River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-10

Ordered spreadupon the Journal
Mr.. Ryland, as follows
BoscoBEL Wis, Feb. H. 1881.
HOMO. W R|and:
DEAR SIR--l wish to call your attention, ant
through you that of the legislature, or committee
on appropriations, as you think proper to thu
| laws of 1879, chapter 3d.
This law taxes The public for fish culture, under
the imsy pretext that the state may take egg
| from the ponds stocked, a case never likely tx
arise, and would not be permitted if it did ii
there is no provision in the law to bind the owner
or tFeir assignees and the same will apply to the
stocking of private or unmeandered streams.
think there are but few perspns who bought OF
leased n farm with brook running through wei
stocked with trout no matter by nature or state
but would drive Won or ! off it if they saw we
were filing our baskets. This has been my ex-
perienoe in streams that / have stocked from my
private ponds.
Is it the promise of the state to stock farms
with breeding stock If so, | would like few
cattle and sheep; for whilst 1 was spending the
better part of my life in developing the art OF
fish culture my neighbOrs were gaining wealth
with their flocks and herds.
When state fish commissioner, the brook trout
was placed under my control, and before any
stream was stocked | required the owner of the
brook to sign a contract, and put the same on
record, to allow the public to fish during the cer-
tain months, a copy of which enclose.
And | hope that neither you, or the honorable
body of which you are member, will think me
Otfcious when l suggest the repeal of chapter %
laws of 1879 and to so amend the bill now before
your honorable body that the fish can only be put
in public water or waters made public by surren-
der of the owner, to be Of record.
With great respect, yours,
l.. PALMER.
By the president, from the Wisconsin Cane
Growers association, in favor of the passage of
the bill for the promotion Of sugar cane growing
in Wisconsin ordered spread upon the journal.
BILLS PASSED.
To authorize j. X. Mansfield, 7. L. Lung and
their associates and assigns, to to construct and
maintain boom in Beaver Dam, Dodge county.
BILLS CONQUERED IN.
To authorize the electors of the town of Beloit,
in Rock county, to hold elections in the city of
Beloit,
RESOLUTIONS CONSIDERED.
Relating to the mismanagement Of the Green
Bay & Minnesota railroad, and instructing the
railroad commissioner TO Investigate the same.
The question being on the adoption Of several
amendments, Mr.. Quarles moved that considera-
ton of the resolution be postponed till next
Thursday.
Ayes-Scnators Blackstone, Ellis Griffin, Nc
Keeby, Price, Quarles, and Ryiand-7.
Noes-Senators Burrows, Crosby, Fified, Fink
elnburg Hamilton, Hunt, Kelly. McGrew, Paul,
Rankin, Richardson, Scott, simpson Smith,
Sutherland, Van Schaick, Wiley, Wing and
Woodman-l9.
Absent or not rosiag-Senators Anderson, Car
ter, Delaney, Kusel, Phillips, Thomas, and Wea-
ver-7.
The resolution as amended was then adopted
THURSDAY, March 3-Ho,lse- The senate joint
resolution relative to the loss of the capitol Of
Minnesota, by FIRE and requesting the governor
to send to said state certain documents were
concurred in. tSaid resolutions have been print
ed in the senate proeeedings.)
Mr. keene introduced a resolution offering
reward Of 81 600 for the scalp of Prof. Fenn0r
the Canadian who brought on the eleven feet Of
snow. Referred to committee on education.
The following bills were passed: Authorizing
the town of Waupaca TO appropriate certain
sum Of money to the city of Waupaca; to regu-
late the sale Of Illuminating oils and to repeal
chapter 269 laws Of 1880 to facilitate the sale
of certain tract Of school land in Columbia
county; to authorizs the city Of Chippewa Falls
to issue bonds for the purpose of paying it's in
debtedness; amending the charter OF the city Of
Waupaca: repeating chapter 355, local laws Of
1866, relative to an abstract of tax sales in CO.
lumbia county.
FRIDAY March 4-SeHafe.--The following SEN
ate bills were read third time and passed
Relating to circuit courts special terms, fling
Of decisions. and trials in vacation.
To legalize TIE action and proceedings of the
town board Of the town Of Cedar Lake, in the
county Of Barron, Wisconsin, in laying out
highway therein.
FRIpAY. March 4-Hotse.--In the house moth
ing Of Importance was transacted beyond coming
to vote on the interest bill, which was lost by
vote Of 81 to 45.
sArs.pAY March Ss.ate-The following