Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-04-04
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate


| utive communication was received announcing
| the death of T. o. Howe. Messrs. Lord, Jones
| and Colman were appointed q committee tC
draw up suitable resolutions and the senate
adjourned out of respect to the memory OF
| the deceased.
drew f. Elmore; as member Of the state board
of charities and reforms was confirmed.
Adams introduced joint resolution authOrlz-
| ing the encouragement to discharge the
| Judgment against Simeon Mills on the payment
by said Mills Of $4,000 and the costs Of the
suit. A resolution that the legislature at
| tend the Howe obsequies was adopted. The
| senate joint resolution to provide for the better
education of the masses by the suppression of
the use of tobacco, cigarettes and other mar
cotics by pupils in the public schools was in
definitely postponed. The joint senate reso-
| luton for the introduction Of q bill providing
for the purchase of 1000 copies of Strong's
History of the territory of Wisconsin was
adopted, ayes 10, noes g.. The following bills
were concurred in: To provide for the estab-
lishment and maintenance of public roadside
watering places; to provide for the purchase
of certain copies of Shephard's Wisconsin Dr.
gest. Bills passed: To authorize the Med
ford Mill Company, its successors and assigns,
to build and maintain dam on Little Black
River in Taylor County; relative to the distribu-
| ton of the proceeds of the swamp and over
flowed lands in Sank and Columbia Counties;
| to levy a state tax of $4,000 for the year
1888, and $240, 900 for the year 1884: authoriz-
ing Thomas Richie to dam the Marengo River.
-. .Colman presented resolutions of respect in
memory of the late Timothy o. Howe, which
were adopted. Eulogistic remarks were made
by Randall and Hudd.
MADISON, March 29.--The senate concurred
in the amendments to the resolution fixing the
time of adjournment. The joint resolution
for the discharge of the Judgment against
Simeon Mills on the payment of $4,000 and
costs of the suit was adopted by a vote of 10
to A.. The following assembly bills were con-
Cured in: To more effectually suppress vaga-
bondage to incorporate the city of Marshteld;
to authorize the county of Douglas TO unite
with any railroad corporation In the construc-
ton of bridges across the waters of the st.
Louis River, and to provide means to paw for
the same; to authorize ID. A. and G. A. Good
year to build and maintain ditch for cram
berry meadow and logging purposes; to au-
thoriZe Abel Neff and Samuel Neff to keep and
maintain a bridge across Wolf River. at the
village or Fremont; to authorize the building
of bridge across Lake st. Croix at Calzide
Bar. st. Croix County, by the railway company;
for the better preservation Oftish in Lake Viii
nebago. The assembly bill to authorize
John E. Glover and others to improve the nav
igation of Willow River and its tributaries for
log driving purposes and to boom and handle
logs thereon, was indefinitely postponed.
MADISON, March 30.-The senate refused to
thorizlng Canute Anderson to introduce bill
allowing portion of Burnett County to vote
on its division. The Carey bill regulating the
license of saloons from 300 minimum to $3.50
maximum was passed by vote of II to IA.
The bill in relation to swamp lands was indefin-
itely postponed. -. The bill requiring the keep
ing open of the polls until z o'clock P. NJ, on
election day was killed by tie vote decided
by the lieutenant governor. The bill limiting
the erection of county insane asylums came up
and Lord offered an amendment that the
amount to be paid by The state to Milwaukee
be equivalent to the average cost of the care
and maintenance OF patients in state hospitals
less the sum charged back to counties for care
and clothing. The amendment was killed on
vote of Is to 13. which carried the bill with it
-. The bill to abate the nuts ince of dam
across the ManltOwoc River, which III high wa
ter causes much damage TO farmers, was
passed.
MADISON, March 31.-BIlls concurred in: To
change the boundary lines of Langlade County
and TO attach certain territory thereto; to au-
thorize John Arpin and Others to bnlld, rebuild
and maintain flooding dams in and across st.
German Creek, In Lincoln County: TO increase
the state tax for the support of the state uni
verslty from lilo to Is OF mill per cent, for
the purpose of establishing a chair of phar-
macy and materia medica in said university;
| to authorize II. B. Mills to improve Robinson
Greek, In Jackson County, for g-driving pur-
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| authorizing j. Z. Ellis to build dam across
Yellow River; authorizing the construction of a
dam across TotoSaticonse River, Douglas
| County; prohibiting the killing of pigeons With
in three miles of their nesting place. Bills
| indefinitely postponed: Providing for ascer-
tanning and assessing lands belonging to the
| Wisconsin Farm Mortgage Land Company;
memorial to congress In relation to q revision
of the pension list; authorizing George Ran
dali Sons to construct and maintain dam
| across Hay Creek. in Eau Claire County;
amending the charter of Eau Claire The
usual resolution of thanks to the senate Of
ticers, for cOurtesies were passed, and the sem
ate adjourned TIL Tuesday, April Sd.
Assembly.
MADISON, March 26-The governor COM
municated the death of Judge Howe in an eulo
CYSTIC message. The following assembly
bills were passed: Requiring the keeping of an
abstract of tax sales in Shawano County;
amending the laws appropriating the proceeds
of the swamp-land sales in Lincoln County to
| the extinguishment of its railroad debt; estab-
| fishing an agricultural station and chair of
| pharmacy at the State university; authorizing
| the building of a bridge across Lake st. Croix.
-. .Scheiber endeavored to have the vote bv
which the memorial for the repeal of the duty
on lumber was indefinitely postponed, recon
| sidered and succeeded by vote of Is to rs.
! The consideration was deferred until next We'd
nesday evening.
MADISON, March 27.-+The senate resolution
| for the attendance of the legislature in body
at the funeral of the late Timothy o. Howe
was adopted. The bill to form and establish
the county Of Matt Carpenter was indefinitely
| postponed, after a substitute reported by the
| committee had been voted down The bill
to establish the original boundary line between
the counties of Shawano and Langlade, were
| indefinitely postponed. :. The committee on
resolutions on the death of T. O. Howe, re-
ported number of resolutions of sympathy
and coincidence. which were unanimously
| adopted. Bills passed: Authorizing the
erection of dam across the Yellow River.
Taylor County; to authorize Douglass County
to unite with any railway corporation in the
construction of bridges across the st. Louis
River. The bill authorizing certain towns
and villages in Adams and Juneau to aid in
| the construction of a bridge across the Wis
| consin River was concurred IN.
MADISON, March 29.-The senate Joint reso-
luton for final adjournment was amended SO
as to adjourn April 4, and conclude general
| business on March 81. :. Assembly bills indefn-
! itelY nostponed: Relating to damages cansnd