Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-04-08

wrecking where death results punish
able By life Imprisonment. The bill
providing for convict labor on high
ways was killed The senate
amendment TO the Legried register
of-deeds bill was concurred in
1t now empowers county boards OF
counties in which there are not cities
Of more than 10000 population to put
registers Of deeds on salaries
The committee appointed to investl
gate the charges made against certain
members of the assembly reported
that while DR.. Seaman had said Mr.
Frink had offered TO use his influence
in regard to the medical bill for the
sum Of 800, he had been unable to
substantiate the charges and the evil
dence was not sufficient to Justify
further proceedings as the charges
were only general in their nature any
way.
Madison March 81 The first bill in
the senate was the Baxter bill, No.
2y5s. providing 70. the enlargement of
the state historical library building and
extending tie tax from three to seven
years 1t was then passed The state
tax bill was concuTed IN with the as
srmby amendment fixing the tax at
$40 Of mill No. soils (Thayer),
appropriIting 81 750 annually 10 the
State Horticultural society. $3.50 for
experimental work was passed Sena-
tor NeltDn introduced a bill to repeal
the law Of 1895 requiring fishing in
dams The senate refused by vote
Of - ta 10 to concur in the assembly
amendment to the fish and game bill
providing for a closed season ia Lakes
Superior and Michigan for white fish
and trout a beet sugar bounty bill
was killed.
In the lower house at the morning
session the senate bill for special tax
levy OF $40 Of a mill for 1897 and 1S9S
was concurred in. "a to 3. The law viii
raise abGut $3.50 600 a year Mr.. Hall
opposed concurrence in the senate
amendment to Mr.. Taylor's bin to make
the Green Bay railroad pay about So
600 state tax annually. The senate
amendment reduces the tax 10 $4,000
about what it is at present Mr. Hall
said the road paid per cent, on ST.
100000 last year the amendment how
ever was concurred in Senator Mailer's
bill prohibiting The sale Of impure ice
was defeated Mr. Iatta moved to rere-
fer the Davidson bin Ga substitute sub
iecting express companies TO taxation
saving that Inc bin completely changed
Tine method Of taxation and time should
10 nae IN which to give it full consider
atiln. Mr. Hall opposing delay, said
that substitute was adopted because
it was claimed Che original bill was IN
constitutional The substitute was
theu ad3r.el as an amendment ami the
lill ordered 10 tntrd reading Il is
thought that tine Davidson bill viii net
the state treasury about $4,000 a year
II provides q fee for every express Office
i'm the .tdtc In cities Of from 10000 to
10000 people. the fee is 5000, in cities
OF 10000 people down to $1,000, $3.50
Cities o( from 10000 to 5000 pay 800
and from 200 to 10000 $40. all smaller
communities. So each. House bills pass
cd We're. Permitting county stores to
an patent medicines giving the dairy
md Good commissioner power TO APP
point an agent to inspect diaries at 81
per day and expenses Mr.. Hall said
few words as to his bill 5GSa which
taxes collateral legacies The bill, he
said is unfortunately not in accordance
with the Wisconsin constitution How
ever. Mjnr esOta has amended its con-
stiutou ID allow OF such law which
is not yielding q large revenue. New
York s.at- secures s.. 100000 year
from this source Mr. Han said the
Jay Gould estate alone paid S750,900
The bill was then killed. In the assem-
bly, at night T. h Han was the central
figure around which waged the warmest
and mos proracted debate of this ses-
sion of the legislature. After several
worrying roll calls the members voted
10 prohibit the use of railroad passes
by members of the legislature This Is
the practical result of the Hall resolu-
tlon which was passed to a third read
ing. Hall, W, 4 Jones, Flett and Buff
fingtou spoke against the pass system.
while it was defended by Nessrs u. +.
Jones. MoGrath. and Barnum The
substitute, making legislators pay s =
coo a year ana cutting off passes. was
then voted down. Sc to % and the Hall
resolution ordered TO a third reading
Madison April l-Joint resolution
no ISIS lGreen) providing for
4 committee To investigate system
of land titles. with view
was indefinitely postponed SEN
dor WeHons joint resolution
providing that the balance remaining
f'om the appropriation for monuments
ON the battlefield OF ChickamaHEa be
used for the raa.ian Of a monument %
Wisconsin .oliers ON the battlefield B,
III Chattanooga was adopted The
high hat .belter bin. NJ SOFA which
was on the calendar for passage. was