The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-02-05
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES.

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N Wisconsin. The Governor. in a message
reported the number of pardons granted last
/ year-from the State Prison 10: from the
House OF Correction. 9; from county iails, 9.
ASSEMBLY. demonstrates were received
from over 1900 physicians and druggists
throughout the State against the passage of the
MEDICAL DILL A memorial to Congress- was
presented asking that the General Government
reimburse the city of Milwaukee $40 OOO spent
IN making harbor improvements at that place
/ OF property within the province of the United
States; also to make an appropriation for the
| construction of a harbor of refuge at Milwan-
kee. The principal bills introduced were.
| 10 make the legal rate of interest 6 per cent
and on contract per cent reducing Sheriff's
fees on Inc sale OF property on execution: pro
| WONG that saloon licenses be used to support
the local poor; requiring villages, if they de-
sire to raise tax of more than one-ouarfer of
l per cent, TO submit the question To me elect
ors. The bill to repeal the Tramp law of Last
year was killed.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2S.-SENATE. Petitions
were presented asking for law for the taxation
of church property; for the erection of a ferry
across the st. CrOix river; and for the repeai
| Of the Dog law. Resolutions were introduced.
| Instruotng the superintendent of Public Prop
erty TO furnish the Judiciary Committee with a
copy OF the Revised Statutes and of the session
| LOWS VI 1919, dSklllR 1UT the passage OF s. bill
regulating the freight rates on dairy production
railroads. Bills were introduced: Relating to
/ the merits of mandamTls and prohibition: to
amend chapter 10 of the Revised Statutes: to
/ provide for the better inspection of illuminat-
ing oils manufactured from petroleum and
! other substances: to appropriate $4,000 to the
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, and $4,000
| to Institute for the Education of the Blind: re-
latlng to the assessment for water pipes in the
| CITY or milwaukee,; to protect certain game
birds IN this State; relating to illegal certifi-
Gates, and to amend chapter so of the Revised
Statutes for the preservation of fish
IN Dell creek; to amend the ar
ticles of association of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad Company: to
authorize county Judges to draw papers in
certain cases; to provide for the appoin nlent
of Register of Probate in Milwaukee county:
to extend the time for the construction of a
ferry across the St Croix river: relating to the
Municipal Court of the city of Eau Claire. The
bill to provide for the assessment of property
and the collection of taxes in certain cases was
concurred in under suspension of the rules
The bill to authorize the Commissioners of
School and University lands to loan a portion
of the trust funds to the city of Berlin was
passed.
ASSEMBLY. Numerous petitions for and
against the passage of the medical bill were
presented; also. for the re-enactment of the
Wolf Bounty law, and for an investigation into
the charges of discrimination by Wisconsin
railroads. A resolution was introduced that
the State Board of Charities furnish the Leg
islature with statement of the present con-
dltlon OF Delavan Deaf and Dumb Institute
and give estimates of the probable cost
of its reconstruction. Bills were intro
duced: To Oblige insurance corporations
to take risks on farm buildings but 100 feet
apart; providing FOR the appointment of
Board OF COmmlssiOners to select site for the
Deaf and Dumb Institute, the cost to be not
more than 5,0O0; providing that county
Judges shall be practicing attorneys; to dis
pose of redemption money remaining in the
hands of County Clerks; to allow for incum-
brances III assessing property; to make county
Ireasurers ineligible for reelection. The
Committee On Education recommended in
favor of indefinite postponement of the bill to
establish free libraries
THURSDAY. Jan. 29-SENATE. MIR. McGrew
offered the joint resolution providing for
constitutional amendment looking for biennial
sessions of the Legislature. 1t provides that
the terms of Senators shall be four years,
| and of Assemblymen two years. each to re-
ceiye an annual salary of $500, with all per-
quisites cut off. The bill to extend the iuris-
diction of Justices of the Peace was killed
ASSEMBLY memorial of the State Pho
neers' Association was presented, ordering that
biographies of the members of the first and
second Constitutional Conventions be printed
in book form by the State resolution was
adopted directing the State Board of Charities
and Reform to report relative to the
condition of the State property at
the Delavan Deaf Mute Institution,
with an estimate as to rebuilding the
| same there or elsewhere. Bills were intro
duced: Instituting the Illinois Capital Pun
ishment law in this State; fixing the salaries of
county officers as follows: Treasurer, 81 600;
Clerk, 5000; Clerk of Court, $500: District At
| torney, $500; County Judge 81 0G0: changing
the name of the new county to Lapglade; pro-
viding for more equitable assessment of
| property; for the payment of redemp-
ton money by County Clerks to Coun-
ty Treasurers; that taxes on real estate shall be
| legal offsets against mortgages thereon; rela-
| tive to appeals from Justice Courts that two
thirds vote be necessary to dissolve village
organization, whereas the Revised Statutes now
| provide for majority of votes only Bills were
/ killed: To establish free libraries to bar claims
against the estates Of deceased persons.
FRIDAY, Jan. 30-SENATE.- Anderson
introduced a joint resolution requesting the
| Wisconsin delegation in Congress to secure
! such legislation as will protect the people of
| the West from extortionate freight rates, estab-
! lish uniform maximum rate for transporta-
| ton, and create Board of Commissioners to
regulate Interstate commerce. Bills were in
PRODUCED: TO regulate the sentences of con-
victs by their good behavior; giving authority to
officers or stockholders Of corporations to dis
pose of their effects after the charter shall
have been annulled or shall have expired; ex-
emphng sewing machine agents from the Ped
der's License law; requiring ice mon to PLACE
fences around holes in the ice where they have
been cutting; that all persons committed to the
Insane Asylum shall be examined by/jury
The Governor sent in the following p6mina-
/ nations to the Senate: Nelson Dewey, to be
Director of the State Prison; A. y Turner,
Railroad Commissioner, and Willar9/H Chand-
Ter, Abraham D. Andrews and Thompson D.
Weeks, Normal School Agents. A bill was
passed empowering the United States Court
Commissioners toadminister oaths and take and
certify to the acknowledgment of deeds, etc.
ASSEMBLY. Petitions we're presented in
favor of liquor prohibition, and remonstrances
against capital PUNISHMENT and the Medical
bill A joint resolution directing the State
Board of Health to Investigate the subject of
medical regulation was killed A joint
resolution was / adopted directing the
State Board Of Charities to report with
recommendano1s relative to the incurable in
sane in Wisconsin Bills were introduced:
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