The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-02-27

Important Measures-A New Railroad
Bill-The Impeachment Case
The S0yereignS.--Th State
Printer, Etc.

Bill-The Impeachment Case
The S0yereigns..-The State
Printer, Etc.
MADISON, Wis, February 19.-Owing
to the snow blockade existing at the
time of mailing my last letter, / ex-
pressed the fear that it would not reach
you in time for publication. That fear.
however, was not realized, and Your
readers were consequently spared the
infection which anon-appearance of our
regular weekly Capital gossip and chat
would doubtless entail-done up as it is
in the choicest rhetoric and finely
rounded periods of your too modest
correspondent. Trains are now making
regular time on all the roads, and bus
mess and travel-temporarily checked
by the embarrassment of the railroad
and transportation companies-have re-
sumed their usual vitality and are now
working as smoothly as if the "wild
white bees of winter" had not for two
weeks monopolized the thoroughfares,
and in fact all out doors, to the exclu-
sion of everything and everybody else.
Our experience in Legislative matters
has been considerable during the week,
and as the appointed time for final adj
iournment approaches, there is an evil
dent desire on the part of members to
hurry up things, and not be caught with
an undue amount of work on hand
when the time for dissolution reaches
them.
Among the
carried during the past week I
women to hold any elective
school Office, from superintendent
down. The measure has passed to a
third reading in the Assembly, and will
without doubt be concurred in by the
Senate. This law, If it becomes law, will
open an appropriate field of labor to a
very deserving class; but with the great
good which it will surely work, there
looms up the horrible possibility that
It's enactment will tend to make of our
state a favorite stamping ground of
that class of masculine feminines in
Guiding Col. Anthony, Capt. Liver
more, and High Private Dickinson,
from all of which "good Lord deliver
usi"
NEW RAILROAD BILL.
The railroad bill proposed by Mr..
Quimby, does not seem to meet with
much support, as the general idea seems
to be that the present potter law, with
certain notifications, is all the legisla-
ton necessary in this direction. This
bill is an entire new measure, and pro-
vides for the freight tariff, and also for
connections, giving authority to the
Railroad Commissioners to force trains
to make close connections If the
roads disoDey the timetable prepared
by the Commissioners, they will be fined
800 perday, until they ''come to time"
in every sense.
THE COUNTY TREASRER BILL,
introduced by Mr.. Black, passed the
Senate on Thursday, and was concurred
in by the Assembly. Following is the
text of the bill:
Section l. County Treasurer shall
be elected in each county for the
term of two years. who shall be ineligible for
two years next succeeding the termination of
his Office, and who shall during his term of Of
flee hold no State. County, Town, City, Village
or other office, and shall, before he enters upon
the duties of his office, execute to the County
Board of Supervisors of his County, bond,
with three or more sufficient securities, to be
approved by such Board, and i'll such penal
sum they shall direct, which bond, with the
approl alton of the Board Endorsed thereon by
their clerk, shall be filed with him and i'll
case the Board of Supervisors shall not
be III session III time for any coun-
ty treasurer 10 present his bond for their
approval, as above specified, or he shall be I'M
able for any cause to present his bond at any
regular meeting of the Board after due notice
of his election, then it may be lawful fer such
treasurer to present his bond to the chairman
and clerk of the Board of Supervisors for their
approval, and their approval indorscd thereon
shall have the same effect as if done by the
Board of Supervisors, and III such cases, where
the Board shall not have fixed the penal sum
of such bond, it shall not be less than twice the
amount of all money directed by the Board to
be levied upon their county, aud to be paid to
such treasurer during the year.
Section 3. This act shall take effect ard be
in force from and after its passage.
The bill to extend the time for col
lectiGg taxes 90 days passed the Senate,
but met with opposition in the Assem-
bly, and was cut down to 45 days. In
other words, this gives an exta allow
ance of 10 days beyond the time now
allowed by law. 1t goes back to the
Senate for concurrence.
A noticeable feature of the week ha
been the introduction of remonstrances
against the taxation of church and
school property. At least 100 of these
documents have been handed i'll, and
appropriately referred. What will be
the result of such voluminous efforts is
hard to tell, although it is probable the
bill now pending will not pass-and the
law will stand as heretofore.
"a.
amounts to the charitable and penal in
stitutions of the state heretofore given
have been passed. The total amount
of appropriations is $421, 80, against
$3.50, $50 last year. But, as $61, 900 of
this years appropriations go for 1.-THE re-
building of the Institute for the Blind,
it leaves the amount for current ex-
penses and completion of buildings
about the same. A new hall, to be
called Science Hall, is to be erected at
the State University, for the accommo-
dation of the pupils. The Regents
claim that they are cramped to such a
degree that the usefulness of the school
has been much impaired.
THE IMPEACHMENT CASE
of Judge Small has occupied the atten-
ton of the Judiciary Committee more
or less during the week several wit
nesses having been heard in the matter.
The sessions of the committee are Sc
cret, and consequently any report as to
the evidence being given is out of the
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