Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

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new trial ordered; also, to protect I'M
ions and associations of laboring men
against imitation of their labels and
forms of advertisement; also, to amend
the general election law providing that
the order of the parties candidates on
the ballots be changed so as to place
republicans first, prohibitionists sec
ond, democrats third and laborites
fourth. The following bills were
passed by unanimous vote: To appro-
/ pirate S1,4oO to the State Firemen's
association; and, providing for county
and city repositories.
The appointment of DR.. J. L. Scott,
of Beaver Dam, to be state veterin-
arian, was confirmed; also, the ap-
pointment of II. c. Adams to be dairy
and food commissioner.
In the assembly Mr.. Hambright
proposed an amendment to the con-
stitution making the governor. one
member of the supreme court and the
president of the state board of control
a board of pardons and taking away
from the governor the %pardoning
power. Bills were introduced: By Mr..
ID. q. Mahoney, r~e-enacting the law
repealed in 1899 which forbids
state aid to agricultural societies that
allow the rate of liquor on their fair
grounds; by Mr.. DeGroff, repeating the
law of '93 in relation to county roads,
re-enacting the old law on the sub
Ject and permitting town electors to
determine at annual meetings by a
majority vote whether road taxes shall
be pa in money or work; By Mr..
Woller, permitting county boards to
borrow money to pay current expenses
in a sum not exceeding twenty per
cent. of the amount of the last pre-
ceding X roll; by Mr.. Rosenkranz, re-
quiring railways TO grant stop-over
privileges on all frst-class or coupon
tickets, for 20 days and making all
, such tickets good till used; by Mr..
Miller, legalizing the act of the town
, MelrOse, Jackson county, in bonding
itself to build two iron bridges; also,
authorizing county judges to give full
| instruction Is to how to administer
! estates not exceeding in value So, OOO
and I'VE where there are no contests
{ and furnish all blanks necessary to
5 facilitate administration; by Mr..
: Spaulding, altering the method by
which high schools may be established;
by Mr.. Marsh, permitting town drug
glStS, church and other mutual fire in
: surance companies to print on stand
the fire insurance policies special
matters; by MIR. Frazer, providing that
town boards of supervisors shall com
prise three persons, one of whose
terms shall be for three years, one for
l two years and one for one year. The
: supervisor elected every third year
5 shall be chairman; by Mr.. Werhein,
: requiring railways to properly main
) tain crossings of new highways built
over their lines; by Mr.. s.. S. Jones,
regulating the manufacture and sale
of adulterated dairy products, requir-
ing them to be plainly marked wher-
= ever offered for sale; by Mr.. D. X.
Smith, amending the statute so as to
= make any fence a legal fence which
Z fence views may deem sufficient tC
turn domestic stock; by Mr.. Bradbury,
, detaching the towns of MuscadO, Cas-
:. tie Rock, Hickory Grove, Watertown,
WOOdman, BoscObel, Marion and Mill.
vile from Grant county and attach
ing them to Crawford and making
: BOscObel instead of Prairie du Chen,
the county seat of Crawford county;
by Mr.. Yawkey, creating lumber in,
spection district No. II; by Mr.. Lee,
requiring any candidates for county
:, superintendent shall hold a teachers
!, certificate; that in counties where the
superintendent salary is $500 or
, more the minimum qualification shall
be q frst-grade certificate, where the
salary is less than $500 a second grade
= certificate and in either case the can
didate must have at least one years
experience as a teacher.
Madison, Feb. SIN the senate bills
were introduced: by Senator Brown,
to create a commission to regulate the
navigation on the Wisconsin river and
its tributaries; ALSO to compel county
supervisors to provide private high
ways where a PERSONS property is
: ST rounded by that of othes; by Sen
atOr Withee, to create the office of
bank examiner at a salary of $4,000
with a deputy with salary of $1,000
n travelling expenses for both; by
Senator Woodwork, to define a pen
atty (S5 to $3.50 for selling liquor to
minors or in prohibited places; by
Senator Conger, to allow the killing
Of mink at any time in counties where
there are trout brooks; by Senator
Mills, to decrease the number of county
supervisors to three with three year
terms and dividing counties into three
supervisor districts, supervisors to be
elected at the time of electing town
officers and terms of office to expire
one each year; by Senator Putnam,
changing the number of members of
the board of control from six to five;
also, to compel county officers to return
farm product statistics and fixing a
penalty from S. to $50 for not so
doing; also, reducing the salaries Of
supreme court justices from $1,000 10
$4,000; also, TO reorganize the state
land office so as to provide for a chief
clerk at $1,000 a year and for four
assistants at S $1,000 each.
/ In the assembly bills were intro
duced: by Mr. LANCE, forbiddfng
towns, cities or villages from making
water or lighting contracts for more
than one year; by Mr.. Thomas, chang
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