Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-02-14

duced: By Mr.. Lamp, to place the
state roads of Adams county under
the control Of the county board; by
Mr.. HirSchinger, TO make the statute
relating to town boards consistent
with itself. 1t now reads that men,
bers of the board shall be appointed
annually and serve 8 years; also, a
bill to compel railroads to maintain
the passenger rate of 2 ID cents a
mile, and to sell 1000 and 2,0OO-mile
transferable mileage books at the rate
Of 2 cents a mile; by Mr.. P1rdick,
giving court commiSsinE--~ the
powers of circuit judges = their
counties; by Mr.. Hurd, increasing the
number Of companies of tine national
guard from forty to forty-four' by Mr..
Besse, to establish a board oil immi-
grafton, to consist of five members
with no compensation, the governor
and secretary Of state being eX-officio
members, which shall make an annual
report to the secretary of state. The
board is to do all in its power to en-
nance and encourage immigration and
to print pamphlets showing the states
resources. The board may appoint
agents to encourage immigration, and
$1,000 is appropriated to defray the
expenses.
Madison, Feb. 5.-In the senate q bill
was introduced for the taxation of all
church property. The governors sp-
noinfpoon 80 IT,, Co1on NTorl-o 70 ho n
member Of the state board of health
was confirmed.
In the assembly Mr.. Johnson offered
a resolution, which was adopted, to
have a statement made of all employees
in the capitol from Dane county.
Bills were intloduced: by Mr.. Sloan,
taking away the power of county
judges and court commissioners to
set aside judgments of circuit courts;
by Mr.. Jeske, making eight hours a
days work on all public works, state
or municipal; by Mr.. Lamberson, to
appoint a committee Of three-the
state superintendent and two to be
named by the g~overnor-to determine
upon uniform text books and to sell
them at cost to districts; by Mr.. Thai
acker, to relieve the owner of real
property from paying taxes upon more
than the value of his interest therein
by deducting from the value thereof
the amount of mortgage Indebtedness
thereon; by Mr.. Spaulding, providing
that no bridge or other construction
shall be built across the Yahara river
or across Lake Monona, Lake Wabesa,
Mud lake or Lake Kegonsa in the
towns of Blooming Grove or Dunn,
Dane county, unless there shall be in
the center of such bridge or construc-
ton an opening free from all obstruc.
ton not less than II feet in width and
not less than six feet in height from
high water mark. All such obstruc-
tons are ordered to be altered as
above. The assembly bill to reduce
the pay Of members Of county boards
to So per day was indefinitely post
poned.
Madison, Feb. 6.-In the senate a
Spensley for the appointment of lwO
commissioners to act with those OF
other states for the determination of
the Russian thistle. 1t was adopted,
and the house afterwards %concurred.
Bills were introduced by Senator
Spensley, providing that in impaneI-
ing a jury Upon a trial for an of
Tense punishable by Imprisonment in
the state prison for life, the person
on tTi0l chnu11H hn n11NrroI No ahaJ
lenge peremptorily t%wenty-four of the
persons returned as jurors; if there be
two defendants they shall be allowed
t~hirty-siX peremptory challenges and
it there be three Or more they shall
be allowed no more than forty-eight;
by Senator Conger, requiring high
way taxes to be paid in money unless
notice be filed by township electors at
a sufficient time that they will pay in
labor; by Senator Brown, to increase
the salaries of supreme court justices
from $4,000 to $500 and to increase
the salaries of circuit judges from
$4,000 to $1,000; by Senator Stout, for
the protection of fish by prohibiting
the throwing Of rubbish into rivers
less than 100 feet in width; by Sena-
tor Bashford, to increase the salary
of the deputy prison warden at Wau-
pun to $1,000 a year; also, to limit
the charges of railway companies
for carrying passengers and freight.
The latter provides: - FOR filing with
the railway commissioner by all rail
road companies operating lines of rail
way in this state schedules of charges
for carrying freight between all points
IN the state and such points and ter
minal stations in adjacent states, in
force June 10, 1894, and making such
schedules the maximum rates for such
compensation; o. making the 1000
mile ticket for $50 transferable and
limiting the maximum charge for a
single fare to four cents instead of five
cents per mile, the present three-cent
rate for round trip remaining; (3) pro-
hibiting the charge of a greater sum
| for a short than for a long haul of
freight in carload lots on the same
road through the same intermediate
points.
In the assembly the vote by which
the Johnson resolution was adopted
was reconsidered, and the resolution
i killed. Bills We're introduced by Mr..
Notbohm, for the creation of state
medical council; by Mr.. Geo. r. Ma
,, honey. fOrhidding cOrTOratiOnS from