Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-04-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
ssembIy.

church property; regulating the speed of
road engines on highways; to prevent
deception in the sale of cheese; amending
the laws concerning the construction of
side-tracts to mills, lumber yards and
elevators; fixing the compensation OF
weekly newspapers for publishing
the laws at. $50; amending the
charter Of Tunnel City; fixing the capital
can be formed at 100000 one quarter of
which sum shall be actually paid in. The
Senate bill amending the charter of VirO
qua was concurred IN. The following
Senate bills were nOn-cOncurred in: Max
ing an appropriation TO the Institute for the
Deaf; for the purchase of additional land
for the Northern Hospital; making
appropriations to state Institutes:
amending the statutes for the discharge of
mortgages of record. The bill authoriz-
ing John Kinds to improve Iron River for
iOg-drivlng purposes was cOncurred in.
Bills were concurred in as follows: Au-
thoriZing the city of WatertOwn to issue
bonds to adj Just its Indebtedness; repeating
sections 1,059 and 1,054, providing for land
inspectors; authorizing certain persons to
River; repeating that part of chapter 443,
laws of 1889, prohibiting the hunting of
rabbits with dogs or ferretS; for the
preservation OF fish in Trout Run; pun
fishing by fine of not exceeding $25
and costs che owner of any dog that
such owner shall have been notified of the
dogs vIciousnesS: for the preservation Of
fish in Rock Lake. Jefferson County; eStop-
ping the hunting of quail in Walworth,
Rock, jefferson, Waukesha, Milwaukee
and Racine counties until September l,
1894; legaliZing certain highways; Tegulat-
inc the booming of logs at Beef Slough; re-
lating to judgment on appeals; allowing
voters at town meetings to determine
whether 0yerSeerS of highways shall be
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MADISON. April 9.-The bill appropri-
ating $1,000 to the Milwaukee Industrial
School for Girls was passed after long
debate. Mr.. Keogh'S bill authorizing
street railway corporations to extend their
lines TO towns adjoining municipalities,
cars to be run by other than animal pow
er. was passed by the Assembly. The bill
providing for the incorporation Of
trust annuity, guaranty, safe deposit
and security companies. which fixes
the capital of any such organization at not
less than $500, 900 and not more than So, 000,
900, was passed under suspension of the
rules. The following other bills were
passed: Giving authority TO Stevens Point
for the years 1912 for the Improvement of
the Wisconsin rifle range; amend
ing the laws relating to town
insurance organizations; providing
for the removal of encroachmentS
on highways. The vote by which the bill
which relieves cities of 10000 inhabitants
and over from the operation of the regis
try law at spring elections was passed
was reconsidered. The bill was laid over.
The Senate joint resolution accepting the
direct war tax from the government was
concurred in. The Senate bill amending
the charter of Monroe was cOncurred in
under suspension OF the rules.
MADISON, Wis.,, April 10.-The follow
ing bills were passed: Comforting addi-
tiOnal jurisdiction on the county court of
Portage Comfy; providing for fishwayS in
dams in Rock River:to incorporate the city
Of Durand; making Scrlbner rule the
standard for scaling logs in Wisconsin,: APP
proprIating S., 900 for new buildings at the
state fish hatchery; relating to patents
on swamp lands in certain cases; for
tishways IN dams in La Crosse River: con-
corning street Sprinkllng in Milwaukee;
providing for liens upon logs, etc, to pro-
camps; authorizing Kewaunee to issue
bonds to build bridge; extending the
limits of Manltowoc; for preservation
of trout in rivers and streams i'll Polk
County; providing tor the repair and
drainage Of drains; amending the charter
OF FOrG Howard; relating to sale of
lots by trustees of cemetery associations:
providing for the publication of statements
of banks in towns and villages; amending
the charter of Chippewa Falls; fixing terms
of court in Brown County; amending the
general laws governing improvements in
villages; amending the laws relating to
construction of sewers in cities. The fol-
lowing Senate bills were concurred in:
of the Wisconsin digest; authorizing the
state treasurer to credit S9,448.41 to the
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Railroad for excess of taxes heretofore
paid; incorporating the Oshkosh q Missis
sippl Railway Company; making annual
appropriations to the penal institutions OF
Wisconsin; providing for the appoint
ment of agents of the state public school
who shall look into the condition
of all children for whom applica-
ton for admission has been made; to
credit to Jackson County amounts due for
the sale of swamp lands within its limits;
amending the laws concerning the commit
ment OF poor persons or drunkardS TO the
county house; authorizing George Clayton
and Charles Z. Parks to construct and main
tain dam across the Eau Claire River IN
Marathon County; amending the laws con-
corning the commitment of dependent chill
dren; making trustees OF county asylum
for chronic insane eX-officio trustees of the
poor house; authorizing an inquiry into
the religious belief OF dependent children
by judges and others authorized to commit
such children and to take such belief into
consideration in making the commitment;
to improve branch of Pine River, in For
est County; providing for contingent fund
for the governor: authorizing the use of GER
tain land in OZaukee County for the deposit
of Offal and night soil collected in Milwau-
kee giving to James Reynolds authority
to drain MuskegO lake. The MaXOn and
Dixie co-employ bills were indefinitely post
poned, without discussion by a viva voce
vote. Mr.. Dodges bill. providing for the
semi-annual collection of taxes in villages,
was made the special order for Tuesday
morning next. The bill providing for a
state fish and game warden at salary of
$4,000 per annum Was referred to the Com
mittee on Claims.
MADISON, April 1.-THE following bills
were passed: LegaliZing the acts of the
Rockford Insurance Company, of Mani
towoc County: providing for the proper
record of commitments TO industrial schools
and orphan asylumS; fixing the terms of
court in the Seventh Judicial Circuit;
amending the laws of 1889 relating to the
property rights of women in life insurance
policies; permitting certain parties to
erect a dam across Shoe creek,
in Shawano County; appropriate
ing to John Jones 500 for inju-
ries received by the fall of the south wing
of the Capitol; amending section of
nhantar 521 of the laws of 1880 relating to