Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-05

tory of section 1927. revised statutes:
60 secure to employ es and laborers from
railway corporations In their wages in
certain cases: relating to the Federal
Life association and amendatory of Sec
ton /, chapter 204, laws of 1879. as
assumed by succeeding chapters of the
laws of 1SS1-S2-S3. A long debate fol-
lowed on the bill to equally distribute
the property of debtors among creditors
and the bill was finally ordered engross-
Ell oy the following vote:
;. Ayes-Senators. Blake, Carey, Comstock Cenk-
I'm, hQdd, Hulonrt Jonas, Kennedy, Kidd, LinS,
Farry, Reeo Ringle, Sherman, Stanley, Wad-
Wiley-21
Nees-senators Cottrin. Erwin. Ginty. Hoyt,
James, hiotz, Lord, Mcdonald, Maxwell and Ring
Absent or not voting-Senators Minor and Ma
House-In the assembly two or three
local bills passed, and the house spent
the entire day debating the bill to abol
lsh prison contract labor. The bill was
killed by the following vote:
Ayes Adams, Apple. Bartholf. Blyton Bout
tieur, Brayton, Buell., Challoner, Clark C. B.,
brook, Evans Field, Friend. Goddard, Hart
Hazen, Hobart, holman, Hubbart johnson
Lawton, Lewis, Linse, Mccoy, Mcdonald, Mason,
Patterson, Perkins, Porter, Reynolds. Schuize,
Sloggy, Smiley, Stanchfield, Stephens, TAYLOR
Thayer, Thomas, Wallace, Walvoord Wescott
Williams, Young and Mr.. Speaker-56
Noes-MeSsrs Bachhuber, Cirkel Curley, Oar
peiiay, sennlS, Fltz Gibbon, Gray, Haben,
Harderer, Hammel, Hooker, Huse, linden, Isen-
Lagrand, Lemont, Leslie, Lynch Miller Nash
Nelson, Parish, Persons, Pierce Poppert Priestly
Kace, Roonson. Rolls, Ryan. Schmidlt1ofer
Seho9nwetter, Schiller, Strasser, Villas, and
NalSh-39.
Absent or not voting -Messrs Byers, Cox. Yield,
Sanborn, and Sharp.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 81.
SeI1Gte-The senate held short SEES
sion at which there were q large num-
her of committee reports received. a
number of bills ordered to third read
ing, and two or three unimportant bills
passed. The senate then adjourned
until Monday evening.
HoUSe-A communication was read
from Gov. Rusk enclosing kilograms
from the New Orleans exposition man
ayers inviting the state officers and
Legislature to visit the exposition. After
some consideration d joint resolution
was adopted for a joint committee to
give the subject due consideration.
The five senate bills granting the Chi
cago, Freport & st. Paul railway COM
pany to bridge certain streams ON the
line of its road, were concurred in.
Also the bill to provide for the govern
or's contingent fund. Also the bills
making approprist ions for the Columbia
| county agricultural society; and the
Wisconsin state horticultural society.
BILLS PASSED.
To amend the statutes relating to the
vocation of plats. To authorize the
town of Amherst to build town hall.
To discontinue a part Of a state road in
Barron and Polk counties. To loan e
portion of the trust funds to the city of
Berlin. To amend the statutes relating
to overflowed lands. To increase the
depot at the northern hospital. To
change the name Of certain state insti-
tuition, To authorize and provide for
conveying certain moneys into the state
treasury. To grents of franchises and
providing for the public security.