The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-09

| levy an amount exceeding l per cent Of
| the valuation of property for assess
ment; 10 amend the salute entitled
OF Lands Sold for Taxes" so as 10 re-
cord the iull name of the grantee. he
latlng 10 the ices OF register of deeds,
liking - as the Tee for recording plat
OF forty lots or less, and an additional
charge oil TWO cents for every lot IN ad-
dluon; relating to county aid 10 towns
IN ma king and repairing highways and
10 repeal chapter 40 of the laws of 1887 :
reiaung 70 excise and the sale of intox-
icaung liquors, fixing the license for sa-
looms in towns OF over 500 inhabitants at
s2Oo and OF under 500 inhabitants at
$50.
MADISON, Jan. Sl.-A resolution was
adopted referring all dive petitions 10
the Judiciary committee without read
ing. Mr. heogh introduced q bin 10
abohsn prison contract labor, subsutut-
ing therefor what is known as the state
account system. bill was introduced. /.
To provide for the collection of q per-
centum on the gross earnings of persons
and corporations in the express busi-
ness IN lieu Of other taxes. fixing the
amount 10 be paid st ? per cent. In
considering biz 5 in the committee of
the whole the following bills were
killed: That rel lttng TO slaughter
houses. providing for the obtaining of
permission in writing from the town
board when TO be located near high
way; the bill relating TO bail in criminal
cases; the bill relating to pleadings in
garnIshee cases; the bill relating 10
erecting and repairing of town bridges.
MADISON, Feb. mir. Siebers intro
duced a bill relating TO the collection OF
wages by employees. Other bills intro
duced: 10 amend the statutes relating
to the county board, providing for the
election OF commissioners, one at large
and one for each of the commissioner
districts TO be provided by the board of
supervisors, these commissioners to
take the place of the board of super
Nlsors; 10 amend the revised statutes
relating to executions. exempting all
property from action issued from anv
court Tor the collection of Judgment
rendered in sn action for the recovery
OF money Tor wages due domestic en-
piOyeS; amending the laws relating to
the compensation Of newspapers for
publishing the laws; relating TO high
ways, and defining more specifically the
rights of aUuttlng owners: to amend
an act entitled of guardians and
wards; providing that no mar
rlet women shall be disqualified by
coyeture for acting as guardian; TO ter
inmate the liability of tenants of realty
in eases of destruction of premises
leased, by fire and otherwise. The bills
relating to the changing of the name of
Fox Lake Female Seminary TO Downer
College and that entitled "of religious
societies, making a few changes In
their government, were both passed
MADISON, Wis, Feb. ga message
from the governor was received trans
mlttng a communication from the gov
ernor OF Kansas IN relation TO the beef
ana pork trust, and asking for the CO.
operation OF the state in abOlishing such
trusts. The bill appropriating $4,000
Tor the purchase OF stationery in the
ate offices was passed unanimously.
Among the many bills introduced
were the following: Providing
for the organization, muster and
payment of a battery of light
artillery and to fix the amount of the
armory, clothing. subsistence and drill
funds Of such battery and of the Light
Horse Squadron; TO provide for the hu-
II ane transportation of poultry; to pro-
vide for the humane transportation of
stock; to prevent cruelty to milch cows;
10 appropriate =, 600 TO the Wisconsin
industrial School or Girls; amending
the revised statutes relating to
the measure of damages in actions to
recover possession of logs, timber or
lumber wronglulIy cut on lands of an
other, or the value thereof to form the
city OF Eau Claire into a single school
district, and repeal portion OF the
charter; to appropriate to the Wiscon-
sin Dsirymen's Association $1,000 in
two annual payments during 1889 and
1890; providing Tor fshways and en-
couraging the propagation Of fish in all
the waters of the state.