The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-18
LEGISL4TITE.
Senate.

MADISON, April Ga motion to recall the
Milwaukee charter billf rom the committee
on state affairs was rejected. The bill for the
protection OF fish was amended so as TO
exclude Lake Pepin from the operation of
the act. Bills were conCurred in for the ap-
pointment OF village marshals instead of
election ty the people; authorizing the Mil
waukee common council to reassess and
collect water-pipe assessments on Lake Av-
enue IN the First Ward. The bill forbidding
gambling at agricultural fairs was ordered
to a third reading.
MADISON, April bills passed appro
priating Sl1, ,169 to Bentley & Nolan for
rebuilding the south wing OF the capitol;
authorizing the conveyance of real estate
by trustees. Bills were concurred in: To
suppress and prevent the spread OF con-
tagious and infectious diseases among
domestic animals, and to provide for the
appointment of d state veterinarian; pro-
viding for the mastering OF the Milwaukee
Light Artillery into state service, and in
increasing the armory fund of the Light
Horse Squadron; increasing the efficiency
OF the Wisconsin National Guard; pro-
hibiting gambling at agricultural fairs, and
providing that no agricultural association
entitled to state aid shall receive such aid
# it permit gambling upon its grounds.
Bills were killed providing for a uniform
system of fire insurance policies; taxing ex-
press companies doing business in the state.
4 favorable report was made on the bill
appropriating 50, 600 for repairs to the
State Industrial School for Girls and on the
resolution for an extra legislative session
next winter.
MADISON, April S.-The Joint resolution
was adopted providing for an adjourned
session of the legislature, commencing on
the second Wednesday in January next.
la Int ~, 4
journment Monday March 13, and cutting
off business ON Friday was cOncurred in.
Bills passed relating to the inspection and
measurement Of logs and lumber; presCrib-
ing the manner of organizing town insur-
ance companies. The bill to create an ag-
ricultural commission was killed. a large
amount of legislation affecting the city of
Milwaukee was disposed of. The bill APP
propria ting 81 900 to the Milwaukee Expo
sition was passed. The bill appropriatin
| 50, 600 to the Milwaukee Industrial School
for Girls was advanced to a third reading.
MADISON, April 9.-The following bills
were passed: To provide for the support
Of the state public school for INDECENT and
dependent children; to prohibit the catching
| for sale Of brook trout from any of the
streams lakes or ponds in the state, ex
cepting in certain northern counties; to reg
| ulate the admission of foreign surety com
panies to do business in this state; to
amend the charter of the city of La Crosse.
! Bills were cOncurred in: Relating to attach
ments in justices courts: to amend the
! charter OF the city OF Portage; to forbid the
contract system IN pOOr-hOuseS and
| asylums; TO amend section p OF the re-
l yised statutes, relating to the division of
towns into election districts; to prohibit
| fishing with nets OF any kind in either Rock
River or Lake Koshkonong; to provide for
| the laying out and establishing a state
road from Milwaukee to Port Washington
| in the counties of Milwaukee and Ozaukee;
| to suppress and prevent the spread of con
| tagious and infectious diseases among do
mestc animals; and to provide for the APP
pOintment Of a state veterinarian, to change
| the boundaries OF the counties of Lincoln,
Larglade and Oconto, and erect the
county OF Forest; 10 amend an act to in
| corporate the city OF Chiffon; to authorize
| CanUte Anderson, his heirs and assigns, to
construct and maintain a dam across
Wood River, in Burnett County; to amend
| chapter 200, OF the laws Of 1882, relating
| to the punishment OF father for abandon
| ment of his CT ldren; to authorize II. NJ.
| Wadlcigh to construct a dam across PlOver
| River, Marathon County; to appropriate
| sc. coo for the purchase of stationery for
| the use OF the state. Atthe evening session,
| the committee on state affairs made a
| laE0fa DE report on Jle OIL ltSalLIHS JHe
| lease Of the Second Ward park to the Mil
waukee Industrial Exposition. Bills were
| concurred in: Imposing a tax of + per cent.
upon the gross earnings OF sleepIng-caT COM
panies. increasing aid to county agricultural
| SOCIETIES; dividing the Eleventh Ward OF the
| city of Milwaukee: TO create the county of
| Oneida. When the Milwaukee charter bill
came up in order OF indefinite postpone
meut, Mr.. Stanley moved thatit be referred
| to a committee ofone, which was agreed to.
| The bills authorizing the issue of bonds for
| building bridges and school houses, and to
| increase salaries in the Milwaukee fire de-
pa-tment, were cOncurred in.
MADISON, Wis, April 10.-BilIs were con-
| CURED in to prescribe the number and duty
| Of legislative employees; for the preserva-
| tiol Of fish in Lake Winnebago; to amend
| the act to revise and amend the charter OF
Milwaukee. Bills were killed authorizing
county boards to compromise and settle
actions and cancel tax deeds. 4 number oi
| conference reports were made on various
| local measures.