Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-28

organizing the Fifteenth and Sixteenth iudi
| clai circuits; No. Cos A authorizing cities of
the second class to issue bonds: No Cos A
permitting towns TO acquire titles to toll
roads y, The following Senate bills We're con.
Schools: No 43 to nurehas she t, normal far
/ schools; No: 4oI $, fixing the salary of the
state Superintendent at $4,000; No. Ala S.
| making an appropriation to pay legislative
! employees. Mr.. Christian offered a joint
resolution for the appointment of a commit
| tee OF five three from the Assembly and two
from the Senate. to agree. upon and fix
date for the adjournment of the Legislature
It was laid over on motion Of Mr. Burdick
Bill No. 80 S. relating to the compensation
of committees OF county boards, which was
laid on the table last night. taken from
the. table and re-referred to the committee
in the committee of the whole: No A A,
| creating the town of Waupee: No. a A. con
r ehe to 1e 81 on mo-
liquors: No. 251 A, relating to highway
taxes. Nos. 296 and 2o7 "A, relating to the
es1e Of intoxieatng liquors. No 4s4 A.
relating to assessment of merchandise: No
637 A, concerning dam on Big Beaver
son City. Mr.. Burdick introduced bill to
amend the laws Of 1893 in relation to Of
ficers of cities of the second third and fourth
classes. recess was then taken to 80 p. m.
At the evening session bill No. 557 A, to limit
the rate of taxation in cities, reported
for passage by the committee on assessment
and collection of taxes. The same commit
tee reported Mr.. Hambright's bill, No 666
A. for passage with an amendment. The
measure provides for the payment of Ii
ceense fee by street car companies This
license fee is to be calculated upon the gross
receipts of the companies follows: One
~er cent. on the first $25O.0oO, of its gross
ceipts over $3.50, 900 and not exceeding $780,
sec Ra Ts esn on
reported for indefinite potsponement Jciat
resolution No. 80 A, memoriaiizing Congress
for the annexation Of Canada to the United
States. The same committee also reported
unfavorably upon joint resolution % A,
asking Congress to convene constitutional!
convention. The resolution also commended
several constitutional amendments among
them the eleation of United States senators
by popular vote and free coinage of silver.
No. 271 S, abOlishing the board of trustees
of the Wisconsin Veterans home was report
ed for concurrence by the state affairs COM
mittee No. COZ A, authorizing the forma-
ton of Insurance companies to ii, insure
against thunder. lightning and hail. was
favorably reported by the committee on in
surance, banks and banking.
Madison, Wis, March 22.-The flood of pc
titions in the Assembly this morning was
smaller than usual. Most of them. referred
joint resolution to appoint committee to
fix the day for final adjournment was
passed. MI. Wipperman offered resolution
by the unanimous consent Of both houses.
Mr.. Besse offered bill for dam on Chip
pewa river and MI y, Tecke INTRODUCED IL, an
mittee on judiciary reported a substitute
for Mr. Stilman's vestibule street car bin.
committee had consldered it wise to disre-
gard the instruction of the House to make
the time for vestibuing the cars, one year.
The vestibule substitute gives the compa.
MES two years and the report stated that to
have compelled the vestibuling of the cars
in one year would have worked great
hardship on the companies The substitute
strikes out that part of the original bill
which gave common councils the. right to
relieve companies from the provisions Of
ed the various matters acted upon at last
evenings meeting. Bill No. POI S, which
was messaged over from the Senate, was
put upon it's passage under suspension of the
rules on motion of Mr.. Hoyt. 1t amends the
law relating to town ELECTIONS. 1t was con
eped and the bill e refrreG to he u a
committee. There was little skirmish over
the bill to exempt wide--gauge sleighs from
tempts to pass similar bills have been made
were passed as follows: No. .205 A, relating
panies; No. 226 A. establishing, board Of
immigration; No $50 A, providing for the
ID &c
struct dam. Senate bills were concurred
Venres; No. 3s S. Relating to stock of private
corporations; No. 81 S, authorizing a wagon
bridge across the Fox. river in Marquette
bonds; No 100 S. to provide for dover in
the absence of .testamentary provision; No.
113 S, relating to city councils and village
bonds; No 1913 s. requiring witnesses of wills
to sign in each others presence; No. 26O S,
compelling trustees of chronic insane asy-
lums to serve without pay; No. $50 s. pro-
vding for correction of errors in charges
for care of the insane; No 349 S, making
payments to the Wisconsin Veterans home
monthly instead of quarterly. Bill No. 591
A. relating to the management Of roads. over
which there have been several lively dis
cussons. made the special order for
Wednesday evening at O'Clock. Assembly
bills were killed as follows: No. 70 A,
providing for joint county warehouses;. for
which there is substitute; No. go A. for
uniform text books; No. 237 A. amending the
tax laws; No. BOB A, establishing munich
pal court for Neenah and Menasha; No. 544
A. amending the charter of the La Crosse
Manufacturing company; No. $50 A, prohibit
ing saloons within 500 feet of schoolhouses;
No. 565, establishing municipal court in
counties to aid in the purchase of fair
grounds; No. 655 A. detaehing the Fourth
ward from Sturgeon Bay and adding it to
the town; No. $50 A. concerning poison for
dogs and wild animals: joint resolution No.
% a. favOring a convention to amend the
constitution of the United States; joint
resolution No. 35, favoring the annexation
of Canada. The Assembly adjourned until
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