Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-01-26

10 congress IN favor Oh American snip
ping was presented. Both houses held
| very brief sessions.
Madison, Jan. 19.-The caucus me
this afternoon and again this evening
but made no choice. Altogether II
stood thus:
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stephenson ...... ........24
BaDcock ...... ........ ............ II
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Thus Quarles lost votes during the
day. No choice is probable this week
In the senate Friday Lieut. Gov
Stone announced the appointment Of
Senator Stout and Whitman on the
joint legislative forest committee
The assembly members are Messrs
Kapp E. Rasmussen of Alice Lake
R. o. Hunt of Marinette and NJ. w
Ryan of Medford. Senator Roehr in
troduced a bill to abolish the fee sys-
tenn from the Office of register of deeds
in Milwaukee county and providing
an annual salary of $4,000 for the
register and $500 for the deputy
A bill was introduced by Sen
ator bennett for the adjustment OF
United States for swamp land indem-
nifty and other purposes. BY lis pro-
visions the governor is authorized and
empowered to accept the provisions OF
acts of congress providing for the adj
justment of any claim of the state
growing out of the swamp land grant
and his written acceptance shall have
the same force as legislative enact
ment. A lengthy bill providing for the
establishment of a state department OF
forestry was introduced by Senator
Stout. The secretary of state, state
treasurer and attorney general are to
be ex officio members of a board OF
forest commissioners They shall APP
point a superintendent of state forests
who shall hold his position for five
years at salary of $4,000 per year,
with an assistant at $4,000 per year
officers shall be provided a Madison.
District foresters and five wardens are
to be under supervision of the super
intendent who shall manage the state
forest lands in the most approved
methods to promote the growth of
timber. He may establish one or more
forest experiment stations, shall deliv-
er lectures on forestry and shall sell
the dead and down timber of the state
forests to conserve financial ends.
The sale of state lands, except those
known as school and university lands.
shall cease save as provided in the bill.
In the assembly Mr.. Rasmussen pre-
scented a petition from NJ. p. Barry and
many others of Barren county asking
that transportation and trafficking in
wild game be wholly forbidden.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. Thomas,
pay an annual tax of 3 per cent.
of their gross earnings within
the state This is not to interfere
with the taxation of the tangible prop
erty of the companies as now provided
by law
A bill by Mr.. True requires that par
ties before marriage must obtain a -
cense of the clerk of the circuit court
of the county in which the female re-
sides, or, if the latter be nonresident,
of the clerk of the circuit court of the
county in which the ceremony is per-
formed. The bill is similar
to the Illinois and Minnesota laws
on the subject. The clerk is to get
$3.50 for each certificate. He is
authorized to inquire under oath as to
the legality of the proposed marriage
and if he is satisfied that it would
be illegal can decline to issue the IL
cense. He must record each license
or be liable in the sum of $1,000 The
penalty for marrying persons who
haven't a license is a fine not exceed
ing $500 or Imprisonment not exceed
ing year.
A bill by Mr.. Wells provides for a
survey of the unsurveyed islands in the
Wisconsin river between Kilbourn and
Prairie du Chen and one by Mr..
ORION provides that when people
have kept a child past 2 years
of age for period of years without
inquiry about it from the parents they
may adopt it without notification OF
their purpose to the parents being
necessary.