Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-09

IOr the creation of an appellate court
was ADOPTED. Among the bills ordered
to third reading were Nos. 81
CWhitehead), providing seats for fe-
male employees in certain establish
ments; 155 (Harris), providing for
branding OF renovated butter; 2O6
(Welton), providing for sale of pure
milk and cream.
Mr.. NandercOok acted as speaker
during considerable portion of the
morning session in the assembly
Among the numerous petitions was
one containing 10000 names in favor
Of an appropriation of $4,000 for The
Eau Claire home for fallen women.
A report soon came in from lie COM
mittee on charitable and penal insti-
buttons sancuOning the appropriation.
Mr.. Gilmore made a brief explanation
OF Senator Jacobs bill permitting
cities unoer special charter to create
wards with only 500 population. the
minimum limit now being 1000 except
IN cities under general charters
Beaver Dam especially wants a chance
larger representation upon the county
board. The country members lined up
against the measure and it was killed
50 to 30. The Dodge bill relieving
retail lumber dealers mutual insur-
ance associations from reporting to
the insurance commissioner was
passed. The Gilmore bill requiring
the state, instead of the county. to
stand the expense of prosecuting per-
sons who commit offenses in state in
situations was defeated, So to 50.
Among the assembly bills passed were
No. 1876 (FrosD, appropriating $500 to
the State Horticultural society for its
exhibit at the Omaha exposition.
No. 1862 (HalD, providing that trus-
tees OF insane asylums shall be ex-
off1cio superintendent of the poor I'M
less the county board orders otherwise
but the board may appoint a superin-
tendent to have charge of the poor
outside of the poorhouse
No 1877 (SoltwedeD, giving county
board chairmen power to appoint 4
trustees of county homes for depend
Pnt children, no 2 from the same party
No. 172 (Hoehle), providing that any
person who insures his property IN
companies whose agents have not COM
piled with the law relating to filing
| bonds, shall be liable for the percent
age Of premiums due to local fire de-
partmentS.
No. IT'S (Zinn), forbidding Junk
dealers to buy from minors without
the latter have the written consent Of
their parents to sell.
No. 215 (Anderson), making it a
misdemeanor to refuse to give assess
ors farm statistics.
No. 335 (Guth), forbidding village
| companies to insure outside of the vii
lage except by a majority vote Of the
members present
No. 344 (Keene), multiplying the au-
thority of communities to license
bicycles. They may be taxed as other
property.
Sr. Johnson made an earnest plea
for his bill requiring all doctors in
practice prior to July l, '97, to register
with the state board. He explained
that the object sought was to weed out
| the long-haired quacks who travel III
and down the state, but he afterward
remarked that he had no allusion to a
certain gentleman in the second city
CDR. Powell of La Crosse). The bill
was then passed.
Judge Orion declared as paternal-
istic and offensive the bill which aims
to prevent a person from being eligi-
BILE to the office of county superintend-
| ent unless he has passed certain eX-
| aminaiOns and holds certain certif-
Gates. The present law qualities any
one for the place who has held it
prior to May, 1885," The bill struck
out just that provision. Judge Orion
raided the bill so severely that he sue
ceeded in getting it killed, 43 to "a.
Madison, March 6.-Both houses
held short evening sessions. In the
senate No. liza (Barlow), appropriate
ing $4,000 to Wisconsin State Fire
mans associations was ordered to a
third reading, also No. 32s (Roehr),
authorizing the purchase of tools for
making roads was ordered engrossed.
Marriage reform may yet be enacted
into law in Wisconsin and the state
be spared it's unenviable reputation.
At the assembly session Mr.. True
made plea for the marriage license
bill which was on the calendar for
Indefinite pOstponement and the
measure was finally re-referred to the
judiciary committee. Mr.. True will
Immediately draw up a substitute
with hopes Of better results. The me-
mortal to congress favoring postal
savings banks which was also down
for death was postponed for one
week. Mr.. Hoehles bill to exempt
bicycles from execution was killed.
The following assembly bills were
killed: Nos. 273, On. w. Ryan,, con-
ferring jurisdiction upon ceccain
courts; (Cashin), relating to county
courts; 40, Kessler), relating to of
lenses committed in reformatory ana
penal institutions; All, (Catlin). relat-
ing to the employment of assistants
for county officers; 438, (Buttles), re-
lating to criminal jurisdiction of
county court of La Crosse county; 467,
(McGrath), relating to the dismissal
OF actions in certain cases; 469, (Cat-
linz, relating to the sacrifice by forced
sale of personal property; 499, (nes-
sler), relating to divorce from bonds
of matrimony.