The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-03-12
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

THE 4th being the last day to report
0dead-headn bills, there was q large grist.
Among those report ed in the Assembly were
these: Providing for semi-annual payment
of taxes; permitting the erection of a SOL
diers monument in Capitol Park by resi-
dents of Dane County; for Il State Bank
examiner. A bill abolishing the office of
State Veterinarian was passed, by strict
partly vote. Mr. Desmont's compul-
sorry education bill was passed to
a third reading, Republicans support
ing it. There was only one vote against it,
that of Mr.. Davenport, Republican
member from Waushara County. There
was a lively debate over the bill amending
the Constitution permitting "a verdict by
majority of the jury in civil cases. 1t was
indefinitely postponed In the Senate bills
were reported as follows: To prevent
drunkenness; to secure better manage
ment of farm Institutes; to prevent fraudu-
lent entry of horses to compete for speed
premiums Both houses held brief SEES
siSns at night In the Senate a mum Der of
bills were reported. In the Assembly fifteen
bills we're killed
THE Senate had the largest calendar on
the 5th of any day since the Legislature
convened. dozen bills were killed, twenty
passed to engroSsment and third reading,
and half dozen relating to local affairs i'll
various cities were passed In the Assembly
there was long debate over the Senate
bill appropriating $50, 500 to the Veterans
Home at Waupaca. 1t was claimed by sew
eral members that the State had no title
to the property at Waupaca. ana that 1T
was controlled by private corporation.
Proof was shown that the State had
warranty deed to the premises, and that its
board of managers was composed of Grand
Army men, and that the disposition was not
to make it an eleemosynary institution. The
bill was finally passed to third reading.
joint resolution amending the Constitution
of the State was introduced. 1t provides
that all proposed laws shall be Endorsed by
member of either house of the LegiSla-
ture, and filed with the Secretary of State
on or before Dec. Is prior to the session of
the Legislature. The Secretary of State
shall classify and consecutively number all
such proposed laws, and have them pub
lished In book form in time to present to
the Legislature, together with the original
bills, on the first day Of the session. No
bill for the enactment of any law is to be
received by either house of the Legislature
while in session in any other manner than
the one provided, except by unanimous
consent
Gov. PECK sent his first veto message to
the Legislature on the 9Th, refusing to affiX
his signature to a bill ceding to the Gov
eminent a site for the Government building
at Sheboygan. The ground of the Cover
nor's objection is that under a law passed
in 1873 the object sought to be attained by
the bill can be secured without the passage
OIL UIlIS measure Lie CSudUS Jill III
creasing the State University fund
$500 per annum was concurred in
| by the Assembly. A joint resolution
| amending the State constitution requiring
all bills to be fled with the Secretary of
| State fifteen days prior to the meeting of
the Legislature, was laid on the table. Half
a dozen bills amending the statutes were
| indefinitely postponed. Among them was
| bill prohibiting aliens from acquiring more
| than 800 acres of land in the State. Among
| twenty bills passed to engrossment and
| third reading was measure apprOpriating
| $50, 900 for home for the feeble minded,
| for religious freedom in public refOrma-
| tories and for the pay of chaplains of the
| Legislature. The bill prohibiting the sale of
| cigars, tobacco, and cigarettes to minors re-
| ported for passage was practically killed by
| the adoption of an amendment striking out
the words tobacco and cigars. The Com
| mittee on Education reported for definite
pOstponement all bills relating to education
and child labor. Democratic measures re-
lating to child labor and education had al
ready passed the lower house. In the SEN
| ate little business of Importance was trans
acted.