Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-03-08

fourth judicial circuit; relating to the
assessment Of property for taxation; OF
trials in criminal cases; TO establish Il
municipal court for the county of Chip
pcwa; to appropriate to Dennis Phclan
and to Peter Swcnson sum Of money
for military service.
WEDNESDAY,. Feb. -. -Assemby.--ln
the Assembly remonstrnees were in
troduced again the passage Of the bill
taxing life insurance companies; and
petitions for the vacation Of the Token
Creek and 1T. Winncbago state road.
Senate bills were cOncuncd IN vacatlng
IL portion OF the Token Creek and Ut.
WInncbago State road; authorizing cor-
tain exchanges between the State His
tolical Society and University; to pro
vide for the improvement Of Catfish
river in Dane county, and 10 authorize
X. A. Kidd and Socrates Chandler to
maintain II ferry across the mississippi
river in the county Of Grant. Assembly
bills passed; relating ton dam on Lutte
Wolf river in Waupaca county; TO codl-
~ the laws relating to common schools:
for the preservation Of brook trout III
Monroe county; to authorize the cOun-
" of Burnett to borrow money; relat-
ing to game in the county Of Eau
Claire, Chippewa, Dunn, Trempeale,au
Buffalo and Pepin and TO repeal
chap. 200, laws Of 1877 relating
to game; TO provide for the
preservation Of fish in Pardees and
Ashley's mill pond in Columbia county;
to lay out state road from the town Of
Marshfcld in Wood county through
Wood and Mnrathon counties vim the
postoiIice Of Royclvlle ID llutchcsOn's
Switch in Marathon county; to appro-
PIRATE to Hugh Lewis II sum Of money;
TO Icgalizc theacts Of Il. W. Button, Il
notary in Shawano county; TO authorize
the sale or conveyance Tor agricultural
purposes certain lands Of Sturgeon Bay
and Lake Michigan ship canal and har-
Dor company; to provide for laying ont
u state road from Lincoln, krwauncc
county, to istcrscrt the Green Bay and
Sturgeon Buy State road 1T Green Bay;
To amend the charter Of Alantowoc: re-
lating 10 the preservation Of fish III
Dates mil pond: to authorize Augustus
l.arose to maintain. dam across Dry
wool cr""G in Chippewa county; for
the preservation of trout in the waters
Of So. CrniX county.
THURSDAY, Feb. %. Srnate In the
Senate numerous circumstances were
introduced against the passage Of No,
1913, S., II bill to fix the license fees OF
life insurance companies. Bills passed
authorizing the purchase of 200 oil
Wobstcr's dictionary for the public
schools; to authorize the formation 81
manufacturers and miners insurance
companies; TO authorize the sale OF
Reports OF the Supreme Court now
owned by the State; relating to the
drainage fund in the several towns.
Assembly bills were concnrrcd IN, 70
provide for the free navigation of the
kickapoo river; relating to the third
trial Of olIenses upon information; to
authorize Joseph Harris to build and
maintain u pier and dock III Sturgeon
Bay, mud to codify the laws relating to
town insurance companies. The bill to
encourage the keeping of stations in
this State was indefinitely postponed.
Tho Senate took II recess until Z 80 p.
NJ
Senator Price, MS 4 special committee
Of ono, to whom was referred the Joint
resolution providing for an am sndmcnt
to the state constitution forever prohib
iting traffic III intoxicating liquors
within the state, read IN elaborate re
port lnyoring the resolution.
The committee OH banks, banking
and insurance, 10 whom WAS referred
tho report of the committee on charita-
bile and penal institutions, recommend
ing the refusal of ex-Guv. Washburn's
gift of the Edgewood property, for an
industrial school for girls, reported add
ycrscly upon the recommendation Of
The latter committee; they recommend
ed the acceptance by the state of the
donation, and the putting the
school into immediate operation, be-
Iieving there existed necessity
for such IN institution, and that
the donation was timely one.
Bills were indefinitely postponed: to al
low the right of conscience in matters
of religious belief, in State institutions;
relating to publication of Supreme
Court decisions. Bill passed; appropri-
ating $4,000 for the erection Of build
ings for the Milwaukee Industrial
School for Girls; under suspension Of
rules; ayes, %; noes. 4.
THURSDAY, Feb. 2Sth.--tSsembly.-In
the assembly u large number Of remon-
strnnccs were introduced: Against the
passage Of the bill taxing the lifc insur-
ancc companies Senate bills were con
CURED in, 10 appropriate To the county
Of Dodge S19S50 to legal1e the or
ganiMtiou Of school district No. : of
Millston; appropriating SlS.50O 10 insti-
tuto lor the blind appropriating $4,000
70 superintendent of pubic property
for stationery, approprlMting money to