Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-02
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.


including compelling officers sentenciup hos tn
the industrial school to send all evidence at his tra!
to the officers of the school. The bill to appoint
person to gather early records in Brown and other
counties, which passed Saturday under suspension
OF the rules, was killed. A telegram was read from
senator Cameron announcing the serious illness of
senator Carpenter.
MADISON, February 24--A number of petitions
were passed. among them the following To limit the
men Tor debts upon the estates of deceased persons
10 prevent the obstruction of navigation of the wa
ters OF the state to authorize A. D. Andrews and 9th
e 10 maintain a canal in Barron county and to
improve the navigability for log-drivng and other
purposes OF Bear lake. in the counties of Polk and
barfon 10 appropriate to the regents of the uni
yerslty OF Wisconsin the sum of SOS OOO to uroyide
o tne pay nent OF attorney fees and the fees of in
terpreters in certain cases. to egaze the acts of the
u ~ ol me village of Brandon, liz the county of
roho gu Lac The chair announced the following
as Joint committee on superintendent on the mart
OF the senate; viz: Messrs Price, Ryland Scott and
| tee. Adjourned.
! MADISON, Februry 25.-After the onenino tho
peutlon OF large number of German ladies of Mil
"auhee "aS received. Van Schaick arose and an
nounced the death of Senator CARPENTER and tbo
senate adjourned till $780, evening out of resnect IN
his memory At the evening session ror,nal.mes
sage was received from the governor, confirming the
sad intelligence received during the day of the deat
! OF Wisconsin's gifted senator after which com
mlttees were appointed to act in conjunction with
IKE committees from the assembly arrange for the
funeral and draft appropriate resolutions of respet
| for the memory of the deceased senator Business
was then resumed the time for perfecing dead-head
| bills being extended till Wednesday . The bin
Offering state bounty of six dollars for wolf scalps
was concurred in, after amending go that counties
| shan not be compelled in order to receive
sucn bounty, to pay similar bounties The
| Dill 10 allow railway corporations to elect di-
rectors for one, two and three years passed under
suspension; also the bill for printing two thonsand
biue DOCKS to sell to the public at 80 cents each
! Adjourned.
| MADISON, February 2e.-The rules were sus
pended and the assembly bill to authorize the board
of supervisors of the town of Beiot to issue bonds
! to pay their bonded Indebtedness was read third
time and concurred in. The following assembly
bills were read third time and concurred in in their
regular order: For payment of a bounty on wild
animals; to appropriate the sum Of $25 to each and
every resident clergyman officiating as chaplain at
the present session of the legislature The assem-
bly, resolution in relation to the mismanagement of
the Green Bay and Minnesota railroad and instruct
ing the railroad commissioner to investigate such
m1smanagement was postponed until next Tuesday
-. The following senate bulls read third time
and passed. To appropriate to the State Horticultural
society $780, to provide for public park in the Fifth
ward of the city Of Milwaukee; to amend revised
statutes relating to logs and timber Wolf river
and it's tributaries; to amend revised statutes re-
atng to costs and fees; to divide the Third judcia.
circuit and to create the Thirteenth judicial cir
cult; TO appropriate to the Wisconsin State Agricu
tural society the of 81, 0O0 to amend the char
ter Of the city of Ripon. At the senate evening
session nothing OF importance transacted beside
the adoption of series of resolutions expressive of
| sorrow at the death of Senator Carpenter.
| MADISON, February 26.--BiIIs indefinitely post
| poned: 10 define and punish perjury in certain
/ cases; to prescribe form for printing election
tickets and prohibiting the use of all devices names
| of political parties. etc. to limit insurable risks on
real property The bill to appropriate $500 to the
| State Dairy1nen's association was passed . Bills
concurred in: Amending section 1898 of the revised
statutes relating TO town insurance corporations: to
amend the act Incorporating the Yellow River In
| proye1nent company; providing that the bonds of
Justices OF the peace may be approved by any two of
the town board of supervisors to amend section Oil
of the revised statutes entitled of villages to amend
| the law for the preservation of fish and game .
