Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-03-27
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
IUEsDAY, March Il.


ScUGtc-Assembly billy were concurred
in increasing the salary of the register in
probate for Dane county from 81, 100 to
81 400 per year; increasing the corporate
limits cf Milwaukee; requiring the COM
mon council proceedings of Milwaukee to
be printed in the Polish language, EN-.
pOwering the governor to fill the office of
insurance commissioner wueu they become
vacant: legaHZing certain acts Of the board
of supervisors of the Town of St0ckbridge,
Calumet county. and the board of Bar
ron county. and permitting ManltOwoC to
borrow $4,000. Senate bulls were killed
fixing telephone rentals ut S3 per month;
making a village supervisor ineligible for
any town office save thai of treasurer con-
stable or Justice, and establishing the
nomenclature of north Wisconsin lakes
assembly. Mr. Desmond's resolution
deprecating the appropriatIug of public
money to private corporations was killed
10y vote of 81 to 30.
House bills were killed as follows: Abol-
ishing the office of dairy and food com
miSsionerS; giving county clerks extra
fees for attending to election matters; for
bidding the placing of telephones IN
houS, of Ill fame; changing tue rate OF
liquor licenses; requiring polls to be kept
open from 6 a. m. to p. M in cities;
creating the office of puOlic printer; max
ing bribery of any kind in elections 4
penal otfense; requiring electric light
wires in cities and villages to be placed
under ground, and requiring presidential
electors to be chosen 10y congress SsIOnal dis
tricts
An assembly bill was passed organizing
the town of Dovre, Mariuette county.
WEDNESDAY. March IS.
Sendte.-A resolution was adopted pro-
posing to amend the consultation SO that
counties having a popu alton exceeding
100000 shall be privileged to have more
than one circuit court. Senate bills
werc passed permitting the establish
ment of a ferry at Hudson aud in
Creasing the penalty for the manu-
featuring bogus vinegar. Senator Mead :
bill to abolish the state board of charities
and reform and Of the state board of sup
ervision and to create single board to
perform their duties was ordered to a
third reading after long debate. The
bill was opposed by Senators BeChtner
Hon. Kidd and C!awson, and favored by
Senators Mead and Lees. The vote was
! l6 tolls.
| 4SScBtJly-The governors veto of the
| kaukana charter bill was sustained. Mr..
! Hall 5 reSoulution- providing that insofar
as various railway and sleeping car com
panies had failed to pay the license fees
! due the state from them. the committee on
claims be empowered to draft such amend
ments as will make the law effective
was adopted. Assembly bills were passed
amending the charter of New Lisbon and
! Marinette and the bill was ordered to a
/ third reading which forbids the sale OF
opium or other narcotics to any person ex-
cept on a doctors prescription and the
sale of tobacco In any form TO minors by a
i dealer after such dealer Is forbidden to do
so by a parent The bill was bitterly
fought, but it won by vote % 49 10 45.
Bills were killed creating the county OF
Colby out of a portion of Clark and Mara,
thon aud forbidding assessors to ac. as In
surance agents.