Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-03-13

Green Lake county; to appropriate tC
Thomas B. Rogers certain sum OF
money; joint resolution relating to
bankrupt act; asking the senators and
representative in congress to secure a
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.-Senate. the
senate Il 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
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:
Ayes-senators Andrews, Bailey. Bones, Camp
bell. Hathaway, Lopez, Price Reynolds. Scott,
| Swain. Torrey. Treat and Welch-13. :
Noes-Senators Albert. Anderson, Arnold, Bar
den, Grimmer, Mumbrue. Paul. Reed. Rice,
Richardson. Richmond, Sacket. Schneider and
Wing-14
| 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 at the interna-
tional exhibition at Paris; to appro-
pirate $4,000 to the fish com Mission for
the work of propagating fish in this
state; relating to the erection of a'bridge
across Ahnapee river; to lay out a
state road from Wolf river in
Shawano county to Wausau, In Mara
! thon county. The bill relating to
ofenses against the persons and lives of
individuals. This was the capital pun
ishment bill was refused passage by the
following vote:
| Ayes-Sena,ors Andrews. Arnold, Bailey, Camp
| bell. Grimmer. Hathaway. Mumbrue. Price.
Richardson, Sacket, Scott, Swain and Wing-13
Burrows. Lopez, Paul. Reynolds, Rice, Richmond,
TOrrev. Treat and Welch-13.
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.-AssenabLy.
| 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-Senate. Bills
passed: Relating to making out fire
insurance policies; amending the char
ter Of the Germantown Farm ers' 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
pitfalls for insane.
WEDNESDAY, March 6-Assenaby.-I
the assembly bills were indefinitely
postponed relating to town insurance
companies; to amend the charter of
the Keshena improvement company;
to legalize the proceedings CT 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 1869, relating to township
system Of school government; to pro-
vide for licensing surveyors in the state;
relating to the preservation of gave; to
repeal chapter IS, of the act Of 1871
relating to slaughter houses: to repeal
chapter 246, Of law of 1876, relating to
highways and bridges; to provide for
the appointment of a commission to
prepare a law for the incorporation of
cities; to appropriate money to the
home of the friendless; to exempt
Clark county from the operation of
chapter So, laws Of 1876, relating to the
publication of delinquent tax lists; to
appropriate money to St. Luke's hos
pital of Racine.
At the evening session the special
order being the bill relative to di-
vorce came up for action. The
principal clause of the bill is that
when the husband Or wife shall have
been incurably insane for the space Of
eight years Immediately preceding the
commencement of the action for di-
vorce," divorce may be granted. After
long debate and after several motions
of a dilatory nature were made, the re-
commentator of the com mittee on state
affairs to indefinitely postpone, prevail
ed; ayes 80, noes 49,
THURSDAY, March 7.-Seaaote.-In the
senate were presented numerous re-
monstrances against taxing life insur-
ance companies. Assembly bills were
concurred in !: amending the city char
ter of Neenah; under suspension Of the
rules; amending the city charter of
Kenosha; under suspension; amending