Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-18
TIE LEGISLATURE.
ARRomhlY.

| against annexation were presented by resi-
dents outside of Milwaukee. The follow
ing bills were passed: Authorizing the city
! of Mineral Point to borrow money: au-
| thori zing the city of ManitOwo c to borrow
| $4,000 to construct sewers; author
iZing the governor to restore to con-
victs discharged from prison their civil
rights for one year subsequent to their dis
charge; two bills to amend the charter of
Superior Mr.. Williams civil rights bill
| was put over until tomorrow, as was his
bill to retire justices Of the supreme court.
! Twenty-Five bill were killed, among them
one repeating the charter of the
Cedarburg Plank Road Company; to
prevent the scaling of logs by
| non-reSidents, and incorporating the viii
lage of Kekoskee Eighteen bills We're
| passed to engrOSSment and third reading,
among them paying jurors in justice court
6 cents mileage each way; to prevent dis
elimination in insurance contracts; pro-
vidlng. for gifts to the State University,
and increasing the pay of Wisconsin
National Guard men during encampment
So per day; to amend the law governing
building and loan associations.
MADISON, March 1.-THE considera-
ton of Mr.. Williams civil rights bill oc-
cupied the attention of the Assembly
nearly the whole OF the session. The
amendment offered by the judiciary
committee was finally adopted, and the
|
ing.
MADISON, March 12-No business was
| transacted, an adjournment being taken
| Immediately after the announcement Of
the death of AsSemblyman Edwards and
the adoption of appropriate resolutions.
MADISON, March 13.-After a sharp de-
bate the Assembly concurred in the bill to
| appropriate $50,500 to the Veterans Home
| located at Waupaca, without preference
and without an amendment Senate bill
amending the charter of Oshkosh was con-
cured in under suspension OF the rules.
| The Assembly bill creating municipal
court for Polk County was passed in
the same way. The amendments adopted
by the Senate to Assembly bill amending
the charter of Superior were concurred in.
The following bills were passed III their
regular order: Providing for park fund
! for the city Of Milwaukee,: amending the
charter Of Ahnapee; fixing the interest on
loan o. trust funds at ~ per
cent; permitting the organization
of insurance companies for the
insurance of property against other agen-
! cies than fire or lightning: amending the
charter OF Racine; the Desmond educa-
tional bill; two bills amending the laws
relating to circuit and county courts. Two
Senate bills amending the charter of West
Bend were concurred in. Under Suspen-
sion of the rules, the Assembly ,concurred
in the bill to create the Seven
teenth Judicial Circuit; also the bills
Rivers. Amigo and Chippewa Falls. The
bill was ordered to third reading, which,
with an amendment adopted fixes the 1e-
gal rate of interest on a mortgage judg-
ment at per cent. The bill provoked con-
| siderable discussion. The joint resolution
| providing for the receipt of the direct war
| tax money from the government was con-
| CURED in.
The Senate.
| MADISON. March 1O.-Senator Mead
moved that the bills prohibiting the lock-
| ing of doors in factories during working
hours and ordering communication be-
| tween each room in factory and the engi-
mittee on state affairs. The mo
| ton was lost. Senator Mead then
moved that the bill lie over until
| Tuesday morning, and the motion was car
ried. Bills were passed as follows: APP
propriating to the state public school
$50, 900 for the building of a cottage,
building for kitchen and dining-room a
building for school rooms, and to convert
| other rooms now used for these purposes
into employees quarters. Assembly bills
were concurred in as follows: Relating to
| the register of probate for Rock County;
1 relating to the powers and acts of guardi-
ans.
MADISON, March lin the Senate a
bill making the expense of tax COM
mission in Winnebago County charge
|
| postponed. Bills were passed as fol-
lows: Amending the charter of Osh-
kosh; providing for the purchase of
| Simmons Wisconsin Digest; to vacate
Elm Street in the city of West Bend; per-
hitting the sentence to state prison for
year of persons convicted Of the lar
ceny of property valued at more than
$40 and less than 500; providing for
drainage commission to perpetuate
| hr Of Il
Waukesha countless providing that no
accounting in the county court shall
be necessary before beginning an &C
ton against sureties, when the guardian
shall die or remove out of the jurisdlc-
ton OF the court appointing such guard
ian. The bill was concurred in amend
ing the charter of Waupun.
MADISON, March Fin the Senate to-
! day, the bill ahOlishing the State Board Of
| Supervision and State Board of Charities
and Reform and establishing the State
Board of Control was made the special or
| der for Wednesday at 1890 A. NJ. President
Jonas declared the Senate adjourned after
| the adoption of the Assembly resolutions
ON the death of John Edwards.
MADISON, March l3.-Bils were con-
Cured in as follows: Amending the
charter of Superior; legalizlng a certain
plat Of Milwaukee; creating the Sixteenth
Judicial Circuit out of Lincoln, Oneida and
| Marathon counties; fixing the cSmpenSa-
ton of the stationery clerk of the Assembly
at 81 per day. Bills were passed as fol-
| lows: Amending the charter of Two Riv-
ers; creating the Seventeenth judicial Cir
cult out of the counties of Clark, Jackson
and Eau Claire. Mr.. Greene's JOINT resolu-
ton, accepting On behalf of the state the
direct war tax refunded to Wisconsin,
was unanimously adopted. When the
Desmond bill prohibiting child labor
came up, Senator Bechtner moved that
the bill be referred to the committee on
education. Bills were concurred in: Gre
ating municipal court for Polk county;
permitting Racine to pay portion of its
! corporate debt. The Senate adopted res
olution to adjourn till Tuesday morning,
but it was tabled by the Assembly, and
both houses Will meet again Monday night.
! CRUSHED BY FALLING BRICKS.