Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-15

THURSDAY, March 1th.- assembly,
The assembly conculred in the follow
ing senate bills to appropriate $1,000
to the Milwaukee industrial school fOl
girls relating to the cemetery grounds
III the village Of Elkhorn; to protect tho
state capital from fire; t. provide foi
the removals Of civil actions in certain
cases; to authorize the loanng Of q
portion Of the trust funds 10 the county
OF Wood; relating to county officers: to
authorize Brown county to exchange
bonds with certain bondholdcrs; to
authorize the judge Of the llth judicial
circuit tO appoint acourt commissioner
for the county Of Chippewa; to enable
the governor to execute deeds of quit
claim il certain cases; relating to GER
tain railway bonds; to provide for the
purchase Of 200 copies Of Wcbstcr'S
Dictionary for the use Of the common
schools. Assembly bills passed: To
amend the act incorporating the Me
nomonie river manufacturing company
to authorize the town of Two Rivers in
ManitOwoc county to hold its elections
III the city Of Two Rivers; to amend
the charter Of Stevens Point; TO author
i've the governor to investigate the
claims Of the state to swamp lands lying
IN the state, 10 reduce the price Of
swamp and ovcrllowed lands il LII
Crosse county; to authorize the several
towns Of Portage county 10 appropriate
~ general funds AL license money paid
in said towns; relating to.ad protecting
Ittt "a X. ~,
III st. CroiX county; to appropriate
To the northern hospital for insane
SSSO UO for current expenses; t. secure
to children the benefits Of I'M clemrn-
tary education; (this last bill is mod
crate compulsory education billy; rclat-
ing to steam ferries to provide ior the
erection Of y monument To the late
Governor Harvey; relating "a shcrllI3'
fees IN Crawford county; ~ authorize
the loan OF Il portion Of the trust funds
10 Adams county; to loan IL portion Of
the trust funds to the city Of Chippewa
Fails; 10 repeal tile law todcelarc ccr-
tain highway IN Door ANA kcwauncc
counties state road; relating to game;
to reduce tile price Of swamp and over
flowed lands in kewaunec county; to
prOvide for laying out state road from
the city Of Ccntralia in Wood county to
knoWton in Marathon county; relating
10 the geological survey; to authorize
the loan Of u portion Of the trust funds
to the city Of Stevens Point, Portage
county; to lay out IL state road from
Ahnapcc, kcwalncc county, To inter
sect the Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay
state road at NaaaWonpcc, Door coln-
~; for the preservation Of trout in the
waters Of Crawford county; 10 prevent
the adulteralion Of milk; to lay out II
state road from the village Of Ncccdah,
Juneau county, 10 tile village Of Tom
hnah, Monroe comfy; to amend the
charter Of the Wisconsin river improve
mcm company. Bills wcrc indefinitely
postponed, to limit the rate OF interest !;
To regulate thc rate of interest
FRIpAY, March Still eaate. -I III lie
senate II large number OF circumstances
against thc further taxation of life in
slranec companies were introduced hy
stndrv senators.
Senator Treat introduced the follow
ing Joint resolutions;
Resotyqd IN ne scaate, the a&scnbt e0n-
Wuri0A That the gift Of Ex-Governor G..
G. Wnshburn, Of his residence at Edge
wood for I'M industrial school for girls,
be accepted by the state, and the prop
orty shall he used for tie purpose men
toned III his communication TO Coy.
Smith, Of January |, 1873, or for such
other purposes Of Il like nature as may
he approved hv the donor.
Rcsoired further that the governor be
authorized ANA directed Is take such
formal action rs may be necessary IT,
secure the title to the state, of the
property mentioned lor the purpose au-
hy this resolution.
The resolution WAS adopted by the
following vote
Ives Senators Anderson, Andrews Bailey,
harden, Bones, burrows Campbell, Grimmcr.
Hathaway Lopcr, Nlumbruo, Paul, Rankin, Reed,
Richmond, Scott, swain, rurrcy, Treat, Van
Sehtick, Wrlch aud Wing -
Nots Senators Albert Arnold, lIuid. rrlcc,
Reynolds, Rice, Richardson, Sackrt Schneider
aud Wolf 10
tbStm - ~ rotiad senator Williams l.
hC assembly resolution 10 amend
the constitution, relative 70 biennial SOS
sions of the legislature, was lost. The
hill to fix the rate of interest ut eight
pgr cent WAS lost. Assembly bills were
eoncurrcd i'll authorizing The committee
OIL school and university lands to loan II
portion Of the trust funds t. irincoton
Green Lake county; under suspension
Of the rules, amending city charter Of
Mcnasha under suspension.
Fanny, March s i@,mb4 BIS
passed 10 appropriate So0u for inl-
Wovcmcnt of bridge across Buffalo
Lake; relating republication ana sale
Of reports ot the geological survey
ayes ~, uoes rs, Bills were indefinite
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