By Mr. Turner: RESOLUTIONS OFFERED. Jt. Res. No. 2, A., To appoint a committee to investigate the cause of the loss in the Newhall house fire. By Mr. Grubb: Res. No. 1. A.. Resolved. That the assembly be informed by the chief clerk of this house by what authority stationery, etc., has been placed on the desks of the members, Which lies over. By Mr. Scheiber: Res. No. 8. A.. Resolved by the assembly. That the superintendent of public property be and is hereby requested to furnish for the use of the assembly to each member one copy of the session laws of 1878. Which was adopted. BILLS INTRODUCED. By Mr. Huntington: No. 1. A.. A bill to provide for the building of a bridge across the Chippewa river. To committee on Lumber and Manufactures. By Mr. Bolender: No. 8. A.. A bill to amend the charter of the city of Monroe. To committee on Cities. By Mr. Ryan: No. 9. A., A bill to appropriate to the Southwestern Wisconsin Industrial Association a sum of money therein named. To committee on claims. By Mr. Wall: No. 10. A.. A bill relating to corporations and amendatory of section 1791 revised statutes. To committee on Judiciary. By Mr. Hawks: No. 11. A.. A bill to amend section 1944 of revised statutes entitled of insurance companies. To committee on Insurance, Banks and Banking. By Mr. Spiering: No. 12, A., A bill to repeal section 10, chapter 322, general laws 1882, and to re-enact section 1548, chapter 66, revised statutes 1878, entitled of excise and sale of intoxicating liquors. To committee on State Affairs. By Mr. Abert: No. 13, A., A bill to authorize the common council of the city of Milwaukee to extend 22d street from State street to Cedar street, in 2d ward of said city. To Milwaukee Delegation. By Mr. Scheiberi No. 14, A., A bill to amend chapter 226 of the laws of 1877, entitled an act to amend chapter 47 of the general laws of 1871, entitled an act to amend chapter 107 of the private and local laws of 1867, entitled an act to authorize the appointment of a phonographic reporter for the circuit court of the counties of Milwaukee and Kenosha. To Milwaukee Delegation. On motion of Mr. Schneider, The assembly met, The speaker in the chair. THURSDAY, January 18, 1883. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Eaton. 10 O'CLOCK, A. M. The clerk called the roll and the following members answered to their names: Messrs. H. C. Adams, M. Adams, Albers, Anderson, Apple, Bishop, Blyton, Bolender, Bow, Brand, Brazeau. Britton, Brown, Bruemmer. Bugh, Button, Cance, Carmichael, Champagne, Comdohr, Conley, Craig. Curley, Curtis, Dawson, Dickinson. Egan, Ellefson, Esser, Everts, Friend, Gabriel, Gallagher. Gardner. Goedjen, Grubb, Hardgrove, Hooker, Huntington. Huntly, Johnston, Kennedy, Kidd, Kuntz, Lane, Leahy, Leonhardt. Lynch, MacBride, McCoy, MeDill, MeKenzie, Macauley, Martin, Meissner, Miller, Naber, Noller, O'Neill, Packard, Pape. Pederson, Pierce, Piper, Pratt: Putnam, Race, Regan, Ryan, Scheiber, Schneider, Sharp, Spiering, Stewart, Swart, Tanner, Taylor, Tester, Thomas, Turner, Vredenburgh, Wall, Walsh, Ware, Warner, Warren, Weeden. Wirth and Mr. Speaker. Absent with leave-Messrs. Campion, Fairchild, Hinckley, Maxwell and Nichols. Absent without leave - Messrs. Abert, Fellenz, Hawks, Lennon and Rasmussen. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Was granted Mr. Fellenz until to-morrow morning. To Mr. Hawks until next Monday. To Mr. Huntington until next Tuesday. To Mr. Champion until next Tuesday. LETTERS, PETITIONS, ETC. By Mr. Becher, President. Report of State Board of Immigration for the year ending December 31, 1882. MILWAUKEE, Wis., January 5, 1883. To the Honorable, the Speaker of the Assembly, Madison, Wisconsin: SIR I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual report of the State Board of Immigration, for the year ending December 31st, 1882. I am, sir, your obedient servant, J. A. BECHER, To the Legislature: REPORT. In accordance with the requirements of the statute, the commissioners of immigration respectfully present this their annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1882. The Board of Immigration, of the state of Wisconsin, was created by an act of the legislature, approved March 4th, 1879, and consists at present of the following members: Jeremiah M. Rusk, governor, ex-officio. Ernst G. Timme, secretary of state, ex-officio. J. A. Becher, of Milwaukee county. K. A. Ostergren, of Price county. No change in the organization of the board has taken place since its last annual report. The officers of the board are: J. A. Becher, president. Henry Baetz, secretary. The principal office is located at Milwaukee, where the largest number of immigrants arrive, who intend to settle in this State. A branch office at Chicago, under the auspices of Commissioners Smith and Ostergren, was again opened the present year, for the accommodation of immigrants who go directly from Chicago into the state without coming to Milwaukee. This office was kept open from June 1st to October 31st, at an expense of $35 per month. The board has also continued the employment of an agent whose duty it is to visit the depots and steamboat landings in this city, for the purpose of assisting immigrants, protecting them if necessary, and giving them such information as they may desire. Besides this agent, two reliable persons were engaged to count the number of immigrants arriving in this city on immigrant trains, and to ascertain their nationality and place of destination. RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. The expenditures of the board during the year 1882. amounted to $5,147.88, leaving in the hands of the secretary $45.44, and in the state treasury, to the credit of the board. $112.03. The additional appropriation of $2,000, making a total of $5,000 for each of the last two years, ceases with the present year, so that hereafter the annual appropriation will only amount to $3,000. The following summary shows the amount received and disbursed by the board during the year, and also the appropriation made by the legislature each year since the board was created, and the total amount of expenditures during the four years: Amount appropriated by the legislature for the year 1879. .82.500-00 1880. 3.000 00 NUMBER, ETC., OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVED DURING THE YEAR 1882. The reports of the agents employed by the Board show that 57,952 immigrants arrived at Milwaukee, of whom 31.758 made this State their home. There is no doubt that these |