Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-03-18

I court Tor Milwaukee, was vetoed be-
I cause it is unconstitutional in that 1t
I confers Judicial powers upon clerk Of
/ the court, the governor stated in his
| communication returned with the bill
| No. CD a, 10 authorize the auditing of
certain bills in Milwaukee. was also
! considered unconstitutional by tie
governor. The third bill returned by
| the governor was No 1877 a. fixing the
salaries Of the judge and clerk of the
! Winnebago county court. Some OF its
sections were conflicting and it was
merely returned for clerical corrections.
| About two dozen members were alb
sent when Speaker Buckstaff called the
| assembly to order Prayer was offered
| by Rev. H ID. kamp. Petitions ia
yoring the passage of No. 500 a, TO pre-
/ vent the granting Of any liquor license
! to places within half mile of the
state university, normal schools or
| high schools came from the counties of
Dane, Sank, Walworth, Marathon,
} Wood, Shawano, Rock, Grant, Fond du
/
! Green Lake. Columbia and the students
of Milton G. 'lege. Eighteen petitions
/ protesting against the passage % the
! insurance code came from as many
church societies in all quarters of the
state Four petitions fayOring the
Webster pure beer bill came in Among
the other petitions was one from James
vile signed by rs physicians in or near
| that city fayoring the amended Clason
medical bill.
One Bill Concurred in
Senator Thayer's bill No. 90, re-
latng 10 the division Of cities into
classes, was concurred in.
Condition of Business
! Clerk Novel; read a statement
showing the condition of business in
the assembly. II revealed that of the
| G35 bills introduced in the lower house
294 are still in committees, 17S nave
| been indefinitely postponed, Ia
| have passed the assembly, - are pend
| ING but are not ready for passage. i3
| have been concurred in by the senate,
! 80 have been nonconcurred in by senate,
| G6 are now pending in the senate. Fltty-
eight assembly and two senate bills
have been rereferred to assembly COM
| mittees. Eighty-two senate bills nave
been referred to the house committees
The latter have 357 bills, both assem-
| a,
and have reported AIS of the III so far
referred to them this session
SENATE
Rev. J. w. Cochran opened the SEN
ate session with prayer, Lieut.. Gov.
Baensch presided Nine senators were
absent. The usual grist of petitions
was received Senator Green moved
Joint resolution that when amendments
are recommended to bills by committees
THAT such amendments lie over for one
day and be printed and placed on the
desk of each member of the legislature
II was laid over until today On
motion OF Senator Austin bills No. 90
and CT s, returned by the governor by
request, were sent back to the assembly
with request chat they be given further
consideration
Senate Bill Passed,
No. $3.50 CTimme), relating to fish
hatcheries.
Assembly Bills Concurred in.
No. As (True), relating to the inn
Iprtyement OF highways.
! No SIS tPierce). providing for the APP
No. l27 Bullard, relating to liens of
| Il echanics.
No. l56 Dresser. to legalize certain
acts of the supervisors of Burnett
county.
( No. los CPlummeU to maintain a
ferry across Lake Pepin from Stockholm
Wis to the Minnesota shore,
I No 269 Tucker), relating TO fees Of
. jurors in the municipal court of Osh-
kush
4 No. 500 ltiarvey). relating to the
acknowledgment of written instru-
ments
No. sol Clark. to establish lumber
Inspection district number seventeen,
! 40. 575 MARSH relating TO boards OF
review.
Special Order
senator McGnliyray's bill No 5, pro-
ylding for the marking or labelling Of
convict made goods, was made the spec
ial order for tomorrow morning az II
o'clock on motion OF Senator McGilliv-
ray.
To Third Reading
No. 2s9 5 (Woodworth). relating TO
publication Of proceedings Of state board
of charities
No 900 ; lMcGilliyrayl, to prevent
trusts and unlawful combinations
SOME POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Il, aisgusts lis 10 see others doing the