Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-02-13

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| where The usual leaves of absence were
| granted and a number Of petitions were
| received. Several of them favored the es-
| adjustment of a home for feeble-minded
! and the passage of the bill appropriating
| $1400 for the State Fireman'S association
| One favored the plumbers bill and eight
| asked that several Towns De taken from
| Grant county and added to Crawford A
| remonstrance against the Prochnow rail
| road bill was presented also one against
| the municipal court for Washburn county.
| Mr.. Hambright offered joint resolution for
| constitutional amendmena to create a
| board of pardOns Mr. Burke offered anoth.
err Dane emplOye resolution. Mr. Blake
| offered resolution to employ a clerk for
the committee on dairy and food and if
| was adopted under suspension of the rules
Senator Bakers joint resolution calling fof
| a statement of the loans from the trust funds
| follows: TO authorize Ole Matson to erect
| dam on Trade river; to amend the game
| superintendent of schools; to extend the
| time FOR collecting taxes in Milwaukee;
requiring the commissioner of insurance to
make full report annually; to appropriate
| $500 for the legislative visiting committees
| expenses; to legalize the acts of the Salem
| Mound Cemetery association to change the
| system Of auditing the accounts of the state
board of control requiring the filing of
| ltem1Zed accounts of expenses with the
secretary of state; relating to the election
Of town boards of supervisors to regulate
the manufacture and sale Of butterine and
hl!ed cheese; to amend the revised statutes
relating to sherifts; relating to town in
surance companies; to amend the soldiers
relief laws; providing for the election of
town and road oyerseeNs; to legalize the
action of town of MelroSe in Jackson county;
to cheaper the cost of the administration
Of estates in probate courts; to amend the
revised statutes relating to- garnishments;
repeating certain laws relating to the sale
OF Intoxicating liquors; to enable counties
TO purchase copies of the revised statutes
from the state; to amend the laws relating
TO the state and county agricultural So
clet1eS; to suppress foul brood among bees
ana approprlating money for the work; to
amend the laws relating to the powers of
county boards; to establish an insanity com
mission for criminal cases; to establish a
municipal court for Winnebago county; to
cOmpel sale of mileage books; to establish
a municipal court for the city of Oshkosh;
to amend the revised statutes relating to free
n ntgn schools; to permit town druggists and
otner mutual insurance companies to adopt
standard policies The bill to encourage
the use of wide gauge sleighs was killed in
committee. The Senate bill to extend the
time for the construction of the Sheboygan,
st. Paul & Central railroad was concurred
IN under suspension of the rules. The AS
sembly went into committee of the whole
with Mr.. Burdick in the chair When the
committee rose the following bills were
dered to a third reading: Furnishing stenog-
rapners for Supreme court; relating to cOun-
" hospitals and asylums; to prohibit dis
charge OF missiles near public parks and
changing the time of the Waukesha county
court; relating to interest on judgments in
foreclosure; relating to register-in-pro5ate
IN Racine county to appoint good roads
Mohr's bill to exempt mortgages from tax
alton was referred to the committee
judiciary. Mr.. Prochnow made plea for
his bill. but it was killed. The Assembly
then adjourned.
Madison, Wis, Feb. 8.-The first resolu-
ton adopted in the Assembly this morning
made $50 O'Clock Monday evening the time
to which the House should adjourn. Under
the head of petitions Mr.: Billiard presented
against the passage of the A. X. U. bill in
troduced by Mr.. Prochnow. There were also
the usual petitions in favor OF new food
and dairy laws, the better protection of
game, etc Mr.. Blake presented a petition,
by request from the citizens of Roselawn
asking the Legislature to pass law making
1t an onense to leave dead snake on high
way. Mr.. Blake said he did not know why
it should have been sent to him unless the
people of the state had come to the con-
cluson that he was in charge of the snake
department. The resolution and an accom-
panying letter caused great merriment. Mr..
Burke asked permission and was granted
permission to withdraw his resolution call
ing for a list of state employees with their
residences. Bills were introduced as fol-
lows: To amend the charter of Milwaukee
relating to the board of health, granting
permission to burn effects of persons stricken
with contagious diseases and providing for
reimbursement; to amend the bridge laws:
to protect fish in Fond du Lac county lakes;
relating to mileage of jurors in county
Sawyer and Chippewa counties for the i'm
provement of streets in Milwaukee,; to pro-
vide for fshways in all dams in the state;
relating to the sale of Intoxicating liquors;
to amend the food and dairy laws; to en-
courage the maintenance of permanent
land marks: to amend the charter of the
Wisconsin River Improvement company;
to amend laws of 1891 relating to city adver-
Using in Milwaukee, prohibiting the publica-
ton of council proceedings in any language
other than English relating to repairing
highways and bridges; to legalize the acts
of the common council of PittSvilIe; to
authorize the commissioners of public lands
to make a loan to the Marshfield Light IN
fantry Armory company; to change certain
school districts in Green county; to amend
the laws of 1883 relating to the taxa ton
of telephone companies; to create a fund
the the laws laws relating to bridges in Chippewa
county; authorizing q waterworks and city
lighting commissioner in Chippewa Falls; to
provide for the removal of cemeteries from
incorporated villages; TO authorize the bank
of Barron to reduce it's capital from $4,000
to $4,000; to authorize certain villages to
levy corporate taxes; relating to contracts
for furnishing gas water and electric light
ing to villages and cities; authorizing the
county of Columbia to- vacate a certain road;
to authorize the Improvement of the Wau-
kesha county lakes; to authorize the Inter
national bank of Superior to reduce it's cap
ital: to regulate the l0dning Of money on
chattel mortgages; to amend the general
charter act; to appropriate funds to the
charitable and penal institutions for eX-
penses for two years, the total being $685.
900; to amend the revised statutes relating
to attachments; to provide for the appor-
tionment of costs in criminal cases; to re-
leve villages from liability for the cree
ton of bridges; relating to villages; Civ
ing lien on charcoal Tor labor; relating, to
exemptions; to amend the revised statutes
relating to attachments to amend the laws
of 1891 relating to- providing quarters FOR
the Milwaukee courts; repeating laws re1at-
ing to dams on Yellow river; authorizing Abe
Johnson to build dams on Yellow river; to
repeal laws of 1891 relating to a dam on
Spring brook; to sell q certain tract of So tc
lands; amending the game laws; TO establish
municipal court in the county of Richland;
relating to local option, amending the Jaws
of 1890 The committee on education re-
ported the normal school bill for passage
and it was sent to the committee on Claims.
Tine assembly reconsdered the vote by
which the Senate BIT relating to the She
boygan & Central railroad was cOncurred in
and it sent to the judiciary committee.
The Assembly went into committee OF the
whole and Mr.: Ray was called to the chair.
No amendments were made to any of the
bills on the general file, and when the com
mittee the following bills were ordered
to a third reading with slight amendments:
To appropriate money for school libraries;
providing for the collection of taxes: reat>
ing to the collection and payment of taxes
by county treasurers; to prevent frauds in
sale Of goods; relating to the crime of rape
and raising the age of consent to Is years;
to employ stenographers in courts; relating
to liens; relating to expense of veterinary
surgeons. The bill exempting wide-gauge