Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-04-18
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE


sections 1853 and 1854 of the revised
statutes, relating to the assessment OF
taxes; to repeal section of chapter 443 Of
the law. of 1889 relating to the preser-
walton of game; for the preservation of
I fish in Trout run, jackson county; prOvid-
ing for the punishment of the own ers of vi
cious dogs; tordiddlng theshootIng OF quail
in Walworth, Rock, Jefferson, Waukesha,
! Milwaukee and Racine counties until
Sept | 1894; to regulate the booming Of
! legs in Beef slough and allowing voters
at town meetings to determine whether
overs GERS of highways shall be
commissioners of noxious weeds.
A senate bill was passed authorizing the
trustees of county asylums to appoint the
| physician and superintendent and the
superintendent to appoint all other EN-
| ployes. An assembly Till was killed to
relieve members of the life saving and
light house service from the payment of
poll tax Senate bills were killed relating to
the purchase of lands for the state blind
institute, and to encourage the construction
of the Bee Line and Superior railroad,
The bill to abolish the office of state yeter-
marian coming up on recommendation
Of indefinite postponenient. Senator Lees
| lowed Senators Cawson Main, Kidd and
Bechtner with brief speeches in favor OF
! the recommendation. The bill was in
definitely postponed by vote of Is to II.
| Senator Bechtner moved that the appOr
tionment bill lie over until Friday morn
! ing. The motion was lost by a strict party
vote and the bill ordered to a third read.
ing.
| ....,lJ Nr,,,, ,,ot;4;ors Gov aud
against bill No 4Sl, admitting all fra
ternal insurance companies to do business
| in the state without license, were pre-
sented Nj Osborn's joint resolution
providing for Che election of United States
senator's by the people was adopted. As
sembly bills were passed TO enable church
organizations to form insurance com-
panies for the purpose of insuring church
property; regulating the speed of road
| engines on highways; TO prevent deception
| in the sale of cheese: amending the laws
concerning the construction of side tracks
to mills, lumber yards and elevators; ix'
| ing the compensation OF weekly news
papers for publishing the laws at $50 (the
vote was Al to 29), and fixing the capital
at which building and loan associations
can be formed at $500, 900, one-quarter OF
which sum shall be actually paid in.
An assembly bill vas killed grant
ing unlimited stale certificates to
graduates OF the German-American sem
mary at M lwaukee; altering and organic
ing Joint school districts; for the consolidd-
ton of road districts; two, regulating The
fees of physicians; prohibiting the building
Of tunnels in Milwaukee; providing for the
deposit of county funds; relating to the re-
moval of school district officers; for uni
form text books; amend the laws con-
corning the examination of persons for
teachers certificates and prohibiting an
alderman or any city officer from having
an interest in any city contract
THURSDAY, April 8.
Senate An attempt was made to re-
vive the bill to abolish the office of state
veterinarian but it failed by a vote of l6 70
| Is. A bill was introduced by Senator
Conner to fix the time for holding terms
of the court OF the sixth judicial circuit
a bill was passed to incorporate The city
Of Monroe: assembly bills were concurred
in 10 authorize Portage county 10 borrow
money; to repeal section Of chapter 500,
laws of 1887, relating to fishing industries
and to appropriate $40 to each clergyman
|
islature during the present session The
! Joint resolution Of the assembly,
| fixing the time for final adjourn
ment at April %, was concurred in.
| ASSembiy-The assembly wasted much
of the morning session In debate over two
| bills, one to appropriate 1000 to the IN
| dustrial school for girls il Milwaukee,
and The other was on the measure abolish
| ing the laws Of 1889 which makes ny a
deficit in saary Of court reporters figured
| at 81 900 per annum. The girls school
| bill originally called for S2S 600 but had
/ been amended to call for only $1,000.
Mr.. Burke opposed the appropriation on
! the ground that it is a state institution
controlled 10y private corporation ana
| wherein certain religious doctrines are IN
culcated. Mr.. Brown declared that the
| industrial school for girls was owned by
| the state and chat the state can at any
! time take possession Of 1t. He denied
| that 1t was a sectarian school Mr.. Des'
mond said the school was sectaran and
} he opposed the grant for that reason, as
! did also Mr.. Michigan. Mr.. Dodge also
| looked askance at the school. Mr.. Osborn
wished to God there were more IN
situations like this one. The bill
was passed by a vote OF 63 to 20. The
court reporters bill provoked a debate but
was ordered to third reading, If passed
| it will save the state about $4,000 per
year Assembly bills passed were appro.
priating 81 600 each for the years 1912
for the improvement of the Wisconsin
rife range; amending the laws relating to
| town insurance organizations; providing
! for the removal of encroachments on high
ways; providing for the incorporation Of
/ trust. annuity, guaranty, safe deposit and
security couuanes. which fixes the capital
of any such organization at not less than
! $500 900 and not more than 3 ,OOO,OOD.
/ The senate joint resolution accepting
the direct war tax from the CIV
eminent was concurred in. At the
evening session the railway co-employe
! bin was killed. 1t is practically identical
with the law enacted in 1873 aud after
ward repealed. The measure aroused a
! long debate, the bin being favored m
/ Messrs. Briggs, Winans. Larsin and Wat
son. and opposed by Messrs. keoRh and
I Babcock. The vote to kill il was A. % 40
in it, favor The bill was ordered TO third
reading which provides for the stricter
regulation Of fraternal insurance compan-
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