Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-16
Button, relating to bail bonds in crimi-

Button, relating to bail bonds in crimi-
| hsl courts
Britton, relating to the acquisition of
lands by villages, cities and corpo zaii inns,
fo~ the construction of water works.
Bolender. rela,ing to the union school
district ia the village OF Monroe, Green
county.
Nichols, relating TO the creation and
repair of bridges; also by request, relat-
ing to restriction of railroad passenger
rates.
Taylor, to organize the county of Saw
yer from portions of Ashland and Chip
pewa counties.
Carmichael, relative to the circ uit
court clerk of Eau Claire county.
Bloyton, relative 10 the repairing of
sidewalks in villages and damages for de-
ieciive sidewalks. sewers, drains and
bitches.
Gabriel, appropriatipg $1,000 10 the
Wisconsin Dairymen's association
1884.
FEIDAY Feb. 8.
Assembly-Friday bei1g the last dav f.r
introducing bills, an avalanche of them
were pricipitated upon both sides. But the
most of them being dead heads, it is i'm
possible 10 give any synopsis of them.
Speaker Finch apnosneed the following
gentleman as the select committee on fire.
escape bilk: Messrs. Fellenz, Leahy.
Hawks, Turner and Brand. Mr.. Macau-
ley presented petition of 134 citizens
OF MenomoDie favoring the passage of the
bill appropriating 81 900 to Kelly A. Watt
severely crippled and injured during the
raid on the Williams brothers, the desper-
ADDE'S, in 1881, and Mr.. Waber offered a
memtf al t. congress sskiTg the speedy
passage OF house bill No. 7.175. for the re-
lief of the Stock bridge aid Mansee tribe of
INDIANS solutions were presented: By
Mr. ochelber Uoint resolution J, 10 submit
70 the people, at the next general election
amend the constitution; and by Mr.. John
ston. joint resolution amending the con-
stitulion go as TO prohibit the LIQUOR traffic
In this state. Referred to committee o.,
state affairs. Resolutions were adop,ed
requesting the secretary of state TO furnish
the assembly with a report of the Wiscon-
sin Farm Mortgage land company, and
that 1t be spread on the Journal; and re-
curing the superintendent ot public
property to furnish each committee room
with copy of the revised statutes and the
session laws since 1873.
Sendte-Sen. Adams presented pet
ition OF the board of supervisors of Dane
county, asking that sad county be reim-
bursed for a portion of the expenses of
building the county asy lum for the chron-
ic insane.
Sen. Reed, bill to provide state
school for fee BILE minded children; also, TO
provide that all easments, right-of-way,
franchise grades or other work done be-
longing to railroad companies will be for-
feited to the state in certain cases.
Sen. Jones, joint resolution to amend
the constitution of the state. as follows:
Resolved by the senate, the assembly eoncorinq,
That section 5 OF ar'lcle l of the constitution o.
the state of Wisconsin be amended as follows:
Section 5. The right of trial by jury shall remain
inviolate, and shall extend to all cases at law,
without regard to the amountin controversy: but
jury trial may be waived by the parties in all
cases il the manner prescribed by law, and in al
cases verdict corcurred in by three -fourths of
the jury shall be sufficient.
Sen. Kingston, a bill to reorganize the
agricultural college; also. TO appropri ate
a certain sum of money for conducting
experiments with sorghum sugar
Sen. Reed, b II to authorize the COM
missioners of school and university lands
10 loan portion of the trust-fund of the
state to towns. villages and cities for the
settlement of outstanding railroad bonds.
Adjourned till Monday night.