The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-03-20
WISCONSIN, LEelsLATuRE.

SENArE-0n the 10th the bill to secure equal
distribution of property of insolvent debtors
was passed.
AssEMBLY-Among the bills passed were the
following: Forbidding the contracts of main
tanning paupers, insane and idiots in poor
hOSSes and asylums: for the erection of
water-wOrks in villages; forbidding the sale
and manufacture of adulterated candy; re-
Quiring the doors of all public build ngs. fac
tories, etc, to swing outward; making tele-
graph companies liable for damages resulting
from negligence in transmitting messages;
also amemorial to Congress for the passage of
a bill to pension all INDECENT Union veterans.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill of $685.
900 for Science Hall was passed.
SENATE-On the 18th bills passed appropri-
atlng money for additional legislative en-
ployes; regulating the sale of cranberries by
measures; for the distribution of health and
sanitary documents; appropriating 500 to
the Wool-Growers Association. Bills indefi-
nitely postponed: Limiting the amount of
per capita tax to be raised for the support of
common schools; for a Constitutional amend
ment making nve-sixth of jury competent
to render a verdict and extending general
suffrage to women.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the city of May
vile was concurred in. The bill for the
appointment of State Bank Examiner, with
an annual salary of $780, was passed. A proc
lamation by the Governor was issued for a
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to I'LL the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
ton of Postmaster General Villas. The cleo
ton will be held March 2a
SENATE-On the 18th the bill for lighting the
State Capitol and grounds with electric light
was passed, also the bill for the sale of swamp
and overfowed lands.
AssEMBLY-Bills passed: For the withdraw
al of advertised lands from the market and
reoffer them for sale when the public interests
require it; appropriating $1,000 to the Racine
Exposition: $2lOO to the Northern Wisconsin
Agricultural Association for 1886; $1,000 to
the Central Wisconsin Agricultural and Me-
chanical Associations; authorizing two or
more counties to unite in maintaining insane
asylums.
SENATE-On the 18th concurred in the fol-
lowing bills: Enlarging the corporate limits
of Milwaukee; altering the course of the ter
ritOrial road between Racine and Waukesha:
for the termination of tenancy on giving
written notice thirty days after the termiua-
ton of lease; creating lumber inspection
district for Sawyer and adjoining counties.
Non-concurred iQ: Regulating the rates of
toll for grinding in grist-mills The bill ex-
tending to women the right to vote in cleo
tons pertaining school matters was passed.
AssEMBLY-The bill compelling railroad cor
porations becoming successors of pre-existing
railroad companies to assume and pay debts
due to employees and laborers was passed;
destroy Canada thistles and noXious weeds;
and authorizing local authorities to exact IL
cense from auctioneers. Bills defeated: To
prevent over-insurance of property; for q
State weather service; for uniform text
books in schools; for the care of inebriate in
sane in county aSylumS without expense
to the State; providing that school superin-
tendents must be graduates of university.
high or normal schools.
SENATE-On the 18th concurred in the fol-
owing bills: Incorporating the city of Black
River Falls; granting of unlimited State GER
| tificates to graduates of the Normal depart.
| ment of the Milwaukee High-SchOOl; regulat-
| ing the practice of dentistry; for apartments
| in the Capitol for the Wisconsin Academy of
| Science, Arts and Letters; fOrbidding the kill
| ing of deer for shipment outside of the State
| except during November. A joint resolu-
| ton providing for an adjournment Saturday,
| March 26, was introduced.
| AssEMBLY-Bils passed. Authorizing Madi-
son Justices to keep offices and perform duties
in any part of the city; disseminating the
State road from Black River Falls to Tomah;
| authorizing Chippewa Falls to issue bonds for
| and hygiene to the list of common school
| studies; for the incorporation of religious
missionary societies; forbidding fishing with
| nets in Rock River or Lake Kashkonong; ap-
| propriating $1,000 to the Wisconsin Industrial
| Association. The joint resolution for census
of Union sailors and soldiers was adopted.