Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-26
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE
TUESDAY, March II.

mon council proceedings of Milwaukee to
oe printed in the Polish language; empow-
ering the governor to fill the office of in
surance commissioner when they become
vacant; legaliZing certain acts of the board
of superl isers of the town of Stockbridge,
Calumet county, and of the board of Bar
ron county and permitting Manitowoc to
borrow $4,000. Senate bills were killed
fixing telephone rentals at So per month :;
making a village supervisor ineligible for
any town office save that of treasurer, con-
stable or justice, and establishing the
nomenclature of north Wisconsin lakes.
ASSEMBLY MIR. Desmond's resolution
deprecating the appropriating of public
money to private corporations was killed
by a vote of 81 to 30.
House bills were killed as follows: Abol-
ishing the office of dairy and food commits
sioners; giving county clerks extra fees for
attending to election matters; forbidding
the placing of telephones in houses of
i'll fame; changing the rate of liquor
licenses; requiring polls to be kept open
from a. IN. to s p. m. in cities; creating
the office of public printer; making brib-
cry of any kind in elections a penal Of
tense; requiring electric light wires in
cities and villages to be placed under
ground, and requiring presidential elect
Ors to be chosen by congressional districts.
An assembly bill was passed organizing
the town of Dovre, Marinette county.
WEDNESDAY, March Is.
.Senate.--A resolution was adopted pro-
posing to amend the constitution so that
counties having a population exceeding
100000 shall be privileged to have more
@1.o,o l. L H.
passed permitting the establishment
of ferry at Hudson and in
curing the penalty for manu-
featuring bogus vinegar. Senator Mead's
bill to abolish the state board of charities
and reform and of the state board Of sup
ervison and to create a single board to
perform their du+ins was ordered to a
third reading after long debate. The
bill was opposed by, Senators Bechtner,
Hon. Kidd and Clawson, aud favored by
Senators Mead and Lees. The vote was II
to 13
AssenabW.-The governors veto of the
Kaukanta charter bill was sustained. Mr..
Halls resolution-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
amendments as will make the law effec-
tive-was adopted. Assembly bills were
passed amending the charters of New Lis
bon and Marinette ard the bill was order
ed to third reading which forbids the
the sale of opium or other
narcotic to any person except
on a doctors prescription and the sale of
tobacco in any form to minors by dealer
oft c,,oh 1oolo,, boc Ioo,, fo,rl1I IIa,, to do
so by parent. The bill was bitterly
fought, but it won by a vote of 40 to As.
Bills were killed creating the county of
Colby out Of portion of Clark and Mara.
thon and forbidding assessors to act as
insurance agents.
THURSDAY, March 49,
.Senate.-Assembly bills were concurred
in amending New Lisbon's charter and
creating municipal court for Barron
county. Senate bills were passed making
the license fee of telephone correspondence
215 per cent. ON the gross earnings; ap-
propriating $4,000 to the deaf institute
for the erection of a water tower, author
ling the purchase of 40 acres at the north
ern insane hospital, and appropriatlng
81, 900 to the governor contingent fund.
Senate bills were killed providing for the
establishment of public information
bureaus in cities having over $4,000 in
habitants; deducting from the assessed
valuation of property the amount of in
cumbrance thereon, and for the more Sc
we're punishment of drankards.
Assembly.-Senate bills were concurred
in amending the charters of Oshkosh and
Menasha. Assembly bills were passed
giving justice court jurors six cents mile
age In addition to other fees; giving ma .
tional guardsmen in camps So per day in
stead of 81 so; empowering countr and
municipal judges to send children to the
deaf and dumb institute; regulating fish
ing in Sturgeon bay and on Brute river;
forbidding discrimination in life insur-
ance contracts and establishing munich
pal court at Oconomowoc. Assembly bills
were killed permitting supreme court
judges to retire at the age of 70
on $4,000 year after serving 10 years;
permitting any person to practice law
after studing five years; creating a munich
pal court for Pepin county; and forbldding
all but sherifs, deputies, and undersheritfs
from serving legal papers.
FRIDAY, March 20.
.Senate-Senator Clawson offered reso-
luton censuring the Milwaukee Journal
for is course on the veterans hone bill.
Senate bills were passed appropriating 81
600 to the state dai-vmen's association:
permitting the Wisconsin Central railway
company to build tunnel In MllwGuke and
permitting town supervisors to remove en-
croachments on the highways. Assembly
bills we're concurred in establishing
municipal court at Oconomowoc and one
fer Douglas county. The bill to abolish
the Office of the state veterinarian was
antagonizel by both republicans and dem
ocrats. but no fnai action was taken on
it
Assembly.-The committee on railways
reported against the passage OF the bill
making the passenger rate On the st. Paul
and Northwestern roads cents per mile.
Assembly bills were passed permitting
CIR nd Rapids and Centralia 10 build
dam, and requiring foreign loan and build
ing associations to deposit $1,000 In
cash or good bonds in the state treasury as
a prerequisite for doing business in Wis
eonsin. Bills were concurred In making
the homestead of testator who leaves no
widow or minor liable for his debts,
and permitting female lawyers to act as
court commissioners. The governor veto
of the Sheboygan site bill was unanimously
over-riGden. The civil rights bill was
passed after some debate. 1t compels
inns and transportation corporations
to give all citizens, black or white, the
same privileges, Assembly bills were
killed forbidding convict contract labor;