Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-25

1t is apparent that the end Of the
present week will see the legislative
work very far advanced indeed When
the lower house is up in its work the
situation is very hopeful, and that it is
IN that condition is apparent from the
fact that only 260 bills are yet in the
hands Of committees. During the past
week the assembly acted on about
SO bills per day. If it keep up this clip
it will get away with nearly the whole
batch of 260 by Saturday. And the
senate will doubtless keep easily
abreast of it.
When Speaker Buckstaff let the gayel
fall in the assembly Monday
evening at $3.50 o'clock, % mem
bers were absent. Rev. J. w. Coch-
rEn offered the invocation. Among
the petitions received were two urg-
ing the passage of assembly bill SOC
prohibiting the licensing Of saloons
within a half mile Of the university.
Clerk NOVEL; made his weekly re-
port Of the condition Of business which
vas as follows: Assembly bills intro
duced and referred, 636; assembly bills
rereferred, Is; senate bills received and
referred, 113; senate bills rereferred, 2;
total, S29. Bills reported, 500, bills
now in committees, 260; total, 829
The clerk reported the condition of
assembly bills as follows: In committee
1913; Indefinitely postponed, 1884; passed
assembly 1879; pending, 20; concurred in
by senate, II; noncOncurred in by SEN
ate, 8; pending in the senate, SO.
Mr.. Mosher offered a resolution call
ing for the appointment by the chair of
a committee of three to investigate and
report on the amount of money raised
by the mill tax for school purposes
since 1885. The resolution was lost
by the close vote Of 81 10 80. Assem-
blyman Mosher introduced early in the
session a bill providing that no coun-
ty shall receive more for school pur-
poses out of the mill tax than that
county has raised. This bill was rec
commended for indefinite pOstpOnement
by the committee on taxes. Its
chairman, Mr.. Treat, representing
Green county, was expected to favor
the bill inasmuch as the same would
have resulted in a net profit to this
county of $2,791 80, according to the
figures taken from the report of the
state treasurer for the year 1896
Dane county paid in $7,069.13 more
than it got back in Sc. Mr.. MOsher
says that in the year Of 1896 alone 43
counties received $123,322 .3S more
than they raised by taxes for school
purposes. Among the counties that
were drawn upon to pay more than
they received were the poor counties OF
Florence, Forest, Iron, Oneida and
Villas. Rich counties like Brown
Chippewa, Crawford, Door, Dun, Eau
Claire, Grant, and others, have been
living upon the fat fried out OF such
impoverished counties as Iron and
Villas. The condition that existed
years ago and prompted the passage OF
that law, Mr. Mosher says, does not
exist today Mr.. MOsher further says
that the voting down of his reSolu-
ton will not stop the warfare against
the principle which permits one cOun-
ty to educate its youth at the expense
of another, and there is no question
that either the same or a similar reso-
luton will be introduced in the senate
within the next few days. Mr..
Mosher and his friends do not intend
to abolish the one-miil tax. but claim
that each county should raise a one
mill tax for its own schools, thereby
carrying out the principle OF equal
taxation for school purposes.
A Joint resolution was adopted to
allow Mr.. Overlook to introduce a bill
to permit William Schneider to build a
dock at Green Bay.
On motion of Mr.. Wheeler senate bill
No. 35. relating to the fees of the
state bank examiner. was ordered re-
called from the senate. The senate
had adjourned before the assembly
asked for the recall Of the bill and
Mr.. Wheeler's subsequent motion for
reconsideration Of the vote refusing
concurrence was laid over until today
There was a long calendar ar
ranged for Monday evening, but an al
iournment was taken before the regu-
lar order was gone through with.
SENATE.
Rev. H. D. Ramp opened the session
of the senate Monday evening WIFI
prayer. Lieut.. Gov. Baensch presided
The calendar was brief and few commit
tee reports were received.
One Bill Concurred In.
Assembly bill No. 467 (Bufington)
ceding jurisdiction to certain lands IN
Eau Claire to the United States for
public building was concurred in.
Senate Bill Killed.
No. 259 (Devos) permitting the city
of Milwaukee to acquire lands for the
disposition of garbage and to issue bonds
therefor was killed.