Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-04-16
THE LEGISLATURE
Assembly.

Assembly.
MADISON. April s. - The Assembly
nassed the following bills: To enable
nhnrcb organizations to form insurance
oomnanies for the purpose of insuripg
church property: regulating the speed OF
road engines on highways; to preVent
dpcepti0n in the sale of cheese; amending
the laws concerning the CONSTRUCTION VI
side-tracts to mills, lumber yards ana
elevators; fixing the compensatory VI
weekly newspapers. LOT oron 9i,u5iSi' The
charter of Tunnel City; fixing the capital
at which building and loan aSSoclatlohS
can be formed at $200,0O0, one quarter, or
which sum shall be actually pald IN: Inc
Senate bill amending tile cnI,aei fo III INC
qua was concurred IN. Inc lolloWllis
Senate bills were nOn-cOncurred IN: MAX
mo an appropriation to the Institute Tor the
neaf. for the purchase Of additional land
for the Northern Hospitals; making
appropriations to fo SsI I've discharoe Of
mortgages of record. The bill authorlz-
inc John Kinds to improve iron River Tor
loo-driving purposes was concurred III.
Bills were concurred in as fOlloWS: Au-
thorizng the city OF WatertoWh 10 issue
bonds to adjust it's Indebtedness; repeating
sections LOSS and 1,054, providing for land
inspectors; authorizing certain persons TO
construct a wagon bridge across Black
River: repeating that part OF chapter 443,
laws of 1889, prohibiting the hunting OF
rabbits with dogs or 1er[etS bn nor nn ue
ishing by fine of not exceeding $50
and costs the owner of any dog that
shall worry cattle, horses and sheep after
such owner shall have been notified or the
dogs vlciousnesS: for the preservation OF
fish in Rock Lake, JEFFERSON Goun MY eSG4P-
ping the hunting OF quail IN WalWorth,
Rock. jefferson, WaukeSha, Milwaukee
and Racine counties until September l.,
1894: IegaliZing certain highways; regulat-
inc the booming of logs at Beef Slough; re-
lating to Judgment on appeals; allowing
voters at town meetings to determine
whether overseerS of highways snail be
commissioners of nOXiOuS weeds.
MADISON. April 9.-The bill appropri--
ating $1,000 to the Milwaukee Industrial
School for Girls was passed after long
debate. Mr.. Keogh's bill authorizing
street railway corporations to extend their
lines to towns adjoining municipalities,
cars to be run by other than animal pow
er. was passed by the Assembly. The bill
providing for the incorporation OF
trust, annuity, guaranty, safe. deposit
and security companies, which fixes
the capital OF any such organization at not
less than $500, 900 and not more than S., O0O:-
600, was passed under suspension OF the
rules. The following other bills We're
passed: Giving authority to Stevens Point
to issue bonds; appropriating $1,000 each
for the years 1912 for the Improvement of
the Wisconsin rifle range; amend
ing the laws relating to town
insurance organizations; providing
for the removal of entertainments
on highways. The vote by which the bill
which relieves cities OF 10000 inhabitants
and over from the operation OF the regis
try law at spring elections was passed
was reconsidered. The bill was laid over.
The Senate joint resolution accepting the
direct war tax from the government was
concurred in. The Senate bill amending
the charter of Monroe was cOncurred in
under suspension OF the rules.
MADISON, Wis.,. April 1.-THE follow
ing bills were passed: Comforting addi-
ti0nal jurisdiction on the county court of
Portage Comfy; providing for 1iShwayS in
dams in Rock River;to incorporate the city
of Durand; making Scrlbner rule the
standard for scaling logs in Wisconsin,; APP
prOpuatng 1000 for new buildings at the
state fish hatchery; relating to patents
on swamp lands i'll certain cases; for
fShways IN dams in La Crosse River; con-
corning street sprinklIng in Milwaukee;
providing for liens upon logs, etc., to pro-
bonds to build a bridge: extending the
limits of Manltowoc; for preservation
Of trout in rivers and streams in Polk
County; providing for the repair and
drainage Of drains; amending the charter
OF FOrG Howard; relating to sale of
lots by trustees of cemetery associations;
providing for the publication of statements
OF banks in towns and villages: amending
the charter of Chippewa L alls; fixing terms
of court in Brown County; amending the
general laws governing improvements in
villages; amending the laws relating to
construction of sewers in cities. The fol-
lowing Senate bills were concurred in:
For the purchase of 200 copies
of the Wisconsin digest; authorizing the
state treasurer to credit S9,44S.41 to the
Railroad for excess of taxes heretofore
paid; incorporating the Oshkosh q Missis-
sippl Railway Company; making annual
appropriations to the penal institutions of
Wisconsin; providing for the appoint
who shall look into the condition
Of all children for whom applica-
ton for admission has been made; to
credit to ackSOn County amounts due for
the sale u swamp lands within it's limits;
amending the laws concerning the commit
ment of poor persons or drunkards to the
county house: authorizing George Clayton
and Charles E. Parks to construed and main
tain dam across the Eau Clare River III
Marathon County; amending the laws con-
corning the commitment Of dependent chill
dren; making trustees of county asylum
Tor chronic insane eX-Officio trustees Of the
poor house; authorizing an inquiry into
the religious belief of dependent children
by judges and others authorized to commit
such children and to take such belief into
CONSIDERATION IN making the commitment:
to improve a branch of Pine River, in For
est County; providing for a contingent fund
tor the governor; authorizing the use of GER
tain land in Ozaukee County for the deposit
of offal and night soil collected in Milwau-
kee giving to James Reynolds AUTHORITY
to drain Muskego lake. The Maxon and
Dixie co-employ bills were indefinitely post
poned, without discussion, by viva voce
vote. Mr.. Dodge's bill, providing for the