Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-03-05
THE LEGISLATURE.

Assembly.

MA OLSON. req. At.- MI. a HSOH lHGio-
duced resolution passed by the E. B. VOL
colt Post, G. A. r., in opposition to the
Lees bill. The Assembly passed the fol-
lowing Assembly bills: Hunts bills
amending the Reedsburg chartel; Bailey's
bill authorizing Oconto to issue $4,000 en-
CINE house bonds: Browns bill authoriz-
ing the governor to fill vacancies Ill
state Offices: E. c. Smiths, aDolishing
the state veterinarian; WatSon's oil
authorizing the Wisconsin yearly meetings
Of the Free Win BaptiStS to convey prop
erty to the amount of 100000; COuchs
bill amending the charter OF Stevens Point.
The Assembly committee cOncurred in the
Senate bill to appropriate $4,000 for sta
tiOnery for the use of the state. The fol-
lowing Assembly bills were indefinitely
postponed Providing for the purchase by
the state OF the history of Wisconsin Terri
tory; preventing the sale Of patent medi-
zines; preventing driving cattle upon the
public streets; providing for the humane
treatment of poultry In transit; appropriate
ing SIS, 600 for the State Horticultural So
ciety; relating to fees and costs in criminal
cases; relating to the appearance OF parties.
The Assembly refused to Indefinitely post
pone Mr.. Warden'S bill to increase the pay
of justice jurors to $l.50 per day, and it
was ordered read third time. The bill
amending the charter of Green Bay passed
under suspension of the rules.
MADISON, Feb. 25.-The Assembly cal
endar was the lightest it has been this SEES
sion. The committee on town and county
organization reported without recOmmen-
dati0n the bill TO divide the county of Ash
land and create the county of Iron. The
antitrust bill was up, but on motion OF
Mr.. w mans it was referred to the commit
tee on Judiciary. in order to give parties IN
tereStcd chance to be heard, request OF
that kind having been made. Under Sus-
pension Of the rules, bills were passed to
fix the terms of court in the Fifteenth Ju-
dicial Circuit, to incorporate the city Of
Phillips, and to amend the charter OF Bea-
yer Dam.
MADISON. Feb. 26.-Under suspension of
the rules the bills to levy special sewer
age tax in the South and Bay View sewer
age districts of Milwaukee were passed.
| The bill to exempt Cold Spring Park from
| taxation this year was also passed. Other
bills passed were as follows: Mr.. Des-
| Dor; to provide for piers in Sturgeon Bay;
| to amend the charters of TOmah,
| Shawano and Seymour: to exempt
| the town of Caledonia from the
| operations of chapter 60 laws OF 1885, and
| chapter $40, laws OF 1889, relating to over
| flowed lands. The Senate bill to provide
| for a Justice of the peace in the town of
Two Rivers was concurred H.. The AS
| semhly concurred in the Senate amend
| ment to the TomahaWk charter bill, which
| strikes out the provision originally insert
| ed in the lower house to not require the
publication of the charter in the official
! paper. Mr.. Tracy presented resolution.
| which was adopted, to prevent the use OF
| cigarettes i'll the Assembly chamber. a
! resolution was adopted and cOncurred in
| by the Senate to authorize the employ
| ment of all expert accountant to examine
| the books of the Sturgeon Bay Company.
| a deadhead bill was reported back by Mr.
| McMuIlen to give bounty of | cent per
| pound for all sugar manufactured III Wis
| cOnSin.
| MADISON. Feb. 27.-The Senate resolu-
| ton to provide for books from the depart
ment Of public property to 90 to the State
| Horticultural Society was c0ncurred IN.
| The following bills were passed: To pro-
remove Sparrows from the list of insect
| devouring birds, the killing of which is
punishable by fine: making the interest ON
| tax certificates on lands sold for taxes Il
| per cent; to authorize the town OF Sank
| Vile. Sank County, to issue bonds
| to build a bridge: to provide
| for National Guard retired
! list The Senate bills to authorize the
| city of Columbus to issue bonds and to
| amend the charter of Berlin were COncurred
| in. The bills to create the Sixteenth Judi
cial Circuit out of the counties OF Marathon,
| Lincoln and Oneida, and to provide for
| uniform fire insurance policy, were Or
dered to third reading.
| MADISON, March 2.-Undor suspen-
sion of the rules, the Assembly con-
| Cured in two bills amending the charter
| OF La Crosse, and refused to suspend
| the rules to concur in the amendment
| of the charter of Black River Falls.
| MIR. Winans presented a resolut on to
| the effect that Ill bills in the
| hands of standing committees be
reported back to the LEGISLATURE by
March %, which was laid over. The
following bills were ordered to a third
reading: To appropriate $27 900 to the
| Industrial School for Girls; to confer APP
pellate jurisdiction upon the county
court of Waukesha County; the Milwau
| kee park bill conterrlng privileges on
| the commissioners, etc; TO amend the
| charter Of Ahnapee.
The Senate.
| MADISON, Feb. "a. Senator Krpger
moved the reconsideration of kempfS bill
to prohibit locking doors in factories dur
| ING working hours, which was ordered to
a thIrd reading Friday. The bill was re-
| red to the committee on agriculture.
| Petitions ag@reGating 1000 names,
| from different parts of the state
| were presented asking for the passage
of the Senate till No. 20, protecting trade
| marks OF trade unions. Senator BechtnCr
| presented petition OF +. b. Wolcott Post
| against the Lees bill to abolish the Soldiers
| kciet commissions and the mill tax for
! their relief. The Assembly bill amending
the charter Of Augusta was concurred IN
| under suspension OF the rules, as was also
| the Senate bill amending the charter
of West Bend. The following
Senate bills were indefinitely post
| poned. Providing tor an appeal from
| the award of damages 70: the laying out
and diStrictng of highways; relating to an
| appeal from the Judgment of justices of
| the peace III garn shment proceedings;
! CHANGING the boundaries of the Eleventh
and fifteenth JudIclal circuits; organizing
| Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties as
the sixteenth Judicial Circuit.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 25.--BilS were
passed as follows: Giving town boards
the right to determine the size OF tunnels
built under highways BY persons owning
land on both sides; amending the charter
or Baraboo; amending the charter of Mil
waukee; amending the charter of Black
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