Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1899-04-26
WISCONSIN SOLONS.

The Senate on Tuesday passed without
debate the bill to extend the Sheridan
drive from Chicago to Milwaukee and the
bills to prohibit discrimination by employ
ers against members of lsbor organiza-
tons; raising taxation in cities from to
80 per cent; repeating the law making the
State a preferred creditor In cases of
bank failure; appropriating $500 TO
county training schools for teachers ia
Marathon and La Crosse counties umpor-
tant because an experiment in educatlon).
The Senate also concurred in the House
resolution for constitutional amendment
for general banking law and advanced
to third reading after long fight the bill
to vacate three acres of Milwaukee park
land for belt line depot. The House by
vote of G. to 10 concurred in the senate
bill creating a State tax commission to
serve for ten years. The Wheeler bill
to allow twenty days pool selling on races
was killed, as well as the bills taxing
mortgages and allowing towns and viii
lagos to unite for municipal purposes. The
bill appropriating $4,000 Cor new ex-
ecutive mansion was repcrted for death,
as was the Humphrey bill fixing passen-
ger fares on railroads al 2 cents.
After another debate on Wednesday the
Assembly passed the Orion bill greatly in
creasing the taxation of railroads. The
Committee ON Assessment and Collection
of Taxes reported bin taxing inherit
ances. When the anti-pass bill came up
in the Senate the Assembly amendment
making the penalty misdemeanor was
rejected, and it went back to the House
again. The Senators held that the pen
atty would practically exempt legislators,
as they cannot be arrested for any offense
less serious than felony during the con
tinuance of the session. The Assembly
Committee ON Roads and Bridges report
ed for postponement the Sheridan drive
bill.
The House on Thursday killed the Sher-
idan drive bill by vote of AZ to 80. The
Senate, after some discussion, passed the
bill prohibiting the sale of milk of cows
fed on distillery Stops, but killed the bill
giving a bounty of cent pound on all
beet sugar manufactured in the State.
The conference committee on the bill abol-
ishing the State land Office presented its
report, agreed to by the full committee.
As reported he oil. reduces the present
force to one chief clerk and assistant
clerk, the bookkeeper and one other clerk,
at the salaries they now receive up to
Jan. 4, 1901. After that date the force
is to be reduced to three clerks and placed
under the supervision of the Secretary of
State. The report was adopted, passing
the bill as amended.
On Friday both houses of the Legisla-
ture adjourned until Monday evening. The
Assembly voted down a resolution fixing
April % as the date for final adjourn
ment. The State Affairs Committee re-
ported bill for State commission for
the pan-American exposition in Buffalo in
1901 and making an appropriation of $50
600 therefor. The Sheridan drive bill
was effectually killed by an adverse vote
on a motion to reconsider the measure.
The bills providing for the appointment
of two women on the board of control and
for supervisor of inspectors of weights
and measures were killed. The Senate
passed two bills appropriating over ST.
250,000 for the nine charitable and penal
institutions of the State. OF this sum
1896, 900 is for current expenses and
$500 for the completion of the Green
Bay reformatory. The reformatory also
gets 100000 for maintenance for two
years.