The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13

state; exemptlng the property used IN
operating railways from taxation: defin-
ing the duty of the secretary of state
and state treasurer in the disbursement
Of money receiYei from the sale of
swamp lands; providing for the retire
ment of supreme court judges; relatinE
to the duty OF the state superinte ndent
OF schools in prescribing rules for the
management Of school district libraries;
providing for the printing and distrlbu-
tion of the reports Of the state officers;
allowing a divorced woman to resume
her maiden name; fixing the salary
of the deputy railway commits sIOneT at
s2,t0) per annum; amending the laws
of 1887, relating to thc damage and re-
clamation OF Ger ain lands in Racine
and Waukesha Counties. The Asscm-
bly, killed tie following bills: To regu-
late the fees OF physicians .or making
affldavlts IN pension cases; to regulate
and control tue business of apothe-
carries and druggists. and to license per
sons engaged in such business, and to
reeulate the sale of poisons; to pro-
hitit the employment by railroad cor
porations of locomotive engineers who
use intoxicating liquors.
MADISON, April 4.-Ghe fight on the
state iair bill was renewed, with the
result of killing the measure by a vote
OF AZ TO 46. The dressed beef inspee-
ton bill Was also killed, by vote of AZ
10 81. The only bills passed by the
Assembly were two: Amending
, the laws relating TO the penalty
for keeping houses of ill-fame
and allowing the st. Joseph Benevolent
! Society of Minnesota to transact busi-
ness in Wisconsin. The bill for the
more efficient construction and inn
provement of highways and bridges
! was killed. This provides for the levy
of special county tax.
MADISON, April 5.-The medical bill,
which has been bitterly fought, was
finally killed. Other bills killed: Pro-
viGins for public bank examiner;
providing for Mechanics and Laborers'
institutes; providing for a judicial in
quiry into the mental condition Of
persons al eyed to be insane; extend
ing the sentences of recaptured con-
victs; providing for the incorporation
Of villages Of small population; narrow
ing the Milwaukee River in the
city of Milwaukee; appropriate
ing 5000 to Janet p. Lawrence; ex-
emptiDg the University from taxation.
The bill providing for the licensing of
money brokers TO Milwaukee by the
Common Council, which passed the
Assembly some time ago, was returned
from the Senate this morning with an
amendment making the amount OF
license variable from 500 to $500. Mr..
Keogh moved to lay the amendment on
the table and the motion prevailed, thus
having the effect of killing the bill.
MADISON, April 9.-The bill appropri-
ating TO tie Wisconsin Dairymen's As
sociation g, GEO a year during the next
l., e -
9. Messrs. hIohr and McMullen raised
| the point as 10 what the association ac-
complshed, and who its members were,
the question being answered by Mr..
Curtis. The bill 10 create the office OF
dairy and food commissioner was also
| passed. Senate bills were concurred in
| by the Assembly as follows: Pro-
| hibiGing the catching of brook
| front in any part OF the state
| except In the COMMITTEES of Ashland, Bay
| field, Douglas, Polk, Pierce or burnett;
repeating the law fixing the time for
| killing wild deer in the counties of Ash
land, Bayfield, and Douglas; providing
| for more specific reports from the
/ School for Dependent Children; to pre-
| vent the destroying OF small wall-eyed
| pike, black bass and frog bass; making
| the punishment for the crime of rape
not less than five years nor more than
thirty-five years; exempting wearing
| apparel, family port, ats. kitchen furni-
| ture and growing crops from the assess
! ment of lakes TO the amount of 5000; to
regulate and prescribe the disposition
| OF the surplus of moneys contributed for
| charitable or benevolent purposes; au
thorizing the building of a dam across
| Fox River in Outagamie County; to pre-
vent persons from unlGwfuIly wearing
the insignia of the Loyal Legion.