River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-04-25
LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
A Brief Resume of the Work Done Dui
ing the Session of 1889.

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY.
A Brief Resume of the Work Done Dur
ing the Session of 1889.
The thirty-ninth session of the Legis-
lature adjourned at o'clock on the 18th,
having been IN session l0l days, being by
ten days the longest session held since the
war One thousand three hundred and
fifty-four bills were introduced (410 in the
Senate and 944 in the Assembly,, of which
about so were killed Every one of the
measures directed at express, telephone,
telegraph and sleeping-car companies
failed, while the only important bill enacted
affecting ailrOads was a compromise
The leading measures VI general interest
which We're enacted into laws were the fol-
lowing:
Approprating S6Oi, 900 70 mainta n the State
prison, State hospitals Industrial school, deaf
institute, school for blind and State school the
next two years, and making Improvements
thereto.
Appropriating $4,000 to the state Board of
Health TO be used in combating contagious
diseases.
Providing for a constitutional amendment
making the oldest member OF the Supreme
Court in point Of service ex-ofcio the chief jus.
tice.
Approprating $1,000 10 the Wisconsin indus.
trial school for girls.
Relieving an insane persons estate from liza
billy for his support in a State hospital.
Changing the time of holding court in the 1st
I'd, 9Th, Sth, 18th. 18th aud 18th judo al circuits
Permitting village boards TO require property
owners TO remove snow and rubbish from the
sidewalks in front OF Their premises.
Appropriatng g., 900 to the Governors con-
tingent fund.
Permitting circui. court judges TO appoint
four court commissioners in each county dur
ing court vacations
Approprating 5000 for the establishment OF
rifle range near Camp Douglas.
Requiring railway companies to place guards
in front and rear OF frogs.
For the severe punishment Of persons more
than once convicted OF crime.
Making s., 600 the minimum annual salary of
circuit court reporters.
Making the homestead of deceased person
liable for the expenses OF the last illness and
burial OF such persons, providing the widow or
minor heir OF such person is not the devisee OF
such homestead.
Placing fraternal and assessment insurance
corporations under the jurisdiction OF the In
surance Commissioner.
Making the penalty for keep ng house of
ill-fame Imprisonment from SIX months to
three years.
Empowering the Methodist Episcopal
churches of the State to organize mutual fire
insurance corporation.
Permitting counties to levy an annual tax OF
two-fifths OF a mill for the relief OF ex-Union
veterans.
Forpidding the loaning Of the State trust
funds at rate OF interest lower than per
cent.
Forbidding keepers for gain Of pool, billiard
and kindred tables 10 permit minors TO play
upon them.
Holding a person guilty OF la -ceny who uses
timber which he knows was wrongfully taken
from the land of another
Exempting from taxation only 500 worth OF
wearing apparel portraits and household
furniture, as well as all growing crops.
Forbidding non-mc mbers Of the Loyal Legion
from wearing the e nblems of that order
Making thirty-fve years the maximum i'm
prisonment for Garnany knowing a female
under fourteen years of age.
Extending the Lien law TO miners.
Abolislhng the State pension agency and re-
curing the Adju sant-General to perform the
duties OF that once.
For the appointment OF dairy and food
commissioner.
Appropriating 1900 to tho Wisconsin Dairy
mems Association.
Forbidding the hunting of deer with dogs
and opening the deer season December /.
Making railway companies liable for in
juries to employees which were caused by the
negligence or carelessness OF officers over
them.
Making it misdemeanor TO sell as pure any
bogus cheese, butter or milk
Agent from 1915 TO 2j per cent. of the p,ddlers'
licenses collected by him.
Relieving railway ira ms from the necessity
of stopping at draw bridges If such bridges are
provided with automatic signaling devices
Permitting convicts TO be released on parole
after having served the minimum period pre-
scribed tor the crimes they committed.
Authorizing the Governor TO annually desig-
nate an Arbor Day.
Requiring ladies' hall at the State Univer-
sty to be continued as SUCH and appropriating
5000 for its steam-heating.
Empowering the inspector of illuminating
oils to appoint all his deputies.
Authoriz ne the State Superintendent to APP
point person 10 aid him in inspecting high
schools at annual salary Of $500.
For a more thorough destruction of noxious
weeds.
Appropriating annually 10 the State Agri-
cultural Society 10 per cent. of the premiums
| paid by it,
Requiring at least the bi-weekIy payment OF
wages in cash, except in the case OF worlzmen
inaccessible on the regular payday.
Forbidding a life insurance company to do
] business in the State with an unpaid judgment
! standing against il.
Empowering judges to exclude minors from
/ court rooms dur ns re trial of immoral cases.
/ For edding the charging OF more than three
| dollars per week for maintaining an insane
| person in a county asylum.
Creating the town OF Hoard out of a portion
of the town OF Mayyille, Clark County.
! REQUIRING the state Treasury agent to make
| an annual report 10 the Governor
| Great ng the Town of Harrison in Lincoln
| County.
| Providing for q more thorough collection of
/ educational statistics
| Requ.r ng rep0rts to be made by all sc .entif1c
/ investigators at the State University.
Enabling the ready removal Of children from
1 the care OF irres ponsible or abusive parents.
! q u1fk Gpfrdud hotel
boarding. house keepers in the matter of board.
Empowering physicians who examine pa
/ tent relative to hrs sanity to determine whether
he shall go to a State or county asylum.
Incorporating the cities Of New Lisbon SUI
/ perior and Dodgevlle
Fobidding the collection OF higher rate OF
| interest on mortgage after 1t falls due than
! has been paid on tho mortgage.
Giving fire companies, whether they own en-
| gines or not, in cities having water works the
| per centum allowed by insurance companies
\ TO companies with engines.
/ Appropriatng TO each agricultural and in
/ dustrial societies OF the State annually 10 per
| cent. OF the premiums paid by il.
Requiring that milch cows he MIXED twice
| day if their calves do not have free access to
/ them.
Compelling the annual collection Of statistics
! OF strawberries, grapes, etc.
! Creating a municipal court for Douglas
4 County.
| Placing the sewerage and plumbing in places
/ having water-works under the authority OF the
! local boards of health.
Prescribing uniform city charters OF three
! grades.
/ Permitting the wives or VISIONS OF exBnion
| veterans TO entel the Wisconsin veterans
Home.
Permitting portion a convicts earnings
! to be credited to his account and paid him on
/ his discharge
Giving the State Board Of Charities and Re
form authority 10 condemn iails or lock-ups.
| Making fifteen years imprisonment the pen
| atty for holding person against his or heF
/ will
Giving circuit judges 800 per year for ex-
| penses in addition to their salary OF s3,6--
/ Permitting ten cents per capita OF the school
/ children in township districts TO be set ASIDE
/ for school library purposes.
/ Permitting a wife TO take out ana hold IN
/ surance on her husbands life.
Permitting school boards to purchase United
1 States flags for the patriotic inspiration Of
4 pupils.
Appropriating $4,000 to the Wisconsin Veter-
/ ans Home
! Requ, ring the erection OF fire escapes on all
| buildings over - stories high in which assem-
blages are held or as many as twenty-five per-
sons sleep.
Appropriating l per cent. annually OF ali
! STATE licenses received from railway, Telegraph
and telephone companies TO the state Univer-
sity
Exempting public art galleries from taxa
ton.