Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-28
RESUME OF SESSION
RETROSPECTION OF THE WORK
OF THE LEGISLATURE.
ELEVEN HUNDRED BILLS PASSED
AND KILLED.

AND KILLED.
Just 1O3 Days from Opening to Closing.
More Than a Million Dollars of Ap-
preparations New Counties
Co-Employe and Other I'm
portant Measures.
The legislative session of 1898, now
virtually ended, was an important one.
in many particulars and will long be
remembered for what it did. Control
ed in both branches by democrats, that
party will be held to responsibility for
it's acts. The session was of full length
for a biennial session. 1t opened Janu-
airy II, hence was 1913 days long. The
election of John L. Mitchell To the
United States senate was an accomplish
ment of the early period of the session
which virtually consumed the better
part of the first three weeks. Two
deaths, those of Senator Horn and
Assemblyman Mahoney, We're events
which cast sadness upon each house.
AS a whole the session was harmon
Hlls, and good feeling, almost without
interruption, prevailed among all the
members.
Among the several hundred measures
enacted into laws, the following are
some of the most Important:
Making railway companies more full
ly responsible for injuries to their EN-
ployes.
Providing for the establishment OF
two additional normal schools and ap-
propriating $4,000 therefor.
Forbidding the employment of Pink
ertons in the state.
Making labor day a legal holiday.
Creating the county Of Iron out of a
portion of Ashland.
Repeating the so-called Dodge legacy
law.
Forbidding spring shooting and gen
orally revising the game law.
Making $4,000 provision for the fight
Eg Of cholera.
| Providing for the incorporation Of
cities under a general law.
Appropriating $165,OOO to the uni
versity, besides six per cent. of railway
and electric company licenses, and pro-
dali.
Abolishing days Of grace.
Requiring logs to be taxed where
''the agent resides"
I,oaning $4,000 to the State Agri-
cultural society.
Permitting the ST. Paul railway to
own stock in other corporations,
Providing for the assessment of leaf
tobacco.
Granting a car to the fish commits
sion.
Appropriating 81 900 for state cir
culating library for the blind.
Appropriating $1,000 to the dairy
mans association.
Giving graduates of leading educa
tional institutions the right to teach
without undergoing examination.
Giving State Superintendent Wells
$500 to revise the school laws.
Requiring the publication of appli
cation for franchises.
Appropriating 100000 for worlds
fair purpt Ses.
Appropriating about 100000 for the
maintenance of the various state inSti
tutiOns for the next two years.
Exempting widetired wagons from
taxation.
Including witch grass in the list OF
noXioIs weed.
Requiring that election booths shall
contain compartments so as to com
pletely screen the voter.
For the better protection of trade
marks.
Authorizing the governor to appoint
three commissioners to an Interstate
conference to devise uniform laws.
Making it a crime to have burglars
tools in ones possession.
Creating the county of Villas out OF
the north part of Oneida county.
Permitting the state to grant aid tC
agricultural societies even though they
allow liquor selling during fairs.
Permitting the state to accept mort
cages given by the state agricultural
society in partial payment of the Nc
Fetridge judgment.
Granting to the 'Hygeia' company
the privilege of piping spring water
destined for Chicago through the states
property at Waukesha.
In Memoriam.
There were, of course, many hund
reds of bills killed, among them may be
listed the following:
For the repeal of the local option law
Against compromising the claims
against the past state treasurers.
For the taxation of inheritances.
For the inspection of boilers.
Creating the county Of Prentice.
Establishing a school of mines.
Requiring the weekly payment oil
wages.
For the appointment Of state banl
examiner.
Amending the petit jury law.
Establishing a good roads" system.
For the correction of so-called "cor
rupt practices" in elections.
Amending the caucus law.
Establishing a state board Of arbi
tration.
Providing for the appointment Of {
mining inspector.
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