Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-21

Richiand, same county: to tax costs in
criminal cases; for state park in Wis
consin; to prevent hunting of deer With
,hOurds; relating to executions, and pro-
ceedings supplementary thereto; rela-
ting to the courts of justices Of the
peace; relating to the foreclosure of
mortgages; relating to prisons and COM
mon iails: relating to the Wisconsin
river improvement company; relating
to reassessment of certain property in
the city of Wausau; relating to town
insurance company; to lay out a state
road In Monroe and Juneau counties;
to amend the charter of the city of
Sheboygan; to amend the law relating
to highways and bridges. A bill passed
to provide for the purchase ofadditional
copies of the Legislative Manual. -
In the assembly, at the evening ses-
sion, bills were introduced to provide
for the transfer of the normal school
. income; relating to the license money
of railway companies; to provide for
the 'iInprovem ent of the Eau Claire
river; to amend the charter of Eau
Claire; to exempt the lands of North
Wisconsin railway from taxation: to
amend the charter of the city of New
London: to fix terms Of court IN the
Sth judicial circuit; to prevent the
adulteration of milk in butter and
cheese factories; fort. the protectien of
game III st. Croix county; to provide
for dam, booms, and pier in the Chip
pewa river at Eagle Rapids: to improve
Big Rib river; for the preservation OF
trout In the waters of Crawford county.
"WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13.-Senate. the
senate numerous petitions were pre-
sented for the passage of the constitu-
tional amendment prohibiting the traf-
fic in Intoxicating liquors. Bills pass
ed: Appropriating $798.50 to Dodge
county for support of insane persons
not properly chargeable to said county;
ayes "a; noes 5; amending chapter IA,
laws of 1868, authorizing school land
commissioners to loan portion of trust
funds to Wood county; to provide for
removals of civil actions, in certain
cases; approprlating $4,000 to Indus
trial school for boys of Waukesha; ayes
80; noes, none; to provide for construc-
ton of fsh-ways in outlet of Green Lake;
authorizing county of Brown to ex-
Will
authorizing appointment Of addition
al court commissioner In Chippewa
county; curtailing tax exemption OF
property of Lake Geneva seminary
for the preservation of fish in waters oi
La Crosse county Senator Hudd's joint
resolution as amended, requesting our
senators in congress TO vote for the re-
peal of resumption act, came up, rs
special order for II o'clock; the
amended resolution read as follows:
fesolued by the Senate, the Assembly concur.
ring; That in the opinion of the Legislature oi
this state, it is the desire OF the people of Nlscon'
sin that so much of the act of congress, com,
monty known ss the resumption act, as author
izes or may be construed to authorize the can
collation. or retirement from circulation of any
portion Of the existing volume of United States
treasury notes, or greenbacks,' - be repealed.
After good deal of discussion the re-
solution was laid on the table by the
following vote:
Ayes-Andrews, Arnold, Bailey, Barden, Bones.
Burrows, Campbell, Grimmer, Hathaway, LOper,
Reynolds, Richardson, Swain, Treat, Van ShaicE
and Wing-16.
Noes-Anderson, Hudd Mumbrue, Paul, Price.
Rankin, Reed. Rice, Richmond. Schneider,
Scott, Torrey, Welch, Williams and Wolf-15.
Senator Torrey called up joint resolu.
ton No. 90. S., another silver measure
which after good deal of fillibustering
was adopted by a vote of "A ayes, to :
noes.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13th-AssembkHIn
the assembly a resolution was adopted
relating to the licensing of the North.
western Mutual Life Insurance Com.
panY. Bills passed: Am ending and
consolidating the charter of the city of
Beaver Dam; relating to the poor, and
amendatory of the charter of the city of
Watertown; to authorize the county of
Oconto to issue bonds, to provide for
construction of a county jail; to author
ize the loan of trust funds to the town
of Princeton; respecting trusts created
by will, and repeating a law Of 1874;
Providing for the erection Of monume ent
to the memory of the late Governor
Harvey; for the relief of Barberra Sill
verfriend; to empower the COM
mon council of Beleit to pro-
vide security against loss by fire.;
amending chapter 120, revised statutes,
relating to appeals from courts; amend
ing chapter %, revised statutes, relating
to town and town officers; amending
law Of 1877, relating to the salary of the
county Judge of Milwaukee; appropri-
ating Sl00to the Manitowoc county as-
ricultural society; amending section 4,
chapter 146. laws of 1872, relating to
organization of corporations; authoriz-
ing the state Of Maryland to convey to
the United States, the interest of Wis.
consin III the national cemetery at An
tietam; to legalize the action of the
board of supervisors of Fierce county;
/ TO provide for the punishment of the
common law ofense of champerty; TO
refund to the Mineral Point railroad,
s9,431.74; memorial to congress for q
light house on Grand Marias Bay, in
Minnesota
THURSDAY, Feb. 14.-Senats-Bills
we're passed amending charter Of city
Of Beaver Dam; memorial to sGegress,
praying for appropriation for Kewau-
nee harbor; to lay out state road in
Jackson, Wood and Clark counties; in
relation to Catfish river, in county Of
Dane; authorizing governor to execute
deeds of quit claim and release in GER
tain cases; to legalize organization Of
school district No. ,, IN Millston, Jack
son county; to discontinue portion Of
Token Creek and Fort Winnebago ter
.itorial road, IN Columbia county; au-
thorizing exchange of natural history
and prehistoric specimens between
state historical society and state univer-
sity; authorizing commissioners Of
school lands to loan portion of trust
fund to city of La Crosse. Assembly
bills concurred in: Regulating salary Of
Judge and court clerk of Milwaukee
county; under suspension of rules; EN-
powering the common council of Beloit