The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10
WISCONSIN, LEGISLATURE.

WISCONSIN, LEGISLATURE.
MADISON, January 29-BiIls introduced:
AppropriatDg $1,000 for each of the next
tEo years to the State Horticultural Society:
amending the charters Of Green Bay and Por-
Fage; relating to high schools The assembly
resolution for the appointment of q special
committee to investigate the NeWhan fire was
killed.
MADISON, January 30-A resolution was
adopted asking the commissioners of public
lands to report the number Of acres sold since
JsuGtv !, ana to whom. A bill was passed
allowing circuit judges to make commitments
- insane hospltais....A a bill was introduced
HAl''S ne saloon license at Il minimum Of $40
and naLIaum Of $3.50. and druggists luuor
license at minimum of SO and a maximum
Of SIS. Adjourned.
MADISON, January 31.-Buls introduced:
Authorizing Hans Johnson to build piers INTO
the waters Of Lake Michigan; appropratipg
$4,000 to the Wisconsin Industrial School for
Girls; (passed under suspended rules) TO iucor-
pora the city of Black River Falls providing
Ter sentences to the state prison without fixing
the time; a4nendatOry Of the law in relation to
highways and bridges: approDriating $500 to
defrHy the expenses of the state institutions
'AtN-Ai IIDNlIlL1 ltE ttIt ilGItt
OF q license fee by the owners of palace draw
InE-toom aud sleeping cars; memorial for the
establishment Of a mail-TOute between Iude-
peldence aud GdlmantOWu (passed under sus-
psuaan OF ruies); a memorial increasing the
peaaaous Of soldiers disabled IN the Mexican
wer .. The governor submitted a commuuica-
ton relative to the appointment of Charles
Luing, of Mauitowoc. as a member of the
state board Of supervision for the ensuing five
ycar5....Ihe assembly joint resolution for the
withdrawal OF state lands from the market
until the pending bills on the subject are dis
posed of, was cOncuTred IN. The assembly
JOINT resolution in regaid to stationery for
members was indefinitely postponed by a vote
OF II - l5.. Adjourned.
MADISON, February bills: The nomina-
ton by Gov. Risk of Charles Luling. of Mani
t,woc, as member Of the state board of
supervision was confirmed. Bills passed.
Exemptng husbands from responsibility for
the debts Of their wives was pas ed; authoIiz-
ing the construction of a bridge cross La Belle
Lake Ocon0mOwOe Adjourned.
MADISON, February 2.-Kingston introduced
a memorial to congress for the extension Of
suffrage to women. Reed introduced a bill
for the establishment of boards Of health in
towns and villages A bill was introduced to
authorize W. SransEy TO build and maintain
dam across KewauHee River in Kewaunee
County Adjourned till Monday evening.
Assembly.
MADISON, January 27.-The following bills
were introduced: Authorizing an unmarried
wo nan 10 sue for her own seduction; also.
maBiag the charge Of unchastIty actionable
without proof Of special damages: also re-
curing sieepIng-car companies IN this state
10 procure licenses, and prohibiting railroad
companies from running non-liCensed sleep
iug-ears on their tracks IN this state; re
qUiriag owners or occupants Of improved
lands IN Vernon County TO fence said lands;
amending the revised statutes relative to
ra.; II Eol for grintlng; amending the re-
ylagu s.afutes m relation TO villages; in re-
latOn 10 trespGsS. The memorial to congress
relative to an appropriation for Superior
City LarbOr beng taken up for cOnsldcra-
ton, lengthy debate ensued, resulting in
liz p0stpOnement until next Tuesday Nc
DOnalG'5 memorial relative to shear bOOms
OF the Mississippi Was adopted. Adj djourued
until Monday evening.
MADISON, January 29.-Bills introduced:
Relative to the setting of spring guns-making
killing by same murder 10 the second degree:
authorizing fire insurance companies organ
lied under the state laws 20 insure property
against lightning, haIl, tornado and hurricane;
relating to o6erses against property; relating
to highways and bridges: Te-euaCting the
law prohibiting the expectation Of game from
the state.
MADISON, January 30.-Nabsr's joint reso-
luton was passed ordering the department of
pubic property to sell stationery to members
at cost price to the value Of So, the members
to pay for the 55 cents worth already furnished
The senate memorial to congress for the
improvement of Superior harbor was concurred
in. =. Bills introduced: Making fraud on hotel
and boarding house keepers a mjsdemeanor;
making it the duty Of the court before which
the person Is convicted of selling liquor IN
lawfully to shut up such persons place of busi-
neEs as a nuisance: authorizing village boards
to compel lot owners TO clear sidewalks of snow
and rubbish exempting from taxation corpor
auuns for manufacturing zinc out Of native
ores of the state; that the tax on mortgages be
collected from the mortgage instead of the
mCrtgagOr providing fee to highway over
seers for killing nOXl0u5 weeds, hargeablelto
property owners: a general law exempting all
benevolent life insurance companies from pay
ing license. Adjourned.
MADISON January 3t.-Bishop introduced a
memorial for an increased appropriation for
pensions for Mexican war soldiers. Bills in
troduced Authorizing the Waseca Manufao-
turing Company TO build and maintain dam
across KickapOO River. in Crawford County:
approDristing 55, 600 to the Northern Wiscon-
SIN Agricultural and Mechanical Association;
for lust and equitable equalization Of all
property subjected to taxation; requiring rail
road companies to employ only such persons as
are not disqualified for their respective posi-
tious by reason Of color blindness or other de-
fective sight. The senate bill Incorporating
the CITY of Black River Falls was cOncurred in.
go. The special order on the interest bill was
taken mp, and th7 bill was passed by a vote Of
62 TO "A. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 1.-The senate resolution
restricting the Introduction of new business to
February 1st was concurred in....Bills intro
dUced. Providing for ascertaining and assess
ing the lands of the Wisconsin Farm Mortgage
Company; fixing the saloon license at not less
than $50 uOT more than Sl6), and turning all
license fees INTO the county treasury: appro-
priatlug S2,000to the State Agricultural Society
for each OF the years 1882. 1888 and 1884 "
majority Of the committee on elections re-
ported IL favor of Geo. o. Spear (dem.) con-
testant in the Spear-LeCnhafd contested
election case. Turner VIII present a majority
report in favor of Leonhardt (rep.) the sitting
Adjourned.
MADISON. February 2.-Bills introduced:
Authorizing the superintendent Of public
property to sell stationery at cost to certain
persons: exempting property owners from the
penalties of the game laws when the game Is
killed by them on their own premises; TO pre-
vent seine fishing in the lakes bavous and
sloughs of the Mississippi River; limiting the
value of homestead exemptions to $4,000 in
the country and cities under 1900 inhabitants.
and $4,000 in al other cities; to authorize 1.
J. La Flesh and assigns to build and maintain
dams on the east fork Of Black River. in
Wood. Clark and Jackson Counties. The
bill incorporating Merrill, Lincoln County. was
passed The bill to increase the pay of mem
bers of county boards Of supervisors from 81
to So per day was killed. Adjourned till
Monday evening.