The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23


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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.
MADISON, March I4.-President Bingham and
President (prO tenn Scott absent and no
quorum was present. Price called to the chair.
Under suspension of the rules the following bills
passed. Authorizing the town of Fredonia to build a
bridge over the Milwaukee river; allowing Columbus
to borrow money to build school house; allowing
towns AID villages to hold and invest moneys for
embeshing cemeteries; McFetridge's bill extending
the time ten years for filing claims against the Wis
consin Farm Mortgage Railroad Land company;
Hartman's bill relative to hawkers and peddIers al
lowing the government to have machinery for light
ing the capitol by electricity on trial. and to amend
the charter of Appleton
MADISON. March 15.-The following bills passed:
To amend the charter of the city of Prairie du Chen;
to amend the charter of the city of Watertown rela
ing to bond commissioners and to the powers of 9TH
er city officers to legalize the adjournment of the
Circuit Court for Green county, and to fix the time
for holding the courts In sail county, to amend the
charter of the city of Janesville The joint resolu
ton for an amendment of the constitution relating
to the uniformity of taxation and authorizing the
levy OF income and special taxes ordered to be
engrossed and read third time.
MADISON, March 15.-Pehtons were presented
tue lilQmlQaUng OIL law ana
the passage of the Industrial school bill The fol-
lowing bills were concurred in: To amend the
statute relative to barbed wire fencing; to amend the
statutes relative to weights and measures: to lay out
state road between Pierce and Pepin counties; au-
thorizing Kewaunee to build bridge over Kewau-
nee river; to amend the statute for the preservation
OF trout in Marathon county; to amend the statute
concerning drains; authorizing Chippewa county to
fund its floating Indebtedness; to preserve fish in
Lake Ellen, Sheboygan county; to preserve fish in
Polk county. The bills passed To legalize
the survey of state road in Oconto county, concern
ing criminal proceedings; to authorize loans and ex-
tensions of loans of state trust funds to amend the
statutes relating to attachments. The vote the
bill recording certain instruments reconsidered
and the bill referred AT the evening session COM
mittee reports were received. Adjourned.
MADISON, March IT, Petitions against the In
dustrial school bill, the repeal of the oil law and
Waupaca county bridge presented. "A resolrl-
ton of inquiry into the alleged bribery in the cleo
ton of Senator Angus Cameron was laid over till to-
morrow. Bills passed: Establishing state road
between Wood and Portage counties; opening a road
from Grand Rapids to Stevens Point; amending the
town insurance company statute appropriating S33e
to the Boscobel school; to grade Howell avenue;
amending the public policy oenses statute relating
to salaries of county judges relating to constables
concerning inquests; concerning Outagamie county
real estate; legaZng acts of state road commission
amending the free high school statute; relating to
fees of county ofcers repeating law relative to the
Chippewa Falls Indebtedness. Bills postponed
Concerning criminal proceedings; state certificates
poll taxes power of towns obstructing railroads. ex-
tension of tax warrants; advertising real estate for
taxes. The woman suffrage amendment was voted
down. Adjourned.
MADISON, March 18-Several bills and resolutions
were considered and recommitted. :. The senatorial
bribery investigation referred to a special com.
mitee to report if there sufficient grounds for an
investigation. Bills passed: Relating to a
coat OF arms and great seal for the state amend
ing the Fond du Lac city charter relating to public
printing; providing for bounty on wild animals
....Several unimportant bills indefinitely post
poned The appropriation for the Delavan institute
was reduced. Adjourned.
Assembly.
MADISON, March 14.-Speaker Bradford being alb
sent, McFetridge elected speaker pro tenn .
Amendments to the charters of Racine and Ocono-
mowoc, which have passed the senate, and the
amendment to McCord's bill changing the name of
the village CT Jenny to Lincoln by substituting the
name of Merrill we're concurred in. .Kingston'e
bill appropriating $4,000 to establish sugar expert
ment station on the university farm and to employ
state chemist passed-52 to 10; also Hartmann's
bill providing for formally recording all lands taken
for Streets alleys and public in cities and vii
lagos. In committee of the whole sixty bills were
considered. OF these fifteen were killed and the
balance ordered to be engrossed and read third
time.
MADISON, March 15.-Rewey made a personal ex-
PLANTATION regarding his action in the late senatorial
contest Consideration of the resolution obligine
the standing committees to report by the 18th was
postponed until next Monday. The following bills
passed: Appropratng s. 600 to the Wisconsin State
Agricultural society appropriating $500 to the Wis
consin horticultural society; amending the statutes
relative to punishment in the state prison. appropri
ating $500 to the State Dairymen's association
statutes relat1ye TO the assessment of
property for taxation; providing for services OF
process guardians; to legalize the adjournment
the March term of the Circuit Court in Green county
The bill making insanity ground for divorce
was ordered to third reading. The bill giving
married women the right to sue and maintain an
action passed. .Adj ourned.
MADISON, March 15.-The following bills we're
killed: To amend laws for building bridges by vii
lagos; authorizing Princeton to buy canal stock
The resolution to amend section g. article T. of the
constitution was killed The bills amending the
statute concerning assessment and collection of
taxes, add relating to the taxation of corporations
were made the special order for Thursday evening.
The bill providing for biennial elections and SEES
sions was read third time. In committee of the
evening session the temperance bill defeated-51
to 80 Adjourned.
MADISON, March 17.-Bills passed: Relating to log
driving Elk and Wolf rivers; circuit courts: limit.
Lincoln county supervisors; authorizing bridge tax
IN Ha1ne Outagamie county; relating to indictments
and 1nformations; providing for certain fshways
collection of statistics; attachment and levy grow
ing crops: village bridge building; landlords and
tenants; settlement Of estates; poll taxes; public
printing; relating to dams Bills ordered to third
reading: Relating to protection of farm mortgage
| lands and timber; building dam in Marathon
county; constructing railroad in Clark county;
sessment of taxes; Mississippi ferry; insane COM
mitments The bill changing poll in Price county
was indefinitely postponed. Adjourned
MADISON, March 18.-Bills passed: Relating to
Websters dictionary: dams across Pine river; booms
in Beaver Dam lake; legalzing town board action:
to prevent the spread of diseases; relative to tele-
graph lines; appropriating $500 for purchase OF
state stationery to improve Taylor creek relating
to villages criminal cases; probate of wills; blue
books; Mississippi ferry; fees circuit courts; di
yorces: Hudson city, Stevens Point and New Lon
don; registration; providing for biennial general
elections; relating to Thornapple river. Indefinite
y postponed: The bills relative to liens, Crimes Of
lenses against public policy railroad rebates and
liquor traffic in Beloit. Adjourned