River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-03-16
WEpNEspAy March a

Seiute--The following bills were passed To
amend sections and liz of the revised statutes
entitled OF the legislature. For the relief OF
Simeon Mills. To construct a dam on Red Cedar
river in Barron county. The following bills were
eonsurred in To incorporate the city Of Monroe.
10 amend the charter of the city of Oshkosh.
Fixing the terms Of the circuit court in the sew
eral counties OF the eleventh circuit. The fol-
lowing were indefinitely postponed In relation
to weights and measures. To provide for jury
fees in civil actions. Fixing the time of holding
terms of court in the thirteenth judicial circuit
Relating to the terms OF the circuit court in
| Waukesha county.
Asseaa5lg.-The following bills were passed
10 prevent the manufacture and sale of adul-
terated food and drugs, in relation to the discon-
! tnuanee OF highways in certain cases; amending
sec. l93S, X. s.. relating to town insurance COM
panies; for the better preservation of the public
health, by establishing local boards of health in
towns cities and villages, to cooperate with the
state board.
The following bills were indefinitely postponed.
Amending sec. 2, chap. ia laws of 1879, re-
latng to grain testers-increasing the size of the
tester to half bushel, the present size being two
quarts joint resolution relating to biennial ses-
slons; re-ena citing chap. g. r. S., and repeating
chap. lSS, laws of 1879, relating to Migrants:
amending subdivision a. sec. 2992, h. s.. relat-
ing TO property exempt from execution.
THURSDAY, MARCH Q.
Seaate-At the morning session on motion OF
Sen. Colman the rules were suspended and the
bill to amend the charter of Waupun was con-
Cured in.
Passed: Memorial tie congress, No. 4 S., pray
ing congress that the public lands belonging to
the United States, within the limits of the state
park, be granted to the state for park purposes.
No. III 3, TO amend the revised statutes relat-
ing to county boards.
The committee on charitable and penal institu-
tons made report on the resolution to investi-
gate the industrial school for boys in regard to
the punishment of inmates. The report of the
committee was quite long, and went considerably
into details investigations of that institution
by the board OF supervisors from which it ap-
peared that the complaints of ill-treatment of
boys had been thoroughly Investigated by the
board of supervisors and the most stringent rules
laid down in regard to the management Of the
school, and especially the subject of corporal
punishment, and that there was no necessity for
further investigation. The committee therefore
recommended the indefinite posponement of III
resoluti n.
Assembly--In the assembly joint resolution
was adopted under suspension of the rules, asking
for joint committee to sueersede the committee
from the assembly to investigate the causes OF the
'verfiow Of the Fox river. The Hon. Mr.. Thayer
rom the special committee on provision for the
hronlc insane, reported bill from the commit
zee providing fer an additional insane hospital.
The following assembly bills were passed
Relative to the securing to children of the bene
cts of elementary education; relative to the
equalization of assessments; to protect game ano
prevent the shipment thereof out Of the state
changing the boundaries Of the eoun-
ties of 0conto and M..rirette and to
create the county of Florence provid-
ing for life certificates for teachers in GER
,ain cases. amending section 1852, chapter so
revised statutes in relation to cemeteries; for the
preservation Of fish in the Mississippi river; in
cooperating the city of Stoughton; authorizing
certain dam across Hay river i'm Barron county;
aufhorizinU an 0att NJ fha ovnrHOyv N
the Chippewa river in Dunn county, and pre-
liminary survey for the construction OF levees,
dikes, etc., and to prevent the same; appropri-
ating 50 900 to the widow and orphans of the late
Sheriff Chas. G.. Coleman, of Durand, who was
shot down by the Williams brothers in July last;
appropriating 81 800 to the widows and orphans
of the late Sheriff Joseph II. Baker, shot by the
Cartwright desperadoes in Portage county some
years ago.
FRIDAY, MARCH 10.
Seaate-The following bills passed: TO amend
sec. 3774 chap. 16l revised statutes, entitled OF
costs and f~es; to provide for the issue OF certit-
Gates of state Indebtedness to settle the claims OF
the United States against the state; relating to
| hospitals for insane.
The following assembly bills were concurred in:
| To appropriate to the Wisconsin dairymens asso-
ciatien $500; to appropriate to the Wisconsin
state historical society $780, to prohibit the sale
of toys and firearms; to provide for the greater
| efficiency Of the Wisconsin National guard;
| relating to obnoxious and infectious ANIMALS;
to appropriate to the sheep breeders associa-
| ton $780,
| Assembly. -Memorials were presented : in favor
of regulating pharmacy 10 favor of bill prohib-
| iting sale of obscene literature, and in favor Of
| the bill amending the medical quack law. The
| following senate bills concurred in amending
the city charter of Beloit; amending the charter
of Saint Clara female academy; relative to
swamp lands in Marathon, Clark, Chippewa,
Shawano and 0eonto counties; providing for the
conveyance of persons committed to an insane
hospital by relatives or friends. The following
assembly bills were passed regulating the adj
mittance of attorneys to the bar relating to the
Catholic knights of America; authorizing
| the bridging OF the Chippewa at Eau
Claire authorizing the bridging of the Chip
| pewa river in Dunn county; to dam Black river
in Taylor county entitled of medical societies. to
| dam Wolf river in Waupaca county. The fol-
| lowing bills were indefinitely postponed: To le-
galize the assignment of tax certificates ia certain
cases; to provide for sentences to state prison
without fixing the time; to suppress the circua-
ton Of obscene literature and confscate property
used ir its manufacture; relating to the equali-
cation of assessments; to amend section l. chapter
297 laws of 1881; to amend the act establishing
firemens relief fund in Milwaukee; relating to real
estate and loan agents.