The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-03-25
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.


lowing Assembly bills were conc urred in: To |
amend the Revised Statutes relating to barbed
wire fence to authorize the city of Milwau-
kee to extend the Seventh Ward Park to the
south line OF Mason rect, and to indema
and tike property for that purpose
or to lease or to acquire the same for purchase
and to hold the Same IN trust for the use
OF the Seventh ward Of said city; to amend
chapter rs OF the Revised Statutes, relating to
weights and measures to authorize Grippe va
county to issue bonds for funding lis hoating
Indebtedness. bill was passed authorizing
the School Land Commissioners to loan the
trust funds Of tho State. Shepard's bill speci-
flying the number of pounds to busheI of
wheat, potatoes, ETC., was ordered to q third
reading.
AssEMBLY.-A bill to allow citizens to vote st
the charter elections Registry laws to the con-
trary, was killed. A bill paying bounty for
the destruction of wild animals was passed. The
Joint resolution for an amendment to the con-
stitutjon prohibiting the manufacture and sale
Of intoxicating liquors was killed
by vote Of 81 to 80,
which ends the question for this session.
The Chief Clerk presented the following mem
orandum Of business before the Assembly:
Assembly bills introduced, 522; indefinitely
pObtpOu6u, LOO HOW III lu6 o6udlS, Az III t:lt
hands Of the Governor, 80; approved by the
Governor, "a; now in the engrossing room, 18;
in enrolling room, 10 on the calendar, 13 +; in
tine hands Of committees, 143. The joint reso-
luton providing for biennial elections and BIZ
ennial sessions was amended and ordered read
third time.
THURSDAY, March 17.-SENATE.-There was
great commotion over the charges of bribery
in the late Senatorial contest. Senator Finkeln-
burg offered resolution for an investigating
committee of three Senator's and five Assem-
blymen. Objection was made to its immediate
passage, and it lies over TIL tomorrow.
The Committee on Claims reported against al
lowing Pump" Carpenters cllins. The H.
repeating the law allowing State teachers certi-
fcates to university graduates was indefinitely
postponed. In the Senate to nj 5ht wom-
an suffrage came up on its speei1
order. Eloquent speeches were made
by Senators McKeebe and Price, and against
By Senator Burrows. 1t was refused engross
ment by o vote of IA ayes 16 noes. Senator
Burrows bill to allow women to vote as to
whether suffrage shall be conferred on them
was laid on the table.
ASSEMBLY. were passed: Relating to
the collection of poll-tax in villages; requiring
| relatives Of persons incapable of caring for
| themselves to care for them; and relating to
the levy on growing crops The bill changing
| tho system of assessment, amending sec
| ton 1885, chapter IS, Revised Statutes, was
| sent to third reading. The bill to amend
section 1875 chapter 81, relating to taxa
| ton of railroads, telegraph lines, inland nayi-
| cation and life insurance companies, came up
and was sent to thirl reading. In the even
ing general celebration of st. Patrick's lay
was INDUCED i'll. Each member was furnished
| a green badge by resolution. Speeches were
| made, and a general good time had in honor of
| Ircland's patron saint.
FRIDAY, March 1S.-SENAFE.-The resoiu-
! tons for the investigation of charges that
money had been used in the election of United
States Senator Cameron were referred to a
| special committee. consisting of Senator's Nc
| Keebe Woodman and Paul, with instructions
to investigate il there is any truth in the news
| paper articles charging corruption, and to re-
| port as soon rs practicable. A bill passed pro-
| yiding for State seal, etc.
