Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-03-20
THE LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY. MARCH 10.

Sendte-The senate devoted the entire
session to No. Al, S., to secure on equal
distribution of property of doctors. Sen.
Ring opposed the bill, denouncing it as
mischievous. Sen. Lord also spoke
against it, saying his constituents had
demonstrated against it. He admitted
that the amendments adopted had very
much weakened the bill, but some good
yet remained in it. He said it was
urged that bankers opposed it. The fact
was otherwise in his section. Sen. hing
then made long argument to show the
i'll effect of its passage upon both bor-
rowers and lenders of money. He
claimed the bill would work inconveui-
ence and injury to the business interests
of the state, Sen. Wiley asked the
judiciary committee to explain the
meaning of the bill. Sen. Cottrill
favored the bill, as it tended to break up
the giving of preference to creditors.
The question being to postpone, the ayes
were 10 noes 16. Sen. Ring then moved
to postpone the bill. The motion was
lost. The bill then passed 16 to 10.
Pending the motion to reconsider made
by Sen. James, Sen. Ring moved a
call of the house. The senate refused
to suspend proceeding under the call.
and the senate then adjourned till 10 d.
NJ, Wednesday.
HogSe.-In the assembly bills passed
To provide for licensing express COM
panies; relating to the liability of tele-
graph companies in receiving. trans
mitting or delivering messages; to re-
peal the charter of the Apple river log
driving company; relating to swamp
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Columbia and Sauk; relating to cavalry
companies and batteries, and amending
the revised statutes relating to the
Wisconsin National Guard; to loan a
portion of the trust funds of .he state
tc the city OF Kewaunee; to provide for
the public safety of school houses,
factories, hotels and boarding houses;
relating to the preseI walton of fish in
Pewaukee lake, Waukesha county; re-
lating to the perpetustion of the records
of the state land office; to amend the
statutes entitled weights and measures
relating to special powers of county
boards and amending the revised sta
tues; relating to the manufacture and
sale of adulterated candy; 10 prohibit
the words bank, banks and banking
houses in certain cases; 10 prescribe GER
tain duties of the state treasurer; to
provide apartments for the Wisconsin
Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
in the capitol; to authorize the building
of dam ou Miller creek in BarroH
county, Wis; to prohibit the contract
system of caring for the poor.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH II.
Sendte-In the senate the folio wing
bills passed: To provide for the pay
ment of additional employees of the
legislature, as required by joint resolu-
tion. To regulate the sale of cranber-
ries by measure, fixing the size of the
barrel at twenty-five inches. To amend
the act to provide for printing and dis
trlbuting the reports of state officers,
departments and institutions. To repeal
tbs act Incorporating the Apple river
log driT ring company, and all acts
amendatory thereof. To provide fol
annual reports by tie state board OF
health and for the distribution Ct the
same. To appropriate $500 to the Wis
| consin Wool-Growers' association. To
amend the act relating TO the Nor
weisian Synod.
Honse-In the house there was field
day, the house being IN session day
and evening for eight hours. After q
most exhaustive debate the bill to les
tablish separate agricultural collegt
was refused third reading By the fol
!! lowing vote:
Ayes Adams, Apple, Bartholf. Biyton Bout