The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-02
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Ia the Senate


bill, providing for the bringing of a YER
diet by ten jurors was adversely re-
ported on by the judiciary committee,
on the ground of unconstitunonality.
Ihe blll relating To security for costs IL
the case OF infants, was recomnitted.
lhe committee on state affairs recon-
mended the recommitment 10 the com
m1ttee on Judiciary Of Senator Merrii's
bill Tor the more rigid prosecution o.
keepers of houses OF Ill fame. Bills
were introduced as follows. By Mr.
Dyson-Io enable married women in
certain eases TO obtain from their hus-
oands proper support and maintenance;
authorizing county boards of super
vlsors to allow certain amount To
county superintendent for travelling
peases; awarding the following sums
for work done In the university build
lngs: To Helker Bros, OF Racine, s., $50;
TO Sanger, Rockwell & Co., 81 ,I35; to the
Hadheld Co., cf Waukesha, 81 $50; to
Nroman & Mason, of Madison. s202. IS;
to c. Vi. White, of Whitewater, $299. .75;
to y. Mcdonald, of Madison, sSi; to A.
hinnaer, of Madison. Slt7; to VIM. Cor
nall, OF Racine, $2l.30.
MADISON, JAN 24.-The following bills
were introduced: Relating to offenses
against chastity, morality and decency;
to amend the charter o! Onalaska; pro-
yiding for the publication Of the report
c. the annual meeting of the State His
torical Society and of the catalogue of
the portrait gallery; relating to
meetings for the transaction on
Sunday of secular business. and
that all the elections of trustees hereto
fore held on Sunday are declared to be
legal. On the recommendation of the
committee on state affairs the bill relat-
ing TO the Ozaukee County repeal OF
the payment Of interest on taxes was
referred TO the committee OH claims.
On motion of enator Kennedy the day
for reading memorials on the late Sem
ator Cary was postponed for one week.
MADISON, Jan. 25.-But one bill was
introduced in the Senate, to provide for
damages done by hogs passing through
barbed wire feFce. which in this case
is not included in the definition Of a le-
gal fence. The Assembly bill pro-
ylding for the relief Of OZaukee
County, was concurred in, as also
that authorizing the county of Chip
pewa TO issue bonds to fund its out
standing Indebtedness The bill rela-
tive 10 the collection Of wages, and that
repeating the law reguIative Of practice
IN circuit courts were also killed
MADISON, Jan. 29.-Herman Kroeger
introduced bill TO make the co-em-
ploye law 90 into effect again. The bill
Is the same a passed IN 1873. and reads
as follows: Every railroad corporation
shall be / lie Tor ali damages sustained
by any ag mt or servant thereof without
contributory negligence on his part,
when sustained within this state or when
such azent or servant IS 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..
kr9ger also introduced a bill 10
make the officers AMI directors
of private corporations responsible for
certain debts and to give additional Sc
curlty to persons dealing with such cor
pOrations. Other bills introduced were:
Authorizing the publication of20O copies
OF a 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
amend laws relating to local insurance
companies, so as To correct impertec-
tions 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 payment
OF q, 600.