Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-04-16
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE


congressional apportionment bill was passed
60 engrossment and third reading. The bill
increasing fees OF sleeping car COM
panies was tabled. The house bill was
killed exempting from poll tax members
Of the life-saving crews and lighthouse service.
Assembly bills were eoneurred in prohibiting
the hunting Of rabbits with dogs, and fixing
fine OF Ss5 for the owner Of any dog that shall
worry horses, cattle or sheep.
MADISON. Wis. april l0.-In the seaate yes-
terday an attempt 70 reconsider the vote BY
which the bill abolishing the once Of veterin-
AIRY surgeon was killed failed The resolution
was concurred in fixing the final adjournment
Of the legislature Wednesday, april % Bills
were passed authorizing Portage county
TO borrow money; repeating sec
tion 2. chapter SO, laws Of 1887, pro
teeting fish in Chequamegon bay; appro
priating $40 each 10 the resident ministers who
have opened the sessions with prayer; appro-
priating 500 each for the payment Of the ex
penses Of the legislative visiting committee;
regulating mutual and fraternal societies pro
yiding insurance on the assessment plan;
amending the charter OF Madison; providing
for the distribution OF copies OF the annotated
statutes. The bill providing tlat railroad
companies shall be liable for all damages sus-
tanned byemployes caused through the care
lessness Of the employers was killed.
MADISON Wis, April lin the senate yes
gressional districts was passed by a strict
party votes To %. Other bills were passed
appropriating 10000 to provide facilities for
physical and professional training at Platte
vile and Milwaukee normal schools; limit
ing the speed OF trains through cities and
villages to fifteen miles an hour; limiting
TO ten days during one term OF ONCE the
time which members Of county boards in
counties having less than 5000 population
may serve on committees outside Of the SEES
sions Of the board; appropriating $500 per an
mum 10 the Wisconsin Firemen's association.
The senate recalled from the assembly the
resolution providing for final adjournment
April %
MADISON, Wis, April IA About fifty as
sembly bills were eoncurred in by this senate
on Saturday. the principal ones being fol
lows: Prohibiting the selling OF tobacco in any
form TO minors; 10 appropriate $1,000 TO the
Wisconsin industrial school for girls; pro
viding that the rate OF interest on mortgage
debt shall be as agreed upon in the docu-
ment; TO allow villages to elect trustees for
a term OF two years; authorizing the gov
ernor TO restore convicts to their civil rights
when satisfactory evidence is produced that
they have committed no crime for a year after
their release; authorizing Dane county TO
erect monument in Capitol park, and prohibit.
ing discrimination in insurance contracts.
ASSEMBLY.
MADISON, Wis, April 9.-The assembly yes
terday passed bills reducing pay of newspapers
for publishing laws from SOD to $50; to prevent
deception in sale OF cheese Incorporating
trustees Of Milwaukee county orphans home.
Mr.. Osborn's joint resolution providing for the
election of United States senators by the people
was adopted. Bills were killed regulating the
fees for physicians and for uniform text books.
MADISON Wis April l0.-BillS were passed
in the assembly yesterday giving authority TO
Stevens Point to issue bonds; appropriating
$1,000 each for the years 1891 and 1892 for the
improvement OF the Wisconsin rifle range;
amending laws relating to town insurance or
CARNATIONS; providing for removal OF en-.
croachments on highways; amending the
laws concerning the operation OF
street railway lines IN Milwaukee,; appro-
priating $1,000 TO the industrial school for girls
in Milwaukee; providing for the Incorporation
of trust. annuity, guaranty. safe deposits and
security companies, which fixes the capital OF
any such organization al not less than $500 900
and rot more than 100000 The senate joint
resolution accepting the direct tax from the
government was concurred in.
MADISON. Wis April lin the assembly
yesterday two railway company employ bills
were killed. Bills we're passed to incorporate
the city of Durand; making Scribner rule the
standard in scaling logs in Wisconsin; ap-
propriating $1,000 for new buildings
at the state fish hatchery providing for
tect furnishers Of supplies to logging camps
making annual appropriations TO the penal in
situations of Wisconsin; providing for con
tingent fund of $4,000 for the governor; pro.
viding for the appointment of agents Of the
state public school WHO will look into the con-
dition Of all children for whom application for
admission has been made; to credit to jack
son county amounts due for the sale Of
swamp lands within its limits amending the
laws concerning the commitment OF poor per
sons or drunkards to the county house; amend
ing laws concerning the commitment of de-
pendent children; making trustees OF a county
asylum for chronic insane ex- officio trustees of
the poorhouse.
MADISON. Wis, April l3-The following
bills were passed in the assembly on Saturday
Legalizing the acts Of the Rockford Insurance
Company of Manitowoc county; providing for
proper records OF commitments to industrial
schools and orphans asylums; amending laws
OF 1889 relating TO the property rights OF women
in life Insurance policies; permitting the build
ing Of dam across Shoe creek in Shawaao
county. The senate bill prohibiting corpor
alton from holding stock in another corporation
unless by consent Il fourifths Of the stock.
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