Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate: Standing and Special Committee Reports, 1836-1945


Summary Information
Title: Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate: Standing and Special Committee Reports
Inclusive Dates: 1836-1945

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate
Call Number: Series 170

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes).

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Reports and papers of the standing, special, select, and interim committees of the Territorial Council and the Senate, relating to bills under consideration, reports, and communications from individuals, territorial and state officials, agencies, commissions, and departments.

Language: English

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Arrangement of the Materials

Chronological by legislative session and thereunder alphabetical by committee with standing committees first.

Contents List
Box   1
, 1837: Committee of Conference
1838
Box   1
Judiciary - Divorce Cases
Box   1
Report of Committee of Public Expenditures
1840
Territorial Affairs
Box   1
Librarian's report
Box   1
Communications re building capitol
Box   1
Select Committee re Bridge over Kinnickinnick
1841
Box   1
Schools
Box   1
Select Committee on Library
1842
Box   1
Executive Nominations
Box   1
Internal Improvements - Inland trade
Judiciary
Box   1
Removal from office of E. Hart
Box   1
Incorporation of Janesville Bridge Co.
Box   1
Communication re schools
Box   1
Bill #10
Box   1
Bill to prevent sale of intoxicants to soldiers
Box   1
Will of Samuel J. Phoenix
Box   1
Appointment of a Territorial Treasurer
Box   1
Excessive Legislation
Box   1
Taxes and tax titles
Box   1
Schools - Report re Universities
Box   1
Territorial Affairs - Location of Washington County seat
Box   1
Select committee on Apportionment
Box   1
Select committee on formation of state government
1843
Box   1
Judiciary Report
Territorial Affairs
Box   1
Communication Clerk of Supreme Court
Box   1
University land bonuses
Box   1
Select Committee on Infringement of Boundaries
Box   1
Select Committee on Rules for the government of the Council
Box   1
Committee on Internal Improvements
Box   2
, 1844: Select Committee on Formation of State Government
1845
Box   2
Internal Improvements - Sale of canal lands
Box   2
Incorporation Papers of Wisconsin Phalanx
Box   2
Roads - Proposals for location of territorial road
Box   2
Judiciary - Petition re punishment of adultery and seduction
Territorial Affairs
Box   2
Account of John Littell
Box   2
Annual report of Supt. of Public Property
Box   2
Report re formation of a new county from Jefferson and Dodge Cos.
Box   2
Votes on state government
Box   2
Special Committee to Examine Accounts of Territorial Treasurer
1846
Box   2
Select Committee on Communication of Education Convention
Box   2
Select Committee on Survey and Sale of Lots in Potosi
1847
Box   2
Corporations - Boundaries - Boundaries of Jefferson County
Judiciary
Box   2
Town Government Resolution Bd. of Supervisors of Waukesha Co. re Constitutional Convention
Box   2
Atty. General communication
Box   2
Account of Register and Receiver of Canal Lands
1848
Box   2
Claims - Reports and papers
Box   2
Expiration and Reenactment of Laws - Report on legal reform
Finance
Box   2
Communication from J. Larkin, late Treasurer
Box   2
Communication from Secy. of State on taxable property
Box   2
Report of Committee on finance and taxation
Box   2
Internal Improvements - Report on Bill #10, land grant near Fox and Wisconsin Rivers
Town and County Organization
Box   2
Report on Bill #83 (S) relating to town and county government
Box   2
Report re confering powers of local legislating on local boards
Box   2
Report re election of town officers
Box   2
Special Committee on “Homestead Exemption”
Box   2
Committee on Property Rights of Married Women
Box   2
Select Committee on Communication of Register and Receiver of Canal lands.
Box   2
Select Committee on Bill #38 (S) - levying and collecting a state revenue.
Box   2
Committee on Rules
Box   2
Select Committee on Repeal of all laws for collection of Debts
1849
Box   2
Agriculture and Manufactures - Report on homestead exemption
Internal Improvements
Box   2
Report re act regulating marriages
Box   2
Report re name change
Judiciary
Box   2
Account of C.L. Sholes
Box   2
Report re Homestead Law
Box   2
Report re petition of Bd. of Supervisors of Rock Co.
State Affairs
Box   2
Report re location of a railroad
Box   2
Report re insane asylum
Box   2
Majority report re repairs of Capitol
Box   2
Report re location of state prison
Box   2
Report re acc't of E. Miller, surveyor of Rock county
Box   2
Committee on Bill 2 (S) - Publication of the Laws
Box   2
Committee on Petition of Printers, Laborers and Journeymen
Box   2
Select Committee on Change of LaFayette County Seat
Box   2
Select Committee on Exemption of Certain Property from Forced Sale
Box   2
Select Committee on Homestead Exemption
Box   2
Select Committee on Improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers
1850
Box   3
Education and School Lands - Report re Walworth Co. loaning money for Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad Co.
Box   3
Printing - Accounts
Box   3
Select Committee on Loan from School Fund for Milwaukee-Waukesha Railroad
1851
Box   3
Printing - Misc. accounts and claims
Box   3
Select Committee on Improvement of Fox River
1854
Box   3
Finance - Report on taxable property
Box   3
Judiciary - Report re relief for the insane
Box   3
Printing - Accounts
Box   3
State Affairs - Report re establishment of Insane Asylum
Box   3
Select Committee on Bill to Provide for the Election of Emigrant Agents
