Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-23
W., Vandercook, Wells, Werheim,
Wheeler, Willott, Willy-31

Gagnon, Germer, CRUDE, Humphrey, |
Hunt, Jensen KiIlilea, Logan, Nc
Donald, McGrath, Minch, Porter,
Sarau and Williams-14
The following is the substitute
minority report:
Resolved by the senate, the assem-
| bly, concurring, that article XIII of Tie
| constitution of the state be amended
| by adding thereto after section ten of
! the same, new section, which shall
be designated as section II of article
XIII. and shall read as follows:
Section II. No public officer or
person elected or appointed to a pub
! lie Office under the laws of this state
shall directly or indirectly ask, de-
mand, accept, receive or consent to
| receive for his own use or benefit, or
for the use or benefit Of another, any
free pass, free transportation, frank
ing privilege or discrimination in
passenger, telegraph, express, sleep
ing car or telephone rates, from any
person or corporation, or make use of
the same himself, or in conjunction
with another. Amy person who VIC
lates any of the provisions of this
section shall be guilty of misde-
meanor and shall forfeit his Office at
the suit of the attorney gen.
eral. Any person or any Of
ficer Or agent of any corporation
who shall offer or promise to a public
officer or person elected or appointed
to public office, any such free pass,
free transportation, franking privi-
lege or discrimination, shall be deem
ed guilty of misdemeanor and liaDle
to punishment No person shall be
privileged from testifying in any &C
ton, examination or proceeding in
volving violation of this section;
but such person shall not be liable to
civil or criminal prosecution for any
such violation involved in such action,
examination or proceeding"
The minority report was signed by
Messrs. SturdeVant, Harvey and Ella,
while the majority report was signed
by the rest Of the judiciary committee
-Messrs. Wheeler, orion, Rusk, Cat
lin, Mcleod, Vandercook and Eline.
Mr.. Hoehle would have gone with the
minority had he been present when
the report was drafted.
Judge Orion said he was in such
grave doubt as to the constitutionality
OF his bill No. Ga, relating to the adop-
: ton of children, that he thought it
ought to be indefinitely postponed
Mr.. SOltwedel made a motion that
) action on the Dahl bill creating the at
! torney general and the state law Ii
brarian a non-salaried commission to
! investigate the Torrens system of
land transfers and to report to the
next legislature be deferred. Mr. Ryan
opposed the proposition as did also
Mr. Burlington, while it was favored
by Mr.. Wheeler, Mr.. Catlin and Mr.
Hall, the latter declaring that only
abstract men were hostile to the Tor
rens system. The Dahl PROPOSE
: ton, which was really an amend
ment of an original bill was then
: ordered to third reading almost
. unanimously.
: Assembly bills were kiued as fol-
lows: Nos. 181, CBryant) relating to
: conveyance in county courts; 200,
(Parker), appropriating 1852 to the
5 state board of health for defending
. certain mandmus proceedings The
last bill created a fight. Mr.. Keene
5 urging it's merit while Judge Orion
asserted that the city of Beloit
, had already been paid for defending
this Identical suit, and that the bill
, was merely dodge by the board of
health to get it's appropriation in
creased Surreptitiously
Madison, March 12-In the senate
the joint resolution, asking the re-
firing governor to send a message to
the legislature at the end of his term,
on the condition of public affairs, with
recommendations, was adopted
Among the bills passed were the fol-
lowing: No. 149s (Mills), limiting
time for which county board COM
mittees may draw pay to ten days;
154s (Jones), providing a fine of from
$40 to SIS for fraudulent use of street
car transfer tickets; 1865 CWelton),
creating fund for re-equipment OF
national guard from reimbursements
from the national government for
; equipment received; 277 and 27Ss
tHattOn), authorizing loans to school
districts for the erection of school
buildings and refunding Indebtedness,
such loan not to exceed per cent. of
the average assessed valuation of the
district for three years previous to
=" application for the loan; 291s and 255s
Munson), giving chief clerk in bank
examiners office the power to examine
banks; providing for supervision and
control of investment associations not
now under statutary provisions; and
296s (Welton), to prevent sending of
Migrants to poor houses. No. 85s, in
PRODUCED by Senator knudsen, provid-
ing bounty Of l cent for each Eng
lish sparrow killed, and a like amount
for destruction of their eggs, was in
definitely postponed
In the lower house a big bouquet in
a corset was brought in amid applause
and placed on the desk of Mr.. Daggett
of anti-tight-lacing fame. 1t came
from young WATERFOWL ladies. The
Oshkosh council, through a petition
presented by Mr.. Sarau asked for an
increase of street railway licenses
from 21a to 31a per cent. Mr.. Wheeler
offered an amendment to the proposed
antl-pass constitutional amendment
providing mat upon conviction there
Of (of using a pass) any public Of
ficials office shall be deemed vacant.