Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-11
THE LEGISLATURE.
AasRmhlY.

Assembly.
MADISON. March 3.-The following bills
were ordered engrosSed and read third
time: To provide for the organ
izati4n and MANAGEMENT Of COZ
Surfing property against accident from
causes other than fire and lightning; ap
propriating $4,000 per aunum tor the main
tenance OF the Wisconsin rifle range; re-
lating to elections in the cit. of Neenah;
Point to borrow money; author
bore $4,000 TO construct sewers;
to repeal chapter 475, laws of 1887, relat-
ing to practice in circuit courts; authOIlZ-
ing the governor to restore to released con-
victs civil rights if the convict has violated
no law for one year subsequent to his re-
lease, instead Of ten years.
MADISON, Wis, March 4.-FOr nearly
an hour there was lively debate over Mr..
Plummer'S joint resolution for cOnStltu-
tional amendment to allow five-sixths of a
jury to decide a civil action. The bill was
reported by the judiciary committee for
indefinite postponement, and came
| before the House on that question.
The resolution was finally indefinitely
postponed. The bill to abolish the office of
state veterinarian was passed, Bills were
ordered to third reading as follows: To
make the rate of interest on state funds ~
pei cent; to appropriate money to the
Sheep Breeders Association. The commit
tee on labor and manufactures repOrtedfOr
passage the bills to provide for Artisans
Day and regarding the adulteratiOn
of beer. A joint resolution was passed
permitting Mr.. WinanS to introduce q bill
amending 1.-THE charter of James
vile. Mr.. WinanS' resolution liking March
% as day for q report on all bills i'll COM
introduced yesterday.by Mr. Warden, for
the appointment of committee to fix
upon a day for final adjournment, was
passed.
MADISON, March. 5.-The Assembly
passed the bills to amend the charters of
Waterloo and Merrill. Among bills Or
dered to a third Ireading were The follow
ing: To authorize the city of Winona to
build a bridge across the Mississippi river;
to build a dam across the Flambeau River;
relating to dams across the Spruce, Moose
and Tamarack rivers; creating Artisans
Day; to protect wives and children of q
debtor where exempt property is taken
under an execution. Several unimpOrtant
bills were killed. The bill to prevent the
peddlnG of election tickets in cities of 150.-
600 population came up for indefinite post
! ponement. but was referred to the MilWau-
kee delegation.
MADISON. Wis. March 6.-UnGer sus-
pension of the rules, the Milwaukee bond
bills were pass, d. Amendments were
adopted to the city hall and library and
IuuSculu DlllS. 81 buc Guy may SlI OuOc Gil
ter into contracts to carry out the work.
Other Milwaukee bills passed were: To
have all the bills against the city audited
by the comptroller: to provide for the
licensing persons lOaninG money on cnattel
mortgages; to provide addiuoual safe
guards against fire for theaters and public
places; TO legallze the action of the Board
Of Supervisors and Common Council;
vacating a certain alley in block 22S, A. l..
Kane'S subdivision of the Eighteenth Ward.
The hill to levy One-tenth tax for the ben
eft of the State University was concurred in
without dissenting vote. The bill will
bring to the university about $4,000 an
nually. to be expended for new buildings,
for the next six years. Mr.. Taylor's bill to
prevent aliens holding more than 800 acres
of land was indefinitely postponed. An
effort to have action bill postponed was
to the city of Chippewa Fails for
bonds for improvements and in
relation to the municipal court were
passed. The following bills were also
passed: Mr.. Browns bill relating to liens
on logs and lumber; making the rate Of
interest Of loans OF fOrbearance per
cent: to provide for a uniform fire in
surance policy; to provide for the
| filling of vacancies i'll school dis
trlct boards. The bill to prohibit
the sale of narcotics to minors came up,
but was postponed until next Wednesday.
At the evening session of the Assembly
the judiciary committee reported for in
definite pOStpOnement the SOcalled ibell
BILL which provides i'll all cases where
HbelOuS publications are made malice
shall not be presumed unless retraction
or apology is refused to be made, or unless
| the circumstances surrounding the publ
| cations, its refusal to retract or Apologize.
| concluSiVely prove malice. the publication
shall be presumed to have been published
| In good faith.
MADISON, Wis, March THE bill to
| lengthen the term of aldermen was rec
commended by the Milwaul1 ee delega-
| ton for indefinite pOstponement. Three
| bills relating to the city of Chippewa
Falls, for bonds for improvements and in
relation to the municipal court, were
| passed. The following bills were also
passed: Mr.. Browns bill relating to liens
on logs and lumber; making the rate of in
tcresC of loans of fOrbearance 6 per cent;
to provide for uniform fire insurance
policy; to provide for the filling Of vacan-
cies in school district boards.
The Senate.
| MADISON, March 3.-The Seuate adopted
the joint resolution relative to receiving
the direct war tax from the National gov
eminent. The following bills were passed
| Senator PhippS' bill to prevent deception
| appropriating $4,000 for the expenses
of the state hospitals; $4,000 for the
Northern Hospital $74,o 600 for the school
| for the deaf; $46, 900 for the school for the
blind; 100000 for the industrial school;
| $4,000 for the state school; $4,000 for the
state prison; allowing county judges to
| sentence dependent persons poor houses;
making the trustees of poor houses the
| trustees of county asylums; making the
certificates of the Odd Fellows Insurance
Company grantable in multiples of $500;
allowing women attorneys to become
court commissioners; creating a munich
pal court for Langdale County. The
| following bills were ordered to third
reading: relieving the Bohemian Roman
Catholic Union from the operation OF the
| insurance laws: to correct an error in the
levy of state tax in Portage County: amend
ing the charter of Columbus; amending
ing the statutes in relation to executions of
judgment.
MADISON, March 4.-The following AS
sembly bills were cOncurred in: IncOr-
porating the Wisconsin yearly meeting of
Free-Will Baptists; fixing the compensa-
ton of the stationery clerk Of the Assem-
hlv at 81 ncr daY The bill authorizing