The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-03-31
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

800 patients more than are now in the state. /
The bill calls for the further construction OF I
a'ylums, aid repeals the law under VII ch the /
Milwaukee and other insane asylumS were !
built. .AsseE bly, bills Incorporating The cites /
of Sparta and Mauston we've concurred iu.
MADISON. Msrch 20.-The Iill authorizing
John Furlong to build and maintain per eX-
tending into the waters Of Lake MlcM5a at
Milwaukee was concuired in. The memorial
TO cor gress for the conditional re3eal of tie
duty on lumber, providing similar course IS
pursued by the Canadian government was
adopted by a vote of II to IS. The follow
ing bills we're indefinitely postDoned: RelatnG
to the grading aud testing OF wheat: authDliz
ing Ford Bros, to MAINTAIN a dam across Clam
River. Burnett County; relating 10 the duties
of the railroad Commissioner: apprO rating
certain sum to the free high schools; appropri-
ating certain forfeited money to the state Ag
Iicultural Society; authoriz ng the commits
sion,Ts of public lanis to loan a portion Of The
trust funds of the state to towas, villages and
cities, ami provide for the settlement of the
bonds of said towns, cities and villages in an
of railroad corporations and IN payment of
such bonds.
MADISON, March 21.-FIint introduced bill
fixing the date for the final adjournment stthe
30th inst. The bill fixing the minimum
price of new selections at So per acre was
passed. Bills concured III; Providing for
the alteration of a state road from Stockton to
Durand. Pepin County: ptohibiting the expor-
tatiou of game; authorizing j. L. Ellis and
others to build dam on Cooper River, Lincoln
| County; providing tor The payment of $500 to
Kelley A. Mott, of MenOmOnee, who uaS dis
ablod by gunshot wound while IN pursuit of
the Williams brothers; for the preservation of
| fish i'll the waters Of Dell CIek, IN Sank
County; Incorporating the city # Nicolet 49,.
| The bill defining qualified electors aud town
officehoders was indefinitely postponed. -.
Of fHo +la1
| act to authorize the City of Chippewa Falls to
| issue bonds for the purpose of paying It's in
Oebtcdness, was concurred IN.
MADISON, March %. The vote by which the
| senate bin to donate 10 the counties Of Sauk
and Columtia the proceeds from the sale Of
| swamp and ovGfoyed lands therein.
| passed by the senate. was reconsidertd andt the
| bill was recommtted to the committee on
/ state affairs. . The assembly int resolution
! authorizing the introduction of bill to enable
| the city of Racine to erect waterworks. was
| cOucuwed in. The senate Joint Tesolutio for
| the final adjournment of the legislature ON the
| 50th INST, with the suspension of all bu mess
| except messages on the 28th, came up for
| consideration. Hudd proposed an amendment,
changing,the dates to March 30th ard April ID.
! Cotiril opposed the amendment on the ground
| that it W )uid keep the members over Sunday.
| The amendment and the resolution amended
were adopted The bill for the taxation of
| sleeping and palace cars was passed; also the
bill incorporating the city of Colby The fol-
| lowing bills were concurred in: To enlarge the
powers of certain incorporate ed villages; to in
corporate the city of Narshfield; to incorporate
the city of Kewaunee: to create tho county of
| Washburn out of portion of Burnett County.
| 80. The following senate bills we're indefinitely
| postponed: To provide for public guardian
in each county In this state, and prescribing
his official duties and com JeDsation; to provide
for state school for feeble minded children.
