Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-11

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Madison, Feb. 5.-In the senate bill
was passed; to provide for the ap-
pointment by the governor of two com
petent persons to revise the laws re-
lating TO the incorporation of villages
to report to the legislature on or be
fore March /, 1897, the compensation
being $500 for both. Many unimport-
ant or local bills were introduced.
In the assembly Mr. Minch
presented memorial from the Dane
county board asking that a bill be
passed fixing the salary of the county
judge of Dane county at $4,000 and
eliminating all fees. He also offered
a bill to that effect. Other bills were
By. Mr.. Barnum, restoring the statute
of 1891 exempting Libraries from taxa
ton; by Mr.. Arson, declaring void all
assessments seeking to give preferences
except for the wages of laborers;
by Mr.. White, permitting women to
serve on school boards in cities Of the
I'd and Sd classes existing under special
charters: also Subjecting all buildings
or institutions wherein persons are de-
tanned with or without their consent
to visitation by the state board OF con-
troll by Mr.. Church. increasing the
maximum number of companies in the
Wisconsin national guard from 40 to AZ;
by Mr. Risum, repeating chap. $50.
foxes; by Mr.. Clason, requiring cities
and villages to pay the expenses of i'm
prisonment IF persons convicted OF
violating city or village ordinances;
also, by request, requiring dealers in
liquors who do business both by whole
sale and retail to take out two lice nses;
also for the appointment of board Of
7 medical examiners by the governor,
allopaths, 2 homeopths, and l ecec-
tic physicians from which 'all persons
hereafter commencing the practice of
medicine shall obtain a license;
by Mr.. Rosenkranz. requiring
brewers to make pure beer; requiring
normal schools to turn out teachers
capable OF giving instruction in ply
steal education and that physical edu-
cation shall be part of the curriculum
of all common schools; by Mr..
Froehlich, by request, assess
ing mortgages, bonds and contracts
in the assessment district where the
real estate on which they are liens is
located and deducting the amount OF
such liens from the taxable value OF
the real estate; by Mr. Mcdonald, re-
curing undertakers to make returns
of death instead of physicians;
by Mr.. UT, providing that the
county judge of Grant county hold
Special terms between the times Of
holding the regular terms; by Mr.
Rosenkrans bill providing that
jurors shall be summoned by registered
nail notices instead of by sheriffs
caused debate, Mr.. Wheeler of James
vile contending that the present
method was the surest and best, and
that good juries were more important
than the saving Of sherffs' fees. Mr..
Rosenkrans told of the outra geous bills
Waukesha sheriffs had rendered for
this service-S1, 400 for last year alone,
and of the monumental amount on
the same ratio the whole state had
paid. The United States, he said had
long pursued the method he proposed,
summoning all it's juries by registered
letter. Mr.. Wheeler spoke of the un-
certainty of the mails and incidentally
gave expression to some sympathy for
sheriffs. This brought Mr.. d. F. Jones
of Sparta to his feet with the deliber-
ate declaration that such sympathy
was wasted-that It was his obser,a-
ton and experience that sheriffs were