Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-08

land, appealing to them to stop muir
ders and other forms of wanton cruelty
in Cuba.
Wisconsin Legislature.
Madison, March 29.-In the Senate
Assemblyman Legried's bill making
the office of register of deeds a salaried
one, which was brought up again on
a motion to reconsider, was passed
by a vote of II to 10. Senator Phillips
explained that the bill as amended
leaves the matter of making the Office
such with the county board Of super
visors and is not obligatory; also that
it did not apply to counties having
cities with a population of 10000 or
over
In the assembly Speaker Buckstaff
app lnted Messrs. Hail. Cashin and
Jensen as a committee to confer with
Railroad Commission er Mckenzie and
find out why rival railroads don't
make convenient connections at june
times the perversity Of the roads at
Camp Douglas is especially aimed at
These serate bills were concurred in:
Nos. (McGillivray) requiring prison
made goods to be labeled 80, Roehr)
providing a contingent fund of $50,-
600 for prevention of contagious dis
eases and 45 (McGilliyray,) to encour-
age the production Of beet sugar.
Madison, March 30.-A bib taxing
sleeping car companies per
cent. Of their gross receipts based on
actual mileage was recommended for
passage in the senate. This bill levieS
a tax on interstate business as we'll as
on that done between points wholly
within Wisconsin. Heretofore sleeping
car companies have paid n tax on in
terstate business. 1t is estimated that
the annual receipts of the state from
this source will be increased from this
source will be increased from $500 to
nearly $4,000. The Risum high hat
bill was killed. Bills were concurred
in: Relating to license fees from rail-
way companies, authorizing the recall
and destruction of lists of deserters
and to change the boundaries of the
seventh and ninth judicial circuits.
No. 243s, authorizing the establish
ment of a branch veterans home, was
killed.
In the assembly a bill was intro
duced by Mr.. Wipperman making train
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 investi
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 500, he had been unable to
substantiate the charges and the evil
dence was not sufficient to Justify
further proceedings as the charges
way.
Madison, March 81 The first bill in
the senate was the Baxter bill, No.
'n'!E,- 1NrnuiGino g
the state historical library building and
extending the tax from three to seven
years. 1t was then passed The state
tax bill was concurred i'll with the as
sembly amendment fixing the tax at
$40 of a mill. Nc 301s (Thayer),
appropriating s1,75o annually to the
State Horticultural society, $3.50 for
experimental work was passed. Sena-
tor Welton introduced a bill to repeal
the law of 1895 requiring fishing in
dams. The senate refused by a vote
of Is to Is to concur in the assembly
amendment to the fish and game bill
providing for closed season in Lakes
Superior and Michigan for white fish
and trout. A beet sugar bounty bill
WdS killed.
In the lower house at the morning
session the senate bill for a special tax
levy Of $40 of a mill for 1897 and 1898.
was eOncurred in, 81 to 5. The law will
raise about S250,000 a year. Mr.. Hall
opposed concurrence in the senate
amendment to Mr.. Taylor's bill to make
the Green Bay railroad pay about S.
600 state tax annually. The senate
amendment reduces the tax to $1,000
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.. Latta moved to rere-
fer the Davidson bill Ca substituted sub
jecting express companies to taxation.
saying that the bill completely changed
the method of taxation and time should
lie had in which to give it full consider
atiCn. Mr.. Hall, opposing delay, said
that substitute was adopted because
it was claimed the original bill was IN