The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-04-11
CHAPTER III
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Senate.

MADISON. March 3O.-A resolution was
| offered for an adjournment sine die Mon
day, April 6. The bill appropriating S15,-
/ 900 for the prevention of Asiatic cholera
| was concurred in.
MADISON March 31.-The resolution for
final adjournment April 6 was referred to
| the judiciary committee. Bills passed to
| amend the city charter of Milwaukee; eX-
pediting settlement OF claims OF the state
! under theswamp-land grant; further to pre-
| vent and punish cruelty to animals; inCor-
| porating the Methodist Episcopal Church;
| eXemptiug from taxation all land actually
| used as public park or monument grounds
| and belonging to any military organization.
| The bin prescribing more fully the duties OF
! county school superintendent was con
| Cured in.
! MADISON. April bills were concurred
! in allowing Moses NJ. Strong 50, 600 for the
use of the manuscript of his Territorial
! History of Wisconsin The high license bill
was cOncurred in under a suspension Of the
! rules. The bill was passed making it the
! duty OF the insurance commissioner to pros
| ecute, compromise, settle or compound
| every forfeiture incurred by any insurance
| corporation by its failure TO comply with
! the laws of the state. OF which he may be
! crediblv informed. The Assembly bill pro-
! viding for the appointment OF apubhc bank
| examiner was laid on the table. A bill was
/ introduced 10 dineuu Jllt NlllN 81 ukee tlltFltf
| to allow the appointment OF a deputy tax
| commissioner.
| MADISON, April 2.-The bill was concurred
| in allowing weekly newspapers 500 for
| publishing the session laws. Gov. Rusk
! sent in "A veto OF the Senate bill providing
! Tor the disposition OF the insane. Bills
| passed providing for the appointment Of
! fish and game inspectors: mastering into
| the Second Regiment OF the state troops
! tho NNera11u military at
! ing 81 900 for the years 1885
! and 1856 to the Milwaukee Industrial
| Exposition Association. Bills were killed
| providing for district school libraries;
amending the revised statutes the matter
! Of practice before Justice courts. The
| Science Hall appropriation bill was con-
| cmred in after the gymnasium clause was
| stricken out. A favora bic report was made
! on the bill allowing Bentley q Nolan SILL
! 600 to reimburse them for rebuilding the
south wing OF the capitol The Joint com
mittee made a report fixing upon Monday,
/ April 13 as the day for final adjournment.
! The bill for the more systematic registra-
/ tiOn OF voters in cities with more than TO-,
/ 600 voters was passed.
MADISON. April 3.-The governors veto
! Of The hill providing for the disposition of
! the insane was sustained. Bills were CON
/ Cured in: Requiring three-story factories
/ and hotels to provide tire-esCapes; enCour-
aging the establishment OF free high schools
| in towns where graded schools exist; au-
! thorizing township systems of schools to
! borrow from the state trust funds for the
| purpose Of building sChoOl-houses; taxing
| telephone companies Ia per cent. license fee
! on the gross earnings in this state: to pre-
| vent the manufacture, sale and transpOrta-
! ton Of explosives intended for criminal
| destruction OF life and property; to prevent
/ the manufacture and sale OF OleOmargarine.
! The bill apprOpriating SO 900 to the Mil
| waukee Normal School was cOncured in.
! The bill appropriating 500 600 TO establish
| an experimental farm was killed. The AS
| sembIy bill taxing express companies was
| non-concurrcd in.
! MADISON, April 4.-The committee on
| claims was instructed to prepared bill pay
| ing resident-clergymen who have opened the
| sessions with prayer the sum of 500 each.
| The following Assembly bills were concurred
! in: Making provisions for repeal, at the
| will of the Legislature, OF franchise grants:
providing for the laying out and maintain
! ing of public streets and bridges between
| towns and cities. Adjourned till Monday
! evening.
| There was no session OF the Assembly.
Assembly.
! MADISON, March 30.-The bill conferring
| the exclusive power to license saloons upon
| the MAYOR of Milwaukee was read third
time The Milwaukee charter revision bill
was passed. Bills were ordered to third
| reading placing the care and control of
| highways in the hands Of county boards;
| for the enactment Of a general law for the
! incorporation OF cities. GOV. Rusk sent
message to the Assembly transmitting a
| communication from Col. f. ID. Grant,
! thanking the legislature for its kind resolu-
! tions Of sympathy for the general.
| MADISON, March 31.-Bills passed
prohibiting fishing with nets OF any
! kind in either Rock River or Lake kosh-
| konong providing for printing reports OF
! the annual convention Of National Guard
| officers: prohibiting gambling at agricultur-
! al fairs. and several bills amending the
| game laws so as to make the rule more Wig
/ orous against snaring ducks and hunting
| deer with dogs The Senate memorial to
| Congress for a furtherappropriation for the
| Fox and Wisconsin improvement was or
| dered to third reading. Bills were killed
! fixing the salary OF circuit court Judges at
| 81, 500: abolishing the tOllgate on the Mil
waukee WatertOwn and Madison plank
| road in WauwatOsa. At the afternoon
/ session bills were concurred in TO approprl-
ate the proceeds OF sales OF swamp lands in
! Lincoln County TO eXtinguish its railroad
! debts. to place the control OF highways IN
! the hands OF supervisors, for the preserva-
| tion OF fish in the lakes and streams OF
/ Dane County; authorizing the city Of La
! Crosse to issue bonds for the protection OF
/ game.
MADIsoS, April bills passed allowing
/ 500 to weekly newspapers publishing the
| session laws; encouraging he esta bllshment
Of free high schools in towns having no
/ graded schools. The bill TO organize the
| town OF Grant was indefinitely postponed.
| The governor returned, with his veto, the
/ bin Iegalizing the village OF Amigo, and one
! rela ting to the jurisdiction Of the police
/ Justice in the village of Bloomer. The
/ vetoes were sustained The Senate amend
ments TO the Strong History bill were con
CURED in. and the bill passed. The vote
/ whereby the Assembly killed the bill abol-
/ isbiug the Milwaukee and Wauwatosa toll
cat was reconsidered. and the bill recon-
/ mitted to the judiciary committee. A
resolution was introduced authorizing the
/ governor to call an extra session Of the Leg
/ islatllrt. to reapportion the state into Sen
/ ate and Assembly districts, upon the basis
/ OF the next state census. The bill passed
authorizing election inspectors to reject
/ printpd ballots where there Is an apparent
/ purpose 10 deceive. The bill increasing ths
aDpropriation TO the bureau OF labor sta
I tistics was concurred IN.
! MADISON. April Bills passed providing
4 for the establishment OF two OF more cleo
/ ton precincts in towns upon the petition OF
1 100 or more electors; Tor the suppression
and prevention OF the spread OF contagious
and infectious diseases among animals, and
/ for the appointment Of state veterinarian;
| nroviding FOR the mastering Of the Milwau-
| kee battery Of light artillery into the state
service. olIf-iuc telegraph companies to
| nay sn -. .al license Zee Of 81 per mile on