Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-03-14
VOL. XXI.
Legislative Summary.

SeHdJe IL humber q circumstances were
presented against the bill taxing life in
surance companies. A bill was intro
duced by the committee on finance,
banks and banking to enable towns
cities and villages to fund their indebt-
edness. Joint resolution No. 13, S., to
amend the constitution to prohibit the
traffic in intoxicating liquors came up
for adoption and elected the sharpest
debate of the session. The resolution
was refused adoption by the following
vote:
4yes-Senators Andrews, Bailey, Bones, Camp
bell. Hathaway, Loper, Price, Reynolds, Scott,
Swain, TOrFey, Treat and WelCh-13.
NOeS-Senators Albert, Anderson, Arnold, FAR
den, Grimmer, Mumbrue, Paul. Reed Rice, Rich
ardson, Richm" ! Sacket, Schneider and Wing
Ii.
Bills posed: regulating the licensing
of the sale of intoxicating liquors; TO
amend the charter of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Company; to
provide for the exhibition Of the dairy
products of this state at the interna-
tional exhibition at Paris; to appropri-
ate S., 900 to the fish commission for
the work of propagating fish in this
state; relating to the erection of Il bridge
across Al napee river; to lay out Il state
road from Wolfriver in Shawano county
to Wausau, in Marathon county. The
bill relating to offenses against the per-
sons and lives of individuals This was
the capital punishment bill) was refused
passage by the following vote:
Ayes-Senators Andrews, Arnold, Bailey Camp
bell, Grimmer, Hathaway. Mumbrue. Price,
Richardson, Sacket, Scott, Swain, and Wing-13
N0eS-Senators Albert, Anderson Barden, bones,
Burrows, Loper. Paul, Reynolds, Rice, Richmond
Iorrey, Treat, and Welch-l3.
Bills were concurred in for the pre-
servation of brook trout in Monroe
county; also for the preservation of
brook trout in st. CrOiX county; also for
the preservation of fish in Dates mill
pond and streams running into the
same; also in Pardee's & Ashley's mill
pond and streams running into the
same.
TUESDAY, March 5.-ASsemJg.-In
the assembly several remonstrances
were introduced against the passage of
the bill to tax life insurance companies.
The greater portion of the ses sion was
spent in the committee of the whole
considering bills
WEDNESDAY, March 6.-Senate. Bills
passed Relating to making out fire in
surance policies amending the charter
of the Germantown Farmers Mutual
fire insurance company; relating to
foreclosure of mortgages. The rest of
the session was given to work in COM
mlttee of the whole on the bills relating
to hospital for insane.
WEDNESDAY, March 6.-ASsem6h.-In
the assembly bills were indefinitely post
poned relating to town insurance COM
panies; to amend the charter of the
keshena improvement company; to
legalize the proceedings of the Farm
ers' fire insurance company; to amend
the act of 1876 relating to railroads,
express and telegraph companies to
amend chapter 344, laws of 1876, re
lating to town insurance companies;
to authorize town insurance companies
to insure real and personal property in
adjoining counties; to repeal chapter
1S2, laws of of1S69, relating to township
system of school government; to pro-
vide for licensing surveyors in the state;
relating to the preservation of game; to
repeal chapter %, of the act of 1871,
relating TO slaughter houses; to repeal
chapter 246. Of law of OF 1876, relating
to highways and bridges; to provide for
the appointment of Il commissioner to
prepare law for the incorporation of
cities; to appropriate money to the
home Of the friendlesS; to exempt
Clark county from the operation of
chapter 50, laws of 1876, relating to the
publication Of delinquent tax lists; to
appropriate money to St Luke's hos
pital ut Racine.
At the evening session the special
order being the bill relative TO divorce
came up for action. The principal
clause of the bill is that ''when the hus-
band or wife shall have been incurably
insane for the space of eight years inn
mediately preceding the commence
ment ofthe action for divorce" divorce
may be granted. After long debate
and after several motions of Il dilatory
nature were made, the recOmmenda-
ton of the committee on state affairs
to indefinitely postpone, prevailed; ayes
90, noes 80.
THURSDAY, March 7.-Senate.- the
senate were presented numerous re
monstrances against taxing life insur
ance companies Assembly bills were
concurred in: amending the city char
ter of Ncenah; under suspension
amending the act Incorporating tht
Nashota Home, relative to election
of trustees; relative to sherif's fees
relative to city printing in Milwaukee
relative to county printing III Milwau
kee The county insane hospital bi
came UP, as the special order. 1t wa
engroSsed and read third time, by tn
following vote:
IyeS-Senators Albert, Andrews Arnold, Ba
ley, Barden, Hathaway, Mumbrue, Paul, Rec
Reynolds, Rice Richardson, Richmond, Schne
der, Swain. Treat. Van Schaick, Welch. Nil!iam
Wing and Wolf-2l.
N0eS-Senators Anderson, Campbell, Grimme
Hudd. Loper, Pice Rankin, Sacket, Scott an
Torrey-10.
4bsent OF not roHag-senators Bones and Blu
rows
Bills passed. Relating to publicatio
and sale of reports of the geologica
survey-ayeS, 2S: noes, l; authorzin
the state board of health to make its al
nual report, and publish 5000 copie
thereof-ayes, p; noes, .. The bill t
codify the laws relating to iceves wa
killed; also the bill for capital punisl
mens.
THURSDAY, March 7th.-ASSenbty-
The assembly concurred in the follow
ing senate bills: to appropriate $500
to the Milwaukee industrial school f
girls; relating to the cemetery ground
in the village of Elkhorn; to protect til
state capitol from fire; to provide fl
the rem ovals of civil actions in certai
cases: to authorize the loaning of
portion of the trust funds to the coun,
of Wood relating to county officer
to authorize Brown county to eXchans