retary of state and attorney-general shall constitute a board to be known as the board of pardons. Said board, or a majority thereof, shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and to grant commutations and pardons after conviction and judgment,; either absolutely or upon such conditions as they may impose in all cases of offenses against the state, except treason or conviction on impeachment. The legislature shall, by law, prescribe the sessions of said board and the manner in which application for remissions, commutations and pardons shall be made thereto, and regulate the proceedings thereon. No fine or forfeiture shall be remitted or pardon granted, except by the deciston of a majority of said board, after a full hearing in open session, and until previous notice of the time. and place of such hearing and the release applied for shall have been given by publication in some newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for four weeks. The proceedings and decision of the board shall be reduced to writing, and with their reasons for their action in each case, and the dissent of any member who may disagree, signed by him and filed, with all papers used upon the hearing in the office of secretary of state. Upon conviction for treason the said board shall have power to suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be reported to the legislature at its next meeting, when the legislature shall either pardon or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence or grant a further reprieve. The governor shall communicate to the legislature at each regular session each case of remission of fine or forfeiture, reprieve, commutation or pardon granted since the last previous report, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of remission, commutation or pardon, with the reasons for granting the same, and the objections, if any, of any member of the board made thereto. To joint committee on Charitable and Penal Institutions. BILLS INTRODUCED. Read first and second times and referred. By Senator Stout: No. 18. S., A bill to revise the school code of the state of Wisconsin with accompanying report. To committee on Education. By Senator Timme: No. 19, S., A bill to amend section 5, chapter 273, laws 1891, entitled, An act to provide for state depositories and regulate the deposits of public moneys therein. To committee on State Affairs. By Senator Bashford: No. 20, S. A bill to amend chapter 241, laws of 1887, entitled, "An act to provide that the mortgagor of a stock of goods or stock in trade shall be required to file an inventory of sales and additions to his stock every sixty days." To committee on Judiciary. By Senator Kruszka: No. 21, S., A bill to make the register of deeds office of Milwaukee county a salaried office. To Milwaukee Delegation. By Senator Conger: No. 22, S., A bill to amend section 2, chapter 108 of laws of 1892, entitled, "An act to secure the better preservation of game. To committee on Fish and Game. By Senator Phalen: No. 23, S., A bill to amend section 1276 of Sanborn and Berryman's statutes of Wisconsin, relating to appeals in highway cases. To committee on Roads and Bridges. By Senator Weeks: No. 24, S., A bill to appropriate the sums of money therein named to the normal school fund income, and amendatory of section 3 of chapter 185, laws of 1893, entitled, "An act to provide for an increase of income of normal schools and to afford means for the establishment of additional normal schools, and to repeal chapter 402 of the laws of 1891. To committee on Education. By Senator Mills: No. 25, S., A bill to amend section 2342 of the revised statutes, relating to the property rights of married women. To committee on Judiciary. By Senator Mills: No. 26, S., A bill relating to the property rights of married women To committee on Judiciary. By Senator Mills: No. 27, S., A bill to amend chapter 288 of the laws of 1893, entitled, "An act to consolidate and revise the statutes of the state relating to general elections, the conduct, canvass and returns of the same, and to secure the secrecy and purity of the ballot and for other purposes. To committee on Privileges and Elections. By Senator Mills: No. 28, S., A bill to repeal chapter 179 of the laws of 1893, and reenact chapter 473 of the laws of 1891, relating to the assessment of personal property. To committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes. By Senator Mills: No. 29, S., A bill to amend section 1040 of the revised statutes, and the several acts amendatory thereof, relating to the assessment of personal property. To committee on Assessment and Collection of Taxes. By Senator Burke: No. 30, S., A bill to prohibit mining and manufacturing corporations from engaging in the business of carrying on stores known as company stores or general supply stores. To committee on Judiciary. By Senator Mills: No. 31, S., A bill to amend chapter 106, laws of 1893, entitled, "An act to secure the better preservation of game." To committee on Fish and Game. By Senator Stout: No. 32, S., A bill to authorize the construction of a building for the libraries and collections of the state historical society of Wisconsin and of the university of Wisconsin. To committee on Education. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS. STATE OF WISCONSIN, EXECUTIVE OFFICE. JANUARY 17, 1895. To the Honorable the Senate: I have the honor to report that by and with the advice and consent of the senate, I will appoint Hans B. Warner, of Ellsworth, a member of the state board of control, in place of Charles D. Parker, for the term ending on the 30th day of June, 1899. Respectfully submitted, W. H. UPHAM, Governor. The confirmation of the executive appointment was unanimous. The ayes and noes being required, it was decided in the affirmative: Ayes, 27; noes, none; absent or not voting, 6. The vote was as follows: Ayes Senators Bashford, Baxter, Burke, Conger, Davis, Kennedy, Kruszka, Martin, Mayer, McGeehan, McGillivray, McMullen, Mills, Phalen, Pierce, Phillips, Putnam, Spensley, Stebbins, Stout, Timme, Thayer, Weeks, Wescott, Withee, Woodworth and Youmans-27. Absent or not voting-Senators Altpeter, Brown, Fisher, Officer and Solliday-6. Austin. STATE OF WISCONSIN, EXECUTIVE OFFICE. JANUARY 17, 1895. To the Honorable the Senate: I have the honor to report that by and with the advice and consent of the senate, I will appoint H. B. T'anner, of Kaukauna, state supervisor of inspectors of illuminating oils, in place of A. M. Kersten, resigned. Respectfully submitted, W. H. UPHAM, The confirmation of the executive appointment was unanimous. The ayes and noes being required, it was decided in the affirmative: Ayes, 27; noes, none; absent or not voting, 6. The vote was as follows: Ayes-Senators Bashford, Baxter, Burke, Conger, Davis, Kennedy, Kruszka, Martin, Mayer, McGeehan, McGillivray, McMullen, Mills, Phalen, Pierce, Phillips, Putnam, Spensley, Stebbins, Stout, Timme, Thayer, Weeks, Wescott, Withee, Woodworth and Youmans-27. Absent or not voting-Senators Altpeter, Austin, Brown, Fisher, Officer and Solliday-6. STATE OF WISCONSIN, EXECUTIVE OFFICE JANUARY 17, 1895. To the Honorable the Legislature: I have the honor to present herewith the report of the special committee, appointed by my predecessor in office, to visit the charitable and penal institutions of the state, to which I invite your careful attention. Respectfully submitted, W. H. UPHAM, TO HON. WILLIAM H. UPHAM, Governor: The undersigned, by your predecessor appointed a committee of the members-elect of the senate and assembly, to visit the charitable, reformatory and penal institutions of the state, having completed the visitations required by the statute, herewith submit our report to you, and through you to the legislature. The law under which the appointments were made contemplates a personal visit by the committee to these several state. institutions, and a thorough and impartial examination into their condition and management, in order that the legislature may have the benefit of the actual knowledge and independent judgment of a committee of its own members in respect to matters of so great public concern. When it is considered that the |