Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-09
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.

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the members being absent without leave. Van
| Schaick introduced bin detaching 145 from
| section 10, town of Lake, Milwaukee county, and
changing the boundaries of Bay View village to con-
| form Herewith. The lieutenant governor trans
mitted to the senate the various resolutions adopted
by the state grange against patent right swindlers
discriminating railroads, monied monopolists, etc.,
and asking that the legislature memorabilia congress
in the interest of interstate commerce. also another
grange resolution for appropriation to make ex-
periments in sugar cane raising at the university
farm. Adjourned.
/ MADISON February IA communication sub
mitted from the board of trustees of the Wisconsin
state hospital for the insane, in which there n
resolution asking for appropriation of $4,000 for
arteslan wells on the asylum grounds The resou-
ment to the constitution extending to women the
right OF suffrage as well as to other persons in
troduced, and the chair appointed Messrs. Simpson,
Quarles and Anderson as special committee to
| whom such constitutional amendments should be
| ferred. The assembly resolution relating to
| vict labor was concurred in, also the joint
| resolution providing for the purchase of 500 rail-
| road maps Bills introduced: For the pre-
venon of the spread of infectious and pestenta
eases; relating to costs and fees in Circuit Courts
IA bill to provide the senate and assembly with
two copies each of Webster's dictionary for use in
the enrolling and engrossing rooms, was laid over
/ -. Adjourned
| MADISON, February "A communication Was re-
ceived from the survivors of the state constitutional
and pioneer association, asking for the publication
of extra copies of documents furnished to said sur
vivors by act Of 1880. Resolutions presented:
Calling on Wisconsin representatives in congress to
uay regulate Interstate commerce and prevent ex-
tortionate freight charges; requesting the said
bers to support the pending bill in relation to duty
on barley and malt; extending sympathy to the peo
pie of Ireland in their present troubles. Bills in
troduced: For disappointment Of state entymolo-
gist appropriating 5000 to the state historical
cety. "A message received from the governor
transmitting documents in connection with the in
vestigation of the Madison insane asylum; also
making the following nominations DIR. Scion Marks,
of Milwaukee, to be member of the state board Of
health; Jonathan II. Evans, of Grant county, Carl
Der1inger, OF Milwaukee, and c. A. Hutchins of
FOND du Lac, to be regents OF normal schools, and
! G. L. Valentine, of Rock county, commissioner of
fisheries. -. On motion, the chair authorized to
appoint the new committee on assessment and taxes.
The bill fixing the time of holding the Circuit
| Court in the Tenth judicial circuit concurred
in under suspension of the rules, also the as
sembly Joint resolution the relief of the Stock
bridge and Munc1e Indians. The joint resolution
in relation to Interstate commerce, the telegraph
| and patent laws, deferred until tomorrow.
MADISON, February "a resolution instructing
the committee charitable and penal institutions to
ascertain whether the shortages to the Madison in
sane asylum fund had been made good, was laid
over, and resolution nstructing the attorney-gen-
eral to begin suit against the official bond of Steward
Gardner of the institution for shortages in his
accounts was referred to the committee charitable
and penal institutions Bills introduced: To APP
propriate to 3. b. Hunting the sum of $3.50 on ac-
count Of service in the army; 10 egalize the acts
the town board, Cedar Lake, Barron county; to ap-
| propriate s., 900 to the Northern Wisconsin Agr-
cultural society, and 5000 to the State Horticultural
society; to authorize village boards to levy village
taxes. After debate the Joint
ton introduced by Senator Andrews asking congress
to levy special duty on barley malt referred to
the committee federal relations by vote of ayes
Is, nays Is. The joint resolution asking congress
to vote for the Reagan bill was referred to the comit
tee on federal relations. The joint resolution
pressing sympathy with the suffering people of Ire
land adopted, also the constitutional
amendment relating to the liquor traffic to special
committee. Adjourned
MADISON, February 4-Petitions were presented
for prohibtory liquor amendment. and to protect
! sheep against o.
