Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-03-13
Legislative Summary.

the Improvement of the streets OF
Milwaukee; to repeal section l, chap
ter IA, laws of 1876, relating to
the charter Of Milwaukee; to provide
for the payment of labor in the
lawful money of the United States;
Joint resolution amending the co,lstitu-
ton, providing for biennial sessions.
Senate bills were cOncurred in: relative
to the disposition of license money in
the town Beewaskum; to authorize the
town of Rushford to borrow money.
Bills were indefinitely postponed: in re-
lation to sewerage in Milwaukee;
amending chapter IA, laws of 1875, OF
the charter of Milwaukee,; in relation to
the sewerage system in Milwaukee,;
amending section 2, chapter 1874, laws
of 1874, relating to the charter of Mil
waukee; amending section !, chapter
344, laws of 1875, relating to inquest of
the dead; to revise and consolidate the
charter Of the city Of Sheboygan.
SATURDAY, March 2-Se,u,.e. the
Senate large number of emonstrances
were int. oduced against the passage of
No. lG3, s., taxing life insurance com
panies. Joint resolution, No. ID, S., to
amend the constitution so ~ to prohibit
the traffic in Intoxicating liquors came
up for consideration. On this resolu-
ton its passage would require major
ty Of all Senators elected and il was
refused adoption by the following vote:
Ayes-Senators Andrews, Bailey Bones, Camp
bell, trimmer. hatnawa'. Lopez Price Rey-
nolds. scott, swain orrey and WEIGH l3.
nnf hDr q Bn Al
Reed, Schneider Williams Z.
absent or not y0tina Senators Anderson, Ar
no d .arden. hurrows kankin, Rice, Richard
son Richmond. sacket Treat. Van Setback,
Wing and Wo f-13.
Bills were passed to amend the char
ter Of the city of Columbus to lay out
q boulevarde in the city of Milwaukee,;
to amend the charter Of the city of
Chippewa Falls; to legalize the acts of
the district attorney of Brown county;
relating to transcribing the Senate and
Assembly journals; to authorize w. II.
Horn to build u pier in Lake Michigan;
relating to swamp and overtlowed lands
in the counties of Manitowoc and Cal
umet; to appropriate to the Wisconsin
State Hospital for Insane $S9,372
for current expenses; relating to
boOms on the " isconsin river.
Assembly bills were concurred in; to
appropriate to Hugh Lewis $l75, ayes,
IS: noes, 4; for the improvement of
the Embarrass river; to legalize acts of
the Rocky Mound Grange Company;
to authorize the city Of Manitowoc to
issue certificates Of Indebtedness; to
legalize official acts of William Shum-
way; toauthorize cemetery associations
tocrect buildings for the purpose Of
holding burial services therein; to
legalize the official acts of the board of
trustees Of the Fremont Cemetery
Association in Waupaca county; to
authorize the commissioners of school
and university lands to convey certain
lands to the Sturgeon Bay and Lake
Michigan Ship Canal and Harbor Com
pany; to authorize the commissioners
of school and university lands to loan
portion of the trust funds to the city of
New London: to authorize the com
missioners of school and university
lands to loan portion of the
trust funds to the town of
Princeton, Green Lake county;
Bills were indefinitely postponed: re-
lating % the employment of children in
factories and workshops in this state;
relating to town treasurers; to prescribe
the duties Of town officers; to provide
Photographic reporter for the 9th judi
cial circuit; to amend the charter of
the city of Chippewa FALL to incorpo-
rate the city OF Neillsville; to lay out a
state road fro'A Beaver Dam Lake,
Barron coun.y, to Butternut Station,
Ashland ccdnty; to regulate district.
ward and graded schools.
SATUB3Ay, March, 2.-As%nablu-lnI
the assembly bills passed to amend an
act IL relation to the public sch OILS in
the city of Watertown; to amend chap.
ter 36+ laws of 1876 relating to sheriifs'
fees; to incorporate the city of Wua-
pun. Senate bills were concurred in
to prevent deceptive statements by in
surance companies; relating to dam
on Little Wolf river in Waupacca coun-
ty. Bills were indefinitely postponed: !
to authorize the secretary of>tate to au-
dit the claim of Nelson Mcneil; rela,-
ing to district, ward and graded schools;
to incorporate the city of New London.
a large number of circumstances were
presented against the passage of No.
sos A. to provide for licensing life in
surance companies.
MONDAY, March 4th. -Sen0te-In the
senate n number Of remonStrances
were presented against the passage of
the bill, taxing life insurance compan-
les; remonstrance against the passage
of any law exempting railway lands
from taxation; also 4 petition for an ex-
tension of the time for the completion
of the North Wisconsin railway Bills
passed: to exempt the lands of the