The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-02-17
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.


the Sth, and ordered to a third reading, after
to s. Senator Burrows introduced jcFlt me-
mortal and resolution severely condemning
polygamy, declaring that the women should be
treated as prostitutes, and the polygamous men
as bigamists and as lechers, and that the plea
of religious belief for such offenses should
be made felony and punished accordingly.
Senator Simpson introduced joint
resolution amending the constitution so
that the Governor shall appoint all iu-
dicial officers except Justices of the Peace
Senator Kingston's bill Furnishing fathers for
willful abandonment of children, and making
a wife competent so testify against husband
in such cases was passed. Mr.. Bartlett intro
duced bill in the Assembly to fix the liability
of the Wisconsin Central Railway Company,
and to provide liens of judgments and regulate
proceedings therein. Mr.. Estabrook intro
duced bill regarding the admission of lawyers
to the bar. The bill provides for Board of
Examiners to look into the fitness of candl-
dates and grant certificates as various cases
may require.
Senator Flint introduced bill in the Senate,
on the 9th inst, ceding to the United States all
overlooked lands owned. by the State, to use in
the construction of dams and reservoirs
Among her bills introduced were the follow
ing To divide the State into five medical dis
tGicts and appoint one man in each dietr ct
j (ive) to constitute State Board of Medical
Examiners. They are given rover to prevent
graduates of bogus medical colleges from i'm
posing upon the public, and the members of
The board are to be selected from among the
vari us schools of medicine, so that all
the "plthles" may be represented; to
provide evening schools for adults and
others legally barred from attending the pub
lie schools. To prohibit the university Regents
| from charging students any fee except for
room rent The Assembly INDUCED in long
and hot debate over the Omaha Company's
Land Grant bill, without settling the question.
An evening session of the Assembly was held,
and was mainly repetition of the morning pro-
.edings. The friends of the Omaha Company
tried to push the bill through, but lost several
| votes by appearing 70 be in too much of
hurry. A motion to postpone until Tues
| day, the 18th, was carried by close
vote. Several important bills were introduced
in the Assembly, one providing that any teach
or, after twenty-one years of successful work
! under either first or second-class county or a
/ limited State certificate may be awarded life
certificate by the State superintendent if of
good moral character; another authorizing the
Governor to appoint in each county, on recon-
pendatlon of the State Board of Char
tiles and Reform, probation officer,
10 investigate before any trial the
cases of all minors and friendless strangers
charged with any criminal offenSe, with refer
enco to the justice of the charge and the prob
abilities of reformation. ANY magistrate, upon
the recommendation of that officer, may sus-
pend sentence on such person for a time not
to exceed one year,, on good behavior, under
supervision of the probation officer.
total of 232 bills were introduced in the
/ , in fl,o
Feb 10. the last day for the introduction of
new business. Senator Chase introduced a
| resolution proposing an amendment to the con-
shtution 50 that the power totax churches shall
be taken from the Legislature, and making con-
stitutional provisions for the exemption of prop
eTty foE religious and charitable institutions
II a..f5 arsaarat la.ss created BY the Legislature
Senator Randall offered joint resolution
amending the constitution so as to provide fol
biennial general elections, and Senator Mckeeby
a memorial to Congress urging that fitness and
int, gritty be made the basis for appointment to
office. The various appropriation bills were
introduced in the Senate by Mr.. Richardson as
follows: State Insane Hospital, 800 OOO
Northern Hospital, $65, 900; Boys Industrial
School, 1900; Deaf and Dumb InSti-
tute, $41, 900; Blind Asylum, $1,000 !;
State Prison, $1S, 900. Senator Smith
introduced a bill prohibiting the election of
County Treasl1rers for two successive terms
Mr. McKeeby, pres Tibing fees for recording
marriages, births and deaths; by Delaney, to
levy direct tax on telegraph companies; by Bur-
rows, defining the liability of corporations run
ming sleeping-cars; by Burrows, to provide
residence for the Governor. A
bill of interest to lumbermen was introduced in
the Assembly by Mr.. Mcdonald, of Buffalo
county. Itregulates the fees charged all lum-
Der inspectors in the State. Assembyman Der
theck of Walworth, offered an important
measure relating to the abandonment of rail
road lands. It provides that railroad compa~
mes acquiring conditional title to lands
shall lose them after four years, and
the lands shall revert to the original
owners. Assemblyman Mcconnell introduced
q bill providing that persons who obstruct
tracks, raise rails, change switches, or IN any
way seek to cause railroad casualty and endan-
ger the lives of passengers, shall suffer death
by hanging Among other measures offered IN
the Assembly were the following: By Shepard,
amending the constitution so that IN case OF
the death of the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court the Associate Justice next oldest in
service shall be ex-officio Chief Justice; to pun
ish persons having in their possession any
material used in the manufacture OF indecent
articles of literature, and prohibiting the pub
LEGATION of indecent advertisements in new5pa-
pers by Lane, compelling railway companies
to keep closets on passenger trains In less
ulLly COuuttlOH Nv HuudLHb, dutuOIjAtLS
Justices to appoint sufficient number of con-
stables and police officers to preserve order
when there is danger of riots; by Pooler, to
increase the revenues of the State by taxing
telegraph and express companies, and using
the revenue to support the chronic insane by
Stanley, providing for the care of illegltimate
and deserted children.
Short and unimportant sessions of the Sen
ate and Assembly were held on the 18th. Re
monstrances against the taxation of church
property and the transfer of the st. Croix land
grant to the Omaha Company we're presented
in the Senate. Shepherds resolution authOriz-
ing the State Affairs Committee to make a
thorough examination of property exempt
from taxation and report by bill, if necessary,
was adopted. The following Senate bills were
concurred in by the House Incorporating the
Lawrence Institute of Wisconsin amending
the charter of the Peshtigo LAUNDERING
Company. In the Assembly bills were
passed Authorizing a reduction of the
Merchants and Mechanics Savings Banl
of GAINESVILLE for the erection of pier il
the waters of Green bay giving village boards
ROVER to compel the numbering of houses il
Villages; repeating the Anti Treat law; making
fifty pounds the standard weight of bushel Of
on1ons prohibiting the cutting of ice within
certain limits on Sturgeon bay in order to pro
tect life giving a strip of State land to The
Chicago and Northwestern railway for depo
grounds near the Northern Insane Asylum
The Assembly bill to detach Waukesha from
the Second judicial circuit and annex to the
Thirteenth passed in the Senate. The appro-
priation bills for charitable institutions were
passed also the bill providing that all propert!
shall be assessed on the LIST OF May, and the bil
to extend the time within which free higt
schools shall be entitled to State aid.
wings bill to restore capital punishment for
murder was taken up in the Senate as the spe-
cial order on the 14th. The bill was referred
to the Judiciary Committee. The Land Grant
Transfer bill came up III the Assembly, and, after
| a long and spirited debate was ordered to g
third reading in nearly the shape that it came
from the Senate. The Senate bill to provide
for more convenient disbursement Of moneys
belonging to the inmates Of charitable institu
lions was concurred in. The Senate bill pro
yiding that all property, real and personal
shall be assessed ON the LIST of May was passed
WOMEN have a good time in Japan
, Gentlemen approach them with The
create ceremony and veneration, while
the ladies are not obliged to acknowledge
the courtesy offered them by SO much
as low bow or a smile, if they do no