Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-04-04

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 a constitu-
rional amendment permitting the
granting of special city charters,
which passed the last Legislature, came
M for consideration, and, after de-
bate. was adopted, 10 to IA. The
other constitutional amendment passed
by the last legislature, that nf per-
hitting the state superintendent !
receive more than 81 200 year salary,
PASSED in the form of bin to submit
it 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; appropriat.
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 sprinkling OF
streets at the expense Of property
owners. Bills were killed, prohibit
ing mining manufacturing companies
from conducting stores; relating TO
the drainage of over-fowed lands In
Waukesha and Racine counties; and
establishing al municipal court III Wal
worth county Senator Bashford asked
for separate consideration of 142, linn
iting railway charges for carrying
freight and passengers in Wisconsin,
and recurring the sale OF thousand
transferable tickets at two ana one
half cents, and also requiring that no
road shall charge greater sum fol
carrying freight in carload lots be-
tween intermediate stations within IN"
state than it charges for carrying the
same freight or freights of the same
class over the same line for greater
distance through such Intermediate
points The bill was debated and mar.
rowly escaped being killed. 1t VIII
come up later.
In the assembly on motion of Mr.,
ID. O. Alahoney the Cox bill requir-
ing all public school teachers to be
at least 1S years old was tabled by
a vote Of AZ to %.
The Notbohm bill providing for the
care Of dependent children was passed
after a sharp debate. 1t is antagon,
lied by Catholics who fear 1t is cal
culated to remove dependent children
from their institution to the state
home at Sparta. Mr.. Burdick declared
that the bill had been given most
fair C nsideration by the judiciary
committee and both sides had been
heard. He was earnestly in favor OF
eliminating the hell-holes complained
of and thus saving the old veterans.
The bill was revived and vert to the
committee on charitable and penal in
situations. Assembly bills were passed.:
Limiting the homestead exemption to
So 900, there now being no limit what
ever; requiring the 500 railroad to
give passenger rates not exceeding 3
cents mile and freight rates con-
forming to those in force on the st.
Paul road, Feb /, 1899: permitting
the levying where necessary of~al
ffths Git is now two-fifths) tax, for
the care Of INDECENT soldiers: provid-
ing that state officers or state EN-
ployes shall not be paid expenses
for railway fares where they travel
on passes; and providing for the taxa
ton Of street railways ON their gross
receipts on the following basis: One
per cent. on the first S2J0.000 Of gross
receipts; one and one-half per cent.
upon the gross receipts over S250VW
and not exceeding $500,0O0, and two
per cent on all amounts over 100000.
This fee shall be based upon the
gross receipts from passenger bust
ness; and shall be in lieu of all other
taxes and licenses, and all franchises
personal property and real estate
owned by street railway companies
shall be exempt from assessment and
taxation. except that the real estate
without the buildings or improvements
thereon. of any such companies shall
be liable to taxation for state, county
and school purposes.
At the evening session of the aS-
sembly Mr.. Lamberson offered joint
resolution to amend the constitution
doing away with the state census.
G. K. Mahoney asked separate con
sideration Of the bills to prohibit com
pany stores and bills to prohibit com
pany stores and defining secret So
cieties, and endeavored to call the
ayes and noes but failed and the
bills We're then indefinitely post
poned. The now famous Prochnow
blacklist bill with its numerous sub
stitutes came up on it's third reading
and engrossment. When the bill to
provide for the commitment Of in
ebriates by county judges came up on
its engrossment Mr.. Hanke offered an
to provide that Kelley
cures he not given a monopoly of the
states business. which was adopted
and the bin ordered to third read
ing. The special committee to fix a
time for adjournment reported that
ADril 1S will he about the right time