Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-03-08
WEDNESDAY,, MARCH 8, 1882.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

also bills to procure suitable highways ana
streets to fair grounds aud cemetery assoc1a-
tions; to authorize the Chippewa Valley and
Superior Railway Company to construct and
maintain bridge for railway purposes over and
across the Chippewa River in the city of Eau
Claire, and bridge across the Chippewa Rlver
in the county of Dunn. The assembly bill al
lowing horses, mules, cattle and sheep to run
at large upon uninclosed lands in Vernon
County was concurred in; also bills to author
ize Chippewa County TO maintain bridge
across Chippewa River; to authorize West
Kewauuee to maintain bridge across Kewau-
nee River; relating TO - an act to prevent
uuacks from deceiviug the people by assuming
a professional titles" for the preservation OF
fish in the waters of Bass Channel, Brown
County; to amend general laws of 1881, for the
preservation of brook trout. The assembly
bill for the establishment and maintenance of
public watering places was indefinitely post
poned. Adjourned.
MADISON, March Memorials to congress,
asking for the Improvement of the Mississippi
River and its tributaries connecting with great
lakes, and requesting the establishment of 6
harbor of refuge ON the eastern shore OF Lake
Pepin, near the village of Stockholm, were con-
cured in. The resolution III relation to the
swamp land claims of the state on the general
government, instructing members of congress
TO obtain necessary legislation to indemnify the
state, was passed. :. The bill relating to illdm-
mating oils and the inspection thereof, was
passed; also bills to amend laws of 1880, relat-
ing to the swamp lands In the counties of
Marathon, Clark, Chippewa, Shawano and
Oconto; to appropriate 81, 900 to the professor
of agriculture of the state university for the
purpose of carrying on working experiments
in the cultivation of amber and other varieties
of sugar cane, and to detach the county of Wau-
kesha from the second judicial circuit, and to
attach the same to the thirteenth judicial cir
cult In the evening the woman suffrage
resolution was indefinitely postponed after de-
bote by vote of 16 to Is.
MADISON, March 2.-The bill to amend laws
of 1877 authorizing Christian Burkhardt to
slulce logs through certain dam on Willow
River, and to collect tolls, was passed; also
bills to authorize towns, cities and villages to
purchase and hold certain bridges or interests
therein; to amend revised statutes relating to
the inspection and measurement of logs; to
allow bounties for the destruction Of wolves,
lynxes, foxes and wild cats; to regulate the
keeping of dogs in the several towns.
MADISON, March Bills passed: To estab-
lish ferry across Lake st. Croix, at Hudson;
relating to the measure of damages in actions
to recover possession of logs, timber or lumber
wrongfulIy cut from the lands of another: to
amend the law authorizing d. P. Simons to
construct and maintain dam across and i'm
prove Butternut Creek, Price County; author
zing John FL. Knapp and Andrew fainter to
construct and maintain a dam across Red
Cedar River, Dunn County; bill to provide for
-conveyanceS of persons committed to any hos
pitai for the insane by relatives or friends; to
ratlfy the donation of a piece of land to the
county of Sheboygan by the CRY of Sheboy
gan forthe location of an asylum for the in
sane; relating to the payment Of bounty on
wild animals; to authorize A. W. Lawrence and
others to build piers in waters of Sturgeon Bay.
Assembly.
MADISON, February 29.-The following bills
were passed: Amending laws of 1881 in rela-
ton to fences to prohibit the sale or use of toy
pistols any other toy-frearms; authorizing
Andrew Nelson to build pier in the waters of
Green Bay, Door County, Wis; authorizing
Fred. Reichert to build pier in the waters of
Green Bay, Door County, Wis.,; amending the
laws of 1881 relative to the raising Of a special
tax by the town of Fredonia for the building
and erection of a bridge across the Milwaukee
River. The special order, the bill relating to
the assessing OF church property, then came up
for discussion on the gu stion of indefinite
postponement, After long debate and the re-
lection of compromise amendment offered by
Price, the bill was indefinitely postponed by
vote of 81 to 90. On motion Of Horn, Sinp-
sons bill repeating the anti-treat law vas con-
Cured in under suspension Of the rules.
MADISON, March bills passed: A bill to
authorize the city of Sheboygan to retire fifty
bonds issued by said city in aid of the Milwau-
lee, Manitowoc and Green Bay Railroad Com
pany on the LIST day of March, 1871. and to
issue new bonds in substitution for the same
bill to authorize the city of Baraboo to con-
struct a sidewalk from the city of Baraboo to
Baraboo cemetery; senate bill to appropriate to
the commissioners Of fisheries the sum of
$1,000; to punish the seducers of females IN
der sixteen years Of age by imprisonment for
not more than ten nor not less than two years;
authorizing the Chippewa Valley and Superior
Railway Company to build and maintain
bridges for railway purposes over and across
the Red Cedar River, in the County OF Dunn,
and across the Chippewa River IN the city Of
Eau Claire. The bill authorizing II. o. Loo
bye to build and maintain pier in the waters
of Detroit harbor, Door County, was indefinite
ly postponed.
MADISON, March 2-The following senate
bills were concurred in without debate: Au-
thoriZing the town Of Menasha to hold its cleo
lions and town meetings within the corporate
limits of the city of Neenah; amending revised
statutes relative to annual school meetings;
for the preservation of trout in the waters of
Brown County. The following assembly bills
were passed: To cede certain state lands in
Waukesha County to the town of Waukesha
for roadway to the cemetery of said town; au-
thorizing Chippewa County to refund its
bounded indebtedness; authorizing Chris.
Leonhardt to build pier in the waters of
Sturgeon bay; authorizing James Tufts to
build pier in Lake Michigan, Door County;
prohibiting the importation of diseased cattle.
sheep or SWINE; authorizing AMI empowering
George W. Perry and his associates or assigns
to build and maintain pier, docks or wharf
in the Bay of Superior; providing for building
dams and otherwise improving Jump River,
this state, fol- log driving purposes: authoriz-
ing r. Ayres, G. Rich, their associates and
signs. to construct and maintain dam across
Blake brook, Waupaca County.
MADISON, March 3.-The following senate
bills were concurred in: Ordering the purchase
of a sufficient number of copies of Webster's
dictionary for the use of the schools in the
state; memorial to congress for government de-
positories for the savings of the industrial
classes; amending the city charter of Lancaster.
=. The assembly bill repeating the law making
the relatives of insane people pay in part for the
care of the same was passed. The following
assembly bills were indefinitely postponed:
Amending the revised statutes in relation to the
assessment and collection of highway taxes
authorizing search of any place in the state
where there is good reason TO believe that spir-
ituous malt or intoxicating liquors are sold or
given away in violation of the law, and to pre-
scribe what shall be admissible and deemed evil
dence of guilt; amending the revised statutes
relating to assessment taxes.
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