Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-03-13
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THE IMPORTANT MEASURES
passed, may be briefly summarized as
as follows:
The annual tax levy was $248, 900,
against $405, 900 in 1878. There was
appropriated $4,000 to the inventors
OF the Oshkosh steam wagon. A law
was enacted, providing that tramps
should be either sentenced to six
months hard labor in the county Jail
where arrested, or to be put in close
confinement on bread aud water for
30 days, in the discretion of the Judge;
or, in case of refusal to work, to be
sent to State Prison for term not ex-
ceeding two years. The bounty on
wolf scalps was repealed. The cities
of Seymour, in Outagsmie county,
and Ahnapee, in Kewaunee county,
were Incorporated. Two new coun.I
ties were erected, viz: "Price" and
"Marinette;" the boundary of the
county Of "New" was established,
but it was made portion of Shawano,
until the census of 1880 shall snow
that there are 1000 or more inhabi-
tants in the proposed new county.
Provision was made for the publica.
ton and distribution Of the town laws
of the State; this compilation will be
particularly useful in the laying out of
roads, especial pains being made to
give all necessary forms in this most
important branch OF town law. An
act was passed, looking to the COM
pletion OF the Sturgeon Bay Ship
Canal, by obliging the company to
finish their work before being award.
ed State lands therefor. The Cover
nor is by one act authorized to re-
quest competing owners of electric
lights to place their machines on ex-
hibition in the Capitol, for inspection
by the next Legislature, the State,
however, not being bound to purchase
any one of the competing machines;
nor to be at any expense incident to
their exhibition. The Capitol Park
Commission was abolished thus leaving
the care of the park in the hands Of
the Governor. The Supreme Court
having declared unconstitutional those
portions of the assessment law which
regulated the reassessment Of proper
ty after litigation, an act was passed
amending the obnoxious sections, but
not otherwise changing the general
features of the law. Provision was
made for regulating and to a certain
degree restricting the adulteration of
food, drugs, etc. A Board of Emf
grafton was established to consist of
FIVE persons, of whom the Governor
end Secretary of State shall be er-of-
tfcio members; the sum of $4,000, for
salary of Secretary, etc., is the maxi
mum appropriation for the Board,
and an Office is to be established in
the Capitol. The Statute revisers had
thought that there were no more SOL
diers' orphans under age in the State
80 had abolished the Board of Trus-
tees of the Orphan Asylum; but it be-
ing discovered that there were some
eight or ten orphans vet under age,
an act was passed re.establishing the
Board till December, 1879, to provide
for the care thereof in private families;
expenses are limited to 5000; all
these orphans will become OF age by
the time stated.
Most of the acts are local in their
character, and large majority OF
these relate to the logging interests.
The charters of some fifteen or twenty
cities were amended. In the city
charters OF Fond du Lac, Oconomo.
voc and Seymour, somewhat start,
ling departure from all previous legis-
lation was injected, viz: the limitation
of the right to hold Office to free
holders; this is of doubtful constitutions
atty. An important local measure
MAS nassed, to the OBJECT that at mu-
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tors shall be registered as at general
elections several prominent Milwau.
kee lawyers regard this law as like
wise unconstitutional, and propose to
fight it State journal, March 5.