Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-05
CAPITAL NOTES

laws, Will give Jne poor country GU
itors of the state an opportunity to
get little "soap" out of the state
treasury, but the chances are that it
will be defeated. 1t will cost the
state about $4,000 more than at
present. There will probably be a
great many more laws passed at this
session than at any previous one,
and if each newspaper were obliged
to set the type for the laws in his
own office, he could better afford to
advertise patent medicine nostrums
and take his pay in the articles adj
yertised, than to furnish the laws for
the present compensation.
License bills without number may
be expected in the next few weeks.
One bill has already been introduced
making a uniform liquor license of
$500 throughout the state. Another
making license in Milwaukee $500,
in cities of ten thousand $3.50, and
cities of three thousand 5000, with
800 license for smaller places,
was introduced last week. About
every other member has a theory of
his own on this subject, which he
intends to formulate into a bill as
soon as convenient. Probably
none of the bills introduced will be
adopted, but the expectation is that
the committee will select the best
features lin their opinion) of all the
bills, and recommend their passage.
During last week appropriation
bills were introduced, calling for the
expenditure of over half million
of dollars. In accordance with res
olutions recently adopted by the
board of regents of the state Univer-
sity, Mr.. Villas introduced a bill
calling for $29s,oOO This amount,
it is claimed, il sufficient to restore
Science Hall, to construct new build
ings for chemical department, a
gymnasium and armory, and with
$4,000 insurance money due on
Science Hall, to thoroughly equip
them, and make the buildings all
hre-proof.
The modest sum of $4,000 is
desired for an agricultural college.
Mr. Adams, who presented the bill
in the Assembly, says that there are
a number Of counties which will be
glad TO donate the land necessary
for this college, and that the state
need be at no expense for site,
thus leaving the whole amount for
the buildings and equipments. Stu
dents will be taught the theory of
agriculture, and will be required TO
do certain amount of work on the
farm every day, for which they will
receive compensation.
Then it is proposed to establish a
state weather bureau, of which
Prof, Holdeux, of the Washburn
observatory, is to be director. The
sum of $4,000 per year is, by the
bill, appropriated for this purpose.
The state board of health ask for
$4,000 to defray the expenses of
publishing 10000 copies of their re
port for the current year, and for
use in case of a cholera epidemic.
Mr.. Persons, of Brown county, is
at work drafting a bill which pro-
vides for the appointment of state
bank examiner, who shall have pow
er to examine into and report to the
! Governor the condition of all state
and private banks. One object is to
prevent the officers of banks from
making returns of worthless secur-
tiles. One section of the bill gives
depositors in a bank the right to ask
for an examination into the affairs
of a bank which he may deem I'M
sound. The opposition of all the
banks in the state, whether financial
ly good or bad, is expected, for in
some cases an examination will in
crease the taxation Of sound banks,
while the unstable institutions, if
shown in their true light, will be
compelled to close their doors.
Governor Rusk gave his first re-
=. ceptiou for this season, at his resi-
depnc last Thursday evening. and