Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-04-03
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
,Jn the Senate.


ton OF homestead froE, debts and
funeral expenses in case the devisee be
the widow or O minor child. The veto
was sustained by vote of IL to II, but
motion prevailed to reconsider the
vote tomorrow morning. The opin-
ion among those opposing the
veto was that the question was one that
the legislature was more competent to
decide than the governor, as there was
volved. The governor also returned to
the senate with his veto the bill confer
ring upon Charles and Joseph Osthelder
the interest which the state of Wiscon-
sin has In certain real and personal
property derived from Maria Young,
deceased. Action on the veto was laid
over till thursday morning. Under a
suspension of the rules, the bill
to create municipal court in Douglas
County, was passed. Senate bills passed
third reading as follows: Defining the
duty of the secretary of state and state
treasurer in the disbursement of money
received from sale of lands therein
named; to authorize the city of Madison
to aid in the erection of an opera house;
to amend the charter of the city of Ber-
lin; amending the divorce laws so as to
allow O divorced woman to resume
her maiden name. Assembly bills were
concurred in as follows: Providing for
the examination of losses by insurance
corporations; providing that town in
surance corporations may be formed IN
towns by the association of twenty-five
men owning property worth $251 900;
authorizing the organization of local
fire Insurance companies In cities and
villages; to prevent cruelty to mich
COWS; to amend the charter of the
city of Whitewater; TO authorize
the Sault Ste. Marie & South
western Railway Company to
build bridge across the Chippewa
River, in the city of Eau Claire; provid-
ing that two insurance companies shall
not be liable for any loss of live stock if
occurring in building not insured by
said corporation; to authorize the Du-
luth, Red Wing & Southern Railway
Company to construct q bridge across
the Mississippi at Red Wing. Mimi;
to amend the charter of the city OF
Ripon; to add certain products to
those enumerated in the law providing
for the collection of statistics of
farm products; making it the duty
of town clerks to furnish county clerks
with list of the highway districts of
his town; to authorize A. Wang. Jr., to
build dam across Shioc creek; author
izing the Chicago & North Western rail-
the Fremont, Elkhorn q Missouri Val
ley Railroad Company or by the Wyom-
ing Central r lilway Company; author
izing the issues of writs of error in
habeas corpus cases; to authorize towns,
villages and cities in Pierce, st. Crolx,
Polk, Burnett and Douglas Counties
to issue bonds to aid in the con-
struction of the Duluth, Red Wing,
& Southern Company; to provide a
$500 salary for the register Of probate in
Winnebago county; to authorize w. II.
Murdoch and Anton Kuckuk to construct
dam across Wolf river; to provide for
the construction Of bridge across the
Milwaukee river from Michigan to
Sycamore street. The following bills
we're killed in the Senate this evening:
To increase the license fee of telephone
companies to per cent. of the gross
receipts; repeating the act providing
for state park; to amend the section
of the revised statutes relating to fees of
referees.
MADISON, March 27.-The governors
veto of the bill relating to wills, which
provides for the exemption of home
steads from debts and funeral expenses,
when the devisee is the widow or child
of the deceased, was taken up and the
bill passed over his veto by a large
vote. The bill prohibiting the en-
ployment by railroad CORPORATIONS, of
locomotive engineers who use in
toxicating liquors, was opposed
by Messrs. K1oeger and Fritz, but
passed by vote of Is to 8. Senate bills
passed a third reading as follows: To
prohibit the employment by railroad
corporations of locomotive engineers
who use intoxicating liquors; providing
that owners of swine may not be re-
Of DO fr1I ~
ing the penalty for the crime of rape
from life term to Imprisonment for
from five TO thirty-five years; amending
the law relating to assessment Of
taxes SO as to exempt wearing
apparel and other family appurtenances
to the amount of 5000; amending
the laws relating to the stopping OF
railroad trains before bridges, ETC., SO as
to make it unnecessary when such
bridges are supplied with mechanical
device to render it safe to cross such
bridges without stopping; to prevent
persons from unlawfully wearing the
insignia or rosette of the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion of the United
States, or any imitation thereof; amend
ing the charter of the city of Lake &C.
neva. Assembly bills received a con-
currence as follows: Providing q pen
atty for persons defrauding hotel
and boarding-hot1se keepers; defn-
ing the rights of abutting owners
on highways more specifically; relating
to the change of venue IN the county
court of Fond du Lac; amending the
school laws relating to school district
treasurers; to regulate the methods of
plumbing and house drainage in cities,
villages and towns having public sys
tenn of water supply; to amend the
statutes relating to indictments. infOr-
nations and Proceedings before trial.
At the evening session three bills
were passed under suspension
of the rules-providing for the ap-
pointment of register in probate
in Dodge County; to amend the
charter of Prairie du Chen and amend
ing the election laws of Chippewa Coun-
ty: The following Assembly bills were
killed: Giving county boards power to
widen or alter state road lying wholly
or IN part within county; amending
the laws relating to sherif's deeds; pro-
yiding that orders of court may be ex-
ecuted in the same manner as judg-