Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-04-10
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE
TUESDAY, March 81.


SeRdtc.--Ihe governor veto on the bill
| appropriatug $50, 500 to the Waupaca
| veterans home bill came up and warm
ana protracted discussion was INDUCED
| in. Senator WOOdnorth, VINO is the father
OF the measure, defended it, and was asiis-
| ted by Senators Phipps, Clawson and
Kidd, while Senators Lees and Conner
| spoke against 1t. The veto was sustained
| by vote of II to IL. The following sen
| ate bills were passed: Making members Of
| the county board ineligible 10 serve as
| trustees of county asyums for the
| chronic insane relating to the furnishing
| of supplies of food and provisions for char
| ltaOle and other institutions in the county
| of Milwaukee; two bills amending the char
| ter OF the city Milwaukee. Assembly bills
were concnrred in as follows Providing
tor the proper receiving or gifts to the
| university; amending the charter of the
! city of Amigo.
S&embly-Providing for the build
! ing of a wagon road across Black river;
amending the charter of the city of Ona-
| laska; providing for the regulation of in
| surance corporations; appropriating
money to ASsemblymen R0ssmm and
Mead for expenses incurred III contesting
| seats; providing for the better preserva-
| ton Of fish IN Rock lake. amending the
| charter OF the cities of Watertown and
| Marshheld: providing for the protection
| trespasSeTS on public lands. Senate bills
| were concurred in as follows: Eacating
! 4 part OF Elm street In the city of West
! Bend; providing for the construction of a
| bridge across Lake st. Croix. at Hudson;
! to construct a dam across Oak creek in
| Milwaukee county; to correct an error in
| the tai levy of 1890 in the county of Por-
| tage; providing for the appointment of a
! photographic court reporter for Winnie
! bago county; authorizing the city of Me
/ nominee to borrow money.
| WEDNESDAY, April l.
Seuote-A resolution was offered and
| adopted permitting Senator WoOdnOrth
! to introduce a bill for the appropriation
! for the Waupacq Veterans home, in con-
| formity with the suggestions pointed out
| by the governor in his veto message.
/ Senator Mains habitual criminal
| blli passed after a long discussion.
! 1t provides tnat feions when convicted
| second time shall be punished to the full
! extent of the law. If convicted third
| time they shall be imprisoned for life An
! assembly bill was concurred in amending
the charter of the city of MarshfeIi.
! SScmbiy.-Speaker Hogan again occu-
! G
severe illness. Bills were passed as follows
! That no person can will an estate t.
! church or a charitable institution except
! 10 does so three months prior to his death:
! fixing a penalty for cruelty to animals:
! fixing the terms of office of village trustees.
! Bills We're concurred Is as follows: Provid-
! ING for the distribution of the blue books:
! preventing the sale of fraudulent dairy
! products; fixing telephone licenses at
! three per cent. on the gross earnings Of the
! companies; appr0priating $4,000 to the
! Wisconsin dairyman 5 associations; provid-
ing for the vacation of streets in villages.
THURSDAY, April ,
Seuatc.-Seuator Woodnorth introduced
a bill appropriating $50, 500 to the vet
| eranS' home at Waupdca which was
ordered printed and referred to the COM
mittee on claims. The measure seeks to
| obviate the governors objections to the
first bill on the subject passed. An execu-
tive communication was read. showing
that interest on the public funds for the
! month of March amounting to 81 2S2. 81
had been received and credited to the
| proper fund. The total amount of inter
est so far received by the treasurer was
stated to be IS. .62S.4 As. Senate bills were
passed prescribing the qualifications of as
Slstant principals Of free high schools. and
furnishing the entry of horses in races
( under false names or records. The assem-
! bly bill granting equal rights to all per
sons was non -concurre4 in. The bill to
, repeal chapter 3l7 of the laws Of 1889.
regulating the practice Of veterinary. medi-
| Clre and surgery coming up on special
| order. Senator ClawSon spoke at some
length overhauling veterinary quac6s. He
hoped the bill would be indefinitely post
poned. The question of indefinite post
ponement coming up the motion was car
ried. ayes, IS; noes, 9.
/ Assembly y.-Mr. Lambersons measure
making , cents per mile the maximum
passenger fare on certain railroads was
special order. Mr.. Hall opened the argu-
ment. hrst presenting an amendment
which included the Chicago 4 Northwes-
ern road in the bill and made the rate q.
500 mile tickets at , cents a mile and single
tickets at 2ls cents where the earnings ex-
Ceed per cent of The cost Of the roads COM
puted at SO. 600 per mile. A lively de-
bate ensued and no final action was taken
on the bill. Mr.. Putnam introduced a
bill to incorporate the city of Brodhead.
The joint committee appointed to fix q
date for hual adjournment reported a
resolution fixing the date as Wednesday,
April % The ball in the evening was a
very largely attended affair and decidedly
swell. Dancing occurred in both cham
berS, and the governor and his daughter
in-law led the grand march in one house.
Several thousand people crowded the
capitol.
FRIDAY, April 8.
Seaats-Assembly bills were concurred