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

| town Of Nocedah, juneau county: r.
lating to cemetery associations; 70 au-
thorize the city of WATERFOWL to issue
bonds to compromise its indebtedness:
relating to taxing dogs; to legalize the
acts of the board of supervisors Of Chin
pcwa county in electing superintend,
-nt of the poor; for the preservation of
game; relating to town officers and the
powers and duties of towns.
The bill to authorize OcontO county
to issue bonds to construct county
jail was indefinitely postponed. The
bill relating to exemptions of mecban-
les and laborers was also indefinitely
postponed.
MONDAY, March 4.-Assen,by.-In the
assembly resolution was concurred
in concerning freight and passenger
traffic on railways. Bills were passed:
TO amend chapter Ga Of the general
laws of 1871, authorizing town super
visors to construct drains in certain
cases; to appropriate to school district
No. 8, of the town Of Highland, Iowa
county, q sum of money; regulating
the keeping and maintaining Of
slaughter houses in this state; au.
thorizing the town of Plymouth, She
boygan county, to hold its elections and
transact its business in the city Of
Plymouth; relating to the preservation
10 game Of the state;
to laying out state road from the
town Of Marinette, Oconto county, to
Big Suamico, Brown county; to appro-
pirate the drainage fund in township
No. %, range q east, Door county, for
highway purposes; for the preservation
of fish in the Kingston mlllpond, in
Green Lake county; to appropriate to
Thomas b. Rogers a certain sum Of
money; joint resolution relating to
bankrupt act; asking the senators and
representatives in congress to secure
survey of the head water of the st.
Croix. Senate bills were concurred in:
To amend act incorporating the Law
renee Institute OF Wisconsin,; to provide
compensation for services of the presi-
dent pro tenn. of the senate; to amend
law incorporating the city of Columbus.
Bills were Indefinitely postponed: Re-
lating to highways upon town bounda-
ries. On motion of Mr.. Kelly, the as
sembly went into committee of the
whole.
TUESDAY, March 5.-Sendte. the
senate number of remOnstrances 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 CT
ties and villages to fund their indebted
ness. Joint resolution No. 10. 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:
bell Hathaway, l. per. Price Reynolds, Scott,
swain. Torrey. Treat aud Welch-13.
Noes->ena'ors Albert Anderson, Arnold, Bar
den, Grimmer Mumbrne. Paul. Reed. Rice
Richardson, Richmond Sacket, Schneider ana
Winv-l4
Bills passed 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 Mt the interna-
tional exhibition at Paris; to appro-
pirate $1,000 to the fish 0ission for
the work of propagating fish .in this
state; relating to the erection of bridge
across Ahnapee river; to lay out a
state road from Wolf river in
Shawano county to Wausau, in Mara
thon &C nty. The bill relating to
offenses against the persons and lives of
individuals. This was the capital pun
ishment billy was refused passage by the
following vote:
ayes SENATORS Andrews Arnold, Bailey, Camp.
bell. Grimmer. Hathaway. Mnmbrne. Price.
Richardson, Sacket, Scott, Swain and Wing-l3
Noes-senators Albert, nderson, Barden. Bones,
Burrows Lopez, Paul Reynolds, Rice, RicAmond,
rorrey. Treat and Welch-l3
Bills were concurred in for the pre-,
scrvation 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.-Assembly.-In
the assembly several circumstances
were introduced against the passage of
the bill to tax life insurance companies.
The greater portion of the session was
spent in the committee of the whole
considering bills.
WEDNESDAY, March 6--Sendte Bills
passed: Relating to making out fire
insurance policies; amending the char
ter of the Germantown Farmers Mutu-
al fire insurance company; relating to
foreclosure of mortgages; for locating
strances against passage of bill to tax
and changing county seats; The rest of
session was given to work in committee
Of the whole on the bills relating to hos
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