Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

FEBRUARY Is. 1897.
shippers of live stock; by Mr.. Peterson,
repeating the law giving compensation
to county agricultural society delegates
to the state fair; by Mr. w. A. Jones,
to limit the expenses of candidates in
elections and to secure pure practices
In politics. The special order for IL
O'Clock was Mr.. Davidson's bill
compelling registers of deeds in
May of each year to return
to the various assessors a record
OF the mortgages for each town, vii
lage and city, the purpose of course
being to get at this class of property
for taxing purposes. Mr.. Polacheck
asked that it be rereferred to the tax
committee. Mr.. Treat said that COM
mittee had been unanimous for pas
sage and he thought would be again,
but he had no objection to having Mr..
Po!acheck's wishes followed; so the
bill was rereferred.
Madison, Feb. 10.-The introduction
of bills ceased in the legislature this
evening. The number introduced
during the entire session to date
and to the corresponding period two
years ago is:
1897 1895
Senate ........35. Senate .409
Assembly ....626 Assembly .... 696
Total ..... .SS} Total ...., 1,l05
The lesser number of 1872 this year
over that of two years ago is, how
ever, more than offset by the dead
heads" that were permitted then but
rot allowed at this session.
During the day 400 bills were intro
PRODUCED in the two houses, among the
most important in the senate being:
by Mr. Munson, to provide for the
appointment of d purchasing agent for
the charitable and penal institutions;
by Mr.. WeltUn, to authorize Il branch
veterans home; also to extend the
corporate limits of the city of Madison,
ticking in Wingra Park and University
Heights; by Mr.. Green, TO provide for
The retirement of judges at 10 years OF
age and forbidding their candidacy for
election ii they will be OF that age err
the term expires; also to establish
state examining board Of architecture
and regulating buildings; by Mr.. McGjl-
livray, to prevent trusts, monopolies
and illegal combinations; also, by re-
quest, to prevent the combination OF
fire insurance companies; by Mr..
Thayer, to prevent the introduction
and spread of the San Jose scale and
other insects injurious to trees; by Mr..
bennett, to create a board of educa-
ton of II members for the more eff
ticiont supervision and management OF
the university, normal and public
schools; by Mr.. Conger, to amend the
law providing for the payment OF fees
by owners of sleeping and drawing
room cars; by Mr.. Devos. eXempting
from taxation only religious societies
owning property of less than $4,000;
by Mr.. LamoreauX, to provide for the
appointment Of commissioners to re-
port to the legislature q bill to re-
district the state into judicial circuits;
by Mr.. Burke, to repeal the law pro-
Viding for the appointment of a deep
channel commissioner
The flood of bills in the lower house
was simply awful. All sorts of sub
.iacts were covered. Among the bills
We're; BY Mr.. Krauss, to compel street
railways to operate cars by stored cleo
tricity or by conductors under ground;
by Mr.. Wolff, to prevent fraud in sale
of seeds; by Mr.. Webster, appropriating
$1,000 for the purchase of sugar beet
seed by the experiment station for dis
tribution to farmers by legislators
each solon to get 100 4 pound pack
ages; the beets to be shipped back to
the experiment station for determina
ton whence comes the best; also to
prevent the granting of liquor licenses
for the sale of liquor within one-half
mile of the university, normal schools
or high schools of the state, by Mr.
True, appropriating $4,000 TO the
trust fund on account of the debt due
on the state fair grounds, thus releas-
ing the State Agricultural society from
that obligation; also for the publica-,
ton of the town laws; by Mr.. Wheeler,
appropriating $4,000 for geological
ard geodetic survey; by Mr.. Flett, re-
quiring the distribution as soon as
printed of all legislative bills to county
clerks; also requiring that franchises
in cities and villages shall be given to
the highest bidder; also. permitting
the state board of control to contract
for the treatment of inebriates from
intoXicants or drugs; by Mr.. Taylor,
forbidding insurance agents to act as
assessors, by Mr. Reynolds, comforting
or land owners the exclusive right
to gather ice in waters on which their
property abuts; by Mr.. Tucker, prohib-
itfng state aid to public schools where
in sectariansm is taught or habili-
monts of any church are worn; by Mr.
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