Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-22

senator rhayer opposed this and on
planned that Prof, Henry had offered
e carry out the provisions of tho bill
At no expense 10 the state, Senator
IonSer said a similar bin had been in
aehnliely postponed earlier in the s,s-
sion Many fruit growers opposed the
measure on the suppoSition taat they
mad to pay 6or the examination 81 their
orchards, Senators Baxter and fheyor
spoke 2s'ainS: the motion. II was car
riN ana the bill laid over until the
| evening session,
Mcpill for Regent,
GOV, Scotield sent in the appointment
ot George L. Mcnill Of Stevens Point
as member OF the board OF normal
s'hAN, regents for the term ending Feb
|, 1900 III place OF J. O. Raymond, Gc-
ceased. On motion OF senator Ph!l-
lips, HE nomination was unauimo uSly
eouhrmrd under suspension OF the
rules.
Bills Passed
Under suspension of the rules, Nos
62Sa and 56a, 20 revise the banking
laws, aud i0la, 10 regulate The pro,
ceduro for determining insanity and
goNernns commitments and Mrlles
We're passed. Other bills passed W arS
Nos, 96s (Dcnne,O. relating to MiIWAu
kee house o. correction; lois whit
mani, TO jurisdiction OF local insurance
- ~, AZ .Sl.
drains, SSis (DaNiSl, to prevent uuiust
discrimination ~ fire insurance COM
panteS; 3SrS lDa"isl, relating to orSan
iZauon of insurance corporations; S92s
lRoclW), to provide III organization &C
fratelndl assess nent order; S76a (rrue)
roVldug for cop'iila 'on of town laws;
CASA (raylor), authorizing bridge across
Menominee river; elsa (lloyU, provid
ing for payment Of license by plank ard
toll roads; 6l9a Pierce), legalizing acts
Of BriGgSVi!lc Cemetery association,
No, Ava tMerrilD, to cheaper the adj
mnistration OF estates of moderate val
ne in probate court, was slated .or non
concurrence. Senator McGillivray
SPOKE for the measure, Senator Austin
said the judiciary committee had re-
ported 1t adversely because many
judges had protested against It. Sena-
tor M2Mullen said many Judges de
clarcd it would make administration
OF estates more expensive as the es.
tatcS could be dragged into the circuit
court by It. Senator Whelan also OPP
posed it. The bill was non-eonruyred
in, the negative votes being by Senators
Conger, Davis, bennett, Green, McGil-
lWrdy, Munson, Siebbins ana Wood
worth.
Exemption Bill Advanced.
Assem5lyman Krauss' blI NJ, l3Ga,
reducing the exemption OF earnings
from 500 to $40 per month, was report
ed from the committee Tor indefinite
postponement, but 1t WAS ordered to
engrossment and third reading by a
vote of Is TO II.
Senator Austin moved that when ad-
iournment be taken ii be until II
o'clock this morning that the commit
ttcS hllSlt nave lliit w Itihlf 'h''i
bills for reporting,
500 Passenger Rates.
No. 332a, limiting passenger rates on
all roads which earn 81, 500 or more per
mile to not more than 3 cents per mile,
and requiring that tickets be sold ut
all stations at that rate, brought ont a
l., I Il
the bill was directed at the 500 road,
which it alone affected This road, he
said, charged 4 cents a mile for local
travel, but cents 4 mile for through
passengers: there was little local travel
and the company runs n day train FOR
its accommodation. II the bill passed
he said, the train would be taken off.
The people living In towns along the
line, he said, were opposed to the BILL
and ho cited circumstances from 700
of them. The bill was ordered to en-
gr5ssment and third reading, Is 10 H.,
ny the following vote:
Ayes bennett, Davos, Fisher,
Green, Mailer, Munson, Rlordan,
Roehr, Solliday, Stebbins, Stout, Wei
ton. Whelan, Whitehead, Wthee-l5.
Noes Austin, Baxter, Burke, Con
ger, Davis, Lamoreux, McGilllvray,
McMullen. Mills. Pierce, Putnam.
Thayer, Whitman, Youmans-1i.
Senator bennett moved that No. BIOS,
for the taxation of waterworl:s, be re-
called from the assembly. That done,
he moved a reconsideration Of the vote
Of passage that 1t might be rerclerred
10 the committee on state affairs as
some Interests were still unreconciled.
Senator Conger moved II be sent 10 the
committee on state affairs, which mo-
ton prevailed.
Milwaukee Sewerage.
Mr.. Hoyts bill, No, 62Sa, authorizing
A sewer commission for Milwaukee, au-
thorIzed 10 condemn lands FOR sewer
aye purposes, was ordered to eng: )bs-
ment and third reading.
Bill Killed.
Mr.. True's bill, No. 375a, providing
an appropriation TO reimburse tho trust
fund.- for !. loan to the state agr.cu.-