The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-03-30

| tanning a system of water works need
| not maintain a fire engine; to provide
| for the payment of the Senate chaplain;
! to appropriate 300 to NJ L. O'Rourke.
| Assembly bills passed a third reading.
as follows: Making chattel mortgages
| on household furniture invalid unless
signed by the wife of the person making
the chattel mortgage; to amend an act
| Incorporating the Wisconsin Bridge
Company; providing for the punish
ment of a father for abandoning
his children and for the abandon
ment of wife; amending the
| charter of the city of Milwaukee and
| authorizing the raising OF a ne-mill tax
In the Bay View sewerage district dur
ing the years of 1890 and 1891; increas-
ing the salary of the mayor OF Milwau-
kee to "a. 600; providing for the adoption
OF lllegitlmate children; providing for
the taking of dispositions of non
residents of the state in snv
! county; to authorize the town OF
| Pialntleld and the village of Plain
field to jointly issue bonds for the
purpose of paying their bonded indebt~
| edness; for fixing the salary of the city
clerk of Milwaukee at s., 800 per annum:
| to provide Tor adjourned meetings OF
| county boards; granting United States
| title Tor post-office in Milwaukee; TO
| amend the revised statutes relating to
religious societies; relating to the clos
| ing of an alley in the city of La Crosse;
| to fix the time for holding court in tue
| Seventh Judicial Circuit The even
| ing session in the Assembly was
| brief and but little business was done.
adjournment being taken until Tuesday
morning at IL O'Clock. Bills to amend
the charters of the cities of Eau Claire
and Pittsville were passed. An attempt
was made to lay the libel bill on the
table, Mr.. Stocking making the motion,
but the motion was laid over
for consideration on Tuesday on
account of the small attendance.
The following bills were indefinitely
postponed: To create inquests on fires
and TO provide for the accumulation and
reporting of fire statistics: requiring
overseers OF highways to give bonds
and to keep an accurate account of al
moneys coming INTO his hands, to
amend the school laws of the city of
Milwaukee; 10 amend section $500 of
the Revised Statu es relating to
the collection of orleitures; to
regulate and fix uniform rates
for insurance IN the state of
Wisconsin and to prevent competition
therein; to prevent combinations and
hibit determinations in insurance con-
tracts; 10 provide for compiling and
printing the opinions of the attorney
general; amending the game laws so as
TO make the killing OF partridges be-
tween October and December 81 legal;
TO amend section 1856 of the re-
vised statutes, relating to the sur
viyal OF actions; defining the
power Of common courts relating TO
public improvements; TO appropriate a
sum of money for the purpose of ena-
bling the Northern Agricultural and
Mechanical Association 10 paw its pres
ent Indebtedness: relating to highways
and 10 the collection and expendi-
ture of taxes on highways and bridges;
TO provide for fishways on the Waupaca
River in Waupaca and Portage CoUn-
ties; making 1t unlawful to kill game
birds between December | and
August Is; making it lawful to
hunt birds in the counties OF
Vernon, La Crosse, Trempeleau, Buffa-
10, Pepin, and Pierce between August
- and December !; to protect wild
rabbits; for the better preservation of
game on Lake koshkonong; amending
the bill relating to the Grand Circle of
White Men; amending the bin relating
TO the high court of the Independent
Order of Foresters of illinois; to amend
chapte 50 Of the Revised Statutes, emu
tied 'Of the County Board; - relating to
the Northern Legion of Honor and
amending the laws relating thereto.
MADISON, March 26.-Senate bills were
cOncurred in by the assembly as fol-
lows: To appropriate to the various
agricultural fairs in the state 40 per
cent. of all the premiums paid out by
such fairs, providing that the amount
on lI..h tho a,f IL mid 81 mo-
exceed 5000, and that but $500 Of the
premiums be given to the speeding de-
partment; allowing $3.50 each to Messrs.
kempf and Isenring for election ex-
penses; amending the charter of the
| city of Barron; authorizing the city
of 0conto to issue bonds; vacat-
ing an alley in the It. Calls
property in the Fourth Ward of Mil
waukee. The following assem- bly, bills
passed third reading: Amending the
township system of school government;
to create timber inspection districts Nos.
Is and Il, and TO provide inspectors
there or; 10 authorize the construction
of a dam across Chief River and another
across Bear Greek; authorizing the or
ganizalion Of a Firemen's Relief Asso-
citation in Milwaukee; amending the
charter of Ahnapee; amending the
laws for the abduction Of un-
married women and increasing
The penalty therefor; amending
the laws relating to deeds of real estate
by guardian. At the evening session
the following bills passed third read
ing: Providing for the payment 10
Juneau County of moneys and property
belonging TO said county from the pro-
ceeGs of the sales of swamp lands; TO
authorize George and William Whiting
and r. c. Russell to build dam across
the Wisconsin River in Portage
County; to authorize toll roads
TO operate street railways and
lease their reads for that purpose;
amending tine act regulating the term
of holding circuit court III the Eighth
Circuit; to provide for the payment OF
the officiating ciaplains in the Legis-
lature, TO amend the laws relating TO
elections IN Chippewa Falls; TO establish
q minimum standard !Or merchantable
milk; cutting down q portion OF the
money authorized 10y law to be raised
in school districts on a vote in
said district. Bills were killed
Amending the charter Of the city
of GAINESVILLE; providing that in all ac-
tl0ns of costs in Justices courts the
plaintiff cannot recover damages over
costs; appropriatiDg o kewaunee coun-
ty sum OF money; vacatlng portion
OF Knapp Street, in Milwaukee, and por-
tons of other streets; placing it in the
discretion OF the council to call elections
t. fill vacancies in city Offices; amend
ing the laws relating to drains. Bills
passed under suspension of the rules:
To create a municipal court in Douglas
County, end 10 am4nd the charter OF
the city of Amigo, and amending the
charter Of the city Of Wausau.
RELIC OF ANTIETAM.
A Soldier. Shot in the Lungs There,