Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-04

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ton Of speed premiums AT fairs, on
from $500 to $1,000: providing
which 10 per cent. is paid by the
resources of the state; and legislating
Labor Commissioner Dobbs out Of
office.
In the assembly senate bills CON
CURED in requiring that unclaimed
bodies of persons shall be turned over
to Wisconsin medical societies or me-
dical colleges when proper application
therefor is made by the society OF
college authorities; and authorizing
county boards to vote aid to agricul-
tural societies to purchase fair
grounds.
Mr.. Henderson introduced a bill. by
leave Of joint resolution, TO authorize
aowns to aid in the construction Of
telephone lines.
Madison, March, 27.--The senate
killed the resolution permitting the
question of woman suffrage to go to
a vote of the people the vote was
IS to IA. Those against the PROPOSE
ton were: Aye-Senators Altpeter,
Austin, Burke, Kennedy, Kruszka,
Martin, Mayer, Mcclellan Mills, Off
Ger, Phalan, Pierce, Solliday, Spensley,
Timme, Weeks, Withee and Youmans,
While those for it were Senators Bash
ford, Baxter, Brown, Conger, Davis,
Fisher, McGilliyray, McMullen, Phil
lips, Putnam, Stebbins, Stout, Thayer
and Woodwork.
In the assembly the age-of-consent
bill was referred to the chairman of
the judiciary committee with instruc-
ton to raise the age from Is to 16
years. The vote was very strong in
favor Of the reference. Assembly bills
were passed Requiring county treas
urers to make an annual sworn state
ment to county boards; authorizing
cities, villages and towns to pay for
personal property destroyed to pre-
vent the spread of contagious dis
eases; and permitting cities to pay
mayors and alderman salaries by a
three-fourths vote of councils. Mr..
Davidson's bill requiring registers of
deeds to report to assessors ali mort
cages on file, so that they may be
taxed was passed after a sharp de-
bate. Mr.. Treats bill forbidding the
sale of liquor within half a mile of
the soldiers home in Milwaukee
county created a little furry, but was
finally passed . Other house bills
passed were the following: 70 protect
citizens in their civil and legal rights
providing that persons of every race
and color within the state be en-
titled to the enjoyment Of all rights
and privileges Of public places of bust
ness; and providing that the total
amount of county taxes assessed, lev
led and carried out against the tax
able property of any county in any
one year shall not exceed in the
whole three per cent. of the total
assessed valuation of said county for
the preceding year as fixed by the
state board of equalization; except
where a larger percentage may be-
come necessary in order to meet in
debtedness incurred by said county
prior to March /, 1895.
When the special order came up, bill
No. 591 A, requiring town road taxes
to be paid in money, Mr.. Cox spoke
in favor of the bill. saying that the
good roads league and the farmers
of the state generally want the bill
passed. The section providing for the
appointment Of four road superintend-
ents to each township, Mr.. Cox said,
was the part of the measure to which
objection is raised, but unjustly. He
thought as long as this advanced man
ner of raising funds for the improve
ments of highways has the universal
approval Of men most affected, it
should become a law. By the new
method the work is to be done bv
contract as is now the practice pre-
vailing in New York, Ohio, and other
states.
Mr.. DeGroff, of Buffalo, disagreed
with Mr.. Cox very strongly. He op-
posed the bill because it provides that
town boards shall appoint the road
superintendent. Again, he said,
farmers want the option of paying
their road taxes in money or in labor
as may suit them. Messrs. Marsh.
Hirschinger and Wolfe spoke briefly
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-
tional amendment permitting the
granting of special city charters,
which passed the last legislature. came
up for consideration, and. after de-
bate, was adopted, 10 to IA. The
other constitutional amendment passed
by the last legislature. that nf per-
Knitting the state superintendent t
receive more than 81 200 a year salary.
passed in the form of a bill to submit
it TO the people for ratification was
also adopted. Senate bills were paSsed.
Amending the general election law
permitting blind men to choose per
sons to mark their ballots: approDrfat.
ing $4,000 Is a contingent fund to be
used II 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 0~ver-fOved lands in
Waukesha and Racine counties: and
establishing a municipal court in Wal
worth cOUnfy- Senator aSI-nd