Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-29
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS,


bills were passed: Ceding to the United States
| the right to overflow lands belonging to the
state for the purpose of improving the naviga-
ton of the Mississippi River by the construction
OF dams and the creation of reservoirs upon the
| head waters of that river and it's tributaries
which would cause possible overflow and dam
age to lands belonging to such reservations,
and to rellnquish the claim of the state to dam
ages occasioned by such overflow; providing for
restoring to market large portion of the
states swamp lands; making fees of witnesses
called to testify as experts in any court of record
in the state 81. SO per day and $1.25 per half
| day. e. The bill for the improvement of the st.
| Croix River, over which several long debates
| have been had, was passed without discussion.
Among the assembly bills concurred in was
| that authorizing sureties in criminal cases to
surrender the principal.
MADISON, March 21.-A communication was
received from the governor vetoing the bill to
| authorize John E. Glover and his assigns to
maintain dam across the Totogaticanse River,
| in Bayfield, County. . Assembly bills concurred
In: In relation to fences, and making ba1Ded-
| wire fences with at least thirty-six barbs each
to the rod legal; to amend the city charter of
Chippewa Falls; to detach a portion of the
| county of Lincoln and attach the same to the
| county of Langlade; relating to salaries of
| deputy sheriffs in Milwaukee County, by which
| the salary OF under sheriff is changed from
81, 400 to 81, 800 per annum, and the salary Of
! deputy sherlffs from $500 to 81 900 per annum,
excepting the deputy sheriff acting as clerk,
who shall receive 81 200 per annum. :. The bill
was indefinitely postponed to allow general
storm insurance companies to do business in
the state. The committee on state affairs in
| troduced bill exempting the earnings of
single men from attachment or garnishment
for ninety days previous to such process, and
! exemptlng five hundred dollars in money or
property of men having family to support and
| not owning homestead. After adopting the
legislative apportionment bill adjournment
| ensued.
| MADISON, March 22.-The governor sent to
the senate the appointment of W. W. Reed of
Jefferson County, as member of the board of
| charities and reform, his term having expired.
The appointment was unanimously confirmed.
The governors veto of the Totogaticanse
| River dam bill was sustained. :. Bills concurred
| IN: Relating to the house of correction, of
Milwaukee County, by which prisoners SEN
fenced to three years Imprisonment may be
sent to the house of correction; to amend the
city charter of Milwaukee in order to grant
| police force powers of constables at common
| law; to amend laws relating to hawkers and
peddlers so as to provide that merchant, or
dealers, or their employees shall not be required
to procure license to sell any wares and
merchandise kept in stock by him. to authorize
an investigation of the causes of the overflow
of the Chippewa River in Dunn County; bill to
| provide for moro perfect manner of sealing
logs in district No. 9; to allow general accident
| insurance companies to transact business in
| this state: to authorize Philip Rossman to con-
struct dam on Rock River, in Clark County;
to provide for building dams and otherwise
improving Jump River, this state. for log
| driving purposes; to authorize the Wolf River
| Manufacturing Company to maintain dam
across the Little Wolf River, in Waupaca
| County.
MADISON, March 23.-The nomination of Dr.
J. t. Reeve, of Appleton as supervisor of in
| spectOrs of Illuminating oils, was confirmed.
The bill to provide for the recording of
births and deaths was passed. The senate
| by vote of IA ayes to Ii nays, refused to con-
| cur in the assembly bill to allow persons who
have practiced medicine or surgery for fifteen
years without diploma to collect fees and give
| testimony as experts. :. Assembly bills con-
Cured in: To repeal the law of 1881, which
makes insanity for five years cause for
| divorce; to provide for the construction of a
| dam across Babb's Creek, Sank County; to pro-
vide for fishways in the outlet of Big Green
Lake, Green Lake County, and for the protec-
ton of fish and game in the Green Lake dis
| trict; to provide for laying out state road
from the village of Misha Muckwa, in Buffalo
County, to the village of Pepin, in Pepin Coun-
ty; to lay out and establish state road from
the village of Wonewoc. in the county of
! Juneau, to Hillsborough, in the county Of Yer
non. The bill for the erection and main
tenance of fences along the line of highways in
| certain cases was not concurred in. The bill
on White River, Bayfield, County, was in
definitely postponed.
I. MADISON March 24.-The bill to apportion
| the senate and assembly districts was reported
with assembly amendments which were non
concurred in. Senate bills passed: To allow
| railroad corporations existing under the law to
lease or purchase the railroad, franchises, i'm
munities, and all other property and appnrten-
ances of any railroad corporation within or
without this state, when the railroads can be
| operated together TO constitute one continuous
| line; to allow railroads an insurable interest in
property for which they are responsible; to
submit to the people an amendment of section
1 of article 8 of the constitution of this state.
| Assembly bills concurred In: To authorize
| Edward D.. Brown, Thomas w. Anderson,
Anderson W. Brown, and Webster E. Brown to
build and maintain dam, piers, and boom in
and across Wisconsin River in Lincoln County;
| to authorize the construction of wings to the
state capitol for the use of the State Historical
Society and supreme court; to extend the char
ter of the Black River Improvement company;
for the improvement of Burnett River for log
| driving purposes; to suppress vagabOndage and
to sentence prisoners to the house of correction
of Milwaukee County; to incorporate the city
of Neillsville
MADISON, March 25-Assembly bills concur
red in: Exernpting the American Legion of
Honor from the general laws relating to life in
surance companies; to provide for submitting
to provide for biennial general elections; to re-
peal law of 1881 opening state road from a
certain point in Wood County to certain point
in Portage County; to provide for laying out a
state road from Westboro, Taylor. County,
through Price County to Glidden, in the county
of Ashland; disseminating highways which have
been abandoned for five years. to punish seduc-
ton of females under the age of sixteen years;
granting to any railroad corporation the right
to sell, assign and transfer lands conferred up
on it to any other railroad corporation, provid-
| ing the corporation shall be bound to construct
the line of railroad for which the lands were
| granted. Adjourned.
| Assembly.
MADISON, March 18.-Harrington introduced
a resolution to adjourn sine die Oh the 18th,
and it was laid over under the rules. Assem-
| bly, bills passed. Authorizing the city of Eau
Claire to build water works; authorizing Col
umbia to appropriate money to reconstruct
bridges destroyed by the foods; fixing the fees
of lumber inspectors. 5. The assembly bill fix
| ing the fees of sheriffs, constables, marshals
and other officers was killed.
MADISON, March 20.-The assembly remained
in session about half an hour. One senate bin,