Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01

as was No. 425a (Wippermanl, TO
change the boundaries of the seventh
and ninth judicial circuits.
Recommended for Concurrence,
Nos. l26a, authorizing the holding
OF sub-state fair At Chippewa Falls
for northern Wisconsin; lS3a, to ere
ate the town of Aurora in Taylor coup-
ty.
Recommended for Postponement.
Senate bill No. 20, to encourage the
beet sugar industry in Wisconsin, was
reported fol indefinite poStponement
Senate Bill Killed.
No, Ass (Welton), authorizing the
, es adjustment of branch veterans
home, was killed.
Amendments to Whitman Bill
Senator Whitman offered amend
ments 20 Senator DeHnett's bill, No
3l0s, providing for taxation of water
works companies. As amended TIE
/ bill makes the license fee, in lieu of
taxes, as follows: Where gross Ie-
ceipts are less than $4,000, ~ per
cert; $4,000 to $50, 1000, 4 per cent.
$4,000 to $4,000 AZ Ner cent. sS5.-
to $4,000. ) per cent; over $4,000, 6
per cent.
Recess was taken until 80 O'Clock
ASSEMBLY, MORNING SESSION.
Rev. H. A. Miner opened the assem-
bly, by prayer Tuesday morning. Then
Mr.. Legried introduced a bill correct
ihs ,ome technicality relating TO elec-
tJral affairs in the newly created viii
lAge Cf Cambridge. \ bill by Mr.. Wip-
prrman makes train wrecking where
death results punishable by life inn
prisonment. Mr.. Ray sent in the H.
nance committees substitute for tn
substitute for the banking code
Fish and Game.
.,'ne fish and game bill was amended
ia many particulars and then orde. ed
10 & third reading.
To Third Reading.
Other bills ordered to third reading
were: No. 81 (Niss), relating to spe-
cial assessments in Milwaukee,; 332
(Thomas), compelling the 500 railway
to reduce its fare from 4 to cents pei
mile; 1853 (Peterson), repeating the law
giving a per diem to delegates to the
meeting of the State Agricultural So
ciety; 1853 (Agen), relating to securing
stray logs; 36S (Webster), for the pur-
chase and free distribution by legisla-
tors of sugar beet Seed 400 (FletD
requiring public franchises to go TO the
highest bidder; $50 (Rosenkranz), es-
tablishing a municipal court at Ocon-
omowot; SAB (Wipperman), relating to
waterworks franchises; 456 (Trea0, re-
lating to a union school district in
Monroe county; 1893 (Yorkey). relating
to advertising in Milwaukee,: 562
uatta), requiring all advertising in re-
lation to public subscriptions 10 rail
way stock shall be paid by the rail
ways; 596 (HoyD, pertaining to the
Milwaukee plank road; 1913 (Niss), for
a commission to protect the forest re-
sources; 34S (F'rink), relating to tax
rates in Milwaukee; 474 u. j. Smith,
limiting the pay of sheritfs for taking
convicts to prison, children to the de-
pendent school, etc, to regular ex-
penses and So per day; and 423 (Wip-
perman), relating to the publication
of the railroad map.
Assembly Bills Killed
Nos. 40 and al (Eaton), relating to
the escape of prisoners and providing
for convict labor on highways.
Anti-Pass.
The Hall joint resolution for a con-
stitutional amendment forbidding the
acceptance of railway passes and
franks by public officials went over till
this evening on motion Of Mr.. Latta
The resolution came from the judiciary
committee changed 50 as to forbid
passes but giving legislators 81 600 sal
airy per year The judiciary commit
tee stood for and . against the
Grange.
State Fair.
The True bill creating a state board
OF agriculture was approved by Mr.
Wheeler, who thought 1t about time
that the state should go out of the fair
business, but if it was to continue, it
should at least require that all bills
paid out of the state treasury for the
maintenance of the society should go
through the secretary OF states office
True defended the bill eloquently, de-
claring that public sentiment was still
in favor of a state fair and that the bill
had been drawn carefully by the attor-
ney general. He explained many of its
features. The bill was ordered en-
crossed
Registers of Deeds.
The senate amendment TO the Legried
bill was concurred in.
It now empowers county boards of
counties in which there are not cities
Of more than 10000 population to put
rpUiSt prS Of dea1S nm ealarinc