River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-03-04
Wisconsin Legislature,

day, in honor of Washington's birthday.
| A. bill passed requiring a two-thirds
vote TO disband village organization.
| The commit ee on military affairs re-
| ported adversely ON Kellogg's militia
law. Mr.. Kellogg presented minority
report. Adjourned ill Monday evening.
/ SATURDAY, Feb. 2l.-ASSemblg The
! JOINT senate resolution favoring free trade
| in paper was laid over til Wednesday
| Assembly bills were passed providing Tor
the payment by the city to the county of
| $3.50 per week for prisoners committed
| to the Milwaukee house of correction for
city otfenses; providing for individual
| liability of stockholders ia bank
| ing Institutions; increasing sher.
IFS fees in transporting in
! sane persons to the state hospital; pro-
vidiDg for the disposal of redemption
money remaining in the hands of county
clerks more than six years; making the
! losing party in garnishee suit pay the
costs. A memorial to congress was pass
| ed for national law TO protect the fish
| ia fresh water lakes. Senate bills were
| concurred in relating to the spread of
noxious weeds, and providing that lar
ceny shall be a state prison offense.
/ MONDAY, Feb. 23-Sendte.-The senate
met pursuant to adjournment at $50
/ T. M phb G1JOAllNAt pOb VI
respect for the memory of George Wash
! ington.
! The assembly was not in session.
| TUESDAY, Feb. 24-Sendte.
strances offered against taxing life insur-
ance companies. Petitions presented for
passage of bill equalizing taxes. Assem-
/ bly, bills concurred in: To restore GRIM
! inal Jurisprudence 10 the county of Win
nebago; relating to certain union school
districts in Beloit and vicinity to legal
ize the acts of several deputy clerks of
| Milwaukee; relating to the assessment
and collection of highway taxes; relat-
ing to the Germen and English academy
in the city of Milwaukee; TO fix the sala-
ry of the chief of police of Milwaukee,
and to prohibit police and other officers
of said city from recovering witness fees
in certain cases. 1t fixes the salary of
the chief Of police at $4,000 annually.
Adjourned till Wednesday.
TUESDAY, Feb. "a assembly -RemOn.
| strances offered against restoration of
death penalty, and taxing life insurance
companies. Petitions presented in favor
of death penalty. Special order bill No.
! III restoring the death penalty taken up
and after extended debate was indetin-
| itely postponed by vote of 46 to A. Adj
! journed till Wednesday.
! WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25-SeRdte.-Several
petitions for and remonstrances against
the erection of the county of Webster
were presented also for and against tax
| ing life insurance companies. Bills
passed. Amendatory of acts to incorpOr-
| ate the city of Eau Claire,so as to author
ize the construction of water works by
and for said city; repeating ali laws au-
thOriZing counties to aid in the building
| Nf r0ilrna6c. q hill n annpnnria n the
| industrial school for boys certain sum
of money for current expenses. The as
sembly bill repeating the dog tax law,
| was concurred in.
"WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25-Assem5lg. The
| senate bill to prevent the spread of nox.
| ious weeds was concurred in. A bill
passed authorizing and allowing horses,
mules, cattle and sheep to run at large
on uninclosed lands in county.of ernon.
| The following were indefinitely post
poned: Relating to attachments, chattel
mortgages, bills of sale and assignments.
Joint resolution for an amendment of the
constitution relative to the election OF
sheriffs. Relating to town insurance
companies. Joint assembly resolution
| mo. 16) providing for constitutional
amendment for the total prohibition of
the manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors after January LIST, 1890, except
for mechanical and medicinal purposes,
came up for consideration, and after be-
ing amended so as to exempt native wine
and beer, was ordered to third reading
by ayes 80, noes 81, absent 10.
THURSDAY, Feb. 6-iSe9dte-The man.
damus bill, providing that the supreme
court may decide in contested election
cases, was passed by party vote, Sena-
tors Sacket and Van Schaick voting with
the democrats in the negative. Bills
passed and concurred in: 70 amend sec
ton $50 of the revised statutes, relating
to claims against countless to amend the
! charter of the city of Watertown; to au-
thoriZe the city of Beaver Dam to issue
bonds to build city hail. to legalize
the acts of the supervisors of Monroe
county in paying bounties for the DIES
truction of foxes; relating to the board
| of state canvassers, and amendatory of
section So of chapter ) of the revised
statutes of 1873; to amend section 13l OF
the revised statutes, relating to sherifs'
! fees.
THURSDAY, Feb. 26-4ssem5,y.-The
vote by which the bill to restore
capital punishment was indefinitely post
poned, Tuesday, was reconsidered, 80 to
| Al, and the bill made special order for
! Wednesday next A bill relating to the
west Milwaukee sewerage session occu-
pied a long portion of the day and even
| ing sessions and finally passed. Bills
were indefinitely postponed: The bill
to allow sheriffs ten cents per mile in
| conveying persons to the insane asylum.
| To prohibit the hunting of certain game
| birds with dogs.
| FRIDAY, Feb. 27.-.Seadte-The bien-
! NAL session resolution was again post
poned until Thursday evening next. A
few local bills were passed. The bill
regulating the inspection and sale Of IL
Eliminating oils was killed.
FRIDAY, Feb. 27-4ssem5ly.-Senate
bills were concurred in: Relating to in
dustrial scho bis and commitments there
| to; to authorize the Iowa county agri.
cultural society to donate to the Mineral
| Point railway company piece OF land
| to appropriate to the superintendent OF
| public property $1,000 to purchase the
necessary stationery for the use OF the
| Legislature and state ffices for the cnsu-
| ing year; to allow general accident insur
| ance companies to do business in this state.
A memorial to congress for modlfica-
| tion of the existing laws respecting the
| payment of pensions to disabled exsol-
| diers and sailors, was adopted. A large |
number of purely local bills passed. To |
| limit Inc numDeT Oh JefHlS W WHICH d |
person may be eligible to the office to
county reasurer-forbidding two con-
secutive terms-ayes 50, noes SO.
Amending revised statutes, relating to |
dispositions taken without the state.
Providing for laying out and estab
| fishing state road from the village of /
Cumberland, in Barron county to the |
village of Deer Park, in st. Croix coun-
ty; amending city charter of Chippewa
Falls; extending the time of filing |
claims against the Wisconsin Farm |
Mortgage Land company, till Oct. !,
1880; prohibiting unauthorized COM |
panies and agents from transacting the |
business of insurance in this state; joint
assembly resolution NO. 12) providing |
for female suffrage in this state
Bills indefinitely postponed, were: Con-
ferring the power to fix and collect dog |
licenses upon boards of supervisors;
Amending the revised statutes in the |
matter of foreclosures of mortgages
cutting down the interest collectable on
judgments, from ten per cent. to seven;
increasing taxation of railroad COM
panies.
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.