The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-03-12
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.

MADISON, February 26.-Bills indefinitely post
| poned To define and punish perjury in certain
cases; TO prescribe form for printing election
tickets, and prohibiting the of all devices names
OF political parties, etc.; to limit insurable risks
real property The bill to appropriate $500 to the
| State Darymen's association was passed . Bills
concurred in: Amending section 1898 of the revised
statutes relating TO town insurance corporations; to
amend the act Incorporating the Yellow River I'M
| proVement company; providing that the bonds of
justices Of the peace may be approved by any two of
the town board of supervisors; to amend section Oil
of the revised statutes entitled Of villages to amend
! the law for the preservation Of fish and game
| Upon motion of Thomas the bill introduced by
! Sutherland to repeal section 1927 of the revised
statutes, relating to the registration of marriages,
births and deaths, was passed under suspension of
rules, An attempt made to adjourn until Tuesday
was defeated, and the senate was declared adjourned
until Monday evening.
MADISON, February 29-Owing to the snow block
ade on the various railroad lines many members
were belated, and the senate was unable to
quorum.
MADISON, March NO day session was held
owing to lack Of quorum In the evening the fe-
male suffrage measure was taken, and after con-
siderable speech-making was postponed until next
Tuesday.
MADISON, March I'm the senate this morning
the rules were suspended, and Simpsons bill to re-
peal the registration law of Milwaukee, passed last
year. was passed. The resolution to enforce the
rule prohibiting any senator from speaking more
than twice in one day the question was lost
THE rule prohibiting the introduction of new
business was suspended to allow Crosby to introduce
one new bill. The senate bill passed appropriating
money 10 pay the chief clerk for transcribing the
journal, and the assembly bill apDropriating 300
to the Wool Growers association was concurred in
lone of the longest and ablest debates of the
session occurred on the bin to provide that but
lawyers be elected county judges Supreme Court
justices. The bill finally postponed indefinitely
-. On motion of Thomas, the senate passed reso-
luton OF sympathy with the people of Minnesota
over the loss of their capitol by fire. and directing
Governor Smith to send to the governor OF Minnesota
such statutes digests etc. be spared to replace
those burnt in the Supreme Court law library 49,.
Adjourned.
MADISON, March 3.-A memorial from the Cane
Growers association asking for the passage of
bill authorizing an appropriation for experimenting
IN cane growing was read. -. The joint resolution
IN regard to the management of the Green Bay and
Minnesota railroad excited long and animated de-
bate, but it finally passed After disposinc of
several minor matters the senate adjourned
MADISON, March 4-Bils passed: Establishing
penalty for destroying telegraph lines or divulgng
contents Of messages; providing that criminals
sentenced for than two years be sent to state
prison; approprating 81 900 to the Oshkosh fair and
$500 to the Mineral Point fair The bill providing
for the erection OF new state building referred
to the committee on education. Arguments were
made by j. II. Howe and j. W. Cary against the
passage of Quarles' railway bill. The bill de-
feated. In the evening session the bin providing
for uniformity in fire insurance policies passed; also
the Dill providing for state entOmolOgist.
Assembly.
MADISON, February 26.-B:Ts indefinitely post
poned: To amend revised statutes relative to town
insurance companies: apprOpriating $500 TO the
Wisconsin Tobacco Growers association: to create
the Municipal Court Of the city of Portage: author
1zng the Jenny Lumber company to improve New
wood river. Lincoln county; amending section 1877,
revised statutes relating to towns, cities and villages
relating to the county of Langlade; establishing
Municipal Court in Stevens Point repeating subdi-
vision TO- section , chapter 1914 laws of 1879 amend
ing the revised statutes; amending section Pass,
revised statutes, relating to County Courts relating
to exemptions, and amendatory TO subdivision g.
section 2S2, chapter 100, revised statutes; amending
chapter 300, revised statutes relating to inauests of
the dead; relating to county Judges and repeating
Gp1 cte
the forms of the town laws of 1S79 amending section
l. chapter 2o4, laws of 1879, entitled relating
secret beneficiary charitable and benevolent orders
Adjourned till Monday evening.
MADISON, February 28.-The assembly met to-
night, but adjourned without quorum.
MADISON, March IA small amount of unimpor-
tant business was transacted after which the assem-
bly, adjourned
MADISON, March 2.-In the assembly there was
not quorum this morning. session held to
night and after attending to business took up the
joint resolution relating to female suffrage. Speeches
for and against, and lasting two hours, were made
by Messrs Briggs, Rewey and Sage. No vote was
reached and further consideration was POSTPONED
until Wednesday next.
MADISON, March "A large number of petitions
We're received from Milwaukee protesting against
placing the Industrial School for Girls under state
control Discussion of the Carpenter resolutions
of respect was fixed for Tuesday The following
bills passed. Repeating the Milwaukee registry law
OF 1879; to compel foreign transportation companies
to keep an attorney in the state; compelling railroad
companies to keep their tracks fenced; prescribing
penalty for treating others to liquor; extending ten
years the time for filing claims with the Farm Mort
gage Land company; compelling destruction of OBJ
noxlous weeds: authorizing wife TO notify saloon
Keepers not TO sell liquor TO a drunken husband
changing the name of Jenny to Lincoln; prohibiting
an agent or an officer of an insurance company from
being an assessor giving towns power to collect poll
taxes; making obstruction of railway tracks resulting
in death murder in the first degree. In the even
ing session the resolution directing the railroad COM
missioner to examine the Green Bay & Minnesota
railway tthe senate resoution) passed. SO to L.
Layerenz's proposed constitutional amendment tax
ing all property uniformly, except burial places and
public property passed.
MADISON, March 4.-The following bills were
passed: Allowing the town officers to become an in
surance company: allowing Milwaukee to issue tax
decd at the end of three years unredeened lands
allowing railroads to elect directors for one two and
three years: owing the Milwaukee school board to
control funds for ordinary repairs. bill allowing
the school commissioners of Milwaukee to be APP
pointed on recommendation of one or more alder
men was killed. bill passed allowing appro-
prlaton Of S525 for transeribing clerk.