Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-02-15

concurrence be refused The motion. was
adopted with but two dissenting votes.
Among the bills ordered to third reading
were: No. 80 S, TO repeal the law relating
to fees paid to the state treasurer for ex-
animation of banks; Nos. 66 and 81 S. re-
lating to Downer and Milwaukee colleges,
authorizing transfer of dOWers; No. 81 S,
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes and o.gar-
cite paper to minors in Wisconsin; No. S.
fixing salary Of Milwaukee county court
judge. Bills were killed as. follows: No.
81 S, relating to new trials in criminal
cases; No; 50 s, relating to taxation Of
street railways Senator Green's bill for
which he has introduced a substitute); No.
20 S, relating to evidence; No 95 S. pro
yiding for conveyance of lands. Adjourn
ment--was taken until evening.
At the evening session of the Senate on
the 18th the following bills were killed:
No. Is S, relating to the fees of notaries;
cult Judge in Milwaukee county; No. 80 S,
relating to executions against debtors; No.
81 S, relating to the Imprisonment of judg-
tions; No. So S, to repeal section 1851 of the
revised statutes in relation to debtors; No.
SIS S. to amend the laws relating to fees
Of the Wisconsin Humane society; No. 1913
S, to provide for the discharge of sureties
upon bonds No 725 S, to provide for a
definite and limited amount of liza
b5ity for sureties Upon upon bonds bonds No
name society The committee on claims
reported for indefinite postponeemnneent Sen,
ator Timme's bill to appropriate $500 to pur-
chase binders for legislative bills. Senator
Munsons bill, No. 14o S, relating to ap-
praisement OF damages done by animals,
was reported for passage by the judiciary
committee. The committee also reported
for passage Senator Anstin's Joint resolu-
ton for constitutional amendment to- al
low the Legislature to authorize the cleo
tiOn of additional circuit judge in Mil
waukee. The idea of the committee is
that the resolution covers practically the
extra Judge, and for this reason the bill
was postponed.
In the Assembly on the 9Th the following
bills were introduced: Amending the laws
relating to appeals; ALSO to amend exemp-
ton laws; relating to voluntary assign
ments; relating to women school commits
sioners; also, relating to the state board OF
control; amending the National guard laws;
pealing the law authorizing dam on Vel
low river; to prevent illegal charges upon
counties; Also regulating the practice Of
medicine; amending laws relating to lieps
on logs and providing for liens for supplies;
also, amending laws relating to change Of
venue; to authorize food and dairy COM
bles; to, impose penalty for not returning
personal property for taxation; relating to
mortgages; amending laws relating to teach
ers institutes; to promote physical educa-
ton; to repeal laws Of 1895 relating to street
railway taxes; relating to cemeteries; to fix
the salary Of the county judge OF Dane
estate securities; amending laws relating to
death certificates; pertaining to duties OF
district attorneys; amending laws relating
to tax titles; to organize the town OF Crivitz.
in Marinette county; amending the laws of
1898 relating to county courts; providing for
pure beer. The Assembly held long and
krans' bill amending the laws relating to
the drawing of Jurors, SO that jurors may
be notified by, registered mails: Its OBJECT
is to cut off the sheriff's fees for notifying
Wheeler made a
sheriffs, to which .. *. Jones made reply
in which he brought down the house by de-
claring that the sheriffs were the great
est legaized robbers in the state. The bill
was ordered engrossed. The bills making
appropriations to the Industrial school for
girls and for home for dependent children
were ordered engrossed The Assembly adj
Journed to $3.50 p. m. on the Sth
The rollcall showed all but nineteen mem
bers present at the evening session on the
9Th. Mr.. Marsh introduced petition of the
residents of Clark county for the passage OF
the bicycle baggage bill, and Mr.. Langee
Fond du Lac county. Three petitions fay-
oring the passage of the Bicycle law were
also offered by Mr.. McGrath. joint reso-
state aid in the building of good roads was
introduced by Mr.. Mosher, a petition for the
passage of fish and game law was pre-,
sented by Mr.. Goodell. My Hoyt presented
petition from the WauWatosa board for
the repeal of the law exempting private
insane asylums from taxation. Mr. Welch
introduced resolution for memorial to
Congress for the passage of the law, now
pending to increase the salaries of letter
carriers in cities of the first class Two
bills on the calendar for engrossment and
third reading were referred-No. 40 A, relat-
ing to the administration of estates and No.
121 A, relating to Illuminating oils were
There were a number Of other bills on the
calendar for engrossment, but they were
not considered, adjournment being taken on
motion Of MI Peterson. During the session
the following bills were introduced: TO in
crease the force of deputy shefitfs in Mill
waukee county from twenty-one to twenty
anf frn1 the saa od ahe I'M IN
creasing the salary of the clerk and one OF
the deputies; relating to the destruction. OF
noxlous weeds; to secure the better Ter Preser,
walton Of fur bearing animals; relating to
the raising of a school fund income; to re-
peal the law relating to the sale OF liquors
on Sundays and election days; to repeal
statutes by striking out the limit OF $4,000
to be loaned to school districts; to amend
the law relating TO the building Of bridge
amend the city civil service law; relating to
to permit wi wife to fesffy IN IN
villages relating to liens, relating to the
fees of jurors in Oshkosh; relating to the
transfer OF licenses for the sale OF liquors
lating to the examination of witnesses in
adverse proceedings; to regulate the ,erm
of LIQUOR licenses in all villages and cities;
to create the office of public examiner; to
create the town of TomahaWk in Lincoln
county; to amend the election laws; to pro-
tect fish in Fond du Lac county lakes; to
authorize the state board of health to nse
and sell antitOxin; to authorize the build
ing of dam across Beaver creek in Juneau
county; relating to county officers; to amend
the law relating to property exempt from
taxation; to classify the state printing;
to amend the law relating to county aid for
bridges; to protect. the payment of Tabor
employed upon public contracts; relating
to the state agricultural society; relating to-
general elections; relating to the eligibility
for holding office in this state; to. provide
for low water levels in inland Fakes; for
the licensing of plumbers.
At the session of the Assembly OH the 9th
Mr. Sweeting introduced a memorial to
Congress asking that the Pere Marquette
statue be returned to the state so that
statues of Gen. Fairchild and Gen. Rusk
might be placed in Statuary hall. A NUM-
Der of petitions for the passage OF the BIZ
cycle baggage bill were presented and
there were some remonstrances against the
repeal of the Sunday laws. Assemblyman
McGrath offered a resolution for tine print
ing of joint resolutions before they are
acted upon, and the resolution caused quite
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