Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-20

tQ0 POWERS OF incorporated NllldSoS
so that they may assess and collect all
of person for abandonment of his or
her children, and of a husband
for abandonment of his wife;
amending the laws relating to filing Of
chattel mortgages, so that when viii
lage constitutes part of a town, such
mortgages shall be filed in the Office of
the town clerk; providing for the or
ganization, muster and payment of
battery of light artillery, and to fix the
amount of the armory, clothing, sub
sistence and drill funds of such battery
and of the Light Horse Squadron; pro-
vlding for appeals to the circuit court in
certain cases; to provide for the appro-
priation of the direct war tax money to
the support Of the Waupaca Veterans
home; providing for the punishment Of
persons provoking assaults; relating to
the duties of district attorneys and re.
curing them to inquire into all facts
and circumstances connected with pre-
Iminary examinations where a person
is committed to jail to await trial; TO
amend the statutes relating to induces;
to secure to sheriffs and constables their
fees ON appeals in civil actions from JUS
tees Of the peace; to vacate certain al
leys on Fifteenth Street in the city
of Milwaukee,; to authorize the
commissioner of insurance to
require all insurance companies or as
sociations to deposit security with the
state treasurer as condition Of doing
business in this state; to amend the
statutes relating to the assignment OF
mortgages; to repeal an act relating to
the powers of towns and town boards
containing incorporated villages ;author
iZlng the acknowledgement to order
10000 copies of the roster to be printed;
reviving special provisions Of all city
charters mpting such cities from the
general laws relating to the registration
of electors; to enable married women
1nS certain cases to obtain from their
husbands proper support and mainten-
ance; to expedite the decisions of
causes in the circuit court.
MADISON, March 15.-The following
Senate bills were concurred in this
morning: To provide for the erection
and maintenance of blocks or guards at
the front and rear of frogs on railroad
ing for the payment of $4,000 annually
for reporters in circuit courts; relat-
ing to judgments in criminal cases
when the person convicted has been
before punished; making funeral ex-
penses payable out of all estates, except
when the devisee be the widow or
minor child Of the deceased; fixing the
salary of the secretary of the fire de-
partment at 81 geo per annum; amend
ing the laws relating to jurors and pro-
viding for the separation of petit from
grand jurors; to create, regulate
and control the Policemen's Relief
fund of the city of Milwaukee; to repeal
the statutes relating to boards of re-
view; to make Charles and Joseph Osth-
elder the sole heirs at law of Marie
Young, and to transfer and vest the alb
solute title and right to the
real and personal property of
said Marie Young in Charles and
Joseph Osthelder, and to perfect
the title to certain real estare in the
city of Ashland; authorizing the exclu-
sion of certain persons rom the trial of
causes of scandalous or obscene ma
ture; to fix the amount chargeable
for the support and maintenance Of
insane persons in county asylums
and giving right of appeal to cir
cult courts from orders made by
county judges. Under a suspension of
the rules, the bill to amend the charter
Of the city of Medford and that relating
to the control of the city water depart
ment in Milwaukee and appointing
registrar of water rates were passed.
The bill prescribing the payment of the
clear proceeds OF fines to the state treas
urer was indefinitely postponed.