Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-29

OF flag to be presented to the Post;
the flag had been received, but not be-
ing in conformity with the require
ments of the ladies, had been returned
and another would be Immediately pro-
| cured. The ladies afterwards set out
|. bountiful supper, and the time was
pleasantly passed In singing, speech
making and music from the cornet band.
DR.. L. M. Benson, an old resident of
Lowell, is lying seriously i'll at the resi-
dence of his son in that village, and but
slight hopes for his recovery are enter
tanned.
A severe frost last night did great
damage to garden vegetation, and in
many places killed corn and potatoes.
The city council is having under con-
sideration the question of submitting
to the voters of the city proposition
to purchase lot and build city hall
to cost So 900. IF submitted, it will un-
doubtedIy be defeated by an over
whelming majority.
At the special school meeting held
last Tuesday evening it was voted to
establish and maintain high school in
this city, there being only one vote
against the proposition. w.
Editor Pebn6lfcan: Among the many
reasons advanced by the Madison cor
respondents Of Milwaukee papers for
the necessity of calling an extra session
OF the legislature, one of the most plaus-
1ble ones seemed TO be the repeal of chap
ter 1853 Of the laws of 1887, the act fixing
the times of holding court in the Twelfth
Judicial circuit, to which Jefferson
county belongs. The repeal of that act
has been charged as most stupid blum
der, leaving the Twelfth Judicial circuit
without provision for holding court.
We are not aware whose acumen dis
covered this, but we are prepared to
say that it is ''all bosh;" and if the au-
thorities at Madison had taken the
trouble to look the matter up before
sending 1t out to the public, they might
have saved the good people of Wiscon-
SIN from all uneasiness on that point.
In 1887 Senator Greene, of this county,
introduced bill to change the time of
holding circuit court in the Twelfth Ju-
dicial circuit, which became chapter
1853 of the laws of 1887. This was passed
amended there and concurred in. sent
back to the senate and the assembly
amendment there concurred in. After
the adjournment of the legislature of
1887 it was discovered that the act was
published zvHhOut the amendment, and
careful examination of the records
showed that through clerical mistakes
In the engrossing and enrolling rooms
the amendment was not incorporated
in the law This rendered the act,
chapter 1853, a mere nullity of no force
and effect Whatever nuisance on the
statute book. Judge Bennett so found.
and ordered that court be held under
the old law, which the new one sought
but failed to change The terms of our
circuit court have been held for the
last two years under the old law, and
to avoid errors, as many lawyers resid-
ing outside of this circuit were constant
ly mislead by chapter 1853 of the laws of
'S7, it was thought best to repeal the
same. Chapter 1853 was never passed
by the legislature, as clearly appears
from the records in the secretary of
states Office, hence was never a law,
and its repeal can have no effect on the
terms of court in the Twelfth Judicial
circuit. c. r. FIELD.