providing this rule shall not be operative after the time of transacting business, other than that of receiving executive messages and communications from one House to the other, shall have expired. .
EACH HOUSE MAY AMEND.
15 .- It shall be in the power of each House to amend any amendment made by the other to any bill, memorial, or resolution; but no standing or select committee, nor any member thereof, nor any committee of the whole, shall report any "substitute," or any "amend- ment," for any bill or bills, or resolutions, referred to such committee, which substitute or amendment relates to a different subject, or is intended to accomplish a different purpose from that of the original bill or resolution for which it is reported, or which, if adopted and passed, would require a title essentially different from the title of the original bill or reso- lution; and any substitute, bill or resolution, so reported, shall be rejected whenever it appears that the same is in violation of this rule, and this rule shall not be suspended with- out the unanimous consent of the Senate and Assembly.
Of Bills Passed.
ENROLLMENT OF BILLS.
16 .- After a bill has passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled by or under the direction of the Chief Clerk of the House in which the same originated, before it shall be presented to the Governor for his approval.
EXAMINATION OF ENROLLED BILLS.
17 .- When a bill is duly enrolled, it shall be examined by the committee of the two Houses on Enrolled Bills, acting jointly, who shall carefully compare the enrolled bill with the engrossed bill as passed in the two Houses. Said committee shall correct any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bill, and make their report forthwith to the House in which the bill originated.
SIGNING OF BILLS.
18 .- When a bill shall have been duly reported as correctly enrolled, it shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk of the House in which it originated, to present the bill first to the presid- ing officer of the House in which it originated, and next to the presiding officer of the other branch of the legislature, for signature, which duty shall be performed at as early an hour as possible, consistent with the proper discharge of his other duties as Chief Clerk.
PRESENTATION OF BILLS TO THE GOVERNOR.
19 .- After a bill shall have been signed by the respective presiding officers of the two Houses, it shall be presented by the Chief Clerk of the House in which it originated to the Governor, in the Executive Chamber, for his approval, it being first indorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in which House the same originated, which certificate shall be signed by the Chief Clerk of such House. In case the bill was passed by the ayes and noes being taken thereon, the number of affirmative and negative votes in each House shall be indorsed on the back of the bill.
RESOLUTIONS TO TAKE THE SAME COURSE AS BILLS.
20 .- All orders, resolutions and votes, which are to be presented to the Governor for his approval, shall, also, in the same manner be previously examined, enrolled, and signed, and then presented in the same manner as is provided in the case of bills.
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A BOOK FOR ENROLLED BILLS TO BE KEPT BY EACH HOUSE.
21. - It shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk of each House to keep a Senate and Assem- bly book of enrolled bills in which shall be accurately minuted the exact time at which each bill or resolution (indicating it by its number) was presented to the presiding officer of each House for signature, and to the Governor for his approval. Such books shall always be open for inspection, and shall be deposited with the Secretary of State, to be preserved by him, at the close of the session. The books shall be substantially in the following form.
SENATE BILLS PRESENTED FOR SIGNATURE AND APPROVAL.
Presented to Presi- dent.
Presented to Speaker.
Presented to Gover- nor.
No. of Bill.
Date.
Hour.
Date.
Hour.
Date.
Hour.
No. 1, S.
Feb. 14.
9, A. M.
Feb. 15.
10, A. M.
Feb. 15.
2, P. M.
And a like book for bills originating in the Assembly shall be kept by the Chief Clerk thereof
Of Claims.
ACCOUNTS TO BE VERIFIED.
22 .- No account presented shall be acted upon, unless verified by affidavit of the person in whose favor the same may be.
ALL PAPERS CLAIMING MONEY TO BE PRESERVED.
