Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-06

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sumption act; relating to roads and
bridges; to provide for the assessment
and collection of property for taxation,
ana the levy Of taxes thereon; relating
to the reduction Of theprice of swamp
and overlooked lands in Oconto and
Shawano counties; joint resolution for
amendm ent of the constitution, relating
to the introduction of new business in
the legislature; joint resolution for
amendment of constitution relating
to verdicts ofjuries.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27-Senme.-In the
senate petitions were presented asking
the passage of JOINT resolution No. 13,
S., to prohibit the traffic in Intoxicating
! liquors; also remonstrances against the
senate bill for taxing life insurance
companies Bills passed to improve
Stony creek, in Door and Kewaunee
counties; to amend the revised statutes
of marriages, births and deaths; to
amend the charter of the city of Ber-
lin; to amend the charter of the city of
La Crosse; to amend the charter Of the
city of Chippewa Falls; to provide for
the representation of cities and villages
on county boards of supervisors; to
remedy the evils resulting from the de-
struction of public records by fire. AS
sembly bills were concurred in, fixing
fourth judicial circuit; relating to the
assessment of property for taxation; of
trials in criminal cases; to establish a
municipa court for the county of Chip
pewa; to appropriate to Dennis Phelan
and to Peter Swenson a sum of money
for military service.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. 27.-Asscmby.-In
the Assembly remonstrances were in
troduced again the passage Of the bill
taxing life insurance companies; and
petitions for the vacation of the Token
Senate bills were cOncurrcd in vacating
portion of the Token Creek and Fl.
| Wlnneba2O State road; authorizing GER
tain exchanges between the State His
torical Society and University; to pro-
vide for the Improvement of Catfish
river in Dane county, and to authorize
| r. A. Kidd and Socrates Chandler to
maintain a ferry across the Mississippi
river in the county Of Grant. Assembly
| bills passed.; relating to a dam on Little
| Wolf river IN Waupaca county; to codl-
| fy the laws relating to common schools:
| for the preservation of brook trout IN
Monroe county; to authorize the coun-
ty of Burnett to borrow money; relat-
ing to- game in the county of Eau
Claire, Chippewa, Dunn, Trempeale,au
Buffalo and Pepin and to repeal
chap. 200, laws Of 1877 relating
to game; to provide for the
preservation Of fish in Pardee's and
Ashley's mill pond in Columbia county;
to lay out state road from the town of
Marshfeld in Wood county through
Wood and Marathon counties via the
postoffice of Royelville to Hutcheson's
Switch in Marathon county; to appro-
pirate to Hugh Lewis sum Of money;
to legalize the acts of r. W. Button,
notary in Shawano county; to authorize
the sale or conveyance for agricultural
purposes certain lands of Sturgeon Bay
and Lake Michigan shi p canal and har-
Dor company; to provide for laying out
state road from Lincoln, Kewaunee
county, to iEtersect the Green Bay and
Sturgeon Bay state road at Green Bay;
to amend the charter of Manitowoc; re-
lating to the preservation of fish in
Dates mill pond: to authorize Augustus
Larose to maintainza dam across Dry
wood creek IN Chippewa county; for
the preservation Of trout in the waters
of st. CrOix county.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2S.-Senote.- In the
Senate umerous remCnstrances were
introduced against the passage Of No.
1853, S., a bill to fix the license fees Of
life insurance companies. Bills passed
authorizing the purchase of 200 of
Webster's dictionary for the public
schools; to authorize the formation of
manufacturers and miners insurance
companies; to authorize the sale of
Reports of the Supreme Court now
owned by the State; relating to the
drainage fund in the several towns
Assembly bills were concurred in, to
provide for the free navigation Of the
Kickapoo river; relating to the third
trial of ofenses upon information; to
authorize Joseph Harris to build and
maintain pier and dock in Sturgeon
Bay, and to eodify the laws relating to
town insurance companies. The bill to
encourage the keeping Of stations in
this State was indefinitely postponed.
The Senate took recess until 7:3O P.
NJ.
Senator Price, as a special committee
of one, to whom was referred the joint
resolution providing for an am endment
to the state constitution forever prohib
iting traffic in intoxicating liquors
within the state, read an elaborate re-
port favoring the resolution.
The committee on banks, banking
and insurance, to whom was referred
the report of the committee on charita-
bic and penal institutions, recommend
ing the refusal Of ex-Gov. Washburn's
gift of the Edgewood property, for an
industrial school for girls, reported ad-
versely upon the recommendation Of
the latter committee; they recommend
ed the acceptance by the state Of the
proposed donation, and the putting the
school into immediate operation, be-
liavinp there existed a. nacaSSitV