Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-02-25
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.



when the business of annual meetings may be
transacted UiUG U0ce. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 13.-The nomination of
H. FL Giles as q member of the state board of
charities and reforms was confirmed. Bills
passed. Appropriating $4,000 for the asylum
for the blinu; to allow general accident 1nsur-
ance companies to do business in the state; to
prevent the spread OF noxious weeds; to amend
the charter of Ripon: to authorize the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railway company to
abandon a strip of road. Memorials were
passed for an appropriation for the harbOr at
Green Bay and for the sale of portion of the
henomonee Indian reservation in the county
OF ShaWano. .Adj ourned.
MADISON. February 1S.-Bills passed: To
amend the statutes concerning costs and fees
allowed to parties in Circuit Courts; referring to
suits on logs; relating to offenses against lives
and persons; authorizing Judgments of the
Supreme Court to be docketed III the Circuit
Court; to repeal the provisions of the statute
relating to lures in County Courts, requiring
that when a person demands trial by jury, be-
fore such request is granted he shall give
security for jury and sheritfs fees to repeal the
law which makes county treasurers eligible to
only two terms: to legalize the action of the
board of supervisors of Lincoln county. As
sembly resolutions were concurred In as follows:
To amend the charter of the city of Oshkosh
to construct dams across certain streams IN
Northern Wisconsin. :. The joint resolution for
biennial sessions was made a special order for
Tuesday evening next. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 19.-McFetridge from
the committee on state affairs, presented
minority report in favor of biennial sessions.
One thousand copies of the majority and minor
ty reports were ordered printed for distribution.
-. The resolution of the Wisconsin Dairymen's
ASSOCIATION that Wisconsin railroads dlscr1mln-
ated against them in transporting butter and
cheese came up with the report Of the commit
tee on railroads, and was tabled by vote of Is
to 15... Bills to amend the charter of Stevens
Point and authorize the construction of q dam
across Embarrass river. in ShawanO county. were
concurred in The bill appropriating S14, 900
10 the Delavan asylum to meet current expenses
was passed. Rankin offered Joint resolution
requesting the senators and members of Wis
consin to vote for the prompt passage of the
bill before congress to abolish or reduce the
duty on imported printing paper. Adopted
under suspension of the rules. Adjourned
MADISON. February 20.-The bill providing
that girls may be received at the Milwaukee In
dustrial school up to the age of Is, instead of
16 as now, and to provide more satisfactory
system for collecting accounts against counties
came up for final action and was passed.
The resolutions of the Wisconsin DaiTymens
association, respecting discrimination against
them by Wisconsin railroads, were laid on the
table as recommended by the committee on
railroads. .Fifield introduced substitute for
the bill to include the Chicago d IOnlah rail-
road under the general laws, and amending the
same. The substitute provides that any railroad
company which shall first construct q railroad
across Northern Wisconsin from Ashland or any
point on Lake Superior between. townships AZ
and 81 north and east of range west on Lake
Superior TO a junction with the Northern Pacific
railroad, and shall run cars over the same within
three years from the passage of this act, shall
= be relieved from the payment of any license
fees for the period of ten years from the date
of its completion. The amendment, or substi-
tute, was adopted, and the bill referred to the
committee on railroads. Assembly bills to
loan portion of the trust funds Of the state to
Lyndon, ShebOygan county, and to Portage
county. and to create Barron county municipal
court, were concr1rred in. Adjourned.
MADISON. February 21.-The bill requiring a
two-thirds vote to disband village organization
instead of a majority was adopted. The COM
mittee on military affairs reported adversely on
the bill to provide for the greater efficiency of
the Wisconsin National Guard Adjourned
till Tuesday.
Assembly.
MADISON, February 16.-The senate bill to
appropriate $500 to the Wisconsin DaiTymen's
association, and a large number of local and
ylninpoItant bills were advanced to a third
reading. The bill to repeal the law granting
state aid to high schools was indefinitely post
poned; also the bills authorizing county clerks
TO collect fees for tax certificates; to limit the
payment OF per cent. Insurance tax to voIun-
.
sherifs. Adjourned.
MADISON, February IA large number of
circumstances were presented against church
property taxation and the re-enactment of the
death penalty. The memorial to the post
master general for the establishment of daily
mail between Sussex and Pewaukee, Waukesha
county. was concurred in Bills Indefinitely
postponed Requiring school superintendent to
possess themselves OF g second grade certificate;
cutting down the passenger tariff of railroad
companies from four to three cents per mile:
providing that garnishee process shall include
all the costs. Adjourned. s-sss<s
MADISON, February 18.-The vote by which
was adopted the memorial to congress for an
appropriation for the proposed harbOr at Re
waunee was reconsidered. Darballay then
offered an amendment asking for the sum of
$25, 900, and that the harbor be built under the
direction of the national government, which was
adopted. The memorial then passed as amend
ed. The senate bill to purchase 700 copies Of
Webster's dictionaries for use of the public
schools was concurred in. The bill to prevent
unqualified persons from practicng medicine
and surgery in the state was indefinitely post
poned; also the bill amending the statutes MAX
ing convlcts competent witnesses; also the bill
repeating all laws authorizing counties to aid in
the construction of railroads; also the bill
providing for the assessment of encunl-
bered real estate. Bills passed: To amend
the statutes so that sheriffs shal
estate sales where the proceeds do not exceed
$500; to create a municipal court for Barron
county; authorizing a ferry across the Missis-
sIppi river at the point where the line of Craw-
ford and Vernon counties strikes the river; to
authorize Outagamie county to borrow money
for constructing a court house; to allow Monroe
county to pay bountes for the destruction of
foxes; to authorize the removal of bodies buried
IN the cemetery IL Mackford, Green Lake county;
10 amend the charter of the city of Portage: re-
quiring town assessors to give official bonds -
The bill providing that in civil easeslt shall only
be necessary for ten jurymen to concur III a YER
dict was defeated by teof AZ TO AS :. Adj.
journed. = g
MADISON, February 19-Bills passed: To
+ authorize the city of Beaver Dam to issue bonds
to build city hail. making wire and barb vine
fences legal fences; to amend the act incorpora-
i ting the city of Oconto. In response to the
resolution passed last week, the state BOARD of
charities and reforms submitted report show
ing that the property at Delavan owned by the
state is worth 81, 125 if the deaf and dumb
asylum is rebuilt thereon, and if not only S4,-
400. This does not include the furTifJ1l,e