.- All petitions, claims, bills, accounts, or demands asking for an appropriation of money, shall be preserved by the committee to whom the same may be referred ; and such committee shall indorse on every such petition, claim, bill, account or demand, whether they report in favor of allowing or disallowing the same; and if in favor of allowing a part thereof, only, then the sum so reported. After such committee shall have reported upon the same, such petition, claim, bill, account or demand, and every one of them shall be delivered to the Chief Clerk of the House to which the same was first presented, to be filed by such clerk, and delivered, at the close of the session, to the Secretary of State.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES.
23 .- In Joint Committees, standing or select, the chairman of the Senate Committee shall be chairman of the Joint Committee.
Joint Convention.
24 .- Whenever there shall be a Joint Convention of the two Houses, the proceedings shall be entered at length upon the journal of each House. The Lieutenant-Governor or President of the Senate shall preside over such Joint Convention, and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall act as Clerk thereof, assisted by the Chief Clerk of the Senate; provided, that the Lieutenant-Governor shall not act in said convention except as the presiding officer, and in no case shall have the right to give the casting vote.
CHANGING OR SUSPENDING RULES.
25 .- No joint rules of the two Houses shall be repealed, amended or suspended, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of each House.
26 .- The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the Joint Convention of the Senate and Assembly in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with these rules and orders of the Senate and Assembly.
ADJOURNMENT.
27 .- Neither House shall adjourn during any session thereof, without the consent of the other, for a longer period than three days.
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ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Chapter VIII, R. S. 1878.
SECTION 90. Senators in Congress shall hereafter be elected as provided by the statutes of the United States. The meeting of the Senate and Assembly in joint convention shall be held in the hall of the Assembly. Each member shall vote viva voce upon a call of the roll, and such votes shall be entered upon the journal of the convention. The President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly shall cause a statement in duplicate of the result of such election to be made under their hands, certifying who has been chosen such Sena- tor; one of which statements they shall deliver to the Governor, to be filed and recorded in the executive office, and the other they shall deliver to the Secretary of State, who shall file and record the same in his office. In case the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Assembly, or either of them, shall neglect or refuse to execute and deliver such state- ment, the Chief Clerk of the Senate or of the Assembly, respectively, shall make and deliver, as aforesaid, such statement in duplicate, setting forth the whole number of votes given on the final ballot and the number thereof received by each person then voted for.
SECTION 91. Immediately thereafter, the Governor shall certify the election of such Sena- tor under the Great Seal to the President of the Senate of the United States, and the Secre- tary of State shall countersign such certificate.
STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES RELATIVE TO ELECTION OF SENATORS.
(Title II, Chapter 1, Rev. Stat. U. S.)
SECTION 14. The Legislature of each State which is chosen next preceding the expira- tion of the time for which any Senator was elected to represent such State in Congress shall, on the second Tuesday after the meeting and organization thereof, proceed to elect a Senator in Congress.
SECTION 15. Such election shall be conducted in the following manner: Each House shall openly, by a viva voce vote of each member present, name one person for Senator in Congress from such State, and the name of the person so voted for, who receives a majority of the whole number of votes cast in each House, shall be entered on the journal of that House by the Clerk or Secretary thereof; or if either House fails to give such majority to any person on that day, the fact shall be entered on the journal. At twelve o'clock meridian of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two Houses shall convene in joint assembly, and the journal of each House shall then be read, and if the same person has received a majority of all the votes in each House, he shall be declared duly elected Senator. But if the same person has not received a majority of the votes in each House, or if either House has failed to take proceedings as required by this section, the joint assembly shall then proceed to choose, by a viva voce vote of each member present, a person for Senator; and the person who receives a majority of all the votes of the joint assembly, a majority of all the members elected to both Houses being present and voting, shall be declared duly elected. If no person receives such majority on the first day, the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock meridian of each succeeding day during the session of the Legislature, and shall take at least one vote until a Senator is elected.
SECTION 16. Whenever, on the meeting of the Legislature of any State, a vacancy exists in the representation of such state in the Senate, the Legislature shall proceed, on the second Tuesday after meeting and organization, to elect a person to fill such vacancy, in the manner prescribed in the preceding section for the election of a Senator for a full term.
