Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-03-06
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/ assembly chamber. lie vote was nearly
| unanimous.
FRIDAY, FEB. q.
Senate.-Two deadhead bills were re-
ported back amending Monroe's charter.
| Assembly hills were concurred IN amending
| the charters of Berlin and Reedsburg.
! Senate bills wers passed providing for the
| discharge of a mortgage after the expIra-
ton Of 20 years; increasing the university
! income about $50, 600 a year for six years
! The Kempt child labor bill was killed as was
also the bill to give married women the
rights Of guardianship over their children
and the one admitting people TO practice
! law who have studied for Eve years,
AsSenbly.-AssembIy bills were passed
/ imposing a penalty of s. on town chair
men who fail to maintain sign boards;
| permitting the slaughter of sparrOws;
! reducing the interest on tax certificates
| from 25 to 10 per cent; and permitting
! national guard officers to be placed on an
/ honorary retired list. Senate bills were
{ concurred in amending Berlins charter
and authorizing Columbus to issue $1,000
! bonds for school purposes; assembly bills
were killed requiring counties TO pay the
| cost of keeping Inherent paupers. Dead
| the manufacture and sale of bogus butter
| or cheese and increasing the appropria
tion for farme4s' institutes from 5l2 000
to SIS, 600 annually. Both houses adjourn
ed till the evening of March ,.
AIoBDAY, MARCH2.
SeH0te.-The following communication
was received
bava tba honor fO rannrt that I have
received from John Hummer, state treasur-
er, ii statement that he has received from
banks. interest on the public funds depoS-
tied therein, for the q days preceding he
first day of March, tie sum of S3.3O8 IS;
which interest under the constitution and
statute of the state. belongs to the respec-
tive funds from which it was earned and
will therefore be so credited. The treasur.
er further states that he estimates that
the revenue to the state from this source
will be still larger for the current month.
GEO W. PECK.
Senator Greene offered a resolution that
the Legislature accepts for the state, the
under the act providing for the Tefunding
of the direct tax levied during the war.
Lies over
ASSembly.-Deadhead bills were report
ed back as follows: By Mr. Warden, re-
lating to town boundaries in Forest
county; 10y Mr.. Brown, fixing the terms of
court in the seventh judicial circuit; and
by Mr.. Sampson, making the highest legal
rate of interest per cent. Two bills were
passed amending La Crosses charter and
bill was killed which proposed to make
it a mlsdemeanor for a hunter or fisher
man to enter upon any land without the
permission of the owner, the punishment
prescribed being ii fine of from - to
$40 or by imprisonment from three to ten
days.
TUESDAY, March 5.
SeHafe.-Senator Voss offered resolu-
tion providing for final adjournment
March 27 1t will come up later. a dead
head bill was reported permitting Levi
CoIlette to dam Pine river; senate bills
were passed making an appropriation OF
S4S7 900 for the maintenance of the var
ious charitable, penal and refUrmatory in
stitutiOnS for the ensuing two years; for
the prevention of fraud in the manutac-
ture and sale Of dairy products; making
trustees of chronic insane asylums ex-0f-
ficio trustees of county poor-hOuses; per-
mitting women to act as court
COMMISSIONERS, ana creating lnull-
cipal court in Langlade county
Senate bills were killed making notaries
public qualify before county judges; re-
pealing the law for the relief of INDECENT
eX-union veterans, and amending the laws
relating to court reporters and to actions
in Justices court.
AssemJy-A resolution was adopted
requiring all bills TO be reported by com
mittees by March 90. Assembly bills were
passed amending Waupaca's S charter and
creating the 10Th judicial circuit out of
the counties of Lincoln Marathon and
Oneida Assembly bills were killed reducing
the annual appropriation for farmers in
stitutes from Sl2 900 to IS, 900 and giving
81 900 to Daniel Delaney, Of Madison, who
was rendered blind by an accident in the
capitol in 1866.