Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04

ton and amount of revenue derived
! from its sale, was adopted. Assembly
| bills were killed, putting rag-weed il
the list of noxious weeds; authorizing
the state board Of health to provide
! for the sale and use Of anti-toXine diph-
thereto serum, and forbidding the
damming of rivulets. Senator Munson' s
| bill permitting insurance statements to
be published in weekly papers went to
third reading.
Madison, Feb. 24.-In the senate
bills were passed, providing thai
at every election, in cities OF
5000 or over the polls shall be open
from 6 a. M. to p. NJ, and in other
cities, towns and villages, at the No
vember elections from 9 a. m. until
shutdown; but in the latter class the city
council or town board may fix an earlier
| hour for opening; reducing the min
imum local license for auctiOneers from
$50 to $40, maximum $500; prohibiting
the giving of bonuses by any localities
to secure public buildings; requiring
timber inspectors offices to be within
their districts; providing that parties
casting 1 per cent. of the vote be en-
titled to a place on the official ballot
at the next election. 1t reduces the
percentage from to 1 per cent, the
purpose being to give the national dem
Ocrats place on the ballot at the next
election. Bills were killed, requiring
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for and pay into the public treasury all
fees and perquisites not specially pro-
vided for them by statue and making
an appropriation to John B. Norton.
In the assembly Mr.. Wylie's bill, ap-
propriating $4,000 to the State Agricul-
tural society to offset what it had lost
in state aid by permitting liquor to be
sold on it's grounds, created the best
debate of the session. The assembly
refused by a vote of 40 to 80 to kill
it, then it was ordered engrossed. Mr..
True's bill provided for the publica-
ton of the town laws was on the
the judiciary committee having so rec
commended, though several members,
including Chairman Billiard, filed a
minority report. Mr.. True asked for
a re-reference of the bill to the COM
mittee on state affairs. He argued that
there had not been a revision of the
town laws since 1885 and that town Of
fcers were at present laboring under
a great disadvantage in regard to le-
gal matters. The re-reference was then
made. The senate bill, permitting the
insurance commissioner to publish in
surance statements in weekly papers
instead of in dailies alone was concurred
in. A lot Of local bills were either
passed Or killed
Madison, Feb. 25-Tn the senate
house bills were concurred in as fol-
lows: Appropriating $4,000 to equip
the home for the feeble-minded. and
$1,000 to meet immediate current ex-
penses, and relating to religious socie-
ties. Bills were killed as fol-
lows: Providing for the retire
ment Of justices of the supreme
court and judges of all courts of rec
ord, at the age of 70, was Indefinitely
postponed, and providing for the better
education of stationary engineers.
The university statistics called for by
Senator Withee's joint resolution were
presented to the assembly. House bill
No. Is was re-referred to the committee
on education. 1t omits the president of
the university from the board Of regents.
Mr.. W. A. Jones, who had the day
before argued and voted for the So 900
to the State Agricultural
society, created some surprise by max
ing motion for a reconsideration Of the
bill engrossed and for its preference to |
the committee on state affairs. A
desultory vote in opposition was heard,
but he carried his point. His purpose {
was to save the bill, whose opponents
had, he feared, mastered enough /
strength to effect that end An en-
deavor Will now be made to secure a
compromise by which legitimate bills Of /