Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-04
THE LEGISLATURE.
Assemble.

OuCeu reSOluulOn passed Dy Inc T.. d. w Oh
Lees bill. The Assembly passed the fol-
lowing Assembly bills: Hunts bills
amending the ReedSburg charter; Bailey's
bill authorizing Oconto to Issue $4,000 e
CINE house bonds: Browns bill authorlZ-
state Offices; E. c. smiths, aDolishing
the state veterinarian; WatSon's bill
authorizing the Wisconsin yearly meetings
of the Free Will BaptiSts To convey prop
erty to the an cunt OF 100000; COuch's
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-
clneS; preventing driving cattle upon the
public streets; providing for the humane
treatment of poultry in transit; appropriate
ing $1,000 for the State horticultural So
ciety; relating to fees and costs in criminal
eases; relating to the appearance of parties.
The Assembly refus( d to Indefinitely post
pone Mr.. Wardens bill to increase the pay
of justice jurors to $1.50 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-
dation 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.. Winans it was referred to the commit
tee on judiciary. in order to give parties in
tereSted a 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 Jul
dicial Circuit, to incorporate the city of
nd tn 4 hao oh 1tnr nf nan
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-
mon0's bill for the prevention of child Ia
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 co. laws OF 1885, and
chapter $40, laws OF 1882, relating to over
flowed lands. he Senate bill to provide
for a Justice of the peace in the town of
Two Rivers was concurred IN. The AS
Sembly 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 a resolution,
which was adopted to prevent the use Of
cigarettes in 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 deadhcad bill was reported back by Mr..
McMullen to give bounty Of l cent per
pound for all sugar manufactured in Wis
conSin.
MADISON. Feb. 27.-The Senate resolu-
ton to provide Tor books from the depart
ment of public property to 90 to the State
Horticultural Society was cOncurred in.
The following bills were passed. To pro-
vide for guide boards in the country; to
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 L
per cent; to authorize the town of Sank
vile, Sank County, to issue bonds
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
ciaI Circuit out of the counties Of Marathon,
Lincoln and Oneida, and to provide for
uniform fire insurance policy, were or
dered to third reading.
The Senate.
MADISON, Feb. "a. = Senator Kreger
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-
ferIed to the committee on agriculture.
Petitions, aggregating 1000 names,
from different parts of the state
were presented asking for the passage
of the Senate bill No. rs, protecting trade
marks OF trade unions. Senator Bechtner
presented a petition OF E. B. Wolcott Post
tl,a Itch Il
Relief 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
Ct West stills Bend The 1folow wins
poned. Providing for an appeal from
the award OF damages for the laying out
and diStrictlng of highways; relating to an
appeal from the judgment Of justices of
the peace in punishment proceedings;
changing the boundaries Of the Eleventh
and fifteenth judicial circuits; organizing
Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties as
the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit.
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 25.-BiIls 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
River Falls. The Assembly bill moor
poratlng the city Of TOmahaWk was con-
Cured IN, as also was the bill
amending the charter of Beaver Dam.
The bill discharging mortgages of record
at the expiration Of the twenty years stat
ute of limitations was passed to third
reading. The bill making the usual APP
preparations to the state institutions was
ordered 10 third reading The bill per.
hitting notaries public to soemnZe
marriages was indefinitely postponed The
bill providing that a county shall not be
compelled to pay its share for bridges I'M
less the County Board consents TO taxation
of the entire county for the purpose was
refused third reading.
MADISON. Feb. 26.-The bill of Senator
Phipps to prevent deception in the sale Of
butter and cheese was ordered to a third
reading. after long debate. Assembly
bills amending the charters Of Green Bay
and Sparta were concurred in. The SEN
ate passed the following bills: TO pro-
hibit the unauthorized use OF labels and
trademarks adopted by associations and
trades unions; making unnecessary the
issue of more than one execution by
Judgment creditor; correcting an error in
the levy of state tax for Jefferson County
for the year 1889; making chapter 22l, laws