River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-19
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
SENATE

MADISON. Wis, Feb lin the Senate yes-
erday bills were introduced to provide for
State board Il medical examiners, which shall
examine ali applicants for admission TO prac
ice 10 the STATE ana grant worthy ones 4.
lenses. limiting the appropriation for the con-
est Of seat To 500 The bill appropriating
5000 for The construction of new buildings at
he Waupaca Veterans Home was passed
MADISON. Wis. Feb. 12.--In the Senate yes
terday a resolution was introduced for COM
plete showing % the accounts OF the state
Treasurer. The bill authorizing the state
Treasurer TO credit TO the Omaha Company
81, al enormously col ected from the company
for the var ISSS in excess Of the regular lax
was passed Bills we're introduced for the pun
ishment by death OF conyicIs serving life sen
.ences in tie State prison who shall commit
murder. and TO suppress foul brood among bees.
MADISON. Wis. Feb - 1.-The majority THE
joint committee on penal and charitable iasti-
tutions reported 10 the ; nate yesterday in
favo. OF the passage Of Senator Meads bill
aboishing the State Board OF Supervision ami
the State Board of Charities and
Reform and creating new board
Of six members to combine the
duties Of both. Senator Bschtner dis
SCENTS from the report. Governor Peck
announced the appointment OF Michael ker-
win, OF Manitowoc; Dennis J. Gardner Of
Platteville, ana Ira a. Hill. Of Sparta, mem
bers OF the State Board OF Normal School
Regents The appointments we're confirmed
MADISON. Wis. Feb. i In the Senate yes
terday resolution was introduced requesting
ex-Treasurers HarShaw and McFetridge 10
furnish the Legislature with a stat -ment OF
interest they received on State funds during
their terms Of ONCE.
ASSEMBLY
MADISON, Wis, Feb u.-Thirty-one bills
were introduced in the Assembly yesterday,
among them being one appropriating
$4,000 for a words fair exhibit; con
ferring police powers on agents Of the Wis
consin Humane Society without salary, and
making it an oTense punishable by a fine
or Imprisonment for hiring a horse from
a liyeryman With intention Of defrauding him
Out q his pay The Speaker announced com
mittees on retrenchment and reapportionm Mt
Dodge, Of Racine, being made chairman OF the
former and Winans, OF GAINESVILLE. Of the lat
Der for a meeting OF the Salvation
Army was refused Mr.. Osborn pre-
scented a resolution instructing the Attor-
ney-General 10 give an opinion as To whether
leaning Of trust funds OF the State without
authority Of Law relieves bandsmen OF the
State Treasury from liability Bills were passed
transferring TO the United States the site for
Government building NJ Sheboygan;
amending the law concerning the crime
OF rape, making conviction punishable oy i'm.
prisonment not less than fifteen years nor
more than thirty-dve years, and fixing the age
OF consent Gl X years anu AlHIGAf4AtAlE
5000 % the State Veterans Home.
MADISON. Wis. Feb i2 In the House yes
terday bill was passed permitting married
women lawyers TO become assignees. court
commissioners. etc. Mr.. RosenkranZ intro
duced bill In relation II public atoms which
provides that the publication IS presumed TO
have been published in good faith and for lusti-
fable ends II an apology or retraction
is made. Other bills were introduced
repeating the law creating the ofice or ate
treasury agent; amending the local option aw
by changing the date. September H. ON which
elections shall be held and making il the day
on which town meetings are held and
also permitting elections to be held
once ia three years; to prevent iHcompe
tent persons from conducting the bust
ness Of plumbing and drain laying; providing
that not less than ten persons can organize g
corporation for the purpose OF insuring prop
erty against accident from causes other thar
fire and lightning, with capital stock Of not
less than $4,000
MADISON, Wis, Feb. 1s-In the Assembly
yesterday a Joint resolution was introduced
by Mr.. Dawson instructing the Governor tc
forward TO Washington the protest Of the Leg
islaturs against the passage OF the bill in the
United States Senate giving authority to the
Mississippi Boom Company TO construct ano
maintain boom in the Mississippi river he
tween the mouth of the Chippewa river and The
city of Wlnona. Bills We're introduced provid-
Ing for State bank examiner; loaning 10 the
State Agricultural Society $4,000 at Der
cent. to buy grounds aud erect buildings; riac-
ing commissioned officers Of the Western Ma
tlonal Guard on the retired list without pay;
fixing the age Of consent at IS years; prohibit
ing opium smoking
MAD SON, Wis, Feb. 14-Among the bills in.
troduced ia the Assembly yesterday was one 10
repeal the charter OF the St. Croix Boom
Dam Company. A joint resolution was adopted
proposing a constitutional amendment 50 as TO
allow additional circuit judges to be provided
b. law for counties Of 10000 p3pu alton
where such county is circuit IL
self Bills were intrgduced to enable
members Of church organizations 10 or
ganize insurance companies to insure
church property: to punish owners of vicious
dogs; TO provide for the registration Of births,
marriage. and deaths by the assessors; to pre-
vent fraud In political caucuses and primaries;
extending the time al which county seats can
be moved after location TO ten years, reducing
the pay to newspapers for publishing The laws
from 500 10 $50; to repeal the law which de-
priyes county fairs OF the privilege Of selling
liquor on their grounds.