AssEMBLY.-The Senate bill was concurred in
,ppropriating $500 to the Superintendent of
Public Property for the purchase Of necessary
stationery for the State the current year. The
| JOINT resolution to amend the constitution in
relation to registration, also the resolution to
provide for biennial general elections, were
adopted. Bills amending section 4, 744 Revised
| Statutes, relating to the removal of criminal
cases in justice COURTS amending section $50,
| Revised Statutes, relating to the auditing and
| payment of the fees of Jurors witnesses and
| interpreters in cases other than in Circuit
| Courts; amending section 1856, Revised
| Statutes, relating to divorce from
| the bonds of matrimony were passed.
| The bill appropriating $1,000 to the Emigra
| ton Commissioners for the employment of
agents, ETC., was ordered to a third reading.
All ba bilIr caaEino hill tho land ora Mt of
the Chicago, Portage and Lake Superior Rail-
road Company, and comforting it on them,
we're killed to-day, and the grant still remains
in the Chicago, Portage and Lake Superior.
SATURDAY, March 9.-SENATE.-The follow
ing Senate bills we're passed: Relating to sale
of land for delinquent taxes; to amend the Re-
yised Statutes relating to special powers of the
County Board; to provide for Secretary for
the Board of Public Works of Milwaukee; to
amend the charter of the city of Madison; to
amend the Revised Statutes relating to
the State Historical Society, increasing the
pay of the Corresponding Secretary Of said So
ciety from $50 to $85 per month, and relating
to the binding of certain reports. The follow
| ing Assembly bills were concurred in: To amend
the charter of tne city of GAINESVILLE to author
ize the city of Chippewa Falls to issue bonds for
the purpose Of paying its Indebtedness to
| amend the charter of the city of Port
age to amend the act laying out State road
| from Ahnapee to Green Bay to amend the
charter of the city OF Waupaca. The bill
amending the Excise law, known as the Anti
| treating bill, created considerable discussion
1t was finally slightly amended and ordered to
third reading. The bill forbidding the sale
of intoxicating liquors to minors was amended
SO as to make it operative and ordered to a
third reading.
AssEMBLy.-Blls passed: Relating to the in
spection and measurement Of logs and lumber;
to amend the act authorizing the city of Bos-
cobel to construct toll bridge over the Wis
consin river; authorizing the Governor to de-
liver patents 10 the Chicago and Milwaukee
railway; to change the boundary lines of Ken
dali and Elk Grove, Lafayette county; to pre-
scribe procedure for committing persons to
insane hospitals; to amend the charter of the
city of Fort Howard; authorizing loan Of the
State trust funds to the city of Chippewa Falls.
Senate bill concurred in: Amending the Revised
Statutes relating to attachments.
MONDAY, March 21.- -SESATE.-Assemb bly, bills
were concurred in as follows: To amend
chapter sc, Revised Statutes entitled "of ex-
else and intoxicating liquors." This bill re-
ouires the Iquor-seller to distinguish minors
from adults, and he must not sell liquor to the
former. The Anti-treating bill went through
with amendments. One amendment prohibits
the sale Of checks or tickets through which
drinks could be obtained from second party.
The other prevents the buying of beer, ale, ETC.,
by the bottle and giving away of the same.
TUESDAY, March 22.-SENArE.-Bills were
passed: Authorizing the Governor to execute
and deliver patents to the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company to
encourage the manufacture of strip and sugar
and for other purposes to amend chapter 1893.
laws of $780, entitled &c An act to provide for
service Of process upon transportation compa-
MES to repeal section "A of. the Revised Stat
utes relating to the registry OF electors relating
to non-registered electors for the correction
OF errors in State assessments; relating to
the abandoning of certain lands In the
city Of Milwaukee for public purposes.
The bill to encourage the manufacture Of
strip and sugar and for other purposes, appro-
priatng 81 600 therefor, was. ordered to third
reading. The Committee on Charitable and
Penal Institutions made report upon the in
vestigatIon made last summer into the affairs
Of the State Hospital for the Insane at Mad
ison. The joint resolution for constitutional
amendment providing for an income tax was
ordered to 8 third reading
AssEMBLY.-Bills passed Cutting down the
salaries Of all employees Of the Legislature ex-
cept the chief clerks and Sergeant-at-Arms