The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-20
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
In the Senate.


forbldding any charges for the drawing
of papers necessary or the settlement
OF any estate; providing for the organi
zatlon and management of corpora
tons, associations and societies for the
purpose OF furnishing accident or per-
manent disability, indemnity or
pecunlary benefits To TIE Wido VS., or
phans, heirs, relatives and devlsees of
deceased members, on the principle of
mutual asse ssments, and to provide for
the exemption of such associations
from the provisions OF the general laws
reliting to accident insurance com
panies.
MADISON, April 1.-THE following AS
sembly bills were nonconcurred in:
Repeating chapter 424, laws of 1885, re-
lating to attachments in justices courts;
amending the revised statutes relating
to security for costs; amending the
statutes relating to lands sold for
taxes by requiring the officer exc
cutting the tax deeds to insert the full
name Of the grantee in the deeds be-
fore the latter can be recorded; making
every lndotser OF a negotiable certlti
cate of deposit payable to order, subse-
quent to the indOrsement of the payee,
responsible ioI the genuineneEs of the
Endorsement of such payee; amending
the charter of the city of Oshkosh
The Senate bill providing that the
paople OF towns, cities and villages may
vote directly upon the question of grant
ing license for the sale of liquor therein,
was ordered engrossed and read
third time by a vote Of 90 to 4.
Among the Senate bills indefinitely
postponed was that making Lincoln's
birthday legal holiday; providing for
the onpnipu nf tho nnllc n opI
closing at sundown; establishing a state
reformatory for females and appropriate
ing $27 coo therefor.
MADISON, Wis, April l2-The Senate
killed the following bills: Providing
that if a person confined in Jail on civil
process be allowed liberties other than
those gwen other persons, the creditor
should not be responsible for his sup
port while in jail; providing that no
chattel mortgage on household prop
erty exempt from seizures should be
valid unless it was signed by the
wife and her signature was witnessed
by two persons; making a consolidated
railroad company liable for al the
debts, encum berances, liens, etc, Of
each of the companies comprising the
consolidated companies. The fol-
lowing Senate bills passed: Providing
school districts in case of the loss or de-
structiOn of such documents; appfo-
prlatlng 81 600 annually for the support
of the Summer School for Teachers at
the State University; appropriating S6O,-
OO0 for the construction OF a gymnasium
at the State University; providing for
the submitting of the license question
to the voters Of any town, village or city
when petition signed by 10 per cent.
OF the voters Is presented ask
ing for such a vote; amend
ing the laws relating to the
number, duties and compensation of
legislative employees; authorizing w. c.
Gilbert, +. A. Allen and B. j. Castle to
build ditch on certain property in
Oneida County; amending an act to
prevent deceptions in the sale of cheese
so as to make it harmonize with a Ger
tain bill passed prescribing the stand
ard tests; approprlatlng TO K. w. Con-
ley S67 80 for services as stenographer
at the Joint meeting of the railroad com
mittees in considering the Taylor bill.
MADISON, April Consideration of
the Mills County bill was again laid
over, this time at the request o Senator
Reynolds, and until Tuesday morning
Senator Pond presented a lengthy re-
port on his parochial school bill, in
hich he entered into an elaborate ex-
planatiOn Of the motives ofthe bill and re-
piled to arguments made against it, This
was done simply to explain his position,
as the bill was laid away for good. Sen
ate bills passed as follows: Requiring
persons or corporations using electric
energy to keep the wires properly in
suiated for the safety of the public; pro-
vlding for the better care of the insane
by limiting the capacity of the state hos
pItal; authorizing the city of
Sheboygan t. readiust certain Of
its corporate debts The select
committee on appointments of the gov
ernor reported in favor of George l..
Graves appointmentasa as member ofthe
state beard of charities and reforms.
The appointment vas unanimously con-
frmed. Assembly bills were concurred
IN as follows: Authorizing II. Schwonke
and others to build dams on Embarfass
River in ShawaDo County; prohibiting
the use OF nets for the catching of fish
IN the Wolf RITer, Fox River
and Lakes Ninnebaeo, Poygan,
Winneconne and Butte des Morris
between April and August ! changing
the opening of the deer-shooting season
from. October ID to December ]. and
prohibiting the use of dogs in hunting
deer; repeating the act relating to the
distribution OF 3 per cent. OF the gross
earnings of the North Wisconsin Rail
way Company in Burnett County; au-
thorizing the building Of dam in
Tomahawk River by John and
d. j. Alpin; requir ng the state
Inspector of Illuminating oils to
appoint all his deputies instead
of permitting the various common coun-
ellis Of cities to enjoy that privileges
authorizing the state superintendent to
appoint person at an annual salary OF
81 500 TO aid him in visiting, inspecting
aid supervising high schools and to aid
In giving information and needed as
sistance TO localities in organizing and
maintaining high schools in towns
where no graded schools exist; pro-
viding for the filling of the office of
scho,l district officer when vacant;
making verified copies of books and
statements of insurance companies
prlma facle evidence in courts, thus
providing that if an officer of one of
these corporations swears that the
copies are true. it relieves such cor
poratlons from the troubles, difficulties
and stoppage of business, which would
ensue ii the books themselves were
taken and offered IN evidence; amend
ing the charter of the city of Merrill;
legalizing the acts of the
Farmers Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company of the town of Union,
Rock County providing for the appoint
ment of inspectors and clerks OF cleo
ton in Milwaukee; providing for uni
formity in election tickets in Milwau-
kee. The bill requiring express COM
panies TO pay a tax of per cent. on
their gross earnings was killed in the
Senate, Senators Joiner, Kidd, Per-
sons, Pond and Reynolds being
the only ones to vote for it.
MADISON, April Ex-senator Kempf
made an attempt to introduce a bill
regulating the government Of all county
hospitals in similar manner to that ap-
plying to the new Milwaukee hospital,
by giving the governor the appointment
of a part of the trustees. He intro
duced the bill under a title of a
dead-head bill relating to the employ
ment of child labor. Mr.. Mead,
however, called for the reading of the
bill, and when the senators took in the
situation they promptly killed the bill.
The Senate bill authorizing not less than