Daily globe., 1879-02-15
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Acts Passed Upon Favorably or Otherwise
by the Wisconsin Solons.

Acts Passed Upon Favorably or Otherwis.
by the Wisconsin Solons.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.7
MADISON. Wis, Feb. 14.-In the Senate to
day Senate bills were passed authorizing Hay
wood & McCord to build dam across anc
otherwise improve the Little Chippewa river
Chippewa county, for log driving purposes
providing for the purchase at 81 each of 7O(
copies of Nlcodemus & Conover's maps fo]
public use in certain cases; ayes Is, noes 12
authorizing tie village of West Depere to issue
certain bridge bonds; amending the charter Of
the city of Neenah.
Assembly bills were concurred in relative tC
the preservation of trout in St. Croix ano
Pierce counties; authorizing F. G. Stanley and
others to build and maintain a dam across the
Court O'Reilley river, Chippewa county; au
thorizing VIM. T. Price and others to erect and
maintain dam and otherwise improve for loe
driving purposes O'Neill creek. Chippewa
county; providing for Union High school in
the city of Watertown; relative to the preserva.
tlon OF fish in lakes near Madison; authorizing
X: y. She!lwick to build pier into the waters
OF Lake Michigan from point in Door county
tor the preservation of trout in the waters OF
Marathon county.
The bill reducing the charges BY railroads
express and telegraph companies Is per cent.
was killed in the Assembly.
Bills passed to lay out a State road from Chip.
pewa Falls to Colby; to provide for the preser-
Vation of fish in the waters of Calumet county;
to amend the charter Of Eau Claire; to amend
the statutes relating to reports of clerks of
school districts; to provide for laying out g
State road from Lincoln, Kewaunee county, to
intersect the Green Bay and Sturgeon bay State
road in Brown county; to abolish civil and
criminal jurisdiction in Brown county.
Senate bill was indefinitely postponed pro-
viding for the payment of county orders
Senate bills were concurred in to amend sec.
tion 1876 of the revised statutes, relative to
county courts, in relation to action against
towns; relating to the organization of incor-
poratlons; in relation to duties of assessor; to
encourage the raising of imported stock: to
regulate the publication of county advertising
to protect the people of cities against nui.
sances.
Nothing of Importance was transacted in the
Senate tonight, except to further postpone the
text book bill till Tuesday evening. Both
houses adjourned till Monday evening.
In the Assembly this evening bills were pass
ed to prohibit the killing of any sort of game
with nets, traps spring guns, swivel guns and
by the use of a float or sneak boats; relating to
the State board Of assessment; releasing the
Rum River Il Stevens Point railroad from
building fences for ten years along that road
relating to poisoning wolves.
Ihe resolution proposing an amendment to
the constitution for biennial sessions was order
ed engrossed by substantial majority. A
large batch of important bills were laid over
to Tuesday next. Bills were killed relating to
town insurance companies; relating to bonds
of tho Baraboo Air Line Railroad company; to
establish land marks; relating to publication of
tax sales, and relating to medical diplomas