Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-04-05
THE LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY, Mard 26.

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death of Postmaster G:neal I. 0. Howe
Senator Coleman moYedthat a commit
tee of three be appointed . draft resolu
tions, in connection with 4 committee ot
the assembly, on the death
The president appointed as members o
such committee, Senators Colem an, Lord
and Jones.
AsSenlbIy-The following assembly bills
were passed: To authorize and re equire
the clerk of the board of Supervisors ot
Shawano 10 make and keep an abstract ot
tax sales; to appropriate the pro-
ceeds Of the sale Of swamp lands in Lin.
coin county TO the extingu shment of the
railroad indeb tedness; to pravide for the
increase of an income to provide for the
establishment of an agricultural station
and chair OF pharmacy and materia medica
at the state university; relating to the
charitable, reformatory and penal institu-
tions of Wisconsin, and to provide for
the more efficient supervision thereof.
TUESDAY, March ~.
.Senate-The following senate bills were
passed:
To authorize the Medford mill com pa
ny, It's successors and assigns, to build and
Taylor county; 10 COZ firm the revocation,
annulment and resumption made By sec
tion l of chapter 10 OF the laws of Wis
corsn for the year 1882, and to confirm
the grant OF lands made by section of
said act; relating to villages; relating to
the distribution Of the proceeds of tbs
swamp and overfowed lands in Sauk and
Columbia counties; to levy stale lax Of
$4,000 for the year 1883 and $240,000
for the year 1884
The following senate bills were killed
To amend the charter of the city of
Milwaukee relating to the board of pub
lie works of said city; in relation to the
powers and duties of mayors and alder
men Of cities, relating tp city bonds; to
provide for a public gihrdian in each
county of this state.
H0uSe The followingb bills were indef-
inately postponed: relatitg to boundaries
between the counties OF shawano, Oconto
and Langlade; to re-estallish the original
boundary lines between the counties OF
Shawano and Lapgla1e; to form and es-
tablish the county of Matt. Carpenter and
to provide for It's organization; to with
draw certain lands tlerein named from
market and to authoize the governor to
appoint commissioners TO exarine and
appralse the same.
The following bills we're passed: to pro-
vide for the organic atom of trust compan-
les; relative to the Exemption from taxa
ton OF the property # 8ymnastic associ-
a1lons In Wisconsin, to amend section
231. chapter 20 of the revised statutes of
1878; TO amend the carter of the city OF
Shawano; to provide for a settlement be-
tween the counties OF Shawano and Ian
glade; to amend sections 13 and Is Of
chapter 45 of private and local laws of
1871, relating to the Vausau boom COM
pany; to authorize theelectors Of the town
of Pine Valley; Clak county, to hold
their elections in the city of Neillsville.
Adjourned until Thursday, to enable
| senators and members % attend the funer-
al of jude Howe.
THURSDAY, Iarch Is.
Senate - The assembly amendment to
the faal adjournment resolution, fixing
the time at Saturday, 1arch 81, was con-
| Cured in. The rule were suspended,
and the bill to more eIectually suppress
vagabondage was passed; the bill to in
corporate the city of Marsh6eId. was also
pass ed under suspensio,; the same action
was taken on the bill p amend the char
ter Of the city of Oshk0b, and oa the bill
to authorize the EQUITY of Douglas to
unite with any railway company or other
over or across the waters of the st. Louis
river.
Bills oolcurred il: To amend the act
to incorporate the dty of Watertown and
tt several acts amendatory Il ereof, ap-
proved March % 1865, and the acls
amendatory Thereof; relating to the or
ganization of corporations and amendato-
ry of chapter S6 Of the revised statutes; to
amend chapter 2C7, laws of 1881, to amend
section go OF the revised statutes, relat-
ing 10 the spec al powers of the county
boards; to amend section 3, chapter 314,
OF the laws of 1881, toappropriate the
procet d5 of the sale Of swamp lands in
Lincoln county to the e1tinguishment of
It's railroad Indebtedness. and amend sec
tions and 8 Of chapter 2S), laws of 1880;
to prov de for the annual publication OF
rallroad map, and appropriating money
there or; 10 authorize the county of Lin
coin to fund It's Indebtedness; to amend
sec ion 2525, chapter ll6, revised statutes
of 1868, entitled "of Jurors" for the bet
ter preservation of fish in Lake Winnesa-
go; to amend chapter 131 of the revised
statutes, entitled of ofenses against per-
sons and individuals; memorial to con-
gress Tor the erection of post-office and
court house in the city of 0shkl sb.
Assem6ty-The assembly agreed with
the senate resolution TO sdjourn sine die
Saturday, March 81
The following bills wers passed:
Relating to river improvements. tn
amend section S616 of tie revised stat
ules, entitled courts ofiustices of the
peace; 10 grant charter for the build
ing OF bridge across the Welt river. in
Waupaca county; for the appointment of
registers of probate; to amend section
$40, ev.sed statutes, as amended by sec
ZION 4, chapter 269, lawsof 1881. reIatir o
to town officers.
The following senate bills were con-
Cured IL:
A bill 10 prevent policr shops: to pro-
hibit debtors from giving preference to
CREDITOR; relating TO re1erts to be made
by school officers: 10 amnd section 208O
| Of chapter 96 of revised tatutes. entitled
'of uses and trusts"
FRIDAY, Mach 80.
The committee On legilatiye expendit.