The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-03-17
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

MADISON, March 5.--Bills passed: Authorlz-
ing the state superintendent to sell single
COPY of the Nicodemus and C0nover map Of the
state of Wisconsin to every school district,
teacher of high school, and town or county
officer in the state desiring to purchase the same
for public use a a price not less than clU eachi
To donate to the counties Sank and Columbia
the proceeds from the sale of swamp and over
flowed lands lying therein; appropTlatlng TO the
professor OF agriculture at the state university
the sum of $500 for use IA the msDufactuIe OF
syrup aud sugar from amber cane. .Blls m
definitely postpou ed: Making the daily salary
of attorneys. when assigned to defend criminals,
$40 instead of SIS; providing Tor indeternlnate
sentences to state prison TO facilitate the coec-
tion of wages.
MADISON. March Ga bill was passed au-
thorizng the State Historical Society to sell
certain tract of land. Assembly piiis con-
cured in: To authorize the voters OF moor
porated villages 10 direct whether .ne - +,
of village clerk and street comnlissioueI sna'
be filed by appointment or by eiecnon; 70 au
thorize the maintenance of bridge across tne
Rock River in the city of Beot; 10 appropi!lat'e IA
to the Wisconsin Dairymen's Assoclslion 81,
600 for the wears 1888 and 1884. Inc vote
that killed the bill cutting down the PEI dlen'
of LAWYERS assigned to the defense OF criminals
by Judges was reconsdered and debate on tne
matter was postponed till the evening OF the
Sth inst.
MADISON. March Bills passed: lncor~
porating the city of Tomah; incorporating the
city of Lake Geneva; providing for the ap
pointment and compensation OF registers VI
probate courts and prescribing the duties Oh
such registers The bill relating to the or
ganizatlon of corporations for the estaDilsn-
ment and maintenance of hospitals, asyIuns,
or insane institutions for taG care, lIeatnoN'
or relief Of insane or feeble-mlnded persons,
and amendatorv of chapter Sc, revised stat
/ arafIr a Esaf he
poratons was passed by vote OF u 10 ~
. The following bills we're concurfed M 10
authorize Jerome Peltier 10 build ana MAINTAIN
a dam in the waters of Green bay; ID feiauop
TO bounties ON wild animals; TO repeal tne act
incorporating the city of Chitoni provinng
for passHays for fish in Iowa and Laiayette
Counties The blll providing for lnoeter-
inmate sentences was indefinitely postponed
by a vote Of 20 TO 10 and the bill relatlns 10
the sale of intoxicating liquors HitboEt IL
eense was indefinitely postponed by the same
vote jonas JOINT resolution amending sec
ton of article of the constitution III Lelatlou
TO trial bv Jury was killed by vote OF 10 10
Is. The proposed amendment PROVIDED lha'
"a jmy trial may be waived by the parIes ia
all cases. in the manner prescribed by law. ana
in all civil cases a verdict co9curred IN by
three fourths of the jury shall be safhclent'
MADISON March 8-The bill amending the
act incorporating the city of Menomome was
passed under suspended rules Other bills
passed: Authorizing John III. Knapp ana
Henry l.. Stout d Co.. to construct and main
tain a dam across Long Lake RIVER. Burnest
County; appropriatlnS certain sums OF money
therein named to the charitable, reformatory
and penal institutions Of the state providing
for laying out q state road on the line between
the counties of Marathon and Lincoln. Inc
following bills were ordered to a third reading,
and concurred in under the suspension OF rules:
Authorizing Harlow Ammenson and John Am
A5n a
improve Poplar River in Florence County; au~
thorizing the maintenance of a dam across Scar
bro Creek, in Kewaunee County; authorizing the
Wauzeka Manufacturing Company to maintain
a boom IN kickapoo River, Crawford CountV'
authorizing Efiek Lundholm to erect and malI-
tain dam across Dunnum Creek III Burnett
County; authorizing the city of Eau Claire to
construct and maintain bridge across the
Chippewa River, between the Sixth and Eighth
Wards Of the city; authorizing ii. L. Mills 10
improve Robinson Greek, Jackson County, for
log driving purposes The bill for the pTotec-
tlon OF bridges over rivers and streams where
such rivers and streams are used for flooding
and driving Of legs and timber was indefinitely
postponed . The interest bill WAS concurred
IN with an amendment making the minimum
rate per cent. and the maximum rate 10 per
cent.
MADISON, March 9.-The bill creating the
county of Sawyer was concurred in under sus-
pended rules Bills were also concurred in
regulating the rate of interest and providing
for the better protection of fish in the bayous
of the Mississippi River =. The public land bill
was ordered to third reading, the % provision
being retained, with two amendments; one by
Senator Kingston, giving settlers en- state
lands. previous to its being granted by the
government, the first right of purchase. The
other amendment was mere technicality In
relation to giving notice when the lands are
offered at public sale. Adjourned tin Monday
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