Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-29
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Legislative.
Among the bills introduced and re-
solutions offered in the Legislature dur.
ing the past week are several Of general
interest.
Senate. -
By Mr.. Hudd-a bill providing for a
separate depository in which bonds and
other securities belonging to counties
may be placed for safety, the place OF
such deposit to be fixed by the county
board
BY Mr. Wechselberg, to authorize
cities and villages to establish schools
for the instruction of deaf mutes, and
appropriating out of the state treasury
500 for each pupil so intructed for
nine months each year.
By Mr.. Ginty, relating to state
agent for pensions.
The jointresolution of the assembly
asking congress for an increase of the
pensions of one-armed and one-legged
soldiers came up for consideration and
was unanimously concurred in.
assembly
BY MIR. Bartholf, relating to fees OF
sheriff for removing persons to insane
asylums, increasing the present fee OF
3 cents per mile to 10 cents.
BY Mr.. Stanley, to appropriate $751;
600 to defray the expenses of the Wis
consin exhibit at the New Orleans
worlds fair.
BY Mr. Stanley, to appropriate $780,
900 to the Wisconsin Industrial School
for Girls -$25, 900 of which is for a new
building.
BY Mr.. Young, repeating chapter 20,
private laws of 1872, relative to COM
pensation of judges.
BY Nlr. Apple, to prevent deception
in the sale of dairy products. tit
makes the sale or exposing for sale of
unclean, impure and adulterated milk,
or of artificial butter, or cheese, a
misdemeanor, to be punished by fine or
Imprisonment or both.
BY Mr.. Hazen, relative to the seec-
ton of jurors in circuit courts. The
bill provides for the appointment of
three commissioners by the circuit court
in each county, to make up the jury list.
These commissioners are not eligible to
service two consecutive years and must
be men of acknowledged integrity,
holding no Office and not members of
the bar. They are to receive the same
compensation for days actually spent
in the work, as jurors. 1t also pro-
vides that all jurors must &c able to
read and write the English language.
The design IS to take the jury list out
of politics
BY Mr.. Estabrook, relating Ito attor-
neys and admission to the bar. The
bill provides for the appointment of five
commissioners by the supreme court,
to examine all applicants for admission
to the bar and to issue to them certfi-
Gates of qualification. These commits
sioners to hold sessions as directed by
the court and be merely reimbursed for
actual expenses.
Joint senate resolution was'concurred
in, requesting our senators and repre-
sentatives in congress to work for the
purchase by the federal government of
the Portage Lake and Lake Superior
Ship canal and the Portage Lake and
River Improvement company canal.
ErecutiCe appointments
In message his excellency Gov. Rusk
announced that he had appointed A. V.
H. Carpenter, of Milwaukee, a member
of the fish commission.
The appointmentof Frank A. Flower,
as commissioner of labor statistics, was
also announced.
OF John II. Vivian as member of
the State Board of Charities and Re-
form
OF James Bintliff and Charles ID.
Parker, as members of the State Board
of Supervision.
Of Samuel G. johnson and George +.
Witter, as members of the State Board
of Health and Vital Statistics.
OF James L. Reeves as Inspector of
Illuminating oils.
OF Emil Wallber, to fill vacancy, and
of Jonathan Evans, G.. A. Hutchins and
Gustavus Z. Gordon, as normal school
regents.
The first annual meeting of the Yale