River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-09
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
A Daily summary of the Proceedings
That Take Place In the SEN
ate and Assembly.

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Madison, wis, March lin the senate
/ bills have been passed relating to the pub
! LEGATION of notices in county courts; re-
/ quiring county officers receiving fees to file
! statements; providing for the appoint
! ment of register of probate in Waukesha
I county. appropriating contingent fund OF
$4,000 for preventing contagious diseases:
providing for conyeyances of lands pursu-
! antto contracts made by deceased persons
providing punishment for the crime of ar
son; comforting criminal jurisdiction on
the county court of La Crosse county: re
lating to registers in probate: providing for
filling vacancies in the Office of county
/ judge. In the assembly bills have been
/ passed to change the time for the sale of
| property for delinquent taxes; to authorize
| Ashland county to issue bonds to pay pend
/ ing judgments; to appropriate IS 500 for the
purchase of stationery for the state; to
authorize the organization of and to regu-
late mutual bicycle Insurance companies:
TO authorize the Security savings bank, Of
La Crosse, to reduce its capital stock from
$4,000 to $50, 600; to regulate the loanng of
money on chattel security; providing pen
alties for the crime of mayhem; relating to
meetings of church insurance companies
10 authorize the building of a bridge across
Fox river at Menasha. to amend the stat
ute relating to the soldiers relief fund. Al
a meeting of the joint committee on state
1 affairs il was decided to report a bill to
/ abolish the state land office, and providing
| that its work be transferred TO the office
! of the secretary of state The Joint com
mittee on claims also decided to recon-
mend an appropriation of $4,000 for the
/ purchase of a silver service for the new
/ battleship Wisconsin, recently launched
| at San Francisco.
| Madison, Wis, March "A bill has been
! passed in the senate providing that the
| county may call in any justice of the peace
| TO try cases when parties have asked a
! change of venue. The report of the legis-
1 latiVe committee to visit the state institu-
tions was received and referred to the COM
| mittee on charitable and penal insttu-
! tions. ....I In the assembly bills have beer
| favorably reported to compel counties
| to pay a bounty for the killing of
| wild cats; to amend the law relating to the
/ time of issuing saloon licenses; to author
| ize the Wausau Cemetery association to
| convey certain real estate to authorize
| the commissioners of public lands to sell
| certain lands I'm Fond du Lac. The legisla-
! tive committee appointed by Gov. Scotield
to visit the state institutions sent in its re-
| port
Madison, Wis March 3.-Senator Nc
! Gflivray's amendment TO the constitution
providing that the state may assist To-
| calities in road building was adopted in
the senate and bills were ordered to third
reading as follows: Providing that no
! Judge of any superior court shall draw his
salary If he has left any case undecided in
D
ment; relating to filing certificates of Grim
inal convictions; eXpediting the hearing
of demurrers in civil actions; relating to
! the qualifications of teachers; giving com
mon councils of cities Of the third and
! fourth class power to fix the compensa-
tion of officers and justices for the arrest
and trial of petty offenders. In the as
| sembly the committee on state affairs
voted to recommend the bill providing for
marriage licenses for indefinite postpone
ment Bills were passed to designate the
Evening Wisconsin the official state
paper; to authorize town boards TO hold
meetings outside of their respective towns
TO authorize county boards to fix the sal
aries of deputy clerks and treasurers The
committee on finance reported for indeh-
mite postponement Joint resolution me-
morializing congress to provide for the es-
tablishment of savings banks
Madison, Wis. March 4.-The senate has
passed the following bills Protecting the
purchasers of town, county, city and
school orders, appropriating $4,000 10 the
Milwaukee industrial school for girls; pro
vding for separate assessment of land and
buildings thereon. A joint resolution for
a constitutional amendment to allow the
establishment of an inferior appellate court
to relieve the supreme court of some Of rs
work was adopted In the assembly Mr..
Hoehle's memorial to congress asking for
establishment of postal savings banks was
postponed until Monday evening, to which
time adjournment was taken
Madison, Wis, March EN- the senate
Joint resolution amending the constitution
to give the legislature power to stlblish
an appellate court has been adopted and
bills have been engrossed providing a state
superintendent for day schools for the
deaf and dumb; relating to town officers;
requiring employers to provide seats for
female employees: authorizing cities of the
third class to levy special taxes for school
purposes....In the assembly bills h ave been
passed to appropriate $500 to the Wisconsin
Horticultural society; relating TO the trus-
tees of county insane asylums; relating 20
the tax on insurance companies, to prohibit
purchases from children by junk dealers
to provide for the registration of physi-
clans; relating to town insurance com
panies; relating to city and village mutual
insurance companies; to provide for the
collection of statistics of farm products.
Madison, Wis, March THE senate held
a brief session last night to prepare cal
endar for to-day In the assembly Mr.. True
offered an amendment to his marriage IL
cense bill providing that five days must
elapse after the license is secured before
the marriage can take place.