Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-05
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE


MADISON. Wis. Feb g5.-The senate yester.
day killed bill providing for the punishment
BY death Of convicts under life sentence who
commit murder while in prison.
MADISON, Wis. Feb. 26.-The senate yester.
day passed TO a third reading the bill levying
tax Of 40 Of mill for the purpose Of con
structing new buildings at the state university
The bill giving town boards the right
10 determine the size OF tunnels built
under highways by persons owning land
on both sides was passed. The assembly
bills Incorporating the city OF TomahRwk and
amending the charter OF Beaver Dam were con
Cured in
MADISON, Feb. 27.-When Mr.. Phipps' bill
came up in the senate yesterday requiring per
sons selling limitations OF butter and cheese to
notify their patrons by signs posted up about
the rooms in which the goods were sold Sena-
tor Lee opposed IT, He said the dairy and
food commissioner said it was impossi
bic for any but expert to tell the
difference between the genuine and imita-
ton The law would be IN the line OF
retrogression and not in the line OF the state
motto: Forward" The bill was passed to
third reading The senate bill TO remove the
clause which prohibits corporation from hold
ing more than 800 acres Of land in the state
when 20 per cent. Of the stock OF such corpora
tion is held by aliens was indefinitely post
poned as was the one making it unnecessary
for physicians to be licensed as pharmacists in
order to practice as such.
MADISON Wis, Feb 2S-The following bills
were passed in the senate yesterday: Dis
charging mortgages Of record after twenty
years limitation; granting the United States
jurisdiction over certain lands in Sheboygan
county; levying tax Of onetenth OF a mill
for university purposes The child labor bill
introduced by Senator Kempf was killed by q
strict party vote. This was the republican
measure. democratic measure similar in
character has passed the assembly. A bill
giving mothers the same rights as guardians
that are possessed by fathers was tabled. Ad-
iourned to March 2
ASSEMBLY,
MADISON, Wis, Feo. %. The assembly yes
terday rejected the bill forbdding the owners
Of cattle TO drive them while their vision was
obscured by boards, as well as the bill permit
ting only registered pharmacists to sell patent
medicines Bills were passed authorizing the
governor to I'LL vacancies by appointment
when state Offices become vacant; to repeal
the law OF 1887 regulating the practice of veter-
mary surgery The bill making interest on judg-
ments the same as on mortgages vas recon-
mitted TO the judiciary committee
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 26-In the assembly
yesterday bills establishing the terms Of court
in the Fifteenth judicial circuit, Incorporating
the city OF Phillips and amending the charter
/ of Beaver Dam were passed under suspension
of the rules. The bill to protect trade and COM
merce against unlawful trusts and monopolies
was referred to the committee on judiciary.
| MADISON. Wis. Feb. 21-The assembly
| adopted a resolution yesterday prohibiting the
use Of cigarettes in the chamber. Bills were
| passed to prohibit the Unauthorized use OF
! labels and trademarks adopted by associations
! and trades unions; to prevent child labor, be
/ ing the administration bill 10 take the place
/ Of that portion of the Bennett law relating to
! child labor. A bill was reported back author
1 manufactured in Wisconsin. The bill TO divide
| Ashland county and create the county of Iron
! was rereferred TO the committee on town and
| county organization, which mad previously re-
| ported it to the assembly without recommen-
i datiOn.
| MADISON, Wis. Feb 2s.-In the assembly
/ yesterday the Desmond educational BILL with
/ amendments agreed upon IL caucus of demo-
Gratis, was reported and placed on general file.
! Among the bills passed were those providing
! for a Wisconsin national guard retired list, and
reducing interest on tax certificates from Is to
10 per cent Adjourned to March p