Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-02-18
LEGISLATIVE.
Senate.

| Senate
| MADISON, Feb. 10,-A petition was presented
in favor of allowing the Historical Society Of
| fcers an increase of salary. The following
bills we're PISSED: Authorizing the state to
| defray the funeral expenses of INDECENT veter-
| ans of the late war: making the length of time
| a country school shall be taught six months in
| stead of five; abOlishing the clause in the Re-
vised Statutes making failure to file inventory
| in eases of voluntary assignment, acting as
void on said assignment.
| MADISON, Feb. 1.-THE Grant memorial to
Congress was concurred in. Messrs. WalIber,
| Hay and Phillips were confirmed as Normal
School regents, and Mr.. Reynolds as member
| of the State Board of Health. A bill Yves in
| troduced to provide for the purchase of gov
| ernor's residence at a cost not to exceed $780,
600. Senate bills were passed: Allowing
county boards to select a place Of deposit for
| county funds; Sppropriating $4,000 to the gov
| ernor's contingent fund; allowing suits in at
tachment and garnishment to be made in
partnership name when the names Of all the
individual partners are not known.
| MADISON, Feb 12.-Petitions were pres ented
IN favor of woman suffrage and against high
| license. Bills were introduced: 10 prevent
and punish cruelty to animals; in relation to
| the records OF the insane: to protect and in
crease the fish supply in Lakes Michigan and
| Superior.
| MADISON, Feb. 13.-The most important bills
introduced were: To amend the charter Of the
city of Milwaukee; to create an agricultural ex-
| perimeutal station, to establish state reform
| atory for girls and women; to regulate the
appointment of Inspectors of election and the
registration of electors; to secure the wages of
rsilway employees; relating to the aduteration
of food and drink; IN relation to woman suf-
frage. A memorial to Congress was adopted in
relation to experiments in the manufacture of
sorghum sugar. At the evening session alarge
number of billsa mostly Of an unimportant
character, we're introduced.
| Assembly.
MADISON, Feb. 10.-The following bills were
introduced: Relative to the issuance of teach
ers' certificates to high school graduates; in
| cooperating the cities of Kiel, Earring and
| Augusta; giving local authorities the power to
grant or refuse license to sell liquor and fixing
the fee for liquor to be drank on the premises
| at 5000; and for the sale of liquor not drank
on the premises at 800; to prevent the print
ing, sale and distribution of obscene literature;
requiring the governor to make a detailed re-
| port of the expenditure of the contingent
| fund.- appropriating 81, 900 to the Northern
| Agricultural and Mechanical Association. and
| SIS, 000 to build an exposition building for the
| State Agricultural Society. Petitions were
introduced in favor of the. proposed agricult-
ural college and against high license.
MADISON, Feb. 11.-Petitlons were presented
favoriDg the abolition of contract prison labor,
and memorial of the Milwaukee School Board
in regard to the granting of teachers certif-
Gates to graduates Of the normal department
of the Milwaukee High School. Bills were in
troduced Approprlating $4,000 sa contin-
gent fund to be used forSthe prevention of the
cholera: requiring assessors to list all buildings
st their actual market value: authorizing the
township system of schools to borrow from the
state trust funds for building school-houses;
authorizing public land commissioners to with
draw lands from public market, and publicly
sell them as other lands are sold; restricting
mutual loan building associations to the issue
of $5,000.000 stock. Resolutions of respect to
the memory of the late S. S. Merrill were
adopted and speeches made by Messrs. Villas
and Adams.
MADISON. Feb. PA long list of petitions
was presented, including one in favor of sep
arate agricultural college, against high license,
| IN favor of woman suffrage, for the abolition
| of prison contract labor. and memorial of D.
K. Tenney IN relation to the injustice of the
present railway taxes. A resolution was Of
| fered IN favor of g. constitutional amendment
| relating to education. Bills were introduced
s follows: Relating to the preservation of
| game; providing for the incorporation of relig-
ious missionary societies; relating to the licens-
| lug of telephone companies and taxation of the
| property of telegraph companies: to divide
Ashland, Price and Sawyer Counties, and to
erect the county of Rusk out of towns of Mar
dCnOu anu COuuil0Ss COQOl-
| tional sales of property; making an annual ap-
preparation of 81, GOO to the State Agricultural
Ssciety; defining the liabilities of railways in
| III the matter of damage sustained by their
employees. Amemorial to Congress was passed
in favor of an appropriation for scientific
experiments in sugar-making by the National
| Agricultural Department.
| MADISON, Feb 13.-Petitions were presented
in favor of high license; in favor of an agricult
ural college; in favor of woman suffrage.
Resolutions were offered favoripg uniform
system of insurance policies; exempting Mil
waukee County from the section which compels
uniform systems of county government. Bills
were introduced: Regulating steam navigation
on inland waters; TO constitute a state super
visor of inspectors of Illuminating oils and
state inspector of gas meters; relating to the
! licensing of dogs; relating to county asylums
| for the insane; relative to damage occasioned
by breaking of dams and artificial flooding; to
create the county of Matt. Carpenter. Assem-
| bly, bills passed: Relative to the compensation
of county judges; authorizing town boards to
levy tax of $500 for opening and repairing
HIGHWAYS Both houses adjourned until Mon