River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-08
WISCONSIN NEWS.
THE LEGISLATURE.


MADISON, Feb %. In the senate this morn
ing the most important bills passed we're ss
follows:
Deelaring the Little Yellow river in Wood equity
aavlaasl fcg le7s, and authorizing the improve
ueut thereof fe FOG driving purposes; to provide
for public par in the cits o. Milwaukee; 70 pro-
vide for locating and maintaining stale road from
Westboro il TAYLOR county through Pierce soanty
TO Gliuaden in Ashland county.
4 number Of other bills amending the stat
utes regarding the time of holding terms of
court, making teccnieal changes in the statutes
on charges uTon land sales. etc, were also
! passed. A memorial TO congress for the re-
moval of the duty on lumber Aiicited long
favor. He claimed that the pine
. forests OF the State Of Wisconsin at the
present rate wouli be exhausted in the course
tT eight years. The people of Wisconsin would
soon have "a look to Canada for their supply
of timber The lfEbe inter, st. he argued,
was not an infant Industry repairing protection
Most Of the pine lands had been bought mp bv
spectators at low prices He thought the
30, 600, 900 of people of the United
States were entitled to protection from the
greed of the lumber monopoiist The prices
of lumber were constantly going up. The
taking off of the duty would reduce the
price at least 81 per Thousand, and
wodId invite the competition Of Canadian
lumbermeii, and have beneficial effect upon
the community at large Minor argued on the
OPPOSITE SluS. ana tue matter ~hN many ~
ferred to the committee on manufactures and
| commerce Adjourned til morning IN the
assembly petitions for amendments TO the COLI
stitution in regard 70 prohibiting the manufac-
| ture of intoxicating beverages, for the taNation
| of church property, aud by leAding business
| men of Milwaukee against the passr sc Of the
senate I'll, No. IL. regarding elevators, we're
| presented. Binder suspension of the rules the
| bill was passed eAisipg down fees Of lawyers
assigned to protect criminsls from 81 to $40
| day. The assembly bill mshing persons
complaining or prosecuting in justice courts
responsible for costs in case of -couyic lem
was indefinitely postponed. The assembly adj
| jouIned until evening, when it met simply TO
hear committee rer9rls
MADISON, Feb. 2s-Tne senate devoted the en-
tire forenoon TO a discussion OF the bill for the or
ganization OF private hospitals for the Of the
Insane, the question being on the provisions ea1
empting from taxation real and personal property OF
the said hospitals. The bin was finally ordered
| engrossed and read third time. Adjourned till
morning. In the assembly petitions were pre-
| sented as follows; By Walsh, a remonstrance 81
| fifty Milwaukee physicians against assembly bill
| No 466. regulating the granting Of medical di-
plbmasy by Mesrs Anderson. Apple. Craig and
| Turner; petitioning for prohibitory constitu-
toual amendment; by Mr. Friend remonsirauce
against the air cushion elevator bill By Turner,
| petition for the taxation Of church and railway
| property. johnson presented the report o.
| p Il. Jewell, lumber inspector Of district
| No. 4, which showed that during 1882 In
| specior Jewell scaled 33, 3o7,67S feet OF logs
| Senate bills were conourred ia as follows: T0pro-
vide for the publication of 600O copies OF TIE report
of the professor of agriculture Of the STATE nniver-
! sity, W. A. Henry for 1881. and for the istribu-
tion of the same: to provide that husbands shall
not be liable for personal debts OF wives; The as
sembly bill was passed obging the use ol half
bushel measures in testing wheat instead Of two
| quart measures