Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-02-16
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Senate

the enlargement OF the insane hospital at Madison.
IA resolution on the liquor traffic adopted at Joint
convention OF the Congregational and Presbyterian
churches in Milwaukee was presented Bills in
PRODUCED: Providing that girls under II years of age
may be sentenced to the Milwaukee industrial SCHOOL,
appropriating $4,000 for making sorghum expert
mens at the state university; making appropria-
ton to the Southwestern Agricultural society
Blls passed: Giving notaries public power to take
depos1tons of elections to include the costs of suit
| In the amount of judgments obtained by town
insurance companies against polcy-holders. .Ad-
| journed. ~ -
MADIsF, February 8-Bills introduced: Amend
ng tn articles of incorporation of the st. Paul
oad;providing for the care of insane not now pro-
lded Tor; authorizing public park, in the Fifth
ara, city OF Milwaukee, to amend the charter of La
Crosse in relation to elections and appropriations
Bills passed: Appropriang $1,000 for stationary for
Ine use OF the legislatures authorizing the city Of
Milwaukee to purchase certain property in the First
ward for park purposes. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 9.-All matters relating to fe-
male suffrage were made the special order for next
Wednesday evening" with instructions to the select
committee on the subject to report at that time 49,
Bills introduced: Granting the lands ceded to fine
state by congress in 1856 and 1864 to the Sparta and
Lake Superior Railway company; to change the
boundary line of the town of Marinete to repeal an
act for the establishment of normal school in the
Fourth congressional district relating to the state
coat of and providing for seals thereof. to an
propriate $500 to the State Dairymens Association.
providing for the security of the territorial records
OF Michigan filed and recorded in different counties
OF the state; to repeal act relating state via
duct in Winnebago county; to protect insectverous
birds; declaring Knapp's creek navigable: FRO
viding for the purchase of residence for the pow
ernor to change the place of holding elections in the
town OF Brannan, Price county. The Joint assem-
bly, resolution to furnish Hon. NJ NJ. Strong with
state documents for the compilation OF history of
the state was adopted. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 10-This being the last day
on which new business can be entertained, after the
presentation OF large number of petitions, regu-
! lar food of bills ensued. Following are the most
important: To authorize loan of trust funds TO town
of Texas to authorize dams across Pine river Lin
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urer of Calumet county, paid into the state treasury
as fines; changing time of holding court in the fifth
Judicial circuit; to appropriate certain sum of
money to the Historical society; to regulate license
fees of railroad and telegraph companies: to divide
the third judicial circuit and create the thirteenth:
relating to the payment of printing claims for 1855
! $3.50; providing for two state roads from Wood
county to Portage county; to authorize railroad COM
paRies to charge extra when fares collected on
the cars. The resolution relating to the improve
ment of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers was POSTPONED
until next Wednesday, and the joint resolution ex-
| pressing sympathy for Ireland was unanimously
concurred in. The bill to change the boundary
line of Bay View village, Milwaukee county, was
indefinitely postponed. After passing number of
un1mportant measures, the senate adjourned until
O'Clock. At the evening session the following were
| the most important bills presented: AppropTiating
slooto D. Price, for expenses in conestng his seat
in the Sixth senate district of Milwaukee county, a
thorizing the apportonment of the state into con-
gressional and Legislative districts; to remove the
property OF the State Historical society to larger and
more convenient quarters and providing for the es-
adjustment of suitable building therefor; relating
to the requirement of lands by railroad companies
The total number of bills introduced in the sem
ate at the day and evening sessions 103. Adj
| journed.
| MADISON, February 11.-Various unimportant
committee reports were made. IA message from
| the governor was read stating the number of par
dons issued during the year to be 3d. also from the
same, transmitting communication from the SUPER
intendent of furnishing census returns from
the state. The latter referred to the committee
on redistrictng the state. The bill appropriatng
$4,000 to the State Agricultural society came up and
after considerable discussion ordered enprossed
The chair appointed as the Joint select commit
tee on the part of the senate, to whom all papers
pertaining to the liquor prohibition amendment to
the constitution shall be referred Messrs Price
McKeeby and Hunt. Adjourned to Monday even
ing
Assembly.
