Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-17
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
In the Senate.

the investigation of the affairs of the
railroads. and giving him power to act
on the complaint of any person when
made in writing An amendment was
adopted, offered by Mr.. II. A. Taylor,
whereby complaints made by firms
or corporations are to be received
as we'll as those of indi-
viduais. The Senate concurred in the
following bills: Regulating the propel-
ways and fixing their weight; to cure
detects in conveyances affecting the
title to real property; increasing the
punishment for the abduction of un-
married women; to provide Tor build
ing and repairing roads In town
system; amending the revised statutes
relating to the trust funds and their
management; authorizing the city of
Port Washington to issue bonds for
bridge repairs and harbor improve
ments; amending the laws relating to
,offenses against real estate by making
persons guilty of larceny who take
timber of any kind from the soil of
another without the latter's consent.
The Senate killed the following bills:
Requiring all persons putting logs, tim
Der or any foatables on any river or
stream to have some mark impressed in
amending the laws relating to insurance
corporations SO that no dividend
above per cent. will be declared
until the guaranty surplus fund
and it's special reserve fund shall to-
gether equal in amount its capital stock.
The Senate session tonight was occu-
pied by the arguments for and against
the appropriation to Gilbert Anderson,
n. M. Littlejohn and others for losses
sustained in building the new science
hall. Mr.. Cooper made an exhaustive
argument in favor of the appropriation,
while Mr.. Anderson spoke against it.
The discussion will continue tomorrow.
MADISON, April 10.-Senate bills were
passed as follows: Relating to the
drawing of papers in the settlement of
forbidding any charges for the drawing
of papers necessary Tor the settlement
of any estate; providing for the organi-
cation and management of corpora
tons, associations and societies for the
purpose of furnishing accident or per-
manent disability, indemnity or
pecuniary benefits to the widows, or
phans, heirs, relatives and devisees of
deceased members, on the principle of
mutual assessments, and to provide for
the exemption of such associations
from the provisions of the general laws
relating to accident insurance COM
panies.
MADISON, April 1.-THE following As
sembly bills were nonconcurred in:
Repeating chapter 424, laws of 1885, re-
hating to attachments in justices courts;
amending the revised statutes relating
to security for costs; amending the
statutes relating to lands sold for
taxes by requiring the officer exc
cutting the tax deeds to insert the full
name Of the grantee in the deeds be-
fore the latter can be recorded; making
every indorser of negotiable certif-
cate of deposit payable to order, subse-
quent to the Endorsement of the pavee,
responsible for the genuineness of the
Endorsement of such payee; amending
the charter of the city of Oshkosh.
The Senate bill providing that the
people Of towns, cities and villages may
vote directly upon the question of grant
ing license for the sale of liquor therein,
was ordered engrossed and read a
Among the Senate bills indefinitely
postponed was that making Lincoln's
birthday legal holiday; providing for
the opening of the polls at A. NJ. and
closing at shutdown; establishing a state
reformatory for females and appropriate
ing $27 900 therefor.
MADISON, Wis, April 12.-The Senate
killed the following bills: Providin
that if person confined in jail on civi
process be allowed liberties other than
those given other persons, the creditor
should not be responsible for his sup
port while in jail; providing that no
chattel mortgage on household prop
erty exempt from seizures should be
valid unless it was signed by the
wife and her signature was witnessed
by two persons; making consolidated
railroad company liable for all the
debts, encumberances, liens, etc., of
each of the companies comprising the
consolidated companies. The fol-
lowing Senate bills passed: Providing
for the restoration of records of
school districts in case of the loss or de-
struction OF such documents; appfo-
priating 81 900 annually for the support
of the Summer School for Teachers at
the State University; appropriating $780,
900 for the construction of gymnasium
at the State University; providing for
the submitting of the license question
to the voters Of any town, village or city
when petition signed by 10 per cent.
OF the voters is presented ask
ing for such vote; amend
Ing Ino laws rolatlng TO the
number, duties and compensation of
legislative employees; authorizing w. c.
Gilbert, T. A. Allen and B. j. Castle to
build ditch on certain property in
Oneida County; amending an act to
prevent receptions in the sale of cheese
so as to make it harmonic with GER
tain bill passed prescribing the stand
ard tests; approprlating to r. W. Con-
ley $67. 80 for services as stenographer
at the joint meeting of the railroad COM
mittees in considering the Taylor bill.
MADISON, April Reconsideration Of
the Mills County bill was again laid
over, this time at the request OF Senator
Reynolds, and until Tuesday morning.
Senator Pond presented lengthy re
port on his parochial school bill, ii
which be entered into an elaborate ex
PLANTATION of the motives of the bill and re-
piled to arguments made againstit. This
was done simply to explain his position,
as the bill was laid away for good. SEN
ate bills passed as follows: Requiring
persons or corporations using electric
energy to keep the wires properly in
sulated for the safety of the public; pro-
yiding for the better care of the insane