The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-04-25
THE LEGISLATURE.
Assembly,

Assembly.
MADISON. Wis. April 15.-The Senate
bill granting authority TO the Common
\ Council of Milwaukee to issue bonds to the
amount of $50, ,0G0 10 erect market III the
/ Second Ward of that city. which was non
cOncurred III last night, was concarred Ill
after reconsideration of the vote. MI.
I Desmond made fight against concurrence
on the ground that the Common Council had
I passed resolution opposing the bill. After
/ an explanation by Mr. kreZ that the bill
only authorized the Council in its diScre-
/ ton to issue the bonds. the bill was con
i CURED in almost unanimously. The fol-
/ lowing Senate bills were concurred IN: 10
4 amend the lien Law: amending the charter
! of Milwaukee: granting power TO W. Is.
/ Crawford to build and maintain dam on
! the Nermlllion River: providing room for
/ the new superior court Judge OF Mllwau-
! kee: providing for extra terms OF court in
! the Eighth Circuit. The following bills
! We're passed: Providing for fiShNayS in
! dams in Sugar River: protecting fish in
! rivers and streams in WaukcSha County:
! to prevent smoking of opium; to prevent
! frauds at cau"uSeS and primaries: anend-
/ ing the charter of Grand Rapids: accept
/ ing the direct tax due the state from the
/ government: authorizing Eau Claire to par
I chase system of water works; providing
/ for insurance on the assessment plan. AT
! the evening session bills were passed: To
! fill in the McnomOnec Valley in MilWau
/ kee; to protect public lands from treSpaSs
/ and to repeal sections 23S 239 and 2il Of
! the revised statutes: amending the charter
! of Whitewater: the general bill defining
! tie powers and duties of the Milwaukee
| School Board; to regulate fraternal insur-
| ance associations.
! MADISON. April 16.-In the Assembly
! the congressional apportiOument bill went
! 10 third reading by party vote, An
! amendment to the bill taxing logs, rcduir-
| ing that they be taxed where they are
! sawed. was defeated, and the bill passed
/ TO a third reading. The Senate bill 10 pro-
! vide hre-escanoS on the two state aSNlumS
/ for the insane, at an expense OF $1,000,
which was reported by the commit
! tee on rctrenchmcnt for indefinite
! poStpOnement was nOn-cOncurred IN after
sharp debate. The antitrust bill was
| passed. The following bills We're passed.:
! Providing for state fish and game war
/ den; to suppress Na9abondagc: paying 30
/ per day for each days service of the mem-
! berS OF the State Board of Examiners of
! Teachers Certificates: prohibiting organi-
! Zatlon OF trusts: giving an additional COM
| pcnSatlon OF SO per anntlm 10 clerk III
| the office OF the superintendent OF public
4 instruction: for the improvement of the
/ harbor of Superior
MADISON, April 1.-THE following bills
were passed: Appropriatin to Marie
i kunkle 5000 for the loss of her husband
/ in the Milwaukee riots of 1855: amending
] the law in relation 10 the compensation OF
/ conductors Institutes; for tiShWayS in
I dams in rivers and streams IN Jackson and
I Trempealeau counties; for tishwayS IN
j dams in Barapoo River: to laT out Il
4 state road in the counties OF Milwaukee
! and Waukesha; providing for the payment
/ Of employees. The following bills We're
concurred III: Apprupriating $1,000 each
10 the normal schools at Platteyille and
| Whitewater to provide more adequate
! facilities of physical and professional
| training; incorporating the Odd Fellows
/ Insurance Company: reapportlonlng the
/ congressional districts: amending the
| laws as to the management OF aSyilmS
1 Tor the chronic insane: providing for
/ change of venue from the municipal 10 the
/ circuit court OF Dane County: JOINT rcSoiu-
/ tons. providing for the submission 10 the
/ vote Oi the people the amendment TO article
| Of the constitution for a general charter
| for villages and cities. Anotner providing
! for 4 submission To the vote of the people
| an amendment to section . of article of
| the constitution placing cities OF 10000 in
/ ha5itants or more under one system Of GOV
/ Crnment: providing for the removal OF en-
croachmentS from highways.
MADISON. Wis, April l>.-Ihe MllWau-
! kee annexation bill. in tn" shape III which
| IT was reported by the Assembly COM
mittee on cities, was passed by the House
under suspension OF the rules. Other
/ bills Were passed. prohibitiT the en-
ployment Of nonresident peace officers
! in Wisconsin: amending the charter
/ of Appleton: providing for the distribution
/ of stationery To the various STATE officers:
/ amending the charter Of Milwaukee, IN re-
/ latlon to the letting OF contracts. The bill
! cXempting from taxation Tor FIVE years the
/ property of the Trinity Association. Of
| Milwaukee. was passed under suspension
OF the rules: the same action was taken on
| bills relieving the NatertoWn Benevolent
/ and other insurance companies from the op-
off hA LOW ~
! governing and controlling election prir;a-
| RES in cities having population OF l'u.-
! 0u0 or more inhabitants. The \ Assembly
! c0ncurred III the resolution to adjOurn sine
die April %, and adjourned until Monday
| afternoon.
MADISON. April 20-Thc bill providing
| for compromise of the suits against cX-
state treasurerS for interest was passed
/ under suspension of the rules, as was also
| the bill making an appropriation for the
! aupaca Home.
MADISON. April 2l-When the commit
tee on state affairs of The Assembly re-
| ported the Worlds Fair bill back. there
| was an amendment attached cutting the
! appropriation OF SiM.0OO, as provided by
| the Senate. down to SJ0.0OD, and knocking
out the section of the bill providing for
The levying OF special tax.
The question on the amcndmcn t
| was divided and the part reducing the ap-
preparation adopted. and the hill as amend
ed was conrurred in. The Senate Joint
| resolution concerning the Sturgeon BAY
/ Canal was concHrred in. The bill prOyid-
ing for the drainage OF lands in ManltOwoC
! and Calumet counties was passed under
! suspension of the rules. The following
bills We're concurred in: Amending the
law for the apportionment of the school
tax by counties: providing for the
! closing of polls for election of supreme
! court justices at same hour as for other Of
tcers: repeating all laws for the preser-
yation and recount OF ballots; amending
! the laws relating to free high schools; per
mitting the kickapoO Valley road TO con-
/ Struct a bridge across the Wisconsin and
kickapoo rivers: ceding to the | nited
states land for a government building al
! Ashland: amending the law coucernm 9
the transfer OF certificates Of stock in
| corporations; for a register Of probate III
/ Shawano County. The Senate bin lllncTeas
ing the speed at which railroad trans can
run in cities andvillageS from SiX 10 fifteen
miles was non -Concurred in, after a speech
! in opposition by Mr.. WinanS. The bIll ap-
! propriatlng 10 Mrs. Melvin. OF ShaWanO
: , 600 for the death of her husband. killed
by the explosion of q cannon IN Madison,
was passed under suspension OF the rules,
The Senate.
MADISON. W Is. April l5.-The Senate
/ definitely POSTPONED a bill regulating the