The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-14
WISCONSIN sOLONs. DoINGs OF CONGRESS.

A BILL was presented in the Legislature or
the I'd inst. to make il the duty of the Stats
Treasurer to give to each county its share Of
money received from the sale of swamp and
overhowed lands. Tie law relating to outrage il
sought to be amended by reducing the penalty
from life Imprisonment. Another bill provides
for the retirement of a justice of the Supr mt
Court at the age of 70 years AMI for the pay.
ment of three-ffths of the sa' airy of each yeal
after retirement. The statutes are sought
to be amended SO as to permit only lawyers
TO practice before q Justice Court bill
was offered providing that counties havinE
a population of less than 1000 shall elect 6
county board, composed of three commission.
ers-Ope at large and two from districts that
in counties of from 1000 to Is, GOO population
the county board shall embrace five commits
sioners-two ut large and three from districts
and that in counties of over $4,000 population
there shall be six commissioners-two at large
and four from districts that such commission
ers shall be elected in such a manner as to al.
ways leave one hold-over member. The law
takes effect in 1890.
A RESOLUTION providing for the submission to
the people of the constitutional amendment fol-
the holding of convention to revise the Con.
stitution was offered il the Senate on the 5tl
inst. Bills Wee introduced to prevent espion.
age at elections: to secure more fully the in
dependence of voters to enforce the security O,
the ballot and fer the printing aud distribution
ballots at public elections: requiring the State
to gather statistics i'll reeard to domestic berrie
and grapes combining the State pension agency
with the Adjutant Generalship; permitting the
State printing to be done outside of Madison
and providing for local option bv counties and
towns The nomination of E. Johnson of Wal
worth County, w. Fl. Chaner of Dane and &
V. Guy of Pierce, as Normal Schoc! Regents
was confirmed. In the House bills were intro
duced requiring fshways to be placed in al
dams requiring milking of cows having calves
ct least twice during each twenty -four hours
to provide for the humane transportation OF
poultry by STIMULATING the size of the crate il
which it is carried. and forbidding the trans.
portation of cows and horses i'll the same cal
with calves, hogs, sheep, or other small ami
mails.
IN the Senate a resolution was adopted fol
the appointment Of committee of five on the
9Th inst, to which shall be referred oil nomina
tons by the Governor Bills were introduced
to give convicts g. share of their earnings while
In prison, and giving the State Board of Super
vision discretion to discharge prisoners for good
conduct any time after they have served the
minimum time prescribed by law for then
CRIME. A bill was passed appropriatine
@l2,OJ0 to the State Fish Commissions
both in 1889 and 1890. The Governor
sent i'll the nomination of Fl. NJ. Stark, of Mil
waukee, to be State Labor Commissioner vice
Frank A. Flower, whose term has expired and
of d. X. Throne, of Eau Claire, to be O. member
of the State Board of Health. IN the House q
resolution was offered for the appointment of g
legislative committee of five % attend the In
terstate Convention to combat the beef trust
resolution was adopted for thorough inves.
tgation of the Stale printing. Bill were intro
q
commission of three besides himself to repre-
sent the State at the centennial celebration OF
Washingtons inauguration. TO occur in New
York i'll April, and to make the daily paw of i'll.
rors SD instead Of 50.
IN the Senate bills were introduced on the 18th
inst, for the erection of q soldiers memorial
building in Madison, to cost $500, 0J0. and to be
used by the State Historical Society; / abolish
the 5 tate Board of Charities and Reforms ana
vest its duties in board now having control
of the State Prison hospiia al, etc, and one re-
curing that election ballots be printed and dis
tributed at public expense The House voted
IN. nimously to seat A. L. Gray, Demo
GRAFT, whose seat was contested by Andrew
h. Elmore, Republican, of Green Bay. The lat
ter claimed bribery, tampering with returns,
the employment of alien election inspectors
and other things, but the House committee re-
ported that the evidence sustained none of the
charges. resolution was adopted for the ap-
pointmenG of legislative committee OF six
members to represent Wisconsin at the inter
state convention to be called to agree on CON
certed action the part of various States to
egislate against the cattle buyers trust. A bill
was introduced preventing q life insurance
policy from lapsing unless tho holder has been
actually given notice thai the premium was
due. Bills were also introduced autho-
rizing the Sault Ste. Marie & South
western Railway Compon to build q
bridge across the Chippewa River and across the
Eau Claire River in the city OF Eau Claire; to
authorize justices of the peace to appoint and
employ clerks to reduce street railway fare in
cities of so 900 inhabitants or more o 5 cents
A large number of bills of local interest to Mil
waukee were passed under suspension of
the rules. including one to impose O. tax of one
fifth of a mill on al taxable property in that
city to meet the expense of the Grand Army
encampment next August. 1t will provide a
fund OF & 81 000.