The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-16
WISCONSIN SOLONS,

On the sth the & Senate refused to
concur in the House bill abolishing the State
Veterinarian The Congressional apportion-
ment bill was passed to engrossment and
third reading. The bill increasing fees Of
sleeping-car companies was tabled. The
House passed among other measures the fol-
lowing: Reducing pay OF newspapers for.
publishing laws from $500 to $50; to prevent
deception in the sale of cheese. Bill incOr-
porating trustees of Milwaukee County
Orphans Home was passed under suspension
of the rules. OSborn'S joint resolution pro-
viding for the election of United States
Senators by the people was adopted. Mr..
Dodges bill providing for the semi-annual
collection of taxes in towns was made a
special order for Friday. Justice elect-Pin-
ney will take his place on the Supreme
bench first Monday in january.
On the 9th the Assembly passed two bills,
one to appropriate So, 600 to the Industrial
School for Girls in Milwaukee, ana the other
to abolish the law of 1889 which makes up
a deficit IN the-saTary of court reporters fig
ured at 81. 900 per annum. Other bills
passed provide for the Incorporation of
trust, annuity. guaranty, safe deposit and
security companies and fix the capital of
any such organization at not less than
$500, 900 and not more than $500, 900; approx
priating 81, 900 each in the years 1891 and
1892 for the improvement of the Wisconsin
rife range The joint resolution accepting
the direct war tax. of $500, 600 from the Gov
eminent was cOncurred in. The Senate
ccOncuEred in the resolution to adjourn April
%. Railroad influence killed the labor
bill making the roads liable for injuries to
employees through the negligence of CO.
employees. The bill requiring foreign fra
ternal insurance. companies, before doing.
business in the State, to be in sound cOndi-
tion and to have been in operation two
years was ordered to third reading. s
IN the Senate, on the Sth, the bill appor-
tiOning the State into congressional districts
was passed-1S to 13. In the House, the
following bills were passed: Comforting adj
ditional jurisdiction on the County Court of
Portage County; providing for fishwayS for
dams in Rock river: to incorporate the city
of Durand ;making Scribners rule the stand
ard for scaling logs in Wisconsin; appropri-
ating y$5, 900 for new buildings at the State
fish hatchery; relating to patents on swamp
lands in certain cases: for ishways in
dams in La Crosse river; concerning
street sprinl<ling in Milwaukee, providing
for liens upon logs, etc, to protect furnish
ers of supplies to logging camps; author
iZing Kewaunee to issue bonds to build
bridge; extending the limits of ManitowOc;
for preservation of trout in rivers and
streams in Polk County; amending the
charter of Fort Howard; relating to sale of
lots by trustees of cemetery associations;
providing for the publication of ste te-
rents OF banks In towns ana villages;
amending the charter of Chippewa
Falls; fixing terms of court. in Brown
County; amending the general laws gov
erning improvements in villages; amend
ing the laws relating to construction OF
sewers in cities. In the Senate bills were
passed as follows: Appropriating $4,000
to provide facilities for physical and pro-
fessional training at Platteville and Mil
waukee normal schools; limiting the speed
of trains through cities and villages to ff-
teen miles an hour: limiting to ten days
during one term of Office the time which
members. of county boards in counties hay
ing less than $4,000 population may serve
on committees outside of the session of the
board: appropEiating $500 per annum to the
Wisconsin Firemens AssOcia tion; authOriz-
ing the KickapoO Valley & Northern Rail
road Company to construct a bridge across
the Wisconsin and Kiclxapoo Rivers.
THE Senate on. the 18th concurred in the
House bill providing that the Treasurer,
Attorney General, and Secretary Of State
shall select banks in which State funds moX
be deposited. This is the outgrowth of the
suits for the recovery of interest money
against the past Treasures. The House
concurred in the. Senate bill permitting the
Wisconsin Central to enter Milwaukee
through a tunnel. 1t is bill that has al
ways created a great fight among opposing
interests in Milwaukee. 1t now looks as
though the session would be prolonged until
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