The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-03-21
WISCONSIN SOLONS.


tive to houses of iil-fame. and transacted no
other business OF Importance on the Sth inst.
The House passed the following bills: To
create the town of Harrison in Lincoln County
two bills to amend he Janesville charter in re-
lation to the registration OF births, marriages,
a nddeaths, and in relation to liens; providing
for the docketing of judgments of United States
Courts; to amend the revised statutes in rela-
ton to insurance; changing the law in
rela. ion to state public schools; to
tr re, allowing the : United sta.es to
buy a site for the Postotfice in Milwaukee and
also to abolish the Office of Game Warden The
Senate concurred in the bill allowing the State
Board of CHAIR. les more scope in caring for the
insane, and in the bill to appropriate $50 for
expenses Of the Convict Labor Committee. A
bill was introduced providing penalties for wear
ing Loyal Legion buttons without being men,
Der OF the order. Bills were killed forDidding
corporal punishment in common schools Great
ing the county of Harrison; prohibiting the
manufacture OF bogus butter or cheese or the
sale OF adulterated milk; and appropriaNng 5000
to each county agricultural society of the State.
BILLS incorporating the city of Medford and
adopting the Australian system of elections
were passed by the Senate on the 18th inst. The
following was read by Acting Governor Ryland
WASHINGTON, March 11.-Dear Sir: | most sim
cerely thank you for your congratulations. 1
would also express to the Legislature my
hearty appreciation of their, complimentary
resolutions, and hope in the further dis
charge of my duty to continue to merit
their high opinion. l shall ever strive in
the conduct of my department to do
honor to the State of Wisconsin, and to show
them my gratitude and loyalty by fulfilling my
Office to the best OF my ability. You may eX-
press to the Legislature my hearty appreciation
OF their resolutions and also my thanks for the
many acts of kindness that have received from
the people they represent. Expressing my per-
sOna1 regard l am yours, most sincerely, j. M.
RUsK." In the evening the Committee on Rail
roads made an adverse report on the Taylor rail-
road bill. Bills We're introduced in the House as
follows: Appropriating $4,000 for the estab
hshment of State printing office in the base
ment of the Capitol; forbidding heating of pas
senger cars by means of stoves prohibiting
sale of Intoxicating liquors on Memorial Day
abollsh1ng the office Of State Treasury Agent,
and requiring the Secretary of State to perform
the duties hitherto performed by the State
treasury Agent. The bill to pay public school
teachers monthly pension of from $50 to $50,
according to grade, was killed. Bills passed
making it a misdemeanor to train for prize
fght, or to have any connection whatever with
dog or cock fighting.
A NUMBER of House bills were concurred in bv
the Senate on the 18th inst, among them bills
authorizing the purchase of land adjoining the
State Hospital grounds authorizing the estab-
Hshment of permanent camp and rife range at
Camp Douglas for the Wisconsin National
Guard, not more than IS 800 to be paid fol the
Improvement of the same. In the House the
bill came up approprioting 100000 for the pur-
pose OF buying permanent State Fair grounds
in Milwaukee. A committee had reported an
indefinite postponenent but after discussion it
was referred to the Committee on Claims A
large number Of bills were passed, among them
one providing that one-half of the license money
received in Richland County should be
devoted to the poor and another to authorize
Milwaukee to issue public library bonds. The
following were also passed: Providing that any
person who shall do great bodily harm to an
other shall be punished by from one to five years.
confinement in the State prison. or by imprison-
ment OF from three months to one year in the
county jail, or by q fine ranging from 5000 to
81 600 requiring Circuit Court Clerk to transmit
TO the Attorney General statement of all fines
and forfeltures entered during each term giving
free and unobstructed right over the full width
OF any street to all abutting property owners.
Another bill was passed giving local boards of
health full control OF sewerage systems in places
having WaterWOrkS.
SENATE bills We're passed in the Senate on the
14th inst. appropriating annually to the various
associations of the State 40 per cent of amount
of premium paid by each association the preced-
ing year, and granting the Board Of Charities
and Reform power to condemn jails, police STA
tons, and lockups, which it considers
dangerous to the life or health of the
inmates. In the House a bill was passed pro-
vldlng that ell the costs and expenses of county
boards of equalization shall be paid by towns
cities and villages whose assessments are raised
by reports of said boards. Bills were killed fol- :
bidding the heating Of passenger coaches by
means of stoves; setting aside the direct
war tax, in case it shall be refunded to
the State, as O. fund, the actual revenue from
which shall be devoted to the sup
port OF the Wisconsin Veterans Home :
authorizing the State Commissioner of
Insurance to require all insurance
companies to deposit security with the State
Treasurer as condition Of doing business in
this State requiring circuit judges to give decis-
ions in all cases heard by them within six
months of the time of such hearing. [The legis-
lative ball was held in the Capitol ut night with
q thousand persons present, representing ali
parts OF the State. The ball was preceded by q
reception IN Which the State officers and their
wives constituted the receiving party