Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-02-14
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
MADISON, February Bills introduced:
To abolish the state park in Lincoln County,
and place the lands on the market at mini
mum price of 1913 per acre; declaring Little
Yellow River, Wood County, naYigable for log
ging purposes; in relation to the numbering of
| houses IN villages; appropriating So, 900 for
stationery for each of the next TWO years for
the use of state officers and the legislature.
The bills Incorporating the cities of Depare
| and Merrill were passed Adj burned
MADISON, February Ga resolution was Of
fered by Cottrill, insmuCting the Wisconsin
representatives III congress to turn their att0n-
| ton to the matter of damage resulting to the
| export trade of the United States owing to
| the spread of pneumonia among cattle in
| the eastern states Bills Introduces: Pro-
| yldlng for q public guardian in each county;
| authorizing the AIedfOrd Mill Company to con
| struct and maintain dam across Little Black
River IN Taylor County; providing for the dis
| position of unclaimed articles exbumed from
the ruins of the Newhall House; dividing I'll
swamp and OverfOwed lands not yet offered at
| public sale In two equal parts, the proceeds
| from each to be credited equally to the drain
age and agricultural college funds. Moses
nj. StrOngs history bill and COttrils bill against
the carrying of firearms were killed Ad-
| jOurned
MADISON, February IA petition was sub
mitted by Parry, that the legislature employ
all ordinary and extraordinary means to pre-
vent the further coinage of silver Bills iu-
| trOduced: Providing for the organization of
private insane asylumg; authorizing the State
| Historical Society to sell a certain tract of
| land; to incorporate the city of Sturgeon Bay
-. Bills passed: Relating to the investment
Of trust funds; for the publication of Prof.
Henry's agricultural report. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 8.--Bils introduced:
ApprOpriating 81, 480 to the State Agricultural
Society; for the preservation of fish in Dane
| County lakes and rivera; for the incorporation
of the cities of 0Iarshfeld, EdgertoD, Wauke-
sha, Fox Lake, Geneva and Hartford -. War
ner's exemption bill was indefinitely postponed.
The appointment of w. W. Daniels as
member of the state board OF health and T.
| d. Weeks, W. FL. Chandler and A. d. Andrews
as members of the normal school board of
regents, was confirmed. 70. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 9.-Kingston's bill allow
| ing anyone draining lands to dig o ditch
through adjoining property, for proper com
pensatlOn, was passed. :. This being the last
day of new business 70 bills were introduced.
many being dead-heads. The most important
were: To appropriate a certain sum for ex-
| perments with sorghum sugar; TO authorize
| Joseph Meyer to maintain dam across Little
Eau Plaine River, Marathon County; to change
the boundary Of Langlade County; to improve
White River and Long and Pine Lakes for log
ging purposes; for the establishment of O. state
road on the line between Mar th0n and Lincoln
Counties. Adjourned till Monday evening.
Assembly
MADISON, February Bills introduced: Ex-
emptlng $50 of the monthly wages of laborers
from execution; increasing the fees of jurors
and members of county boards from 81 per day
to $3.50; authorizing Jackson County to donate
or convey It's lands to any railroad company
building q line from La Crosse to Black River
| Falls and thence through Jefferson County:
providing for the issue of a uniform policy by
all kinds of insurance companies: for the APP
pointment of nine state game-keepers Zone to
each congressional distriSt) they to appoint q
game constable in each county, said game
| Keepers to receive $500 salary per annum and
S2OC'for travelling expenses, allowing the issue
| of search warrants Tor search for liquors I'M
lawfully kept on sale; authorizing the city of
| Milwaukee to issue bonds to the extent of
| $4,000 to increase water facilities; providing
that IN a case where real estate is sold on ex-
emption and the case is taken 10 the supreme
court and judgment reversed, the sale be set
aside and the appellant have his property re-
stored.
MADISON, February 6.-Bills introduced
Making owners of dams liable for full damage
to nelghbornG property Oyerf1owed and in
Jured; incorporating the city of West Depere:
setting aside all that portion of Burnett Coun
ty east of the west line Of range IA west, and
creating theretrom the county of Bowen
Adjourned.
MADISON, February 7.--Organzing the coun-
ty of Sawyer out Of portions of Ashland and
Chippewa; authorizing village officials to Oblige
property owners to keep sidewalks, drains and
sewers III good condition; appropriatlng $1,000
to the Darynen's Association for the ensuing
two years; allowing the publishers of weekly
papers regularly published during the whole
of the year preceding, 800 for publishing gen
nT t1,roI
parties to construct a dam across Little Elk
| River, Price County, for the better preservation
of fish In Lake Winnebago.. Adjourned.
MADISON, February 8.-Resolutions intro
duced: A joint resolution to amend the con-
stltution by making terms of Office of justice
OF the peace four years; Joint resolution was
| adopted asking the Wisconsin congressional
delegation to favor the bill abolishing the tax
on matches. -. Bills introduced: Permitting
sherlffs to loan out labor Of prisoners in county
jail to any town, city or village giving sufficient
bonds fer safe and humane keeping Of the
prisoners; aboli8hing the Office of county sur
! Veyor; making the term of office of all town
officers two years instead of one; detaching the
| towns north of the line between towns 81 and
70 north from Langlade County and attaching
them to Florence; apprOprlatiug 81, 480 for
paying the indebtedness of the state agricuI~
tural societies; creating the county of Matt
| Carpenter out Of portions of Langlade and
ShaWano; making six consecutive years con-
tinement in an insane hospital and judgment
Of the court that the case is incurable, on the
part of husband Or wife a sufficient cause for
divorce on the part of the other: the assembly
bill taxing express companies per cent. on
| gross earnings, except on goods in transit
through the state passed. under suspension of
the rules, without q dissenting voice. In the
evening the contested election case of Spear VS..
Leonhardt was settled, the right of Leon
hardt (rep.) the sitting member, to a seat
being affirmed by vote of 81 to So. Ad-
journed.
MADISON, February 9.-To-day beng the
last day for the Introduction of new business
III bills were introduced, most OF them
dead heads. Following are the most important:
Appropriating $4,000 for the purchas of an
executive residence; taxing telegraph COM
panies So per mile Of wire; appropriating 800
to the Wool Growers Association; appropIiat-
ing $4,000 far the extension of the free high
school system; compelling railroad companies
to build and maintain suitable passageways
from depots and functions; annulling the fran
chIse of the Chicago and Tomah Narrow
Gauge Railroad on the KIckapoo valley part of
the line, Wauseks 10 Tomah; closing the polls
at general election at 7 P. NJ. allowing deputy
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