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


carrying freight in carload lots be-
tween intermediate stations within the
state than it charges for carrying the
same freight or freights of the same
class over the same line for a greater
distance through such intermediate
points. The bill was debated and nal.
rowly escaped being killed. 1t viii
come up later.
In the assembly on motion OF Mr..
D.. O. Mahoney the Cox bin requir-
ing all public school teachers to be
at least IS years old was tabled by
a vote of 10 to IS.
The Notbohm bill providing for the
care of dependent children was passed
after a sharp debate. 1t is antagOn-
lied by Catholics who fear it 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 'n~sideration 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
stitutions. Assembly bills were passed.:
Limiting the homestead exemption to
$1,000, there now being no limit what
ever; requiring the 500 railroad to
give passenger rates not exceeding 3
cents a mile and freight rates on
forming to those in force on the St.
Paul road, Feb. 1, 1889; permitting
the leyying where necessary of~asthree-
fifthS (t is now tWO-fifthS) tax. for
the car 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
j. receipts on the following basis: One
per cent. on the first S230,00O of gross
receipts; one and One-half per cent.
Upon the gross receipts Over $3.50, 900
and not exceeding 100000, and two
per cent. on all amounts owe $500. 900.
This fee shall be based upon the
gross receipts from passenger bust
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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 imposes.
i At the evening session of the as
sembly Mr.. Lamberson offered Il joint
resolution to amend the constitution
doing away with the state census.
G. r. Mahoney asked separate con
;, sideration of the bills to prohibit com
pany stores and bills to prohibit com
pany stores and defining secret so
c~ieties, and ~endeavOred to call the
ayes and noes but failed and the
bills were then Indefinitely post
poned. The now famous Prochnow
= blacklist bill with it's numerous sub.
stitutes came up , it's third reading
and engrossment. When the bill to
provide for the commitment of in.
ebriates by county judges came up on
9 it's engrossment Mr.. Hanke offered an
amendment to provide that Kelley
cures be not given a monopoly of the
states business, which was adopted
and the bill ordered to a third read
ing. The special committee to fix a
time for adjournment reported that
April Is will be about the right time
and introduced a resolution to that
effect, which was adopted. The Jerre
+, Dobbs eviction bill came up as a
special order, with the senate sub,
stitute to ~legislate Mr.. Dobbs out OF
office was passed after a debate. Mr.
Hall, rep, spoke at length against
! such partisan legislation, as he termed
it. Assembly bills We're killed: Els
ta%blishing an official Interpreter in
Milwaukee county; to make a rive
a lawful fence; to constitute the
eighteenth judicial circuit; relating to
the taxation of telephone companies,
to authorize the governor to appoint
three commissioners to have charge
| of and regulate the flow of water
$ over all dams used for booming and
: flooding purposes and aids to naviga-
ton on the Wisconsin river and it's
$ tributaries.