Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

/ of the 18TH although short, gave oppor-
! tunity to number of the members of the
upper house to introduce bills. Ten were
! introduced Two of these are of AIilwau-
kee interest and were introduced by Sen
| ator Dey0s. One provides that the time
| in which the city be permitted to build
| drvewayS along the lake front be extended
| from 1898 to 1902. The other is to give
| the Milwaukee city council authority to
| provide for the construction of viaduct
on Mason street. Senator Devos also intro
duced bill to confer upon municipal cor
pOratiOnS the power to condemn riparian
rights for public purposes bill to re
last session of the Legislature was intro
duced by Senator McGillivray and was re-
ferred to the committee on charitable and
penal institutions. Other bills introduced
were: To authorize the commissioners of
public lands to invest a portion of the
trust funds in school district Ne. 2 of the
laws of the state; to authorize the German
American bank of Oshkosh to reduce it's
capital from 100000 to 100000; to give
town boards authority to open the election
polls earlier in the morning; to improve
the north branch of the Chief river. in
Sawyer county. Senator McN1ullen, who is
ill, was allowed leave of absence for the
week. A joint resolution urging Congress
to pass the bill providing for military
park at Vicksbnrg was introduced by Sen
ator Timme The Senate adopted Senator
Austin's resolution providing for the ref
erence of the governors message to the
several committees.
When the Senate convened on the Goth
the following bills were introduced: Amend
ing the law relating to notaries extending
their powers; to promote physical educa-
ton; to amend the statutes relating to
general elections; amending the statutes
re.ating to limitations of action brought by
the state against private parties; to amend
the statute creating police court IN Mil
Waukee; to protect deer, to amend the
laws providing for the vacation of certain
streets in Milwaukee; to quiet titles; regu-
lott, fbO in xxhin INN 0fnci in no
several charitable institutions may be re-
moved from one of these institutions to
the other. Senator Davis of the committee
on finance, banks and insurance reported
Senator Welton's bill to permit insurance
companies reorganiZed under the laws of
1891 to amend their articles of incorpora-
ton, with the recommendation that it be
passed Senator Welton asked for the sus-
pension of the rules for passage of the
bill, explaining that the object of the bill
was to- allow the directors of the North
! western Mutual Relief association to amend
it's charter, and that as the association was
in annual session immediate action was
asked. The bill was passed under Suspen-
sion of the rules The. committee ON mill
tary affairs reported favorably the joint
resolution asking members in Congress to
work for the passage of bill No $780, es-
tablishing military parks, and the resolu-
ton was adopted.
On the 21st Senator Stout presented a
petition from the supervisors of Dunn coun-
ty requesting the repeal of the Kelley cure
law; also requesting one or more free fer
ries across the Chippewa river, Senator
McGilivray offered a joint resolution for
the printing of 300 extra copies of Senate
bill No. 5 for the labelling OF prison made
goods; also joint resolution for a joint
committee of five to revise the banking code.
Senator Timme offered joint resolution
for the appointment of committee
to ny si5 the state depar
To amend the laws providing for the in
corporation of cities; amending the laws re-
lating to the practice of pharmacy; relating
to circuit courts; to authorize the COM
mSSiOnerS to loan state funds to the Tomah
guards for an armory; to amend the stat
utes relative to the attorney general; also
to provide for better vital statistics; also
providing a contingent fund to prevent
epidemics: also to provide for vaccination
Estate board of health bilD; providing for
the establishment of free public libraries
in cities: the bill revising the statutes pre-
pared by j. r. Bergman and A. L. San
born. joint resolution was adopted for
its reference to joint special committees
after it has left the judiciary committee.
Senator Roehr's bill creates another circuit
court for the county of Milwaukee. By
Introducing the bill Mr.. Roehr shuts him
self out as probable candidate, since the
constitution provides that no man can Oc-
cupy position which he helped to create.
Senator Thayer's bill amends the general
city charter act so as to make the offices of
city clerk, city marshal and street commits
siCner in cities of the focrth-class elective
instead of appointiye All cities in the state
having population of less than 10000,
operating under the general charter law,
will come under the bill There are in the
state seventy-four cities of the fourth-class
and a large number of these will undoubted-
ly send representatives to Madison when
the bill is before the committee for hear
ing Senator Stout's bill increases the
scope of the free library bill by providing
for libraries in villages of 1000 Inhabitants
that may be levied and by leaving it to
councils or village boards alone to establish
them. AS it now stands, only villages of
1000 inhabitants can, have public Libraries;
1-1Oth of mill tax is all that can be raised
and the people must vote on the proposition
to establish Il library.
Assembly.
The Assembly upon meeting on the 10th
at O'Clock listened to the announcement
of Speaker Buckstaff's committees as the
first order of business after rollcall. There
was no other business until the lntroduc-
ton Of bills, the following being submitted:
To amend the act incorporating the Mill
waukee Orphan asylum to create board
of pardons and combinations; to repeal the
Kelley Cure law; relating to incorporation
of villages; to provide a board of revision
to prepare new law for incorporation of
villages; To appropriate $4,000 for finishing
and furnishing Home for the Feeble Minded,
and providing for payment OF current eX-
penses of same institution until other pro-
vision is made; to limit amount OF lnsur-
ance money exempt in case of insur-
ance on homestead to $1,000: to regulate
building associations; to vacate a cemetery
in First ward of Waterfowl city; to repeal
the Kelley Cure Liquor law: tc regulate the
practice of medicine: to amend the law re-
lating to building and loan associations; to
make general terms of court in 1853 circuit
special terms for all other counties in the
circuit Without considering the new rules
the Assembly adjourned
At the opening of the session of the As
sembly on the Goth the following bills were
introduced: To repeal the Kelley law; to
improve the public roads by making road
tax compulsory. 1t amends the law by strik-
ing out the word may and substituting
the word SHALL to, provide for the dis
tribution of the blue book. 1t calls for the
printing of $4,000 copies, which was the
number printed last year. 1t also makes
the same distribution: to legalize the acts
of a. Barron county justice. of the peace;
providing for an amendment of the consti-
tuition 1T proposes to amend article by
providing for an initiative and referendum.
Mr.. Frink is the fusion member; amend
ing the general incorporation act; to limit
the charges of attorneys appointed to defend
defendants in the courts of the state; to
amend laws relating to the drawing. of
jurors: to amend the general incorporation
act: amending the laws for the collection of