The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-24
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

The reading of the Governors message occu-
pied the principal part of the day in the Senate
and House on the 10th inst and no business Of
Importance was transacted. Both houses adj
jOurned until Tuesday. T. B. Mills was elected
Speaker of the House and E. d. Coe Chief
Arms of the Assembly and made the following
subordinate appointments Assistant Sergeant
alarms, H. N. Davis, Milwaukee; Postmaster,
W. T. Pugh. Eau Claire; Assistant Postmaster,
John (. Mo dsa St. croix Night Night
Watchman. Robert Jones, Oconto; Door
keepers, w. J. ZettIer, Milwaukee; Sure
johnson, Mcfarland u. X. Fisher, Racine Chas.
Blay, Rock. Gallery attendant, M. A. Halter,
Shawano. Committee room attendants. Geo.
Hanover, Jefferson; John Olson, Polk County;
theodore Stenilen, Pleasant Springs. General
Document clerk H. j. Ormsby, Black River
Fails. Document attendant, Geo. L. Jones,
Chippewa Falls. Flagman, I. B. Rowland,
Waukesha. Wash-room attendant, w. B. Pat
terson, Mauston.
IN the Senate the most important bill intro
duced on the 18th was one prepared by special
committee appointed by the Supreme Court two
years ago to devise a measure for uniform city
charters. 1t provides that every city hereafter
Incorporated SHALL according to the population
belong to one of three classes; that the NUM-
cipal fiscal year shall be identical with that of
the State; that the Mayor, except in cities of
the first class, shall have power to name all
appointive officers. and that claims against the
city must be presented to the council before
Increasing the annual salary of Circuit Judges
from So, 600 to $4,50). In the House resolution
was adopted for the appointment of legislative
committee of three members of the House and
two Senators to investigate and report upon the
reports regarding the alleged Infamous dens of
Northern Wisconsin. Bills were introduced to
exempt veterans from the payment of poll tax,
and to license stationary engineers, and
for the inspection of boilers. The latter
requires the inspection of all stationary and
portable boilers, except locomotives and marine
either chief examiner or one of three inspect
ors. The Speaker appointed his committees as
follows w. j. McElrOy is Chairman of the
Committee on Judiciary; M. J. Bennett, on
Education r. W. Jackson on Railroads James
Freeman, on Federal Relations H. M. Stocking,
on State Affairs; H. E. Legler, on Cities Evan
Coolidge, on Claims j. B. Mccoy on Militia;
Ephraim Beaumont, on Agriculture.
The following executive appointments were
announced in the Senate on the 10th inst. Gov
Hoard announced the appointment, by Gov.
Rusk, Sept. 7. 1888, of E. c. Oliver, c. P. Thayer
and James Thayer, fish wardens; by Gov.
Rusk, Feb. 6, 1885, S. M. Hay, John Phillips and
Emil Wallber. regents of normal schools by
Gov. Rusk, April, 1885, c. Luling, mem
years by Gov. Rusk, April q 1885, Andrew E.
Elmore, as member of the State Board of
Charities and Reform for five years by Gov.
Rusk, V. 7. Atkinson, as State Veterinarian for
two years by Governor Rusk, Scion Marks, as
member of the State Board of Health for the
term ending March 81, 1893 by Governor Hoard,
William Z. Parry, to be a member of the Stete
Board OF Supervision; by Governor RuSk, April
2, 1888, j. t. Ree-e, to be Supervisor OF Inspect
ors of Illuminating Oils. The appointments
were severally confirmed by the Senate Among
the bills introduced was one 10 amend section
23l3 chapter 105. Revised Statutes, and chap
ter 21S, laws of 1885, relating to chattel
mortgages. It provides that no mortgage on
personal properly shall be valid against any
other person than the parties thereto, unless the
possession OF the mortg ged property be deliv-
cred to the mortgag e. 1t is intended to fur
nlsh better protection to the wife in the posses
sion OF household furniture The following
we're among the bills introduced in the House:
Anne nding the law relating to the protection of
children, and for their removal from parents
ana guardians in certain cises. IT simply
permits municipal judges to have equal
power with county Judge in aiding such
mova1 of children from unfit parents or guar
dams for the repeal of he present law and
the re-enactment of an old law which provided
that an election relative to the having out Of a
highway should only be he'd where the penal
ties involved in laying out such highway amount
to $1OO. The present law makes the amount
only 1850.
THERE was q stir in the Hobbies when Senator
II. A. Taylor introduced in the Senate, on the
18th inst, Il bill to regulate railroad traffic. A
bill APP ]roprate $50, 900 to the Veterans Home
at Waupaca was presented. Another bill de-
mands that railroad corporations be required
to guard railroad frogs. Resolutions on the
TayIors bill provides for regulation of
railroad traffic within the State, and in
it's makeup embraces the best and
most important features of laws of other
States upon the same subject. The bill is mod
eled largely after the interstate act, the object
sought having been to apply the principles and
in many instances nearly Identical privileges
and res rictions to traffic within the STATE. So
closely has the Interstate law been followed that
the fourth section, relating to determinations is
an insertion OF verbatim copy OF the same
section of the Interstate act Some of the
anilder features OF the Minnesota and Illinois
laws have been incorporated BY the terms
OF the bill q commission of three persons is
created, the commissioners to be appointed
10y the Governor and confirmed by the SEN
ate each to receive a salary of $4,000
per annum, with per diem of three dollars
for travelling expenses. the commission
ers are not all TO be OF the same political
party. A secretary for the commission
is Created and his SALARY is to be $4,000 and
travelling expenses The right to establish rates
for transportation is reserved to the railroads !:
but, upon COMPLAINT to the commission, if the
rates are found excessive, authority is given the
commission to make lower IA; es and compel the
railroads to adopt them, unless such rates fixed
by the commission be held unreasonable by the
courts.