Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-11

lature, judges Of courts of record, sher-
IFS, district attorneys, mayors, chiefs
OF police, etc, of cities of over 5000
people; by MIR. Davidson, taxing tele-
graph companies on their first wire So
per mile, second 81; all wires after that
| 81.
Madison, Feb. 5.-In the senate bill
was passed; to provide for the ap-
pointment by the governor of two COM
petent persons to revise the laws re-
! latlng to the incorporation of villages
to report to the legislature on or be
fore March 1, 1897, the compensation
being $500 for both. Many unimport-
ant or local bills were introduced.
In the assembly Mr.. Minch
presented a memorial from the Dane
county board asking that a bill be
passed fixing the salary Of the county
Judge Of Dane county al $4,000 and
eliminating all fees. He also offered
a bill to that effect. Other bills were:
By Mr.. Barnum, restoring the statute
! OF 1891 eXempting libraries from taxa
ton; by Mr.. Arson, declaring void all
assessments seeking to give preferences
except for the wages OF laborers;
by Mr.. White, permitting women to
serve on school boards il cities of the
"a and Sd classes existing under special
| charters; also subjecting all buildings
or institutions wherein persons are de-
! tanned with or without their consent
to visitation by the state board of con-
troll; by Mr.. Church, increasing the
maximum number of companies in the
Wisconsin national guard from 40 to AZ: ;
by Mr.. Risum, repeating chap. $50,
foxes; by Mr.. Clason, requiring cities
IN relation to foxes; by Mr..
Clason, requiring cities and vii
lagos to pay the expenses of i'm
prisonment cf persons convicted of
violating city or village ordinances;
also, by request, requiring dealers in
liquors who do business both by whole
sale and retail to take out two licenses;
also for the appointment of board of
Z medical examiners by the governor,
4 allopaths, homeopths, and 1 eclec-
tic physicians from which call persons
hereafter commencing the practice of
medicine" shall obtain a license:
by Mr.. Rosenkranz, requiring
brewers to make pure beer; requiring
normal schools to turn out teachers
capable OF giving instruction in ply
slcal education and that physical edu-
cation shall be part of the curriculum
OF all common schools; by Mr.
Froehllch, by request, assess
ing mortgages, bonds and contracts
in the assessment district where the
real estate on which they are liens is |!
located and deducting the amount of |
such liens from the taxable value of !
the real estate; by Mr.. Mcdonald, re-
curing undertakers to make returns
CT death instead Of physicians;
by Mr.. UT, providing that the
county judge of Grant county hold
special terms between the times of
holding the regular terms by Mr..
Rosenkrans a bill providing that
Jurors shall be summoned by registered
nail notices instead of by sheriffs
caused debate, Mr.. Wheeler of Janes-
vile contending that the present
method was the surest and best. and 4
That good Juries were more important
than the saving of sheriffs' fees. Mr..
Rosenkrans told Of the outrageous bills
Waukesha sheriffs had rendered for
mis- serVlce-S1 400 for last year alone, i
Of the monumental amount on I
ne same ratio the whole state had
PAID. The United States, he said, had
ong pursued the method he proposed,
all it's juries by registered
etter. Mr.. Wheeler spoke of the IN {
Of the mails and incidentally
ave expression to some sympathy for
heriffs. This brought Mr.. D. F. Jones 2
Il Sparta to his feet with the deliber 7
tie declaration that such sympathy 6
vas wasted-that it was his obserya- I
ION and experience that sheriffs were t
legalized robbers great applause), S
mo more often controlled county
cards than being controlled by them o
he measure was passed to third h
7ading. Mr.. Ray made a motion to t.
dJourn till $50 p. m. Monday which T
revailed C
-'-o'IIoOIi' HeD' Oh the senate to- Il
ght the report of the commit Y
e on the investigation Of the L
diversity was presented Con tt
rning the proportion Of teach z
IS to students, these figures were Y
wen by the report: In Ohio, 1 to IA 2;
| Indiana, 1 to al; in Illinois, 1 to
2; in Minnesota, 1 to 14.6; in Mich
IN, to 1873; il Missouri, / to u. 2: in 4
ebraska, 1 to 10; in California 70 II