| MADISON, March 23.-Assemby bills con-
CURED in: To encourage the manufacture of
zinc in this state from native ore; to detach
certain territory from the town Of SIelrose,
| Jack on County, and attach the same TO the
town of Little Falls, Monroe County; I, st ring
certain territory to the town of Campbell IN
| La Crosse County; to prevent the spread Of
noxous weeds; amending the law inrel tion to
swamp lands in Marathon. Clark, Chippewa
| and ShawanC: authorizing II. f. Southvel,
JEFF Heath and others to build and maintain a
boom in thu waters of Beaver Lake, III Barron
County: for the maintenance of dam across
Price River: author zing Marshall Wlls and
| G. E. Stanley to maintain q dam across ONell
River, in Chippewa County; to sutholize Eliza
| CoYan ard Mary Stafford 10 construct pier
docks and wharveS IN Superior Bay; TO author
ize Lincoln County to build and maintain a
f, ee bridge across Wi consin River; to authorize
| Louis NayOtneY and others to build a dam IN
Springbrook, Langlade County. Bills passed
under suspended rules: Incorporating the city
of Neenab; Incorporating the city of NcilIsvile
creating the fourteenth judicial circuit Res
| olutlons were introduced authorizing substan-
| lilly the le-intrOductIon of the Simeon Mills
ard Moses ". Strong bills -. Csrey's I'LL rCgu-
| lrting the amC unit of license for liquor came up
| on its engrOssmCnt and third reading. An
amendment was offered and csl,ied fixing tie
minimum for retail at 500, and $500 or max
imum; wholesale, $50 ana 500. The c'suse
giving the authorities issuing the license the
power of fixing tie fees iii proportion to the
earnings was excluded from the bill. A motion
to indefinitely postpone lost by vote oi
Is to II. and the bIli was ordered crosse q
and read third time. motion that when
the senate adj Durn it be until Monday evening
was adopted after some discussion.
Assembly.
MADISON, March 19.--The bill Incorporating
the city of Sparta passed under suspension o.
the rules The bill introduced by AIr. Schei
Der limiting the value exempting homestead
to IS. 900 was passed e. Bills killed: Contem
plating a removal of the capital to Milwaukee
10 authorize the county of Milwaukee to trans
fer to the state the Milwaukee County Insan
Asylum; providing for state Institution forth
chronic insane.
2 MADISON. March 2O-The bill iucol poratin,
Marshtield was passed under suspended rules
also the bin iDcor porating Nicolet 49,. The com
mittee amendment to the bill licensing tele
| phone companies by making the license fee one
, half per cent. of the gross earnings was killed
! and the percentage fixed at three. .Schiebe
| made an effort for reconsideration Of la
vote by which the b ] removing the capitol f
2 Milwaukee was lost, but was uns ucceSsiui, tn
{ vote standing - to 81.
MADISON March 21.-Assenbv bills pass cd
r Requiring occupants or owners f improved
} lands in Vernon County to naiutain fence
| -o,1 10 10 s-14l
: | the CITY Of Chippewa Falls to issue bon fo
| the purpose Of paylng its indebtedness; IrcoT
purating the city of Kewauuee 49, he bill pro
I 7iding Tor schools for deaf mutes IL cities an
S | Incorporated villages was indefinitely post
! poned The low license bill vas killed.
! Chief Clerk Carr was called before the bar o
the house aud presented With $3.50 watch.
: MADISON. March 22-BIls passed: Provid
= ing against tramps; increasing the punisbmeL
n for kidnapping: incorporating the city @
= NeiIlsvlle. The bill providing for the marx
u ing of goods made by prison labor was kiHe
: bv a vote of 46 to 80. The bills for the pre-
g lection of bridges over rivers and stream
: where such rivers and streams al
q used for flooding and driving of logs an
;, timber. and providing for the laying out an
= establish ng of state road from Milwaukee
: Port Washington we're killed The licens
r bill was taken up but ftb1stering p cvente
= any pro ress.
q MADISON, March 23.-The bill to require raj
Il road corporations to employ only such person
k as ere rot disqualified for their respective pos
II tions by reason of color-bindness or other d.
d fectlve sight was indefinitely postponed III
q senate bill authorizing the attorney general
satisfy ard discharge the judgment again
Simeon Mills upon his paying the princip
e thereof, $4,000, was refused concurrence
s. aves 40, noes A Wall moved that the vo
Ie OF Yesterday refusing to order the suhstitu
for the Jill making prison made goods to e.
grossmcnt and third reading, te recous dere
r. Lost. AYES 90, noes At. The chair decide
il. that tie original bill was still on the caleuda
A.. whererpCn Wash moved reference to the cor