Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-03-20

fees in all counties whose pop
ulation exceeds 10000; proyid-
ing for the payment of $500
salary to Milwaukee aldermen; increas-
ing the salary OF the city treasurer Of
Milwaukee to $1,000, and authorizing
him to appoint deputies; regulating the
election of supervisors in counties con-
tanning not less than 100000 inhabitants;
amending. the act Incorporating the
the charter of the city OF Cedarburg;
amending the charter of the city of
Portage. The following Senate bills
were indefinitely postponed. Providing
for extra employees of the Legislature
and fixing compensation therefor.
In the Assembly.
MADISON, March 12.-The following
Senate bills were concurred in: Relat-
ing to the powers of village boards and
requiring the removal of snow, dirt or
rubbish from the sidewalks adjacent to
any building, lot or lots, by the owners
or occupants; to provide for new
records of highways; to authorize
to pay ils floating indebtedness; to
appropriate 81 500 to the committee on
convict labor appointed by the Legis-
lature of 1887; to grant to the city of
Racine the right to establish and main
tain an electric light plant in said city;
to establish terms of court in the fif-
teenth judicial circuit; to authorize the
Green Bay & Mississippi Canal Com
pany to build dam across Fox River
In Outagamie County; to appropriate
$500 to the widow of Senator John
Carey; to appropriate $1,000 to the
governors contingent fund; to change
the, date of the special sewer tax
in the south sewage district of Milwau-
kee from 1890 to 1891. The following
Assembly bills passed third reading:
Providing for the removal of children
from the custody of their parents or
guardians when it is shown that their
welfare is endangered by such custody;
to create city and village insurance COM
panies in counties; to authorize the
county of Brown to issue bonds and to
fund it's outstanding indebtedness. The
bill to repeal sections 1854 and 1,054,
revised statutes, relating to the assess
ment OF taxes, was killed after long
debate.
MADISON, March 13.-The bill relating
to highways and giving owners of real
estate abutting upon any public high
way or street common property there
on, was passed after considerable oppo-
sition voiced by Mr.. Anderson. Mr..
Anderson commended that it was a
that it was unconstitutional. He
held that the effect of the bill
was to declare abutting owners tenants
in common of that property. Messrs
Ring and Hogan defended the bill, de-
nying the allegations of Mr.. Anderson.
The bill passed by vote of 81 to 80.
The bill defining what kind of newspa
pers were entitled to publish the state
laws was recommitted to the committee
on printing, on motion of Mr.. Osborn.
who declared that the compensation Civ
en- them should be cut down. Mr.. Ring
opposed the recommittal. The follow
ing Assembly bills passed third read
lug: To change the name of the Mil
waukee County asylum to the Milwau-
| kee hospital for the Inss ne; to authorize
the city of Milwaukee to issue bonds
for 900 for a public library; to re-
quire the service of notice on property
owners in Milwaukee whenever street
openings are made; to make the letting
of contracts in the city of Milwaukee IN
| the aggregate instead of being parceled
out; requiring town clerks to furnish
county clerks on February l of each
year with the number of road warrants
| they need in their town; to authorize
Theo. A. Taylor and 6. S. Biron, their
| associates. ETC., to erect a dam across
the Wisconsin River in Portage County;
relating to the discharge of insolvent
debtors who make voluntary assign
ments; amending the statutes re-
widening or altering them; relating to
| the collection of statistics of farm pro-
ducts so as to include strawberries, rasp-
| berries, blackberries, currants and
grapes; to amend the charter of the
| city of Shawano; for regulating the
methods of plumbing and house drain
age in cities, villages and towns
having a public system of water
supply; to amend the charter of
the city of New London; to authorize
towns, villages and cities to acquire the
title to tell roads; to provide for the
distribution of license money in Rich
| land County; relating to the duties of
clerks of the circuit court; relating to
the, duties OF district attorneys; to
authorize G. S. Biron and Laura
| Wisconsin River in section 81,
in township %, north of range
east; to provide for the punishment
of assaults resulting in great bodily
harm. The evening session In the as
sembly was very brief. Leave was
granted Mr.. Beebe to introduce bill to
| fix the time Tor tax sales in September.
| Bills passed to amend the school laws
so as to fix the term of Office of the Sec
retaries of district boards; to allow Mil
waukee aldermen to fix the salary of
the deputy tax commissioner.
MADISON, March 1.-THE following
Assembly bills passed a third reading:
To amend the charter of the city of
Wausau; relating to the duties and COM
pensation of commissioners on the equal
ization of assessments; to appropri-
ate to Andrew E. Elmore $SS050; to
amend the charter of the city of Me-
nomonie; to authorize the city of Chip
pewa Falls to issue bonds; to authorize
the city of Menomonie to borrow money
to pay its bonded Indebtedness; relating
to indictments, informations and pro-
ceeding before a trial. The following
bills passed under suspension
of the rules: To amend the char
tiers of Madison. Marinette, Green Bay
and Fort Atkingon and Onalaska; to in
corporate the city of Shullsburg. The
| following bills were indefinitely post