Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-16

get SlOU IOf every mdCHine examined,
the machine owners paying the |
charge.
The Owen bill permitting girls Of
Is years to be admitted to the girls
industrial school was passed by the |
assembly. The age is now 16. The
senate returned the assembly resolu-
ton for constitutional amendment
permitting state aid in road building.
the point of order being made that the
senate had already acted negatively
on the same proposition. Mr.. Hairs
bill requiring poisons to be enclosed
in 3-cornered containers was passed,
43 to 40.
A more than ordinarily interesting
bill is one creating county supervisors
Of assessment which the assembly
advanced to third reading. 1t pro-
vides that each county board at the
annual session in November, 1901, and
every third year thereafter shall elect
county supervisor Of assessment
who shall hold his Office for three
years. If the bill becomes a law it
will create good, fat office in every
county except Milwaukee and, as each
officer will of course get at least
$1,000, $1,000 or $1,000 year, this
augurs in the 70 counties an extra
salary list of about 100000 year for
the taxpayers, to raise; nor does this
| include the salaries of the one or
| more assistants who may be named in
| each county or the expenses incurred
by the new officials It is safe to
say that if the bill becomes a law 1t
will call for gross expenditure OF at
least $15O,000 by the counties. The
duties of these supervisors are to
watch and direct the assessors and TO
report to the state tax commission.
| Madison, May S.-The congressional
apportionment bill will become law
as soon as the governor affixes his
signature. 1t passed the senate With
out amendment by a vote of 26 to 3.
On motion of Senator Green the as
sembly amendments to the Green fish
and game law were adopted. The bill
providing for a central system of
public accounting upon motion of
Senator MOsher was passed. If the
assembly stands by the action of the
senate the state land office will be
resuscitated. The bill introduced
by the committee on state affairs was
passed. The bill amending the
caucus law was also passed. It's
principal provisions are to do away
with proxies and provide for an open
ballot and plurality nominations. Bills
concurred in were: OrtOn'S, apprOpri-
| ating $4,000 for monuments in Ma
tional park at Shiloh; DahIs, appro-
priating $79,5O0 for repairs and i'm
provements at the state charitable,
penal and reformatory institutions;
Steigers, appropriating $4,000 to pay
Indebtedness incurred in the'enlarge-
ment of the Wisconsin Veterans
home and Durrewaechter's regulat-
ing artesian water supply.
In the assembly Senator Eaton S
bill for the inspection of boilers
brought forth a vigorous fight but it
was finally concurred in; but later re-
called and killed by a big majority.
Mr.. Orion moved a reconsideration
of the vote by which the Rossman bill
|legalizing betting on horse races" as
he put it, was passed. He thought
the members should pause before go
ing on record in favor of such a meas,
IRE. Mr. Rossman defended the bill
saying horse breeders wanted it, and
reconsideration was refused. Al to 40
The senate, however, killed the bill
later. The bill relating to a uniform
system of bookkeeping in state af
fairs came from the committee on
!, claims with an amendment authoriz
! ing The secretary of state to employ
any help needed as a consequence OF
! enforcing the new order. Mr.. Hall
Mr.. Stllrdevant Mr. Keene and Mr..
Rossman opposed the amendment
while Mr. Collins, Mr.. Barker and Mr..
Hartung favored it. Mr.. Hall said
/ the expense of the state government
! was twice as great, he thought, as it
: should be, and he deemed it duty OF
/ this legislature to appoint a com
mittee to thoroughly investigate
, every office in the capitol. The
amendment was lost, SO to 40; then
the bill was ordered engrossed. The
fight was between the governor
friends and the secretary Of states
office. The former won. Assembly
, bills passed were: To create the Of
fee of county supervisor of assess
ment to watch the assessors; exempt
ing beet sugar factories from taxa
ton till 1907 and creating a live
stock sanitary board whose members
get So day. Supervisors of assess
ment are to be paid by county boards
and be subject to direction by the
tax commission. The Barker bill
. requiring registration for electors to
be in consecutive order by street num-
Der in cities of the list, I'd and Sd
classes was passed. A senate bill was
concurred in appropriating $4,000 an,
nually to the geological survey.
Madison, May 9.-The anti-pass res
olution was concurred in the senate,
the vote being 81 to 8. Senator Nc
Donough strenuously opposed the
proposition. He thought it the height
Of folly to pass law forbidding the
issuing or use of franks and then
follow that up with a constitutional
amendment so that law could never
be repealed. Governor La Toilette
sent to the senate a veto Of the bill
fixing the salary of the chiefs of the
Milwaukee police and fire depart
mentS He withhoIdS his approval on