Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-06
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.


la the Senate.
MADISON, JAM 29.-Herman Kroeger
introduced bill to make the co-em-
ploye law 60 into effect again. The bill
rs the same as passed in 1878, and reads
as follows: every railroad corporation
shall be liable for all damages sustained
by any agent or servant thereof without
contributory negligence on his part,
when sustained within this state or when
such agent or servant is a resident of
and his contract of employment was
made in this state, and no contract, rule
or regulation between any such corpor-
alton and any agent or servant shall I'M
pair or diminish such liability. Mr..
Kreger also introduced bill to
make the officers AMI directors
of private corporations responsible. for
certain debts and to give additional Sc
curity to persons dealing with such corr
porations. Other bills introduced were:
Authorizing the publication of200 copies
of red book containing the constitution
of the United States and state of Wiscon-
sin, customs, precedents, forms, rules
and orders of the Senate and
Assembly, providing that property
derived by married woman from her
husband shall, in case she dies without
heirs, descend to heirs of husband; to
companies, so as to correct lmperfec-
tons in the present laws and release in
dividual policy holders from liabilities OF
the entire company; requiring county
clerks to send copies of printed pro-
ceedings and reports of county boards to
the State Historical Society; insuring to
reporters In circuit courts the pawn
ofS2, 900.
MADISON, Jan. 3O.--After the intro
duction of dive petitions the following
bills were introduced: To amend the
laws relationg to the catching of brook
trout, making the present laws apple
able to Ashland, Bayfield,, Douglas.
Polk, Pierce and Burnett Counties; re-
Iating to exemptions of laborers' earn
ings and repeating section |, chapter 141,
laws of 1883. It provides that earnings
to the amount of 5000 of all married
persons and other persons who have to
provide for the entire support of fam
lily, earned within three months next
preceding the issue of execution or
punishment, shall be exempt from
seizure or appropriation; amending
statutes relating to title of real estate
property by descent, providing that the
widows dover of her husbands estate
shall be one-half instead of one-third
as under the present statute; making
the consolidated company liable for
the payment of claims in case of
consolidation of railroad companies: by
Mr.. Kidd, amending statutes relating to
common schools, SO that In the enumer-
alton of children of school age, those
held or cared for in any penal or char
liable institution shall not be included.
MADISON. Jan. 3l.-Eulogies on the
late Senator John Carey were pro-
nounced this morning by Senators Ken
nedv, Kidd and NASH, after the regular
routine Of business was transacted, and
the Senate then adjourned out of re-
spect to the late senator's memory.
Bills we're introduced as follows: To
change the name of the Wisconsin Fee
male College at Fox Lake to Downer
College; to appropriate to the Wisconsin
state hospital $133 100; Northern hospital,
$l44,0 900; school for the deaf, $S7 100;
school for the blind, $40, 900; Industrial
School for Boys, Sl69, 400; state prison,
$40 ,0G0; state public school, $4,000; au-
thorzing the levy by county boards Of
an additional one-ffth of mill tax to
provi lie for the relief of INDECENT SOL
dlers. sailors and marines, their wives,
widows and children; to prevent extor-
tons by persons or corporations own
ing, controlling and operating sleeping
cars. The rates are fixed at 81 for an
upper section, $l.50 lower section, $3.50
room. Violations of the provisions of
this act are to be punished by fine not
less than $100 nor more than $500; to
prevent the destruction of small wall
eyed pike, black bass, frog bass; fixing
the penalty at not less than $50 nor more
than 500; relating to liens and provid-
ing further protection for sub-con-
tractors on buildings, by providing
that on notice to the owner
Nf< 1a br-5I1 10 1on {o1-
of the claims of the sub-contractor; to
appropriate to Thos Anderson $500 for
injuries by accident during his employ
ment in the state capitol. The bill
changing the name of the Wisconsin
Female College at Fox Lake to Downer
College was passed under suspension
of the rules. An amendment 10 the
resolution limiting the time of introduce
ton of bills to February II, was adopt
ed extending the time to February 2OI
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 1.-The follow
ing bills were Introduces: To pro-
vide for the retirement of justices
OF the supreme court, so that after ten
years of service at the age of 20, JUS
tice shall receive three-ffths of his sal
airy during the remainder of his
lie. To providing for the regulation
of life, endowment and casualty insur-
ance com panies or associations upon
the cooperative or assessment plan;
amending the revised statutes relating
to the crime of rape, making the pun
ishment therefor imprisonment for five
to thirty-fve years instead of for
life; amending the laws relating to
excise and the sale of intoxicating
liquors; to prescribe the costs SO as not
to exceed IS in all actions removed to
the supreme court by writ of error
when they could have been removed
by appeal. The judiciary commit
tee reported on the indefinite post
ponement of the bills relating to
issue of tax deeds; relating to
excise and sale of intoxicating liquors;
providing that officers and directors of
private corporations shall be personally
liable tor debts contracted during their
term OF office after their remedy is ex-
hausted against the corporation. The
resolution providing for joint commit
tee for the reference of game and fish
Laws was concurred in.
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