MADISON, February THE assembly refused Tn
recede from its amendment increasing its repre-
| sentaton on the committee on apportonment from
| seven to nine, and the speaker appointed Messrs
Price, Lawrence and Keogh the assembly men,
| troduced: Providing that illuminating oils shall
stand flash test of 156 degrees, with no fire. maxi
ing 1t mlsdemeanor for one person to treat another
with intoxicating liquor providing for license tax
| on express companies. The speaker appointed
Bradley, Taylor and Stanley committee to consider
the request to have extra edition of the work en-
titled Gathers of wisconsin, nrinted Riils
passed: Making changes in the law relating to
and measures to change the location of the
reVetment in the Sturgeon Bay canal to better one
to encourage the raising eff improved stock to pun
ish mutilation of public records The assembly in
cOmn1tCee OF the whole, Mr.. Lawrence in the
went through the calendar and soon after adjourned
MADISON, February 8.-The largest flood of the
session of prohibtory liquor petitions was received
IA resolution was introduced nstructing the Judi
clary committee to investigate the shortage of
counties in monies paid for fines which should 90 to
the school fund. The resolution calling for an in
vesdgaton into the shortages of the managers of the
Madison insane hospital referred to the commit
tee on charitable and penal institutions Bills in
troduced: To allow any person, persons or CORPORA
tons to acquire rght-of-way and construct tele-
Iyygy limo in, 10
establish state public school for dependent chill
dren; to allow daily papers published three months
to receive $50 for publishing session laws to allow
married women to sue and maintain actions in their
own names, and receive the benefits thereof or of
any Judgment therein; to establish a municipal
court in Richland county, to prevent betting gam
bling and pool selling; to fix the terms of court in
the Fourth circuit to amend the statutes so that in
spectors of elections shall not close the polls for an
hour at noon, but.keep open polls continuously dur
ing the day (Ths is to prevent ballots being abb
stracted at the noon hour); to fix times of court in
the Eleventh circuit; to amend the revised statutes
| in such manner as to increase the hcence fee of
railroads from to per cent on their gross earn
ings; to amend the statutes relative to teaching
foreign languages in schools to amend statutes en-
titled of railroads; to divide the Third judicial and
erect the Thirteenth judicial CREDIT The speaker
called Assembyman Keogh to the chair, soon after
which the assembly passed number of unimpor-
tant bills one of which to pay bounty of Sc for
wolf scalp, So for lynx or wild eat, and So for
| fox. Adjourned.
| MADISON, February 9.-Pettions were received
ton for the repeal of the oil law for the passage of
law giving the right of suffrage to women and for
the appointment of female deputy sheriff in Mil
waukee county. A resolution introduced di-
recting the committee on assessment and collection
OF taxes to inquire whether railway, telegraph and
express companies paid theirfu and equitable share
OF taxes and report by bill otherwise Bills in
| troduced: To amend the revised statutes so as to
allow property sold fort to be redanp,ed within
three years by paying the for which it was sold
with 10 nsead OF 25 per cent. interest thereon and
nstead of 12) per cent. interest the of sell
ing etc. to provide that hereafter all persons SEN
fenced to penal servrude by any court for period of
SIX months or more shall be sentenced to the state
prison; to compel plaintiff twice defeated in court
to give security for costs before third suit goes on;
appropr1ating to the board of immigration the sum
of 600 for each of the years 1881 and 1882
In ALL in addition to the present appropriation; to
allow the school board of Milwaukee more than $780,
but not more than O0 for taking the school census
by the secretary Of said board establish bureau of
statistics providing that the salary of the county
Judge of Milwaukee county shall not be increased or
diminished during his term of Office; co allow the
village OF Princeton Green Lake county, to purchase
canal near by; to extend the time in which railway
laborers may file liens to 60 days; providing for the
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