The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-01-28

Senate,

introduced memorial petitioninG Congress
TO pass laws To encourage American ship
ping. Mr.. kecne introduced Il hiIi to give
the State Historical society power to sell
lards and Mr.. CRUDE introduced another
CIV ing county judges permission to have
| court notices printed in German papers i'll
their disc oretion. An adjournment was theu
taken.
,, hoIi cal in the Senate on the 2oth showed
thfre hhsent"eS= Senators EiSSell, lac"b%
any Weed: senator stout introduced his
uiIl providing for Il system Of state forests.
Inc hl!l provides that the sale OF all public
iahHs. except the school and university
iii"s Is I" stop from the passage of the
nlii. ana TO he kept for forest preserves
IN" forest system is To he directed ~ Il
superintendent. who Shall receive $4,000 a
year. and his assistant $1,000 a year. The
| bill WAS referred 10 the special committee
on Forestry. senator benefits bill provid-
Ing for the adjustment Of swamp-land
claims was referred Ia the pubIic-i lands
committee. The bill authorizes tht, gov
ernor 10 select in lieu of rcIinaUisEed
swamp lands II like quantity of land from
the unapproprintcl public lands within the
sum of money appropriated out of the gen
crhl fund 10 carry out the provisions Of the
bliI shall he reimbursed from the sale of
any lands acquired through the roviSiDnS
of the act. Senator Roehr then Introduced
bill to adjust tn" fees and salaries in the
gegiSt"r of deeds office of Milwaukee, coun-
ty. The bin was referred to the commit
tee on Interpretations The report OF ].
z. Emory. who wa> appointed under the
In cooperation with the Stat" Historical
society. showed that his research had re
suited In the addition to the state archives
of valuahl" ESSAYS and addresses ON pioneer
days. ON motion of senator NcGiilivray
the Senat. adjourned Until s 20 u. IN. on the
cal.
Lieut.-Goy. Stone called the Senate to or
der on the evening of the I'D and the Rev.
II. y. Winter. who was chaplain last week
offered the prayer. Senators Weed and
Mailer were absent. Senator Rayley offered
resolution on the death of former senator
g. W. IrItt of Oshkosh. which WAS adopted
under The rule for privileged resolutions
Senator Baxter made short speech testify
| Ing I" Mr.. pratt'S personal qualities. The
following bills We're int ro-lurrd: Ry senator
Jones. relating tp the jurisdiction Of the
municipal court of Waukesha county: hv
senator Jones. making IN appropriation 10
reimburse certain persons VINO invested
money in the kc"l"r cure Institute al Wau-
Ec>ha under Il law aftorwurd declared in
valid. The law provided that the state
should pay part of the expense of cures in
the Waukcsha kccley institute. Orders
We're issued in aCrnrduuc" with the law
| and taken hr people Of Wauk"sha When
the courts declared that state aid could not
he given tn" institute these worthless or
d"rS were left on tn" hands of those VIII"
lad taken them.
In the Senate on the oath Mr.. bennett in.
troduc"d II resolution t. have the L"-is
iatur" mcmorlalfZe Congress to make the
election OF senators lay popular vote instead
Of hy legislatures as AT present. senator
McGillivrHy then moved that the Stnat"
proceed 10 elect q United States senator
Senator Baxter Objected on the ground that.
according To law. the vote should be takvu
at II . clock Tuesday. senator Thuyrr
called for the reading of til" law. which sup
ported senator McGilliyray's motion. the
time for Tuesdays ballot not being do~i-
mated. The roll was called and the vote
was aS follows: Quarles. II: St"phruson
&; Bnbcock, =; Cook. ( Webb, j; Ryan. =.
Assembly.
In the Assembly ON the 18th the use OF
the chamber was granted to the Wisconsin
on February y. Mr. Porter Introduced a
l,ill tn amend the game laws and another to
reimburse John Gamer for fish nets dc
| str"y"d hy the gam" warden. Nr. Dodge
! introduced one 10 amend the laws relating
10 the taxation of insurance companies The
Assembly then Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 10Th Mr.. Stou" in
truduccd Il Joint resolution recommending.
the appointment Of Il committee IF two from
the Senate and three from the Assembly to
whom all matters relating I" forestry shall
he referred ana ii was adopted. Mr. ItOchr
! introduced bill increasing the power Of
the municipal court of Milwaukee county
and fixing the salary Of the Judge thereof
at SnnuO instead of $500. Nh. Whitrhtad'S y
hill to amend th" law relating 10 public no
ticeS in county courts was referred to thr
committee cn Judiciary. Tn" bin provides
that. at the discretion of the Judge. such
noticeS may lie published in Il German pH-
per. Mr.. Nctiillivray Introduced a bill rela-
lHting the profession of public accountants
II requires such accountants to bc ex-
nmin"d and licensed. tn" university regents
t. constitute the examining board for the
frs, wear until such time enough ac-
g. TElants have h"ch examined 10 constitut"
the hoHrd. The applicants shall pay fees
sufficient 10 max" the board self sustaining.
Mr.. I.nm"rsuH, on behalf If the judiciary
committees report ed favorahIv ON Mr. Wei
tons bill providing for the bunding Of conn
" officers and the bill adopted Under
suspension Of III" rules Adjourned.
quite Il batch of bills were introduced in
the Assembly on the 10th. including one or
TWO important ones. Mr.. krrnc Introduced
a fncctiuuS resolution requiring that Il dose
cf castor-oil he administered to each chair
in the chamber. which led Mr. Hall TO
crack the only joke he WAS ever known to
spring. II" moved To refer the resolution
to Che sergeant at arms. Mr.. Thomas Int ro-
duccd an express hill, and other bills We're
introduced as follows: Hy Mr.. True amend
INK the laws of 1S!'S. relating 10 marria g"S:
by Mr. Wells providing for the survey nf
islands in Wisconsin river hetwcen Kill
bourn CITY and Prairie din Chicn. by MI
Orton. relating to the adoption of children
providing that when children adopted be
for" they ar" years old shall have lived
with their foster parents five years not Ice
Of adoption shall not b" necessary.
Their" WAS a large crowd Of spectators in
the Assembly on the evening Of the 2:Id hut
the visitors were disappointed at th" hrcy
ity of the session. having to NaCatc tho
chamber before the caucus opened at .
o'clock. IT was So O'Clock when Spca ser
Ray dropped tn. gavel ana announced the
assembly VIII br in order" Prayer was Of
fer-d hy the Rev. II. A. Winter and Speak
or Ray requested the legislators To arise arI
remain standing. This Is new departure
from the custom which has obtained in the
Assembly In recent years. though ii has been
the practice In the Senate. Leaves of an
srncr were granted McSSrs. Rocker Ives
10th, johnson and Langc. only one bill
was Introduced. Mr.. I"ehlc presented 4
measure relating to the foreclosure of mort