Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY Q.

quorum, and without doing any general
business adjourned.
ASsembly.-In the assembly about
N half the members were present. the
rest being off on blockade4 trains; no
special business was transacted and
after introducing a few unimportant
bills the assembly adjourned.
TUESDAY, FEB. 10
Senate the senate few impor-
tant bill were introduced and reports Of
committees were received. No other
business was transacted as the senate
was without a quorum.
ASSemblg-ln the assembly there was
no quorum during the day, a nu,.. " of
bills were presented and reported all of
a local character
"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II.
Senate--In the senate bills passed
Concerning,county boards Of supervisors,
and to amend section sos, revised
statutes relating thereto. To appropri-
ate 10 the governors contingent fund
the sum of SO 900 for the years 1885 and
1886. To appropriate to the Columbia
County Agric ultural society the sum of
$1009. To amend section 2, chapter
249, laws of 1888. entitled of suits by or
against partnerships. Senate bills in
definitely postponed. To provide for
the convenient discontinuance Of
causes On motion of Mr.. Maxwell the
senate stood adjourned.
AsSemblg-In the assembly bills were
introduced: Mr., Elkert, relating to
meeting of the county hoard, and
amending sec 66i of the revised
statutes. Mr. Reynolds, making an APP
preparation to the contingent fund of
the governor, to be used in case of an
outbreak of Asiatic cholera in the state.
The bill appropriates $15, 900 for each of
the years Of 1SS5and 1886, Mr.. Young.
to authorize the township system of
school houses. Mr.. johnson to appro-
pirate 5000 to the sheep breeders and
wool grawers' association to pay for
| publishing its annual report,
The following was adopted:
WHEREAS, Sherburn S Merrill whose earthly
life has Just been closed has been for more than
thirty-four years citizen Of Wisconsin, and, by
his services, pressed with untiring energy and
skilful enterprise during the last twenty years,
in the important public station OF general man
ager OF the greatest corporate agency created by
her laws has been among the foremost who
have contributed to develop the wealth and re-
sources Of the state inspire its business and In
crease the opportunities and rewards for labor
for its people, while in all the walks Of citizen
ship he has been public spirited and manly, de
serving and gaining the general respect and
esteem OF his fellow eitiGcus, who Join in the com.
mon sorrow for the pablo loss and in profound
sympathy for his bereaved family. Therefore
be IL
Resolved bv the assembly the senate concur
ring, That the legislature Of Wisconsin declare
the general Judgment of the state and her peo
pie that the life and services Of sherburR $
Merrill have been OF great and special usefulness
and value to his fellow men, and entitle kis mem,
oIy TO be preserved In grateful honor; and that In
proper mark of the public sensibility this resolu
ton shall be spread upon the journals of the
ate and assemblys thai the legislature will upon
the considera ion and adoption Of the same ad-
iourn its sitting Tor the days and that the flag
upon the capitol shall be suspended at half mast
until his funeral obsequies shall have been cele
hrated; and in token of the public sympathy for
their grief a copy thereof shall be engrossed and
the members Of his family
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IL.
Senate-A large number Of bills were
introduced this morning in the senate.
The only bill Of general interest was
one TO make more stringent fish laws
for Lakes Superior and Michigan
= Frank A. Flower was unanimously
; confirmed commissioner of labor stats
tics.
House-In the house, few of the i'm
: .ortant bills introduced were as follows
, taxing telephone companies per cent
of their receipts in the state, and fixing
the license fee for telegraph companies
at per cent. on their gross receipts in
the state. Another bill taxes telegraph
companies 81 per mile for the first wire,
IS cents for the second wire, and every
additional wire so cents. Also, bills
consolidating the laws relating To the
state militia; to erect the counties of
Rusk and Stephenson, and obliging tel
egraPh companies to deliver messages
within Que hour of receipt. A memorial
to congress for government and to ex-
perimont in sugar manufacture was
passed.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
Sendte-In the senate, a joint reso.
luton was introduced for constitution
al amendment providing for verdict
by fve-sixths Ok The jurv. A bill was
introduced providing That any railway
company succeeding another shall be-
come liable for the amounts due the
emp Dyes and laborers for period not
exceeding six moths prior TO such sue
cession; establishing a reforma.ory
school for girls; prohibiting unauthoriz-
ed Insurance companies from doing
business in the state; for the pur-
chase of certain lands in Iowa county
for an experimental station for the
culture of sorghum; and making ar
engagements for the next state census.
House Over seventy bills were intro-
duced in the assembly this morning.
a joint resolution was offered for a
constitutional amendment exempting
Milwaukee county from uniform county
governments. Bills were introduced
relative to the inspection and measure
ment Of logs; providing for licensing Of
dogs prohibiting the use Of nets in fish
ing in the Rock river; that taxes shall
be lien ON personal property, and Gre
ating the county of Matt Anderson.
Bills passed repealingi Chapter 10 Of the
local laws of 1879, relative to the com
pensation of County Judges.
Why He Didn't Fail.
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