SECTION 17. Whenever, during the session of the Legislature of any State, a vacancy occurs in the representation of such State in the Senate, similar proceedings to fill such vacancy shall be had on the second Tuesday after the Legislature is organized and has had notice of such vacancy.
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WISCONSIN BLUE BOOK.
SECTION 18. It shall be the duty the of Executive of the State, from which any Senator has been chosen, to certify his election, under the seal of the State, to the President of the Senate of the United States.
SECTION 19. The certificate mentioned in the preceding section shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State of the State.
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PART II.
HISTORICAL.
AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF WISCONSIN.
Early Explorations .- 1634 .- Jean Nicolet, a French explorer, was sent by Samuel de Champlain, governor of New France, at Quebec, to explore the northwest. He came by way of Lake Michigan and landed on Wisconsin soil just below the mouth of Fox river. Clothed in silken robes he advanced into a village of the Winnebagoes, discharging pistols held in each hand. He was received with welcome. A great feast was then held, 120 beavers being eaten. He then proceeded up the Fox river to near the present site of Berlin, where was a palisaded village of the Mascoutins.
1659. Sieur Radisson and Sieur Groseilliers followed in the wake of Nicolet, and win- tered among the Pottawattomies in the Green Bay region, and in the spring of 1659 went up the Fox river, made portage and entered the Wisconsin, spending four months on the trip. The narrative of Radisson indicates that they proceeded as far as the mouth of the Wisconsin and saw the Mississippi.
1661 .- The same adventurers, Radisson and Groseilliers, with six other fur traders and a band of Huron Indians, skirted the south shore of Lake Superior in their canoes, passed the Pictured Rocks, learned of the great mines of copper, and entered Chequamegon Bay, late in autumn. Near the present site of Ashland they built a " fort " close to the water's edge. Hiding their stores in a caché, they visited the Huron village on the headwaters of the Chippewa river, and wandered as far west as the Mille Lac region in Minnesota, winter- ing among the Indians.
1662 .- The same party returned to Chequamegon Bay and built a fort on Oak Point, eastward of Ashland. They returned to Three Rivers in Canada the same year.
Meanwhile Pere Menard, a Jesuit missionary, who had been left at Keweenaw Bay by Radisson's party while on their way westward, set out to visit the Huron villages on the Chippewa and Black rivers. Suffering intensely from mosquitoes, hunger and the in- solence and cruelty of the Indian guides, they reached the Black river. While portaging one of its rapids, Menard lost the blind trail, and was never seen again. He was killed by lurking savages or died from exposure. His kettle, breviary and cassock are said to have been afterwards seen in the possession of the Indians.
1665 .- Claude Allouez, an eminent pioneer missionary, was sent by his superior to open a mission on Lake Superior. He came from Canada, by way of the lakes, into Cheq'ia- megon Bay and chose for the site of the mission a point on the southeast shore, between the sites now occupied by Washburn and Ashland, which he named "La Point du Saint Esprit." Remaining here four years, he was relieved by a younger zealot, Pere Mar- quette.
1669 .- Pere Allouez was invited by the Pottawattomies to Green Bay.
1670 .- The Sieur Saint Lusson, piloted by a hardy adventurer, Nicholas Perrot, came to Sault Ste. Marie and there in the presence of Allouez and other Jesuits and the man Perrot acting as interpreter took possession of the northwest in the name of the French king. Among the party was Louis Joliet.
1671 .- Father Allouez founded a mission on the south side of Fox river, six miles from its mouth. naming it the mission of St. Francis Xavier, on the site of the present city of Depere (so called from mission des peres, the mission of the fathers).
1672 .- Father Allouez established the mission of Saint Marks on the Wolf river, near Lake Shawano. He made a voyage to the Fox river, visiting the Foxes and Mascoutins, two Indian tribes above Lake Winnebago. Here he established the mission of St. James the following year.
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