Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-24

passage Of such law.
The first business to come before
the lower house was joint resolution
introduced by Assemblyman Williams
providing for the secO2d enactment
of tie banking constitutional amend
ment which received it's initial en-
dorsement at the session two years
special committee on apportionment
was concured in, but was amended,
increasing the assembly membership
of the committee from Is to Is, and
leaving the senate representatives at
eight.
Madison, Jan. lit was a short
but important session that the senate
held today. In less than an hour 13
bills were introduced and two resolu-
lions were adopted. The desire among
the senators for a short session is not
only unanimous but is so well defined
that all the committees are planning
and working all sorts of schemes to
avoid any delay. Senator Mosher in
troduced joint resolution that no
new business be received by either
house after Feb. /.
The first important measure pre-
scented was Senator Roehr's bill Gre
ating free employment agencies in
certain cities of the state. By the
provisions of this proposed law each
city in the state, having a population
of not less than 10000, may have one
Of these offices. In each case the city
shall furnish offices free to the state
The purpose, of course, is to receive
the applications of persons seeking
employment and applications of
persons seeking to employ la
Dor. Senator Roehr also offered a bill
creating a state board of osteopathic
examination and registration. This
measure has for its purpose the regu-
latiOn Of the practice of osteopathy as
the practice of medicine is now regu-
lated.
Senator Miller introduced a bill by
which the governor may commission
the professor of military science and
tactics of the state university, or at
any seminary or college within this
state maintaining military instruction
and drill in it's course of study and
having not less than 100 students on
its drill roll at any one term, with the
rank Of colonel of infantry.
Other of the more important bills
introduced were: By Senator Roehr,
to make foreign corporations con-
form to the same legal regulations as
those organized under the laws of this
state; by Senator Miller, defining the
liabilities Of employees of telegraph
and messenger companies; by Senator
Green, to prohibit attorneys signing
the nomination papers or calls for any
candidate for the office of the supreme,
circuit or other court of record in
this state; by Senator Miller, to ap-
propriate money to Thos. P. Nelson
for material furnished and labor per-
formed by him as sub contractor in
the construction of improvements to
ladies hall. The resolutions offered
by Senator Whitehead at the first ses-
sion Of the senate that the committees
OF both houses on assessment and col
lection of taxes have joint hearings
was adopted with two substitute
amendments. The senate member
ship is increased to five instead of
three.
The all important bill before the as
sembly was the university appropria
&c ioI,
for total of $4,000, was introduced
by Assemblyman Frost of Almond.
The bill provides that the appropria-
ton for the new agricultural college
shall be s175,000, and for the equip
I.ent of the engineering building $685.
900. 1t is also asked that an appro-
prlation be made for a museum for
the school of commerce. The follow
ing additional appropriations were al
so asked to the annual income of the
university: For the college of agri-
culture, $4,000; college of engineer
ing, $4,000; school Of commerce.
$1,000; farmers institute, $4,000. The
present annual income Of the univer-
sity is $28O,OOO.
The vessel taxation question will
worry this session again. A bill from
Assemblyman Lenroot from Superior
came IN asking the appointment of
three Wisconsin commissioners to I
confer with the Minnesota state Of |
hcials with reference to some uniform !
mode for taxing vessel tonnage. A |
Dill was introduced by Assemblyman |
Erickson providing that all candi- |
dates for county superintendent must
have at least eight months practical