Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-21
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.


/ TUEsDAY, March IL.
| SKNATE.-Seu. DeGroff offered resolu
/ ton memorializing congress TO pass the
/ Spooner national farmers institute BILL
which vas adopted. A communication
/ from Elk Gov. Busk was received and
read, thanking the senate for it's endorse
ment of mis- appointment. Among the
senate bills passed wers the following
| To prevent espionage at public elections,
to secure more fully the independence of
voters, to insure the secrecy OF the ballot,
and to provide for printing and distribu-
/ ting ballots at the public expense.
Amending the laws relating to circuit
courts, so that the judge may appoint
/ four court commissioners during court
vacations. Adding TO the original SEN
sentence of recaptured souvicts in the
state prison the time they were absent
| from the prison. The committee on
| state affairs reported back the county
| option bill with recommendation that
it be indefinitely postponed, Sen. Love
! JOY dissenting.
| ASSEMBLY Senate bills passed.: APP
propriating $4,000 to the governors con
| tingeut fund for the years 1889 and 1890.
| Permitting village boards to require
! property owners to remove all snow, rub
! bish, etc, from the sidewals N front OF
| their premises. Assembly bills passed:
Permitting the ready emoval OF children
1 from the care of neglectful or abusive
parents or guardians. Specifying the
manner in which city and village insur-
ance companies may be organized. To
| authorize the county OF Brown to issue
! bonds to the amount OF $l36,000 TO fund
it's outstanding Indebtedness.
! WEDNESDAY,, March l
! SENATE The following were among
the assembly bills passed; Authorizing
the st''o board of supervision to purchase
an a of land adjoining the state hos
/ pital grounds. Providing for the more
ready transfer OF boys between the state
! industrial school for boys and the state
public school. Authorizing the city Of
Milwaukee to pension widows and chill
dren of members of the fire and police
departments killed in the performance Of
their duty. Authorizing the establish
ment OF a permanent camp and rifle
range at Camp Douglas for the Wisoon-
sin national guard, not more than 5000
20 be paid for the grounds and not more
than $4,000 for the improvement thereof.
The further consideration of the Taylor
when there will be rally of forces. At
the evening session the county option
bill was killed by vote of % to 8.
s,EMBLY-Among the assembly bills
passed were the following: Prescribing
the manner of discharge of insolvent
debtors who make voluntary assignments,
Relating to the dscontinusuoe of state
roads. Requiring circuit court clerks TO
] co. ~ OF 81
ment of all fines and forfeltures entered
during such term, as well rs copies of all
papers in cases in which the state is in
terested. Requiring a district attorney
to appear at any place in his county, up
on the request of the attorney general,
and TO take testimony in any case in
which the state is interested, and to make
q full report IN writing to the attorney
! general on the case. Providing that any
person who shall do great bodily harm to
another shall be liable 20 from one to
! five gears confinement in the state prison
or from three month to one year in the
county Jail or by a fine ranging from
! 5000 to $1,000.
THURSDAY, March IA.
SENArE.-5enate bills passed: Author-
iziug the state land commissioners to
loan the state trust funds at not less than
/ 3 per cent. per auuum. Amer ding the
act relating TO houses of i'll fame SO as to
increase penalties for the keeping of the
same. ApproPriatiug annually to the
various agricultural and industrial as
sociations of the state 40 per cent. of the
amount of premiums paid by each as
ISOLATION the preceding year, providing
that where there is but one such in the
county not less than $20G shall be re-
ceived by it. Granting the board of
charities and reform power to condemn
} jails, police stations and lock-ups which
4 Ii considers dangerous TO the life or
health OF iD'-.sts, and if such places be
/ not put in proper condition within one
year after notice of the condemnation
/ has baen served on the authorities, the
I board shall file q notice with the clerk of
/ the circuit court in the county, and there
I after it shall be unlawful TO confne any
/ persons in such condemned jail, police
station or lookup.
! AssEMBLY.- Assembly bills passed:
I Providing that all the costs and expenses
OF county boards OF equalization shall be
paid by the towns cities or villages whose
assessments are raised by the report of
said boards. Approp r.etinE 20 Andrew
<. Z more SSs050 10 fun tor expenses in
CURED by him IN eontestiug the seat OF
/ A. L Gray IN the assembly. Amending
I Menomouie's charter. Authorizing the
city Of Chippewa Falls 20 erect bridge
over the C0ippewa river aud to .ssue
+ 100000 IN bonds for that purpose.
/ Authorizing the city Of Menom1nie 70
/ borrow S24 ,0Oo to fund its bonded indeat
eduess. Amending TT. Atkinson's olart-
/ er. 10 amend section sos 81 chapter