Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-12
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY, MARCH 2.

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SenGte.-Ihe following communication
was received,
| have the honor to report thar have
received from John Hummer, state treas
urer, statement that he has received from
banks, interest on the public funds de-
posted therein, for the % days preceding
the first day of March, the sum of s.
30S.55; which interest under the constitu-
ton and statute of the state, belongs to the
respective funds from which it was earned
and will therefore be so credited The
treasurer 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 resolution that
the Legislature accepts for the state, the
sum appropriated by congress to the state
under the act providing for the refunding
of the direct tax levied during the war.
Lies over.
Assemb1y-Deadhead bills were report
ed back as follows: By Mr.. Warden, relat-
ing to town boundaries in Forest county; by
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 LaCrosse's charter, and
a bill was killed which proposed to make
it a misdemeanor for hunter or fisher
man to enter upon any land without the
permission of the owner, the punishment
prescribed being fine of from 50 to
$40 or by Imprisonment from three to ten
days.
TUESDAY. March g.
Senate.-Senator Voss offered resolu-
ton providing for final adjournment
March 81. It will come up later, dead
head bill was reported permitting Levi
Collette to dam Pine river, senate bills
were passed making an appropriation of
$487, 900 for the maintenance of the var
ious charitable, penal and reformatory
institutions for the ensuing two years; for
the prevention of fraud IN the manufac-
ture of dairy products; making trustees
of chronic insane asylums eX-Qficio trus
ties of county poor houses; permitting
women to act as court commissioners, and
creating a municipal court in Langlade Co.
Senate bills were killed making notaries
public qualify before county judges; re-
pealing the law relating to the law for the
relief of INDECENT ex-union veterans, and
amending the laws relating to court re-
pOrters and to the actions In justices
court.
Assensbly-A resolution was adopted
requiring all bills to be reported by COM
mittees by March %. Assembly bills were
passed amending Waupaca's charter and
creating the 10Th judicial circuit out of
the counties of Lincoln, Marathon and
Oneida. Assembly bills were killed reduc
ing the appropriation for farmers insti
tutes from $4,000 to $1,000 and giving
$1,000, to Daniel Delaney, of Madison, who
was rendered blind by an accident In the
capitol in 1866
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 4.
Senate-Deadhead bills wree reported as
follows: Making habitual drunken
ness a misdemeanor for which
which the minimum punishment shall
be 60 days imprisonment for any after the
first cffense; providing for the appoint
ment of a commissioner Of agriculture and
dairy, whose functions shall en-
brace those now performed by the direc-
tor of farmers Institutes and dairy and
food commissioner; fixing time OF hold
ing court in the 18th judicial circuit; fix
ing the salary of the state treasurer at
ST 500 and that of the assistant treasurer
at 81, 00J; increasing the license fees to be
paid by sleeping car companies from four
to six per cent. on the gross earnings and for
the punishment of persons who fraudulent
ly enter horses to compete for fair preml-
umS.
AssembW.-The Desmond compulsory
school measure to take the place of the
Bennett law was ordered to a third read
ing, all members voting aye except Mr..
Davenport. Mr.. Krez, before voting said:
ALTHOUGH m opposed to all compulsory
measures yet I'll vote aye The bill re-
quires II weeks attendance Of all children
no Coo
reasons) between the age of 7 and Is years
to attend some school public or private
for at least II weeks each year. Nothing is
said about the branches that must
be studied or about the language en-
ployed. Truant officers are provided. The
assembly pill was passed abolishing the
state veterinarian. Messers Osborn and
jacob called for the ayes and noes and
the bill was killed by vote Of So to IS,
the democrats generally voting for the bill
and the republicans against.
Bill were killed making an appropria-
ton of 500 a year to the Wisconsin sheep
breeders association; to abolish the Of
flee of insurance commissioner, and pro-
hibitlng any person from practicing vetnri-
nary science who has not received a di-
ploma from some reputable college for the
better qualifications for funeral directors.
NJ :. Plummer's resolution providing for
constitutional amendment permitting
fve-sixths of a jury In civil actions to
render verdict after eight hours deliber
alton provoked a debate but was finally
refused adoption.
Deadheads were reported as follows:
for the semi-annual collection of taxes;
authorizing the attorney general to take
charge Of any case in which the state is
interested, upon the application of ten
resident freehoders of any county, or to
appoint an attorney in case the district
attorney refuses to prosecute; permitting
the erection of a monument to soldiers OF
the war IN the capitol park for the examl-
nation of persons desiring state teacher $
cert fcates; providing for a state bank ex-
aminer, and covering the direct tax into
the school fund of the state.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5.
SeHate-Numerous remonstrances were
introduced against any union Of the state
boards.