Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-02-14


! 5ointment Of III. C. Adams to be dairy
and food commissioner.
| In the assembly Mr. Hambrisbt
proposed an amendment to the AN.
stitution making the governor. ona
member of the supreme court and Tho
president of the state board Of control
board OF pardons and taking awav
from the governor the pardonIny
power. Bills were introduced: By Mr.
ID. o. Mahoney, re-enacting the law
repealed in 1893 which forbids
state aid to agricultural societies tina,
allow the rate Of liquor ON their fair
grounds; by Mr.. DeGroff, repeating the
law OF '93 In relation to county roads
re-enacting the old law on the sub.
ject and permitting town electors 10
determine at annual meetings l,g
majority vote whether road taxes shaIl
be paI. in money or work; b. Mr.
Woller, permitting county boards TO
borrow money to pay current expenses
| In a sum not exceeding twenty Der
cent. of the amount of the last pre-
lceding roll; by Mr. Rosenkranz. re.
jquiring railways to grant stop-oyer
privileges on all first-class or coupon
! tickets, for 20 days and making all
such tickets good till used: by Mr.
Miller, legalizing the act of the town
Mclrose, Jackson county. in bonding
itself 10 build TWO iron bridges: also
authorizing county judges to give full
instruction as to how TO administer
estates not exceeding In value 5000
and over where there are no contests
and furnish all blanks necessary to
facilitate administration; by Mr.
Spaulding, altering the method by
which high schools may be established;
by Mr.. Marsh, permitting town drug
gists, church and other mutual fire in
surance companies to print on stand
the fire insurance policies special
matters; by Mr.. Frazer, providing that
town boards of supervisors shall com.
prise three persons, one of whose
terms shall be for three years, one for
two years and one for one year. The
supervisor elected every third year
shall be chairman; by Mr.. Werhein
requiring railways to properly main
tain crossings of new highways built
over their lines; by Mr.. S. S. Jones,
regulating the manufacture and sale
of adulterated dairy products, requir-
ing them to be plainly marked wher-
ever offered for sale; by Mr.. d. X
Smith. amending the statute so as to
make any fence legal fence which
fence views may deem sufficient to
turn domestic stock; by Mr.. Bradbury,
detaching the towns of Muscado, Cas-
tie Rock, Hickory Grove, Watertown,
Woodman, Boscobel, Marion and Mill
vile from Grant county and attach
ing them to Crawford and making
Boseobel instead of Prairie du Chen,
the county seat of Crawford County;
by Mr. Yawkey, creating lumber in
spection district No. II; by Mr.. Lee,
requiring any candidates for county
superintendent shall hold a teachers
certificate; that III counties where the
superintendent salary Is $500 or
more the minimum qualification shall
be a fiIst-grade certificate, where the
salary Is less than $500 second grade
certificate and in either case the can
didate must have at least one years
experience as teacher
Madison, Feb. Sin the senate bills
to create a commission 10 regulate u.le
navigation on the Wisconsin river aud
its tributaries; also, to compel county
supervisors TO provide private high
ways where persons property IS
surrounded by that of othes; by Sen
ator Withee, to create the office OF
bank examiner at salary of 81 900
witch a deputy with salary of $500
and travelling expenses for both; by
Senator WooIworth, to define d pen
atty $50 to 500 for selling liquor TO
minors or in prohibited places; by
Senator Conger, 10 allow the killing
OF mink at any time in counties where
there are trout brooks: by Senator
Mills, TO decrease the number of county
supervisors to three with three year
terms and dividing counties into three
supervisor districts, supervisors to be
NiNAbNh a. hAAG NsAht Va NANNNthrs AOAfH
officers and terms of office to expire
one each year; by Senator Putnam,
changing the number Of members Of
the board Of control from six 10 five:
also, to compel county officers 10 return
farm product statistics and fixing 4
penalty from 50 to so for not so
doing; also. reducing the salaries Of
supreme court justices from 5000 to
$500; also. to reorganize the state
and office so as TO provide for chief
clerk at $500 a year and for four
assistants at 81 200 each.
In the assembly bills were intro
dueed: by Mr. LANCE forbiddtns
towns. cities or villages from making
water or lighting contracts for more
than one year: by Mr. Thomas chang
ing the boundaries Of Chippewa AMI
Sawyer counties ard creating the
county Of Rusk: by Mr.. Frost, r.
quiring fishwayS 10 be placed In al
dams; by Mr.. Shellenberg, requiring
i uniform minimum liquor license q
500 .