The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

MADISON, sIarch 6.-BiIl5 passed: To amend
the city chatter of Racine; abolishing the office
of county surveyor. The assembly memoI iaI
to congress requesting the establishment of a
mail route between Lancaster and Cassville
was concurred in. The bill prohibiting tue
sale of tobacco To minors under Is years of
age was indefinitely postponed.
MADISON, March THE bill passed to APP
prOpliate $1,000 to the Northern Wisconsin
Agricultural and Mechanical Association
The assembly bill relating to rates of interest
| together with amendments was laid on the
table. The bill to amend laws authorizing
John Ii. Knapp and others 10 maintain dam
! across RED Cedar River IN Burnett was amended
and then concurred in. The bill to make e
person ineligible to the office of county treas
urer for two consecutive terms was indefinitely
postponed by vote of II ayes and II noes
| debate then ensued on the bill, reported by
the committee on finance, banks and insurance,
| to provide for the settlement and payment of
| the Indebtedness of the State OF Wisconsin to
! the United States, by the issue of certificates
| of Indebtedness to the trust funds, and to pro-
vide for the payment of interest thereon. Con-
| siderable opposition to the bill was manifested
on the democratic side of the house. The bill
was finally ordered engrossed by note of IS
! to 8,
MADISON, March 8.-Bills passed: For the
relief of Simeon Mills; to authorize John H.
Knapp and others to maintain a dam across
Red Cedar River, in Brown County; to incor-
porate the city of Monroe (under suspension of
the rules) Bills TO provide for jury fees In
civil action, fixing term of court in the thir-
| teenth judicial circuit, and fixing terms In
Waukesha County were indefinitely postponed.
The assembly bill fixing the terms of the
circuit court of the several counties of the
eleventh judicial circuit was concured in I'M
der suspension of the rules, andthe senate then
adjourned.
MADISON, March 9.-The following assembly
bills were cOncurTed in: To authorize Chris.
Leonhardt to MAINTAIN a pier Ia the waters OF
Sturgeon Bay; to authorize Marathon County
to aid ID the construction of railroads and to
dispose of lands other than swamp lands for
that purpose; to authorize James Tufts to build
a pier IN the waters of Like Michigan, Door
County; to authorize the town of FredOuia to
raise special tax to build bridge; to authorize
George ". Perry TO maintain a pier IN the Bay
of Superior; to protect children from abuse or
criminal neglect of parents or guardians -.
The assembly Joint resolution to provide for
JOINT committee Of both houses, five members
from the assembly and three members from
he senate, to investigate the cause Of the over
flow of Lake Winnebsgo and the Fox River,
with power 10 send for persons and papers, was
cOncuTred In.
MADISON. March 10-The bill to provide for
the settlement and payment of the Indebted
ness Of the state Of Wisconsin to the United
States bv the issue of certificates Of indebted
ness to the trust funds and to provide for the
payment of interest thereon, was passed 49,.
The following assembly bills were concurred in:
To appropriate $500 TO the Wisconsin State
DaryHcu's Associations; to appropriate $500 TO
Wisconsin State Horticultural Society; TO pro-
hiait the sale of toy-pistols and other toy fire
arms; to provide for the greater eff
cheney of the Wisconsin National Guard;
10 authorize L. Ayers, c.. Rich and their
assigns to construct and maintain dam across