Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-03-23
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, March IA.

Senote-The following bills were passed To
appropriate to the Southwestern Industrial asso-
citation the sum of $500 ; in relation to civil ac-
tions in courts of record. The following bills
were concurred in: To change the boundaries of
0conto and Marinette counties and to create the
county of Florence; to amend section S32 revised
statutes, relating to the duties of town clerks
relating to exemptions from subpoena, and
amendatory of section 6SS, revised statutes for
the protection of the valleys of Neenah creek and
Fox river from overflow.
Assembly-In the assembly remonstrances were
presented by Me3srs. Davis, Barber, Peterson,
| Huntley and Langer, against the passage of DR..
| Eidemiller's medical bill.
| Bills passed: Regulating the practice of phar-
macy, the licensing of persons to carry on such
practice, and the sale of poisons in this state;
| regulating commitments to and discharges from
| industrial schools; allowing the governor to pay
to any militia company its inspection fees, when
| ever such company shall have failed for some
valid reason to fulfill the militia regulations in
| the premises; authorizing sureties in criminal
| cases to surrender the principal relating to
| justices of the peace, and their continuing in
| Office.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is.
| Seaats-Bills passed: To amend the charter of
| the city of Hudson; Nos. 100, I0l, I04. and 100
| all bills authorizing J. z. Glover and Others
| therein named to construct Dams on the Totogat-
| icanse river; appropriating 500 to the Clark
county agricultural society; to appropriate to
| the Southwestern agricultural society the sum of
| $500; bill relating to the swamp lands in
Marathon, Clark, Chippewa. Shawano and Oconto
| counties.
| House-The first special order was Mr.. Rev
| ey's bill taxing railroads. The bill had been rec
| commended for indefinite postponement by the
railroad committee. Or. Rewey made a vigorous
and convincing speech in favor of the passape of
| the bill and it was so comprehensive and con-
vincing that the assembly, by an almost unani-
nous vote sent the bill back to the railroad COM
mittee for further consideration.
The bill exempting the wages of all persons
| from exemption attachment or garnisbment for
the six months preceding notice of such proceed
| ing came up. 1t was amended so as to only ap-
pig to married persons or heads ST families. but
was finally killed.
| The following senate bills were concurred in:
Eesting in assg gnees, IN Of voluntary assign
ment the rights of creditors to avoid fraudulent
conveyanees relating TO terms of the circuit court
! in Lincoln county; fixing the next session of the
Legislature at u o'clock noon the second Wednes-
day of January, 1888, and bienniaIly thereafter
upon the same day and month; the snperintend-
ent of public property shall furnish stationery as
| follows: The lieutenant governor $50 in value
and much to the chief clerk of each house as is
necessary for the proper transaction of business
/ such house; amending sections III and 1I2 chap
ter 10, revised statutes, so to more definitely
specify the number of employees of the legisla.
| turt and their wages.
The following assembly bills passed: Provid-
ing for the equalization of taxation. Increasing
the taxation OF telegraph companies In relation
to the sale and assignment of tax sale certificate