Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-09

county board. The bill went to a
third reading, the vote being Al to IS.
Assembly bills We're killed: Nos ~
tPorter), appropriating to John Girl
more SAT for fish nets DESTROYED ~
(Killilea), reducing the tax sale inter
est to per cent; AZ (Ela), making
the pay of jury commissioners SO \
day, BNides cents mileage (the rate
now being higher); 131 (Hartung)
requiring fees of witnesses for the
state in civil cases to be paid out of
the state treasury; 15a (Wheeler), val
idating proceedings taken in widening
streets, etc.; 1856 (Becker), returning
to the old method of drawing juries
327 Uange), authorizing the county
judge at Fond du Lac to employ a pho
nographic reporter; 352 (Wheeler)
making the penalty for trying to es-
cape from an officer Imprisonment for
not more than one year or fine not
exceeding $500; 435 (Lange), forbid
ding the sale of secondhand traction
engines under the. pretense of being
new; 306 (Slade), permitting r. S.
Houston of Kenosha to bring action
to show how much he lost by having
his stock killed by the state veterina-
rian. The house bill was passed Civ
ing the state firemen's association
81 400 for the next biennial period.
Madison, March 3.-Today the eighth
week of the legislative session ended
and a recess taken till Monday even
ing. Though few bills have been
passed the work is we'll in hand and
speedy progress will be made hence
forth. In the upper house today Sen
ator Lamoreux's joint resolution, No.
24s, for constitutional amendment
for the creation of an appellate court,
was adopted. Among the bills ordered
to third reading were Nos. "a
(Whitehead), providing seats for fe-
male employees i'll certain establish
ments; 155 (Harris), providing for
branding of renovated butter; 2O6
(Welton), providing for sale of pure
milk and cream.
Mr.. Vandercook 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 ,ne COM
mittee on charitable and penal insti-
tutlons sanctioning the appropriation
Mr.. Gilmore made brief explanation
OF Senator Jacobs bill permitting
cities un1er 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
to make more wards and thus gain a
larger representation upon the county
board. The country members lined up
against the measure and it was killed.
90 to 80. The Dodge bill relieving
retail lumber dealers mutual insur-
ance associations from reporting to
the insurance commissioner was
passed. The Gilmore bill requiring
stan1 the expense of prosecuting per-
sons who commit offenses in state in
stitutions was defeated, SO to So.
Among the assembly bills passed were
No. 136 (F'rost), appropriating $500 to
the State Horticultural society for it's
exhibit at the Omaha exposition.
No. 1872 (HalD, providing that trus-
tees of insane asylums shall be ex-
officio 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
ent children, no 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. Us (Zinn), forbidding Junk
dealers to buy from minors without
the latter have the written consent of
their parents to sell.
No. 215 tAnderson), making it
misdemeanor to refuse to give assess
ors farm statistics.
No. 335 (Guth), forbidding village
companies to insure outside Of the viii
lage except by 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.
Cr. Johnson made an earnest plea
for his bill requiring all doctors in
practice prior to July l., 81, to register
with the state board. He explained
that the object sought was to weed out
the long-haired quaeks who travel up
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). Thea bill
was then passed.
Judge Orion declared as paternal-
I site and offensive the hill uhicH a;p,e