Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-02-23

Madison, Feb. 15.- Today broke the
record for this session, by long odds,
in the introduction of bills in the leg
islature.1 Over 100 were introduced at
the mo4hing session and twenty more
at the evening session ofsthe assem-
bly,. The most unique bill OF the |
evening was one by Mr.. fGermer, a |
democrat OF Wood county, which re-
quires every yrailroad in the state to
tia with the Secretary of state $50
annual passes. This official shall in
turn issue them to the various state
officers, judges, legislators, members
of state boards, and officers of lne
two houses of the legislature. Only
about $50 would be required but Ine
NUMBER was fixed at 100 to cover
probably changes. The passes shall be
in lieu Of taxes upon the roads.
Mr.. Mcleod introduced a resolution,
which was adopted, giving Col. w. J.
Bryan the privileges of the houses on
his visit here and providing for the
appointment of joint committee TO
invite him to address the legislature
at his convenience.
Other bills introduced were: by Mr..
Williams, providing that county
boards may put clerks of court, regis
tiers of deeds and sheriffs on salaries;
by Mr.. Anderson, providing that in
the collection of statistics of farm pro-
ducts any person refusing to give the
desired information, or any assessor
failing to gather it, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and be fined
from S25 to 800; by Mr.. Germer, re-
quiring telephone companies to make
an interchange of messages; by Mr..
Olson, requiring railroads to sell 2
cent interchangeable mileage tickets;
by Mr.. linn, so amending the lien
law that man may not be robbed of
his home by a sub-contractor who
fails to collect from the main con-
tractor; also putting the stamp method
of doing business on the same par with
lotteries; by Mr.. Hartung, requiring
railways to put gates or iagmen at
the crossings as town boards may
specify; by Mr.. Lange, providing that
deputy fire wardens shall not be ap-
pointed in towns except on the re-
quest of the town board; by Mr.. Mo-
dleton, giving lien to threshers for
work done; by Mr.. Bryant, appropri-
ating to Joseph and Frank Skobis
$1,000, to VIM. Owe MS $500, to w. H.
Stephenson and Herman Studeman
$500 and to Thos. P. Nelson $3.50 for
losses incurred as subcontractors
under T. r. Bently in rebuilding
ladies hall at the university; by Mr..
Overlook, appropriating $4,000 for a
silver service and bronze badger for
the battleship Wisconsin,; leaving the
poll-tax subject to municipal regula-
tions; by Mr.. Grootemaat, requiring
prepaid kilograms and express pack
ages to be promptly delivered and
without additional charge; by Mr..
Clough, requiring that in cities of
under 5000 population the polls open
at 6 a. M, and close at Z p. m.; by Mr..
Mcdonald, requiring an annual re-
turn to be made by assessors of az
property aside from public exempt
from taxation; by Mr.. Dodge, ex-
exempting any homestead from taxa
ton to the amount of the value of any
mortgage thereon; by Mr. Keene, pro-
hibiting sentencing to the house o.
correction any person convicted of a
felony; by Mr.. Harvey, requiring a
bond by companies making abstracts
of title; by Mr.. Rasmussen, appropri-
ating $4,000 for the relief of the fire
sufferers of Barron county.
In the upper house Senator McGilll-
ways joint resolution to give the fed
eral government concurrent jurisdic-
ton with state governments in the
suppression of trusts was adopted
without debate.
Senator Withee introduced a novel
bill for the taxation of newspapers, and
created ripple of smiles. 1t pro-
vides the following scale: On those
whose gross annual receipts are
$4,000 and upwards, per cent; be-
tween $500 and $4,000, 31a; between
$4,000 and $500, per cent; between
$4,000 and $500, 21s per cent; $500
and under per cent.
An0tner Dill OF considerable interest
was one by Senator Woodwork, for
an amendment to the constitution, in
creasing salaries of members of tue
legislature from $500 to $1,000, and
creasing salaries of members of the
giving them cents a mile for travel
each way every time the legislature
adjourns for As hours. other bills
We're: by Senator Weed, permitting
counties to build homes for incorrigib-
BILE children; by Senator Hatton, appro-
priating $4,000 to the normal school
income fund, for building, repairs
and heating apparatus, and authoriz-
ing a temporary transfer of a Ike
sum from the trust funds of the state
to the general fund; by Senator Rey-
noIGs, providing that no will shall be