Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-02-15

county of Burnett and the creation of tee
county of Bowen; also relative to the IN
surance OF the bords by the city of Chip
pewa Falls.
The bill relating to the advertising of
| lands sold for taxes was indefinitely post
poned.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. Z.
| St7'Gte-BilIs introduced
Sen. Lord, providing for the organiza-
ton of private insane hospitals.
Sen. Adams. to authorize the state his
torical society to sell certain tract of
land.
Sen. Jonas, relating to election of di-
rectors of the Taylor orphaa asylum. IN
Racine county.
Sen. Webb, relating TO the assessment
and collection Of highway taxes also, 10
provi de for opening state road through
| Taylor and Price counties also, to amend
the act of 1882, to provide for a state road
through Taylor and Price counties slso,
to purchase 1900 copies of Stren2's His
tory of the Territory of Wisconsin for the
use of schools.
Senator Minor, to incorporate the city
Of Sturgeon Bay.
Relative to pawnbrokers, junk sh ops
and second hand dealers in the city OF
Milwaukee.
Supplementary and amendatory of
chapter 81 of revised statutes, entitled Of
religious societies.
To amend subdivision 4, of section 25S
revised statutes, entitled of investment of
the trust funds.
To provide for the publication of the
report of the professor of agriculture,
Prot. w. Fl. Henry, for the year 1882.
Relating to electors and general cleo
lions, and amendatory of sections II and
IA chapter revised statutes.
Relating to the raising of taxes in
Broadhead school district. and amendatory
of section 2, of chapter 2e7 private laws
of 1867
MISUNDERSTANDING were presented
by Messrs. Bolender and Pierce. The
former sgsinst the use of convict labor in
manufacturing and the latter against the
extention of the corporate limits of the
cit of Milwaukee.
Mckenzie presented a petition for he
repeal of all laws relating to burning
fluid.
Vredenburg, for equal taxation; and
Blyton one for the ATTACHMENT of a certain
territory now belonging to jackson csun-
ty to Monroe county.
Rasmussen offered Joint resolution
asking our deles alton in congress to use
their influence to secure the abolition of
the tax on matches.
Bills were then introduced as fol-
lows:
O'Neil amending Ike village charter of
shullsburg.
Curtiss, in relation to supply of water
for the capitol and its grounds.
Button, relating to bail bonds in crlmi-
nal courts. 3
Britton, relating to the acquisition of
lands by villages, cities and corporations,
for the construction of water works.
Bolender, relating to the union school
district in the village of Monroe, Green
county.
| \ Nichols, relating to the creation and
repair of bridges; also by request, relst-
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 Giro nit
court clerk of Eau Claire county.
Bloyton, relative 10 the repairing of
sidewalks in villages and damages for de-
iective sidewalks, sewers, drains and
bitches.
Gabriel, sppropriating 81 900 to the
Wisconsin Dairymens association for
1884.
FRIDAY FEB. y.
| AsSembly-Friday being the last dav fer
introducing bills an avalanche of them
were pricipitated upon both sides. But the
most of them being dead heads, it is i'm
possible to give any synopsis of them.
Speaker Finch announced the following
gentleman as the select committee on fire.
escape bills: Messrs. Fellenz, Leahy,
Hawks, Turner and Brand. Mr.. Macau-
Law ntaA nf -.
OF Menomonie 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
memorial 81 congress asking the speedy
passage OF house bill No. 7,175, for the re-
lief of the Stock bridge and Mansee tribe OF
indians. Resolutions were Presented: By
Mr.. Scheiber Goint resolution J, to submit
TO the people, at the next general election
the question OF holding convention to
amend the constitution; and by Mr.. John
fton, joint resolution amending the con-
stitutlon go az to prohibit theliquor traffic
in this state. Referred to committee on
state affairs. Resolgtions were adopted
requesting the secretary OF state 10 furnish
the assembly with report of the Wiscon-
SIN Farm Mortgage land company, and
llidl IL bS spNcdN Ou tne journal. and re-
quiring the superintendent of public
property to furnish each committee room
with copy of the revised statutes and the
session laws since 1878.
Sepats-Sen. Adams. presented pet
ition of the board of supervisors of Dane
county, asking that said county be 1eim-
bursed for portion of the expenses of
building the county asylum for the chron-
ic insane.
Sen. Reed, bill to provide a state
school for predetermined children; also, to
provide that all easements, 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, az follows:
Resolred BY The senate, The assembly eoncirrinc.
That section OF article l of the constitution OF
the state Of Wisconsin be amended as follows
Section s. The right of trial BY jury shall remain
inviolate, and shall extend to all cases at law,
without regard TO the smountin controversy; but
jury trial may be waived by the parties in all