Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-15

| the Judges may be cited TO appear before
| the governor and show cause, the Cover
nor having power TO remove him in case
! the cause appears sufficient. The follow
| asse IDLY bills were concurred in: Great
| ing the municipal court in Dunn county.
| Relating to the election of county officers
in Milwaukee county. Senate adjourned
till Friday morning at 10 O'Clock.
AssEMBLY.-The assembly concurred in
the following senate bills: Changing the
| times for holding the terms of court in
the first judicial circuit. To authorize
the Winona d SOlthweste Railway Com
pany to construct and maintain a bridge
aero the Mississippi river from some
point in Buffalo county, Wisconsin.
Amending BarabOo's charter. The
assembly bill to provide for the organiz-
alton and regulation of life insurance
corporations, associations and societies
gransacting or desiring to transact bust
ness on what is known as the assessment
plaa was indefinitely postponed. Assem-
bly, bills passed: Permitting only
supreme, circuit and presiding judges to
admit to bail persons charged with mur-
der or any other offense punishable by
Imprisonment for life, thus taking this
power from court commissioners. In
cooperating the city of ShulIsbHrg. Re-
quiring that each town clerk shall, before
April 1st in each year, furnish the county
clerk a list of the number of highway
districts in his town ana the number of
desert ptjons IN the district. Exempting
from tie payment of poll tex honorablY
discharged soldiers, sailors and marines.
Adjourned to Friday morning at $40.
FRIDAY, March 6.
bo oI
of petitions ana protests, referring prin-
cipally to the county option bill. Sen.
Kidd offered joint resolution allowing
Sen. Scofield TO introduce bill prohibit
ing persons not members of the Loyal
Legion from wearing the badge of that
order. Adopted. The senate bill author
izing the city of Berlin to borrow money
to pay its floating Indebtedness, was
passed. The following assembly bills
were concurred in: Amending the
charter of Grand Rapids. Amending in
a minor manner the laws relating to the
humane care of thes chronic insane by
counties. ApFropriatipg 800 each TO
the mem bers of the Legislative committee
appointed to visit the various state insti-
tutions. Appropriating to Hon. Albert
l.. Gray 1916 as his expenses ia a contest
with Andrew e. EImore for his seat in
the ass ssembly. Authorizing the city of
Appleton to remove the dead from one
cemetery to another. A senate bill for
the amendment of the laws relating to
bOuses OF i'll fame was killed. Adjourned
until Tnesday morning.
AssEHBLY.-At 9:3O Speaker Mills called
the assembly TO order, and all but eight
members answered to their names. A
rsmonstrance was presented against the
passage of the county option bill, and
petition in favor of the passage of the
co-emp pioye bill. The senate resolution
permitting Senator. .ScOfieid to withdraw
bill was cOnCurred in. The following
senate bills were cOncurred in: Providing
than when vacancy shall have existed
for the term of ten days in any elective
village, ward, or city office, without being
filed as provided by Law, such vacancy
may be filed by special election, To
create the municipal court for the city
of Ashland. Among the assembly bills
passed were the following: Creating the
town of Harrison, In Lincoln county.
Sim mpltfyihg the manner Of the payment
of the fees Of physicians, mid wives,
ministers, etc, for reporting marriages,
births or deaths. Requiring principal
contractors TO defend suits brought
against sub-oontrectors urdtr the lien
avs, when the former are res p0nsible for
the causes leading to the action. Two,
Janosville's charter. Requiring
Gle rks of circuit courts TO docket DEGREES
of the United States courts upon the
payment OF the same fees allowed for like
services IN the circuit courts. Providing
that every policy holder in mutual fire
insurance company shall give his under
taking, bearing even date with his policy,
binding himself to pay his pro rata share
to the corporation, of losses incurred
during the life of bis policy and provid
ing that the treasurer of such corp oration
may bring suit against any such policy
holder who refuses to pay his share of
such losses. Providing for the easier
transfer of children from the dependent
school and the state industrial school and
vice versa. Requiring theatres, assembly
halle, above the ground floor, tenemen :.
etc, to be provided With fire escapes.
until Tuesday morning.