Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-02-23

Ryan, by request, remodeling the ,
plumbers law so that it will conform
TO the rulings of the supreme court;
by Mr.. Becker, repeating the jury
commission law and for return to
the old method; by Mr.. Overlook, re-
peal;ng the law of 1898 relating o
nuI-. o. and compensation of capitol
employees; by Mr.. Burlington, appro-
priating $4,000 10 the W. c. T. L.
home at Eau Claire; by Mr.. F. P.
Johnston, requiring all persons engag-
ing in the practice OF medicine prior
to July 1, 1897. to register; by Mr..
Harvey, repeating the law which re-
Quires street car lines and electric
light companies to be taxed by license
rather than in the usual method; by
Mr.. Frost, taxing the property of cleo
trio light companies in the district
where located; by Mr. Hoehle, permit
ting circuit courts to appoint district
attorneys in some cases; also taxing
steamboats, per cent. on the tonnage;
by Mr.. Wagner, providing that when
parties seeking divorce have lived
apart one year and made an agree
ment relative to the division of prop
erty the decree of the court shall Se
in accordance with such agreement;
by Mr.. Rusk, amending the law re-
lating to licensing exhibitions and bill
posting; also permitting city elections
to be held biennially and otherwise
regulating such elections.
Action upon Mr.. Barbers substitute
! to Senator Welton's bill relalIng to
county officers was deferred. The sub
stitute virtually provides that any
person shall not be deprived of the
county office to which he has been
elected by failure on his part to COM
ply with various technical require
ments.
Madison, Feb. 15.-Today broke the
record for this session, by long odds,
in the introduction OF bills in the leg
islature. Over 100 we're introduced at
the morning session and twenty more
at the evening session Of the assem-
bly,. The most unique bill of the
evening was one by Mr.. Germer, a
democrat OF Wood county, which re-
quires every railroad in the state to
file 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 Iue
two houses of the legislature. Only
about 250 would be required but the
number was fixed at $50 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 a joint committee tC
invite him to address the Legislature
al his convenience.
Other bills introduced were: by Mr.
Williams, providing that county
boards may put clerks of court, regis
ters 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 $25 to $100; by Mr.. Germer, re-
curing telephone companies to make
an interchange of messages; by Mr.
Olson, requiring railroads to sell 2
cent interchangeable mileage tickets;
by MI. linn, so amending the lier
law that man may not be robbed Of
his home by 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 MIR. Hartung, requiring
railways to put gates or fagmen al
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 toe town board; by Mr. M
dleton, giving a lien to threshers for
work done; by Mr.. Bryant, appropri-
ating to Joseph and Frank Skobis
4z,VVU, TO VIM. owe MS $1,000, to w. H
| Stephenson and Herman Studeman
$500 and to Thos. p. Nelson $3.50 for
| losses incurred as SubcOntractors
under I. r. Bently in rebuilding
IaaIes hail 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-
| tons; by Mr.. Grootemaat, requiring
prepaid kilograms and express pack
ages to be promptly delivered and
| Clough, requiring that in cities of
under 5000 population the polls open
at 3 a. NJ, and close at p. M; by Mr..
Mcdonald, requiring an annual re-
| turn to be made by assessors of a..
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-
hlbltlng 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 McGilli-
Yray's 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