Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-27
THE LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II.

The LE6lSLAIURE.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II.
Sendte.-In the senate bills passed:
To authorize the city of Beloit to accept
certain land for chemistry purposes.
Relating to the service of civil process
by constables, and amendatory of Sec
tion S43 of the revised statutes. For
| the preservation of fish in the waters of
Dane and Jefferson counties. To amend
sections 99S and 1908, revised statutes,
relating to the taking of the census.
| The bill was concurred in. To auth
orize the board of regents of the univer-
sity to establish agricultural institutes,
at cost annually not to exceed $1,000.
Ayes, 26; noes, 2.
House-The house spent the day in
committee of the whole. About twenty
bills were killed and nearly as many
ordered engrossed. No bill was passed.
At the evening session a large number
of bills were reported from commit
tees.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
Sendte-In the senate little business
was transacted. Bills passed: To in
corporate the city OF Antigs. To amend
the charter of the city of Green Bay.
To incorporate the city of Cedarburg.
To appropriate to the fish commission
ers $12, 900 for the ear 1885 and $13 600
for the year 1886. Yeas 80, nays 0.
ASSenlbly-In the assembly twenty or
more bills we're considered in commit
tee OF the whole and about half of
them were killed. Three or four bills
were ordered engrossed and two bills
relating to dams on the Embarrass river
passed.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10.
Sendte-The senate passed the follow
ing bills this morning: Appropriating
$4,000 to the State Historical society;
ohliging all three-story factories to have
fire escapes; providing for the election
of Supervisors in counties having over
100000 inhabitants; obliging District
Attorneys to prosecute violators Of the
excise law in name of the state; max
iHg roads acquired to public use
through law of ''usher.' four rods i'll
width, and the assembly bill appropriate
ing $500 to David Cameron, of Wood
county, who was injur ed while assist
ing the sheriff in serving writ on the
Courtwright brothers, in 1875.
ASSembty-In the assembly numerous
petitions were presented in faver of
compensating the married victims of
the capitol disaster; favoring woman
suffrage and a separate agriculture
college. The senate bill appropriating
$1,000 to defray the expenses of the
Wisconsin State exhibits at New Orleans
was concurred in. The assembly bills
passed, increasing sheritfs' mileage in
removing insane persons FROM five to
ten cents, and providing for conventions
of county sueerintendents for purposes
of consultation.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 90.
,Sendte.-In the senate, resolution
was adopted instructing the Judiciary
Committee to report a bill perfecting
the title to State lands in Marathon
county. The bill pro 1iding for lighting
the Capitol with electric lamps was
killed; also one providing for State
Reform Institution for girls and wom-
en-.
HouSe.-In the assembly, this morn
irg the senate bill was concurred in
permitting sehool-district taxes to apply
on the tuition fee in public. schools.
After long ard uninteresting debate,
the Senate joint resolution for ernploy-
ing sixteen additional Legislative em-
ployes was c6ncurred in.
McNDAvs FEBRuAnY ss
Senate. The senate met at 1880 p. N.
A lGrge number of bills were reported
back from committees and placed upon
the calendars, A few bills were order
ed engrossed but none passed.
HouSe-Mr. Darbellay made minor
ity report against the passage of No. S4.
A, a bill to establish an agricultural co..
lege. The report is as follows:
l beg leave to dissent from the report of the ma
Jority of the committee, and my reasons for dis
senting are based as follows:
1St. That such colleges have proven a failure
in nearly every state whore tried.
I'd. We now have a well endowed agricultural
college, where the farmers can be educated
in general knowledge while pursuing his agricul
tural studies.
Sd. II general education and comminging with
other students be not COON for the farmers sons,
separate the agricultural college farm from the
university, sell the experimental farm, and from
these funds can separate agricultural college be
endowed without imposing additional burdens
Upon the tax payers of this state But doubt
very much of the advissblty of separate agri-
cultural college, because the farmers of this
state do not want this species of narrow poSsibili
ties fer their children but prefer that they have
tific and professional world will ba equal to Others
and the fact is very we'll established, and can be
substancated, that fully seventy per cent of the
students which attend the university emanate
from the farm.
The legislature has provided for agricultural
institutes which will undoubtedly prove valuable
educators to the practical farmers in each county
and this method should be given at least two
years trial before pronouncing ita failure.
The argument made by the advocate of this
measure that paying students for labor perform
ed while pursuing their studies would induce a
greater number to attend, ara equally applicable
to the present agricultural college and iexperi-
mental farm. All of which is respectfully sub
mitted J. E. DARBELIAY.
CoNCURREQ IN.
No. /, S., authorizing the burial of
any honorably discharged union sol
der, sailor or marine who shall
hereafter die, resident of this
state, not leaving sufficient means
TO pay funeral expenses. No. s, S.,
to authorize the La Crosse
Presbytery to appoint tive thirds to the
trustees of Galesville University. No.
%, S., relating to the June term of the
circuit court in Lafayette county. No.
"a, S., to amend chapter 237, laws of
1888, relating to maintenance of public
watering places. No. SO. S., relating to
the jurisdiction of the county judge of
Manitewoc county, and amendatory of
chapter 143 of the private and local
laws of 1896, No. A, s., relative to
free masons, odd fellows and similar
societies and amending section 2002 OF
the revised statutes.
PASSED.
No. Il, A, amending the revised
statutes relating to attachments. Ne.
SS, A, relating to the protection of game
in st Croix county. No. So, A., a bill
relating to statistics and amendatory of
section 1907, revised statutes. No. 4S,
A., relating to the practice of dentistry
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