The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-02-24

legal tender. Bills were passed appropriatinc
purcSasins staenery The bill to make p nssn dor
ground for divorce was referred to special COM
mittee was also the bill to dispense with unan-
lmous jury verdict. Adjourned
Assembly
MONDAY, February 12.-Petitions
received foD exemption of married mems wages
against exemption Of railroad lands for the creation
of the county Of Wells. "A resolution by Vance to
have the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul railway
certify under oath to the officers of the Assembly
the number Of bonds of said company registered
for voting, also concerning all rules regulations
touching the right to and manner of voting was
laid over. Bills passed: To increase witness fees
to $3.50 per day. cutting down jurors fees to $OO
per day. The Assembly then went into committee
of the whole and reported a number Of unimpor-
tant bills :. Adjourned
senate.
TUESDAY, February ia resolution
commenting BANDS silver bill was referred to the
committee on federal relations. resolution was
adopted asking the Supreme Court to report the
progress made by the revisers of he statutes and
whether these gentlemen had carried out the split
of the law. 1t was also asked if the court should
not declare the offices of some of the revisers va
to the deaf and dumb asylum; $l8,5oO to the blind
asylum; $40, COO to the industrial school for bows
81 1000 tor the payments of soldiers pensions; $685.
500 to the northern hospital for Insane. The bill
prohibiting county and city treasurers from hold
ing two consecutive terms of Office was indefinitely
postponed. Adjourned.
Assembly.
TUESDAY, Februar 13.-The resolu-
ton favorng BANDS 81 liver bill was referred The
bill for the creation of Wells county was recommit-
ted to the committee on town and county organiza-
ton. The resolution for final adjournment on the
10th inst, was amended so IS to make it on the
2Sth inst, and then adopted. Vance's resolu-
ton to compel the st. Paul railway company to
furnish statistics, was also adopted. The special
order, being general taxation, only exempting ceme-
teries and public buildings, came up. Pope made
speech in favor of the measure. Hammel moved
to exempt church property, and spoke in favor of
his amendment. After a strong debate Ham,
meIs amendment to exempt church property was
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad COM
pany presented report in compliance with Vance's
resolution The railroad committe aeported back
the bill for exemption of Wisconsin Central lands,
without any recommendation.
Senate.
WEDNESDAY, February IA mem
orial to Congress that each head of family of the
Indian reservation receive 80 acres of land was
passed. resolution was passed calling upon
congressman to vote for the silver bill. The bill
allowing towns and villages to vote directly the
license question, was ordered to third reading,
and the bill for the formation of the county of Lud
ington was indefinitely postponed. =. Adjourned.
Assembly.
WEDNESDAY, February 1.-two re-
monstrances were read against the division of
Oconto county. Mr.. Innis, member from Fond
du Lac, who has been sick since the opening
of the session, came forward, and was sworn in .
batch of bills from the Senate were read first
and second time. Among them appropria-
lions TO public institutions. Bills passed to
prevent fraud by eooring gr ain; regarding to Of
lenses against decency regu ating the salary of the
Judge of Milwaukee county: to confer civil jurs-
diction upon the County Court of Fond du Lac. A
motion to adjourn, just the Wisconsin Central
bill was coming up, was carried by vote of As
to A.
Senate.
THURSDAY, February 15.-Assembly
bills were passed relating to powers and duties of
fish commissioners; authorizing the taxing of fish
in public waters for the purpose of propagation;
for increasing mail facilities in Oconto county, de-
fning the status OF beggars, Migrants and tramps.
Adjourned.
Assembly.
THURSDAY, February 15.-The bill to
incorporate the city of Chiffon was passed under
suspension of the rules, also bills fol-
lows To regulate the management of the poor in
Milwaukee county; to provide for payment of part
of the bonded debt of Milwaukee county; to levy
special tax of two mills the dollar in the Ninth
and Tenth wards, Milwaukee. :. The assembly then
went into committee of the whole, and took up the
bill to exempt Wisconsin central railway land from
taxation. The first question considered the
amendment to make the state treasury pay back to
counties and towns the amount of exemption
Central lands. After much discussion, thea mend
ment was lost-ayes 30, nays 81. An amendment
by Ringle to exempt Marathon county was voted
down. Spence moved to amend to make the act
not apply to village lots owned by the company.
Carried. Ringle moved to amend by striking out
five years and inserting three years. Lost. A mo-
ion was them made and lost to order the bill to
third reading Adjourned till evening.
EVENING SESSION.
Fink moved to reconsider the vote by which the
Wisconsin Central bill had been refused third
reading. carried by vote of 40 to ~. Mr. Vance
offered an amendment to make the time of exemp
tlon three years instead OF I'VE. Carried-ayes 81
third reading. Adjourned.
Senate.
FRIDAY, February 16.-After des.
patch of some unmportant business, the bill for
exemption of Wisconsin Central lands from tax
alton, amended in the Assembly, came up for
concurrence in amendments. The previous ques-
ton moved and carried. An amendment
making the time three years instead of five
CURED in by vote OF 70 to IL. An amendment
excepting village plats and city lots owned by the
railroad company from exemption was concurred
in, and the bill ready for the Governors sigma
ture Bills to give the State Ag1 cultural Society
1900 was ordered to third reading, and to give
loo to the Northern Agricultural Society came
up, Both were then referred to the commit
tee claims. "A bill was introduced by the COM
mittee state affairs, authorizing the Governor to
appoint delegate to the International Prison Con-
gross at Stockholm Adjourned.
Assembly.
FRIDAY, February ia petition
was read against exemption af the North Wiscon-
sin railway lands The bill for the exemption OF
the Wisconsin Central from taxation for three
years came up. motion to postpone was voted
down and the bill concurred in by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Anderson, Abel, Phineas, Baldwin,
A. L. Baldwin, Book, E. Carter, Crockett,
| Dousman, Earnest, Field, Fitzgerald, j. G,
Flanders, Gray, Greening, Grover, Hamilton, Ham
mel, Heron, Hull, Hulburt, Hyde, Johnston, Kel
! ley, Keogh, Kinzie, Leavens, Maxwell, McCollum
| Merrill, MITCHELL Nelson, Newman, owen, Pierce
Phillips, Ries, Rice, Sarnow, Scheuber, Shufelt
Sylvester, Truell, Vance, Wall, Walker, Wann emak
err Cassoday.-4.
Nays-Arnold, Arnot, Bailey, Black, Brooks, Brost
Cash, Dale, Deland, Dorwin, Dotader, w. j. Fisk
81. J. Fisk, Goetze, Innis, johnson, Knapp, Marx
McCarty, Neuhaser, Pope, Ringle, Roche, Sem
Seymour, spence, Stapleton, Thornton, Vincent
Van Waters, Wedig. Weeks, Wright, Wyatt, Ziemar
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Assembly bills passed: To extend thu
benefit of public schools to foreigners between q
| and 30 years of age; appropriating $4,000 to Geo
| b. Smith and VIM. f. Villas for defending the stat
in the Carpenter printing claim case; making it un
| lawful for county superintendent public schoo
| teachers acting book agents. authorizing tn
clerk of the supreme court to keep list of natural
lied persons, the same rs the circuit court clerk.
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN must be healthy
and to continue healthy and beautiful, 70,
must take DR.. J. II. McLean's Strengthenin
Cordial and Blood Purifier. 1t inn parts ton
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