Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-25

limiting the liability of sureties and
relating to appraisement of damages
done by animals. The bill repeating
chapter 179, laws of 1880, which con-
fers police powers on agents of the
Wisconsin Humane society was killed.
message was received from the gov
ernor announcing the appointment
OF E. K. Petherick of Milwaukee to
succeed Lemuel Ellsworth on the state
board Of control, and the re-appoint-
ment Of Charles Pittelkow of Milwau-
kee ard A. E. Thompson of Oshkosh.
on the state board Of normal school
regents At the evening session Mr..
Baxter moved that the bank examiner
Dill be taken up. Senator Putnam
presented an amendment striking out
the first section, giving the governor
the approval power in the appointment
on the examiner This was adopted ana
the bill then passed by vote of 10
to !. Under this bill the examiner is
! appointed by the state treasurer. The
stationary engineers bill was indefinite
ly postponed.
In the assembly Mr.. Rosenkrans of
fered the following resolution. which
lies over:
mat the regents of the university
Oh wisconsin be and are hereby re-
CURED to furnish the legislature as
early as practicable, an itemized state
lneht showing the total product of
every kind on the university farm. es-
peclally the live stock, cheese, butter.
milk, cream, eggs, hay, grain, vege-
tables, and garden produce, together
with the cost of production, disposition
OF ana amount received therefor, dur
ing The year ended Dec 81, 1896; also
showing the amount and cost of labor
and material used at machinery hall.
the number and kind of articles man
ufactured, the disposition Of and
amount received therefor"
The Barnum resolution for G. a p
headquarters in the state house was
referred to the committee on military
a1alrs, as was also the Cuban resolu-
ton.
Mr. olson's resolution demanding a
report from the university regents OF
all expenditures of the athletic council
Tor the year 1896 brought Mr.. w. A.
Jones to his feet with an explanation
that the regents had nothing to do
with that council. They never gave 1t
cent and had no control over it's af-
fairs. All it's funds were raised. he
said, among the students and their
friends or from ticket sales.
Assembly bills were passed: Appro-
prlating SIS 900 to the feeble-minded
home; limiting the pay of ATTORNEYS
appointed to defend minor criminals
to SIS per day and $25 in all. except
where a felony is charged, where the
total pay may reach $3.50; and reouir-
ing jurors to be summoned by the
clerk of the court by registered letter.
the same as the United States govern
ment now does. Senator Munson's bill
giving the weekly papers a chance to
publish insurance statements at $40
each the dailies alone now having
that privilege) caused little skirmish-
ing but finally went to the insurance
committee. All bills to repeal the
Sunday laws were killed also the bills
repeating chapter 331, laws of 1896, re-
lating to a fee of 81 from applicants
for teachers certificates, and provid-
ing for the non-payment of taxes on
Wlde-tired wagons and allowing a tax
rebate Of $3.50 for each wagon so used.
Madison, Feb. 19-In the senate res
olutions proposing an amendment to
the constitution to give the legis-
lature power to authorize and restrict
taxes in counties and towns, and
relative to the semi-centennial were
adopted. When the bill to repeal the
law requiring banks to pay a fee for
examination came up, debate en-
sued, but it was passed, % to Z.
In the assembly Mr. Ray
made motion that Mr. Whites
name be stricken from one of the
two reports of the committee on
claims. Four of the members of that
committee reported against the bill ap-
propriating $4,000 to the State Agricul-
Iuldi oOSloly III us IOSS Oh STATE AID
for allowing liquor to be sold on it's
grounds. The committee, to 8, voted
to report against the bill, but when Mr..
White, who had been absent, returned,
he signed the minority report. To
his right to do so Mr.. Ray objected.
and the speaker ruled that Mr.. Whites
name must be stricken from the mi
nority report as recorded in the assem-
bly, journal. Mr.. Polacheck ques-
tiononed the correctness of the ruling,
but the house sustained it. No action
was taken on the bill. An as
sembly bill was passed permitting the
state treasurer to appoint the bank ex-
aminer, the governor now having that
power. An assembly bill was killed
preventing county judges and clerks of
the county courts from receiving any
other compensation than the salary al
lowed by law. Both houses adjourned
till Monday.