Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11
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ASSEMBLY.
In the assembly Il score OF state
mCutS were received all ovCrwhClm
iElN III favor Of state huatd of
railroad commissioners. They repre-
scented an informal vote taken at the
recent election, In many eases the
vote WAS unanimous, and in nearly
all other eases very few dissenting
votes We're recorded. In Dunn county
the Vote was lao tor to / against
The town Of milwaukee, was unaui
NOUS. Nineteen towns in Dane
These are typical returns. Mr.. Hall
announced that Is towns had voted
unanimously for the bill, and no de
tailed vote had been voted. The total
vote cast for the bill IN the state was
about $4,000 to 800 against. over TO
prccrinctS voted. Mr. RuckSlatt was
authorized to Introduce Il bill relating
to public libraries
Senate Kills tuuCurrrd IN,
Making the avoirdupois pound
bear To the troy pound the relation
Of 1000 To 1,1GO, the hundred
weight to contain 100 nvoirdmpuiS
and the tom % hundreGwcight.
Permitting minors residing ten
miles from county seats, to sign ap
plirations for the appointment of guar
dams before justices of the peace.
Authorizing the State Historical SO
ciety to sell the old Lyman Draper
homestead in Madison.
Permitting adjoining towns" To VOTE
aid to other towns.
Permitting milwaukee, county 10 rs-
tahlish stone or wood yard ON
which mrndicants may he made To
earn assistance they seek.
Assembly Rills Killed:
Appropiating 81 400 to the state
Fircmen'S association "a duplicate
having already passed..
Providing for state geological sur
vcy.
tions IA duplicate having already boon
passed..
Amending the jury law rs il re-.
latcs to milwaukee,.
Changing the excise law.
Changing terms for circuit court in
jefferson county.
Relating to the removal of cases
To justices courts.
Preventing public officers who ride
on passes from drawing mileage Ia
duplicate having already passed..
Making city clerks and OK officers
members of city boards of education
Nestibulcd Cars:
Mr. Cox made II motion To defer con.
sidcration on the yestibulc bill till II
could he printed as amended. II is
Il senate bill and requires the vosti
buling to lie done within three years.
The assembly had previously passed
a bill limiting the time to two years.
This the senate had killed Mr. Hall,
StlIman, Dodge and Notbohn op-
posed delay and the Cox motion was
voted down after which Il 2y"ar
amendment was adopted and the bill
then ordered to third reading
Eligibility of Superintendcnts.
tn" -. @, Mahoney bill requiring
county superintendent TO hold n first
grade state certificate issued by the
state superintendent created long de-
bate Mr.. Burke offered an amend
mcnt substituting u first grade
county certificate" for first grade
state certificate" and knocking OUT me
provision which enabled old county
suIerintcndcnts to be eligible, Mr..
Mahoney and Mr.. r. u. Clark spoke
in favor Of the original bill. Mr..
Burke advocated his amendment. Mr..
Hubert Wolfe and Mr. Finn were
against the bill In toto. Mr.. Brad
bury was against the old supcrintcn.
rent clause only. as was also Mr.. w.
A Jones The latter offered an
amendment striking out the objection
able clause. 1t was lost 4 10 80.
The Burke amendment was rejected
"a to u. Mr. De Croft attacked the
bill from stern to. gudgeon. Up his
way they generally had Young ladies'
for county superintendent, who did
not hold state certificates and he did
not want law enacted that would
bar them. for they gave universal
Mr.. Maboncy, answering,
said the bill permitted these young
ladies to continue 10 act az superin.
tnndents Mr.. O'Neill said we now
required lawyers. doctors, pharmacists
and Others 10 be examined and he
thought II was high time that some
thing should be done 10 strengthen
Tie qualifications Of county sunorin-
t,ndrnts II possible. The bill was Or
drrcd ~ a third reading, ~ ~ 10.
The Sloan memorial was adopted by
Il rising vote.
There was n large number Of spec
tators present when Speaker Burrows