Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-26
THE LEGISLATURE.
Assembly.

| County. Three milwaukee, bills were killed.
Among bills ordered to third reading
were those appropriating $1,000 annually
| tor the Improvement of the Wisconsin rifle
range; tor toll bridge on the Wisconsin
| River between Grand Rapids and Cen
tralla; authorizing Portage County to Dor
! row money OF the state; relieving members
Of live-saving and lighthouse service from
the payment of poll tax: requiring polls at
! elections to he kept open from A. VI. I'M
| til Z p. VI. Mr.. RoSenkranS' libel bill was
| referred to the judiciary committee.
MADISON, March lS.-Halfs Joint resO-
! luton instructing the Joint committee on
claims to report a bill amending the law
| which will result in the better collection of
taxes on sleeping and parlor cars was
passed. The Assembly adjourned after
the speaker had announced the appoint
ments to the vacancies in committees on
account of the death Of Mr.. Edwards.
MADISON. Wis, March 19.-Tnc Senate
bill amending the charter of Two Rivers
was concurred in after the adoption of an
amendment offered by Mr.. Keogh. The
following bills were passed: Giving jurors
six cents mileage in addition to the regu-
lar per diem allowed Dy law; increasing
| the pay of members OF the Wisconsin
National Guard from $3.50 to So per
day during encampmentS; protecting fish
in Sturgeon Bay; fixing the time of the
spawning or closed season CT the Brule
River; to prevent discrimination in insur-
ance contracts: giving to free high schools
from the general fund Of the state
One-half the amount actually expended
for instruction in the High School
of such district over and above the
amount required by law to be expended for
| common school purposes, not to exceed
5000 in one year to one district; providing
that town created out OF Il free high
school territory shall cease to be part of
the district, without altering or abridging
| the powers or duties of the district; for an
index Of the session laws; permitting mu-
nlclpal Or county judges to commit neg
| leCted deaf muteS OF blind children to the
state institutions for such persons.
MADISON, Wis, March 20.-The veto of
the governor of the bill ceding to the
United States the site for the government
building at Sheboygan came up as special
order, and the bill was passed, notwith-
len introduced bill, by permission
of a joint resolution passed by
both houses, appropriating to the lcgisla-
tive visiting committee 500 each. The
following bills were passed For the con-
struction of bridge across the Wisconsin
River, between Grand Rapids and Cen
tralia. in Wood County; providing for fish
ways in dams IN Brulc River; providing for
the proper reception of gifts to
the University; for bridge across
the Wisconsin River; regulating building
| and loan associations; granting to
| colOred people the same rights as whites
III inns or common carriers The Senate
DILL making expenses of last sickness, OF
| funerals. and costs of charges Of admins
tration chargeable to the homestead when
there is no widow or minor child, was con-
CURED in; also Senate bill making any
woman engaged in the practice of law eli
| gible to appointment as court commits
sioner. The bill to prohibit the contract
labor system in the state prison was indeti-
| nitely postponed.
MADISON. Wis. March 23-Thc follow
ing bills were passed: Relieving members
of the lifc-saving and lighthouse service
from poll taxes; to repeal the law against
fish nets being set in certain parts of Che
quamegon Bay; to repeal sections l,O53 and
| l,054 of the revised statutes relating
| to the assessment of taxes: com
pelling town boards to grant liquor
| licenses to druggists: to amend the char
terS of the cities Of Prescott Mcnom0nle
and Shull>burg relating to municipal
court for Dunn County; prescribing the
manner of keeping time of employees in the
numbering business; releasing state prison
convictS from working on Sundays and la
ga holidays; repeating chapter 46i, Laws
of 1885, relating to the division Of towns.
The Senate.
MADISON, Wis, March 1.-THE JOINT
resolution, accepting on behalf OF the
state the proceeds of the sale of public
lands appropriated to endow agricultural
colleges, was adopted. Bills were con-
cured in as follows: EXempting Cold
Spring Park, in Milwaukee. from taxes SO
long. as it shall be used by the Wiscon-
sin Agricultural Society; increasing from
six months to one year the time when
assignors may apply to the court for a dis
charge from their debts; authorizing the
governor to appoint person to fill va
cancy in the Office of commissioner of in
surance; three amending the charter of
Milwaukee: providing for auditing
by the comptroller of all accounts
against the School Board foc fire escapes
| and stand pipes on all buildings over three
stories high; authorizing the Common
Council to license pawnbrokers, peddlers,
| ETC.; legaliZing the act of the County
Board of Supervisors of Barron County;
creating the town of Dover; authorizing
the city of Manitowoc to borrow $4,000 to
build sewers. The bin providing for the
| printing of the proceedings of the Com
mon Council III Milwaukee in some Polish
paper was passed.
MADISON, March 1S.--Thc Senate con-
sumed to-day's session considering the bill
| 70 abolish the sta G Board of Charities and
Reform and the State Board of SuperviS-
ion, and creating the Board OF Control,
which came up as a special order and after
a long debate it was ordered cngrOSSed
! and read third time. The resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the c0nStltu-
ton so that counties having pOpula-
! ton of 100000 or mere might be
|
! Judge. was unanimously adopted. Bills
were passed as follows: Authorizing
| George Clayton and Charles Z. Parks to
! construct and maintain dam across Eau
CLAIRE River in Marathon County; author
1zing certain persons to operate ferry
across Lake st. CroiX; authorizing
the removal of bodies from GER
tam cemetery in the town of ROch-
ester, Racine County; authorizing the I'M
| provcment of the south branch of Pine
| hf\-
| poses; providing that any person who man
ufactlres or offers for sale any adulterated
vinegar shall he deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and fined not to exceed 500 and
| costs: authorizing certain persons to main
tain a Dam on Pine River, in Forest Coun-
| ty.
| MADISON, Wis. March 19.-BiIs were
| concurrcd in amending the charter OF New
| Lisbon: creating a second municipal court
| in Barron County. Senators Lees and