Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-03-18

Bills were killed: Providing for vac
clnation; requiring security for wages
and materials used in public buildings
and works; and prohibiting any person
who furnishes material for buildings
from having lien; No. 81 a, relating
to guardians and wards, was killed. 1t
is the measure, that, it is said, was
calculated to settle the Pereles- Mark
ham case in favor of Perele3.
In the assembly Mr.. Burnham made
motion that the Treat bill, No 49a,
| forbidding the sale of liquor within
half mile of the national soldiers
home, Milwaukee, be rereferred to the
committee on state affairs 1t prevailed
after Mr.. Treat had explained that he
wished it considered not later than next
Wednesday. Assembly bills were passed:
Providing for the assessment for street
improvements, sewers and water pipes
of lands in cities owned or used by
cemetery associations; amending the
peddler law; authorizing J. F. Hamil-
ton, Charles T. Baker and Horace Mine.
to maintain dam across Beaver creek,
Juneau county; forbidding the sale Of
impure ice; increasing the license fees
OF certain minor railways; authorizing
cities to change their names: legalizing
the acts of the officers of the Elroy
cemetery association in executing GER
tain deeds; providing for the investment
OF municipal sinking funds in municipal
bonds, and encouraging wider use of
the books of free public Libraries. Mr..
Lange opposed the passage of the senate
bill appropriating 81 900 for 1878 to
the State Firemens association. He
had fought just such measures during
three sessions, as the money granted
was merely used in paying the expenses
of an annual firemen's picnic. The
bill was concurred in, So to 81 Other
senate bills concurred in were:-Cedng
certain lands in Calumet county to the
United States; authorizing cities to ac-
quire lands outside the city limits for
park or driveway purposes, and to
create park commissions and prescribe
their powers and duties. and levying a
Ito mill tax for two years for normal
school improvements. Assemblyman
| Hoyt's bill repeating the law of 1883,
which eXempts private insane asylums
| from taxation. came back from the
senate with an amendment taxing the
| Wauwatosa asylum, but eXempting
similar institution at Lake Geneva.
The amendment was rejected Mr.
Frink presented the following resolu-
| ton, claiming it as privileged:
| Whereas, limitations have been pub
lished in certain papers rejecting upon
the honor and integrity of certain MEM
bers of this assembly, therefore, be it
resolved that a committee of five be
appointed to investigate the truth or
falsity Of such limitations and that such
committee report back to the assembly,
at their earliest convenience" Before
it was adopted Mr.. Frink read a Madi-
son correspondence in the milwaukee,
Sentinel Of March 5 limiting at bribery
in connection with a favorable report
on the medical board bill. He deemed
| the matter serious enough to warrant
a full investigation. Mr.. McGrath re-
marked that no charges had been made
except informally in the newspapers,
and he saw no reason for an investiga
| ton; but the resolution was adopted
without dissent. Later Speaker Buck
staff announced the appointment of d.
F. Jones, Parker, Pierce, True and
Cashin as the investigating committee.
Mr.. Clason submitted substitute for
the medical board bill. From it are
omitted some of the clauses that were
especially Objectionable in some quar-
tiers. Mr.. Hall made a motion that
the substitute and bill go over till next
Wednesday and after a fight it pre-
allied. The libel bill was rereferred to
ne judiciary committee, together with
ertain amendments offered by Mr..
Lange. The Wylie anti-poolng bill
was ordered engrossed by the vote of
67 to H. Assembly bills were killed:
Relating to treatment of inehriates; re-
pefling the deep channel commission
law: appropriating money to Zacharius
Smonson and Charles l.. Simonson;
relating to sheriffs: to compilation OF
the railroad laws; to publishing list and
notice of sale of land taxes and to
valuation of property for purpose of
assessment
!
Madison, March 12-The senate killed
the assembly bill which forbade an
alien from holding any public office
whatever in Wisconsin. Senate bills
were passed appropriating $4,000 for
the improvement of the Bayfield, fish
hatchery aid empowering street and
electrical railways to acquire property
by the right Of eminent domain.
True's assembly bill was concurred in,
permitting the taking of all kinds OF
material for the improvement OF high
ways from unimproved lands adjacent
thereto. Senate bills killed were: For
bidding the filling in of lakes; changing
the method of taxing light and power
plants, and changing the vaccination
laws.
The assembly passed bills providing
against the adulteration OF food and
drinks; limiting the interest charge on
chattel loans to II cents and changing
various town boundaries in Richland