Box   3
, 1855: Finance - Atty. General's answer to Senate Resolution
1856
Box   3
Claims - Accounts
Box   3
Printing - Report on
Box   3
State Prison - Claims
Box   3
Whole - Report re Bills #15 and 17 (S)
1857
Box   3
Agriculture and Manufacture - Report re reducing toll for grinding grain
Box   3
Charitable and Penal Institutions - Report on Petition and Memorial #5 (S)
Box   3
Education - Misc. accounts
Judiciary
Box   3
Account of H. Wright
Box   3
Report of Committee on Roads, Bridges, and Ferries re dam near Dells
Box   3
Select Committee on Disposal and Sale of Swamp Lands
Box   3
Select Committee on Organization of and location of County Seat of Juneau Co.
1858
Box   3
Agriculture and Manufacture - Report of committee glorifying agrarian way
Box   3
Banks and Banking - Report re banking currency
Box   3
Judiciary - Report re contested elction in 14th District
Box   3
Special Committee re Officers Appointed and Officers needed in Senate
1861
Box   3
Contingent Expenses - Governor's report
Box   3
State Affairs - Report of Commissioners of School and University Lands on the expenditure of their contingent fund
1866
Box   4
Education for the Blind
Box   4
Finance - Communication from Secretary of State
Box   4
1873: Finance - Report of S. Harriman, agent on building railroad from St. Croix River
Box   4
, 1883: State Affairs - Misc. communications
Box   4
, 1889: Judiciary - Report on various bills
Box   4
, 1899: Judiciary - Report on various bills
Box   4
1903: Judiciary - Material relating to case of W. Schmidt, Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys
Box   4
, 1905: Judiciary - Material relating to Eaton case
1907
Box   4
Education - Report of Civil War History Commission
Box   4
Manufacture and Labor - Objections to bi-monthly payment of employees of railway corporations
1909
Box   4
Banks and Insurance - Report re charges of M. W. Waite against Geo. E. Beedle, Ins. Commissioner
Box   4
Special Committee on Committees
Box   4
, 1911: Committee on Uniform Legislation
, 1913: Corporations
Box   4
Argument for 171 (S)
Box   4
Jt. Memorial from Minnesota legislature re gigantic monopoly of Standard Oil of Whitings, Indiana
Box   4
Petition from town of Kelly
Box   4
Petition from town of Lincoln
, 1917: Education and Public Welfare
Box   4
Communications re Bill #61 (S)
Box   4
Papers relating to Bill 293 (S)
Box   4
Exhibits relating to investigation of prisons, Bill #408 (S)
Box   4
Copy of Amendment #1 (S) to Bill #227 (S)
Box   4
Communication from Geo. A. Chamberlain of Milw. Civil Service urging passage of Bill #227 (S)
Box   4
Copy of Bill #348 (S)
Box   4
Copy of Bill #13 (S)
Box   4
Papers relating to Bill #13 (S), the form of gov't. in main cities of U.S.
Box   4
Resolution of Milw. Memorial Day Assoc. re passage of bill
Box   4
Copy of Subs. Amendment to Bill #122 (S)
Box   4
Communication re Bill #514 (S)
Box   4
Sundry communications
Box   4
, 1921: Judiciary - Petition re Huber Bill
1927
Box   4
Committees - Report of appointments to Special committees
Box   4
Judiciary - Various claims
1931
Agriculture
Box   5
Communication from Secy. of Treasury re coloring of oleomargarine
Box   5
Communication from N. Dakota legislature re relief
Box   5
Education and Public Welfare - Communication re radio broadcasting
Committees
Box   5
Report on Assignment of committee rooms
Box   5
Report on Senate Standing committees
Box   5
Interim Committee on Aviation
Box   5
, 1931-1932 Special Session: Committees - Report on Standing Committees
1932
Box   5
Committees - Report on appointment to Committee on Committees
Corporations and Taxation
Box   5
Communication from Milw. Co. re gas tax
Box   5
Communication from Winnebago Co. re exempting radios and phonographs from taxation
Box   5
Communication from Mineral Point
Education and Public Welfare
Box   5
Communication from Stanley, Wis. condemning statement of Mrs. FDR re drinking among young girls
Box   5
Resolution of Wis. County Clerk's Assoc. re State paying its share of various pensions to the counties
Box   5
Communication from Price Co. Bd. re giving County abolition of Supervising Teacher
Box   5
Communication from Pepin Co. Bd. re giving County Bds. authority to determine advisability of granting or refusing Old Age Assistance
Box   5
Judiciary - Claim of B. C. Koepke
1933
Agriculture and Labor
Box   5
Communication from Brown Co. Bd. of Supervisiors
Box   5
Communication from Maine Legislature
Box   5
Claims - Accounts
Corporations and Taxation
Box   5
Communication from Common Council of Milw. re income tax
Box   5
Communication from Special Committee investigating Fire Insurance Policies
Box   5
Judiciary - Sundry claims
Box   5
Legislative Procedure - Papers relating to Unemployment Insurance and Relief for Unemployed and Poor Farmers
State and Local Government
Box   5
Communication from California legislature
Box   5
Resolution of Frieds of Our Native Landscape
Box   5
Special Committee on Building and Loan Legislation
Box   5
Special Committee on Conference on Unemployment Insurance and Relief
Box   5
Senate Committee on Highways
Box   5
Committee on Fish and Game
Box   5
Committee on Education and Public Welfare
Box   5
, 1935: Report of State Highway Commission
, 1937: State Affairs
Box   5
Building Commissioner's Report
Box   5
Communication re Committee on Governmental Cooperation
Box   5
, 1941: Special Committee on Land Use and Reforestation
, 1943: Military Affairs
Box   5
Explanatory statement re Bill #222 (A)
Box   5
Copy of communication re “war time”
Box   5
1945: Advisory Committee on Rules of Pleading, Practice and Procedure
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