Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-04

IS to IA. Those against the PROPOSE
tion were: Aye-senators Altpeter,
Austin, Burke, Kennedy, Kruszka,
Martin, Mayer, Mcclellan Mills, Off
Ger, Phalan, Pierce, Solliday, Spensley,
Timme, Weeks, Withee and Youmans,
While those for T. We're Senators Bash
ford. Baxter, Brown, Conger, Davis,
Fisher, McGlllivray McMullen, Phil
lips, Putnam, Stebbins, Stout, Thayer
and Woodwork.
. In the assembly the agc-of consent
bill was referred to the chairman of
the judiciary committee with instruc-
ton to raise the age from - to II
years. The vote was very strong in
favor of the reference. Assembly bills
were passed Requiring county treas
+ urers to make an annual sworn state
cities, villages and towns to pay for
J personal property destroyed to pre-
vent the spread of contagious dis
eases; and permitting cities to pay
mayors and alderman salaries by q
three-fourths vote of councils. Mr..
Davdson's bill requiring registers Of
deeds to report to assessors all mort
cages on file, so that they may be
taxed was passed after a sharp de-
I bate Mr.. Treats bill forbidding the
sale of liquor within half mile Of
the soldiers home in Milwaukee
county created a little furry, but was
finally passed . Other house bills
passed were the following: To protect
citizens in their civil and legal rights
providing that persons of every race
and color within the state be en-
titled to the enjoyment Of all rights
and privileges Of public places of bust
ness; and providing that the total
amount of county taxes assessed, lev
led and carried out against the tax
able property Of any county in any
one year shall not exceed in the
assessed valuation Of said county for
the preceding year as fixed by the
state board of equalization; except
where a larger percentage may be-
come necessary in order to meet in
debtedness incurred by said county
prior to March I, 1895.
When the special order came up, bill
No. 591 a., requiring town road taxes
to be paid in money, Mr.. Cox spoke
in favor of the bill, saying that the
good roads league and the farmers
of the state generally want the bill
passed. The section providing for the
appointment Of four road superintend-
ents to each township, Mr.. Cox said,
was the part Of the measure to which
objection Is raised but unjustly. He
thought as long as this advanced man
ner of raising funds for the improve
ments of highways has the universal
approval of men most affected, it
should become law. BY the new
method the work is to be done by
contract as is now the practice pre-
vailing in New York Ohio, and other
states.
Mr. DeGroff of Buffalo, disagreed
with Mr.. Cox very strongly He OPP
posed the bill because it provides that
town boards shall appoint the road
superintendent. Again, he said,
farmers want the option of paying
their road taxes in money or in labor
as may suit them. Messrs Marsh,
Hirschinger and Wolfe spoke briefly
In opposition to the bill. The bill was
at last rereferred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
Madison, March 2S.-In the senate
the joint resolution for constitll-
tionnl amendment permitting the
granting of special city charters,
which passed the last legisla ture, came
up for consideration, and, after de-
bate, was adopted, 10 to II. The
other constitutional amendment passed
by the last legislature, that of per-
hitting the state superintendent to
receive more than 81 200 a year salary,
passed in the form of a bill to submit
1t to the people for ratification was
also adopted. Senate bills We're passed:
Amending the general election law
permitting blind men to choose per
sons to mark their ballots; appropriate
ing $4,000 as a contingent fund to be
used If necessary in the prevention of
cholera and other contagious diseases;
and providing for the sprinklns of
owners Bills were killed. prohibit.
ing mining manufacturing companies
from conducting stores; relating to-
the drainage of overlooked lands in
Waukcsha and Racine counties; and
establishing Il municipal court in Wal.
worth county. Senator Bashford asked
for separate consideration of 142, lin
iting railway charges for carrying
freight and passengers in Wisconsin,
and requiring the sale of thousand
transferable tickets at two and one
half cents, and also requiring that no
road shall charge Il greater sum fol-
carrying freight in carload lots be
tween intermediate stations within the
state than II charges for carrying the
same freight or freight of the same
class over the same line for a greater
distance through such intermediate
points. The bill was debated and mar
rowly escaped being killed. 1t win