Hding for constitutional amendment giving the
Legislature power to enact laws governing the regis
traton of qualified votes and to protect the purity
of the ballot box. "A resolution authorizing the
governor to send agents to Washington to secure an
appropriation for the Fox and Wisconsin river i'm
provement provoked considerable debate, when fur
ther consideration of the matter postponed until
Tuesday next A bill requiring the settlement OF
all printing claims for the years 1880, accom-
panied by memorial by S. d. Carpenter, setting
forth the justice of his claim, referred to the
joint committee on printing Bills introduced: To
regulate and punish the aduleration of food drugs
etc.. fixing the fees of clerks of courts for making
reports of statistics at $500, to be allowed by the
board Of supervisors. The recent nominations by
| the governor for 4 member of the state board of
health, for regents of the normal schools, for
missioners of fisheries and for STATE supervisor
OF oil inspectors were unanimously confirmed.
The amendments OF the assembly to the joint
resolution relating to the legislative redistricng of
the state reconcurred in The Joint resolution
| instructing the committee charitable and penal
institutions to inquire whether the shortages in the
accounts of the officers of the state hospital had
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Webster's unabridged dictionaries was indefinitely
postponed. Adjourned till Monday evening.
Assembly.
MADISON, January 31.-Numerous petitions for
the repeal of the law regulating the use of illunn-
ating oils, and for prohibitory LIQUOR amendment
| to thee constitution presented. Troy intro
duced the resolutions adopted by the state grange
urging the legislature to make appropriations for
d Tngar t6 and
statutes relating to insurance corporations to au-
thorze Oconto county to issue bonds to fund the in
debtedness; appropriating S136. 33 to Mary Downy
for the service of her in the war: amending the
revised statutes relating to railroads. to amend the
revised statutes relating to liens upon logs and tim
| Der. Adjourned.
| MADISON, February Fifteen petitions appre-
eating 1,129 names, praying for prohbiory liquor
provision in the constitution, were presented . "A
resolution introduced requesting the state treas
to report all monies received from counties since
1870 account of fines imposed DIV justices of the
| peace The resolution to provide each member
with copy of the recent compilation of town laws
| came up, and after being amended SO as to require
the members to pay for the books their cost price
the resolution was defeated. The assembly then
went into committee of the whole the general file
After the committee arose. number of bills were
ordered to third reading, and the following were
| amendatory Of sections 1891 and 1882 of the re-
vised statutes to provide for the disposal of redemp
ton money remaining in the hands of county clerks
more than six years; relating to publishing the pro-
ceedings of county boards and amendatory of chan
ter 1856 of the laws of $780, to repeal chapter 3O7 of
dropped hint to the effect that Saturday morning
meetings would tend to materially hasten the end of
the present session, and the assembly Immediately
thereafter adjourned.
MADISON, February 2.-Petitons aggregating 661
Names asking for the prohbitory liquor legislation
| were presented "A memorial to congress asking
the passage OF bill rghting the wrongs of the Stock
| bridge and Muncie Indians was passed under sus-
pension OF the rules A resolution expressive of
sympathy for the Irish people in their present dis
trcss was presented Bills introduced: To prevent
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professional titles; providing for the recording Of
lands taken for streets by cities and villages; to pro-
hibit members of the legislature from receiving rail-
road passes; providing for the compensation of en-
ployes of the legislature for 1881 The senate bill
allowing the bill of the Madison insane hospital in
vestigatng committee concurred in as was also
a memorial relating to the harbor at Ahnapee. -.
Adjourned.
MADISON, February 3.-The joint resolution asking
the Wisconsin member of congress to support the
Reagan interstate bill referred to the
committee federal relations, with instructions to
report in one week. The resolution expressing
sympathy for the people of Ireland passed with
out dissenting VOTE The judiciary committee