Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-04-25

signatures against the killing of the resoiu-
ton were sent in. There was no debate
this morning, but Mr.. Hall called for the
ayes and noes. The Assembly refused to
take the resolution from the table by vote
of 50 to so. Speaker Burrows was kept at
home by sickness and Mr. Burdck was elect
ed speaker pro TEN. of the Assembly The
house had a very long calendar. but a great
number of the bills were duplicates and in
Guided lot of the deceased fish and game
bills. Forty-SiX OF the bills We're killed in a
bunch; The following Assembly bills We're
passed: No. 6, dividing cities into classes;
No 104.. relating to practice in circuit
courts; No. 27O concerning Incorporated
villages; No. 292. relating to road oyerseers;
No. 301. prescribing powers of county
boards; No. 49, regulating the granting Of
to the municipal court Of Wood county;
No. SOB, to pay certain money TO Burnett
and Washburn counties. Senate bills were
concurred in as follows: No. 80, concerning
county boards; Nc. BOT. relating to plating
lands in incorporated cities; No. 404. relating
to county courts; No. 423. providing for
to pay legislative chaplains SIS each; No.
2O6, relating to consolidation of railroads;
No. 241. regulating issue of bonds by cities;
No. 322, providing for special taxes for
treasurers; No. 347 forbidding the sale of
liquor near the Waupaca home: No 17S s.
S, amending section 2OO1. revised statutes,
relating to church organizations; No. $50,
relating to garnishment; joint resolution
No 8, for an amendment to allow Milwaukee
county to have more than one circuit Judge;
No. 32S S, to pay for messengers badges.
The joint resolution providing for a constitu-
by a vote of 80 to 81 The committee Of
the whole was suspended and the bills on
the general file acted upon. Mr.. Burdick
called Mr.. Henderson to the chair and took
his place on the floor to move the reconsid-
Grafton of the telephone bill No. 712, which
telephone lines. He stated that he desired to
remove Objectionable features by amend
ment, The motion to reconsider was adopt
ing the laws Of 1887, requiring road taxes to
be paid in money, caused fight. Mr.. De
Croft spoke in favor of the bill and Mr.. Hall
made by s. 5oaes fo were M
Lamberson and others. The reconsideration
was on the. indefinite postponement of the
postponement, and the Assembly refused to
postpone it by vote of 80 to Al. 1t was
then ordered to third reading e. The joint
81 a day was indefinitely postponed after a
humorous debate between Messrs. O'Neil,
Burke and De Croft, The adjournment on
slider and the laying Of that motion on the
table 1t will now take unanimous consent
to make any change. MI. Johnson intro
for accepting express Franks Mr.. Lam
berson raised the point of order that the
resolution was criticism on the Senate and
was intended to influence legislation The
chair held the point well taken and the reso-
luton was ruled out. Senator Austn's bill,
No 800, relating to special assessment for
special order. The amendments of the com
mittee We're adopted Mr.. Paulus spoke in
favor of the bill and Mr.; Arson against it,
The latter said that he thought it was very
unjust to the citizens and taxpayers. Mr..
Latta, for the judiciary committee, said
that, he had no interest in the. bill. but de-
sired to state the position of lis
peared before the committee and argued to
show the necessity from legal standpoint
concurred in There was another little fur
ry over No. sol, S. S. Jones' bill. relating to
town road taxes: which was in opposition to
ing earlier in the day, Mr.: De Croft made
a long speech against the bill. Mr.. Lamber-
son also spoke against the bill. Mr.. VOL
Mr.. Hail favored the bill; Hubert Wolff
also spoke in favor of the bill: The Assem-
bly, took a recess until o'clock without act
cial committee appointed to investigate the
accuracy of the returns made by railroads as
to their gross earnings presented it's report.
Messrs: Hall and Jones made a majority re-
port alleging that the roads are evading the
payment Of taxes on the full amount OF their
earnings. The system of license fees. 1t is
intended to correct these abuses is made
part of the report George r. Mahoney pre-
sented a minority report to the effect that
no intelligent investigation could be made
in the time the committee spent in the work.
The committee on claims reported that the
appropriations thus far made aggregated
81, 143, 234. The Assembly engaged in
troversy over the question of loanng trust
funds to military companies for the con-
structon of s ssnn1 In the afternoon
Neillsvile was killed and in the evening an
attempt was made to reconsider it. This
brought out debate in which it was de-
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against these loans that have been quite
asked for of late years 1t was
that in many ins :t e the loans
The effort to revive the measure was defeat
ed by a vote of 80 to 35. Bill No. 427 S,
the taxation of steam vessels. was
Senator Spensley to take the place of 4
bill enacted into law early. in the session.
which was found to be defective. Senator
Phalen's resolution to amend the constitu-
ton as to permit special legislation for
cities was refused concurrence by vote
of 81 to 10 The following bills were passed:
No Is a. relating to the compensation OF
sheriffs; No. IT. A: amending the general
charter law for cities relative to changing
ward boundaries; No 24S A. autllo[izins
adding thereto. consolidating or takins,
therefrom; No. sos A, providing means for
levy and d saf or dse Sd a"thoz
ing the Butternut Water Power company to
construct dams across Butternut creek in
ASnl2nu
relating to courts in Douglas county: No. II
A. simplifying the manner of voting the
Australian ballot. The measure is Il substi-
tute for the bill drawn by A. J. Turner Of
Portage and known as the Turner bill. The
following Senate bills were cOncurred in:
No. 81, providing for. the appointment of a
deep channels COMMISSIONER for Wisconsin
by a vote of 80 to "a. No. POI. to provide
clerks for county courts; No 2o2, author ri,
state: No. 247. relating to- the publication of
of expiration Of time to redeem the d fer
ing of accounts of the university regents;
No. 43o. appropriating $s0u,c.o to the STATE
blind men to have such assistance as they
choose in marking ballots at elections: NO.
1872 amending the laws relating to the filing
of claims for liens; No 226; amending sev-
eral sections of the general charter law: The
bill TO increase the salaries of the assistant
state treasurer and assistant secretary OF
state was killed. Mr.. Bashford's bill No.
IS s, relating to purity in politics, was con-
CURED in.
Madison. Wis. April 1S.,-The compromise
bill for the erection of a fareproof building
for the State Historical society's library
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