Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-31

shop on Sunday Is not "a work of ne
cessity or charity"
! BY Mr.. Yawkey, creating a munich
pal court for Villas county.
BY Mr.. Cousins, providing that the
old bank comptroller books be turned
over to the comptroller of banks, when
/ that office shall be created, and gen
orally opening the way for the latter
official to fully perform his duties.
J BY Mr.. w. A. Jones, requiring the
/ transfer from the general fund to the
several trust funds Of S00,6G6-the
/ amount of tle loan from the trust
funds to the State Agricultural So
cety. This loan bears only 4 per cent.
interest while, if the money were
loaned out of the trust funds, it
would be drawing from to per cent.
/ BY Mr.. Jones, making the pen
, atty for horse stealing or concealing
horse thieves or stolen horses, 10
years Imprisonment for the first Of
Tense and 20 years for the second.
BY Mr.. Hall, relating to railroads.
1t provides for the election of three
railroad commissioners at the regular
election in 1896, to serve two, four
and six years as shall be decided be
tween them by lot At the regular
! election in 1898 and biennially there
after one commissioner IS to be elected
to serve six years. The commissioners
are to organize in every year after an,
election on the first Monday of Jan
nary by the election Of a chairman and
secretary, who shall have the qual!ti-
cation prescribed for a commissioner,
No person in the employ of any COM
mon carrier or owning any stock,
bonds or property in any railway COM
pany or pecuniarily interested in any
railroad corporation shall be eligible
to the office. Vacancies to he filled by
the governor. Same powers conferred
ON commissioners THAT the law confers
upon the present railroad commissioner,
and such other powers and authority
as may be hereafter fixed by law. A
second bill, by Mr.. Hall, provides for
the regulation of railroads. 1t APP
plies +, all transportation of passen-
gers and property and to receiving,
delivering, storage and handling of
property wholly within this state, and
to all railroad corporations and rail
way companies, express companies,
ear companies, sleeping car companies,
freight or freight line companies and
to any common carrier or carriers en-
gagged in this state in the transporta
ton Of passengers or property by rail
roads therein. Unjust and unreaSonr
able charges are prohibited and de-
clared unlawful. 1t prohibits unjust
discrimination directly or indirectly by
giving any special rate, rebate, draw
back or other device. No preference
to be given to any person, company,
firm, corpora tom or locality. A greater
compensation shall not be charged for
u shorter than for Il longer distance
over any railroad. Pooling of freight
of different and competing roads Is
prohibited. The commissioners are en-
powered to make maximum rates for
all railroads in the state, and rates so
made not to exceed rates established
by law. The commissioners may from
Illllt 10 llIIlt cllullSt ull'h lCN ifSN p'hN"
ules. AN carriers must print and keep
for public inspection schedules showing
rates, fares and charges for the trans
porta ton of passengers and properly,
and when rates are published, 1t shall
be unlawful to charge, demand, col
lect or receive from any person
greater or less compensation than Is
specified in such published schedule of
rates
BY Mr.. Hoyt forbdding the shoot
ing of guns or slungshots within 4o
rods of any public park.
Mr.. Klmball was granted leave to
withdraw bill No. 40 A., permitting
taxes to the amount of 3 per cent of
the assessed valuation to be levied.
BY Mr.. Hall, providing for state
board of railroad commissioners of
three members, who shall be elected
by thc whole people in 1896 and hold
terms of 2. and years, oae term
to expire biennially. The salary of
each member shall be $500 year
aud a secretary shall get $500. The
commissioners shall have all the
powers now enjoyed by the present
railroad commissioner whose Office Is
abolished, and such other powers as
by law may from time to time be con-
ferred upon them; also, "a second bllD,
to regulate the railways of thiS state,
to punish eXtortion in rates and to de-
fine the methods of procedure, the
procuring of evidence, etc. in prose-
cutions against railway companies.
Both houses adjourned till 10 Il. m.
Wednesday.
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