The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-02-28
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Senate,

statements OF insurance companies; 10 TX con-
stables fees: to allow general accident insurance
companies 10 do business III this state Ad-
iourned till Monday evening.
MADISON. February 16.-Bils passed: TO
appropriate 81 600 to the fish commissioners; TO
create a kswaunee harbor commission; exempt
ing members u fire departments from the pay
ment Of poll tax, and from serving as 1uryrnen;
20 allow town insurance companies 70 decide
when the business OF annual meetings may De
transacted rtrd r0ce. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 1S-The nomination Of
II. II. Giles as member Of the state board of
charities and reforms Sas confirmed Bills
passed Approprlating as, $50 tgr the asylum
Tor the blind; TO allow general accident msn1-
ance companies 10 do business in the state; 70
prevent the spread of noxious weeds; to amend
the charter OF hpon; 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
Menomonee Indian reservation in the county
Of Shawano. Adjourned
MADISON February l8-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 hives
and persons; authorizing judgments OF the
Supreme Court TO be doCketed in the Circuit
Court; to repeal the provisions Of the statute
relating to iuries III County Courts, requiring
fore such request is granted he shall give
security for jury and sherffs fees; 70 repeal the
law which makes county treasurers eligible to
only two terms: 10 legahZe the action OF the
board of supervisors of Lincoln county As
semblv resolutions were cOncurrcd in a. 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 a
minority report In favor of biennial sessions.
One thousand copies of the majority and minor
itv reports were ordered printed for distribution
The resolution Of the Wisconsin Dalrvmen r
ASSOCIATION that Wisconsin railroads dlscr1nan-
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 10
TO Is. g.. Bills to amend the charter of Stevens
Point and authorize the construction Of dam
across EmbarraSs river. in ShawanO county, were
concurred in :. The bill apprOpriatng $4,000
to the Delayan asylum to meet current expenses
WAS passed Rankin offered joint resolution
requesting the cenatOTs 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 Dairvmcn'r
association. respecting discrimination against
them by Wisconsin railroads. were laid on the
table as recommended by the committee on
railroads . Fified introduced a substitute for
the bill to include the Chicago i Tonah rail
road under the general laws and amending the
1lGtlt I1te a nv
company which shall first construct 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 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 substl-
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 cOncmTed III. AdjOurned.
Assembly.
MADISON. February 1.-THE senate resolution
fayoring a bill before congress relative to m
mediate transportation OF dutlable gOOlS was
concured in. The bill 10 allow counties local
option in the matter of giving bounties for the
scalps of wolves, lynXes, Wild cats and foxes,
was PASSED The assembly went into commit
tee of the whole on the general file, and after
wards adjourned.
MADISON. February 16-The senate bill Il
appropriate $500 70 the Wisconsin Dajrymen's
association, and 2 large number of local and
unmportant bills were advanced TO a third
reading. . The bill to repeal the law granting
state aid to high schools 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-
teer fire departments; to provide for fees for
sherifrs. Adjourned.
MADISON, February IA large number OF
remonstrance7 were presented against church
property taxation and the re-ellaCtment of the
death penalty The memorial IN the post
master general for the establishment of a daily
mail between Sussex and Pewaukee, Waukesha
county, was concurred in. Bills indefinitely
postponed Requiring school superintendent &c
possess themselves of a second grade certificate
cutting down the passenger taIlh OF railroad
companies from four TO three cents per mile
providing that garnlshee process shall include
all the costs Adjourned.
MADISON, February 18.-The vote by which
was adopted the memorial TO congress for al
appropriation for the proposed harhor at ke-
Waunee was TecOnsldercd. Darballay then
offered an amendment asking for the sum OF
S25, 600 and that the harbor be built under the
direction of the national government, which wac
adopted. The memorial then passed as amend.
ed. The senate bill to purchase 200 copies OF
Webster's dictionaries fOr OF the pubic
schools was cOncuTred in. The hill to prevent
unqualified persons from practicing medicine
and surgery III the state was indefinitely post
poned; also the blll amending the statutes maxi
ing convicts competent witnesses: also the III!
repeating all laws authorizing counties to sd i
the construction Of railroads: also the BIZ
providing for the assessment OF encm
bered real estate. Bills passed: TO amcnC
the statutes so that sheriifs sLal
not collect the customary ) per cent. on rea
estate sales where the proceeds do not exceed
$500; to create a municipal count for BaTro1
county; authorizing a ferry across the Alissis
Sippi river OF the point where the line of Craw
ford and Vernon counties strikes the river; K
authorize Outagamie county to borrow none,
for constructing court house; to allow Nonro-
county to pay bounties FOR the destruction o
foxes; to authorize the removal Of bodies buried
. in the cemetery in Mackford. Green Lake county
to amend the charter of the city of Portage; re
/ quiring town assessors 10 give official bonds
The bill providing that IN civil caseslt shall onl!
+ be necessary for ten juIymen to concur III a yer
dict was defeated by a vote Of a 10 10. Ad
journed.
/ MADISON, February 19.-BiIs passed: II
authorize the city Of Beaver Dam to issue bond
to build city hall; making wire and barb wiz.
fences legal fences; 10 amend the act incorpora
ting the city of Oconto. =. In response to tn
resolution passed last week. the state board o
charities and reforms submitted a report show
ing that the property at DeIavan owned by tn
state is worth S17,125 if the deaf and drunl
asylum is rebuilt thereon, and if not only a,
400. This does not include the furniture
The church taxation question was then eonsId
cred and settled Rfesser allowed TO With
draw the JOINT resolution offered by him, ant