! Upon motion of Thomas the bill introduced by
| Sutherland to repeal section 1927 of the revised
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births and deaths. was passed under suspension of
rules. An attempt made to adjourn until Tuesday
was defeated and the senate was declared adjourned
| until Monday evening.
| Assembly.
| MADISON, February 21.-The senate met this even
| ing, barely quorum being present. =. The vote by
which the Barnes bill to prevent quacks from deceiv
ing people passed reconsidered and further con-
sideration of the subject postponed until Thursday,
1.-THE bill passed to prevent taking pike bass in
| Wisconsin between February and May first; also to
have polls in cities open at O'Clock and close at sun
down. unless opened at sunrise by order of the
| Gil. "A large number of bills advanced to
third reading, and large number indefinitely post
| poIied Among the latter resolution for con-
stitutiona amendment making sheriffs eligible for
than term: to give the $500 to the Wiscon
sin Dairymens association; to grant state certificates
TO persons having taught school twenty-one years;
prevent any person not graduate of state uniyeT
| sity Of some normal school from being elected
county superintendent: fixing surveyors fees at S.
per day; to establish bureau of statistics for labor
ing men; to fix So per day the pay for lawyers al
| o.
creating municipal court for Rchland county: and
several others, Eearly twenty In all. Adjourned
until tomorrow night
| MADISON, February 22.-The usual number Of
| petitions for prohibitery liquor law and praying
for the repeal of the oil law presented The
| resolution to amend the constitution 30 as to make
sheriffs eligible for reelection indefinitely post
poned on Monday, was Observation-Disclosures 40, noes
90 The bill authorizing Oshkosh to issue bonds to
passed: To purchase 400 Websters dictionaries at
$500 each fixing the terms of court in Milwaukee.
Brown, Fond du Lac and Dodge; appropriating $25
70 each clergyman praying for the legislature. Al
ter O'Clock the session became irregular, the men-
bers forgetting their dignity and indulgng in sort
Of ''variety" entertainment.
MADISON, February M.-Leave was granted Wm
Kingston to re-ntroduce the bill to amend subdivs
ion of section 1772 revised statutes. The resolu
ton to refer railway tax bills to special committee
of nine came up aud was adopted. The resolution
requiring all bills relating to taxation of railroads to
be referred to joint committee of both houses
lost. motion to reconsider the vote killing the
bill to appropriate 800 TO the Wisconsin Wool Grow
ers association carried, and the bill put
its passage and passed-52 to 80 Bills passed: To
authorize Beoit supervisors to issue bonds; changing
time for holding terms of Circuit Court in Marquette
county; to assist laborers and servants in collecting
their earnings to limit the extent of liens created by
chattel mortgage. Bills indefinitely postponed: tt
amend the revised statutes in relation to fences; &c
amend the general laws of 1877 in reference TO
ton: to regulate the tariffs of telegraph companies
to amend the revised statutes in relation to exemp
tons The assembly then considered several bills
in committee of the whole. An evening session
held at winch the Dlenn1al SESSION JOINT r64ol
ton adopted last year up. After consdera-
BILE debate it finally ordered engrossed and read
third time, after which the rules were suspended
and the resolution adopted by vote of Sc to 9.
| MADISON, February 25-After the opening an
immediate adjournment was had cut of respect to
| the memory of Senator Carpenter
MADISON, February 26.-The bill TO prevent
quackery passed after considerable discussion;
| ayes 81, noes 49, The following assembly bills
were passed: Authorizing the Rock River Paper COM
pany to construct and maintain bridge across Rock
| river, city of Beloit; authorizing Kesander Lunch
burg and Charles Stetterson to build and maintain
pier in the waters of Sheboygan bay. At the even
ing session the following bills were killed. Taxing
| express companies per cent of their gross
ings; providing for cheap and safe insurance;
amending the statutes by providing that The sentence
of criminals for six months be made to the state
prison only; the bill to divide the Third and Fourth
and create the Thirteenth judicial circuit passed
| under suspension Of the rules. Calumet is taken
| from the Fourth and put in with Winnebago and
| Green Lake into the Third circuit. Dodge, OZaukee
| and Washington will constitute the Thirteenth
I district. Adjourned.
| MADISON, February 26.-B:Hs indefinitely post
poned: To amend revised statutes relative to town
| insurance companies; appropriating $500 to the
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