Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-18

relating to practice in circuit courts. The
Veterans Home bill includes the following
items: To pay Indebtedness of said Home
already incurred. st, 600; old mems building
$4,000; old peoples building. $4,000
wOmen's hospital, dead house, extension tc
general hospital, heating apparatus, and
furniture. $1,000; clothing for inmates,
$4,000; electric light system, $500; office
and vault, $1,000: cemetery and ground
improvement, $4,000; purchase of addi.
tional, $1,000: total, $4,000.
MADISON. Feb. 11.-Senator Clawson in
trOduced the following resolutions:
That the Hon. John Hummer, state treas
urer, be and is hereby respectfully re-
quested to communicate to the Senate in
writing, at the earliest possible time, full
and complete statement showing the
amount of money IN the state treas
Of money actually IN 1nf the 'nS vaults i0'n'
the state treasury on that day; the amount
from each fund: the conditions of each
loan; the name and location of each hank,
person or corporation to whom the same
may be loaned: the rate of interest at
which the same is loaned; the kind and
amount of security taken therefor, and by
what authority OF law said John Hummer,
state treasurer, has loaned SAID public
funds" The Senate passed the bill to pay
to the Omaha Railroad a,441.M erroneous
ly collected, by vote OF % TOT.
MADISON, Feb. 2.-The Senate had
quite an acrimonious time over Senator
ClawSOn'S state treaSuryShip resolution.
on motion to refer it to the committee on
state affairs. Senator Clawson thought
this was a plan to have nothing more
heard of the matter. Senator Ken
nedy said it was partisan
thing anyway, and accused Senator Claw
son of a lack of senatorial courtesy III OPP
posing the reference. But it was referred
by a vote of IL to Ia. Among the measures
introduced to-day were the following:
Relating to the licensn g OF peddlers; to
provide for a national guard retired list; to
loan the State Agricultural Society $3.50.
600 to purchase land in Milwaukee; to
prevent the smoking of opium; compelling
all banks to organize under the state bank
ing law, being in the nature of conStltu-
tior al amendment, and introduced by Sen
ator VOss. The bill for state bank eX-
amIner. as introduced to-day by Senator
Persons, provides that the examiner shall
be appointed by the governor with the
consent of the Senate - the salary to
be $1,000, with $1,000 additional
for clerk hire. He must give
bond for $4,000; must not be connected
with any banking institution; must visit
and examine every banking institution
twice year. The refusal of bank officials
to give information is made a felony, and
false statements perjury. The penalty for
refusal to give information is d fine OF from
$500 to $1,000, or Imprisonment for one
year. or both. The examiner Is to ma
biennial report 6n6 and is ianr liable
for five years, if he accepts
money for his services, or neglect OF Serv-
ices. The Governor sent to the Senate the
appointments of Michael kerwln, of Man
ltOwoc: Dennis j. Gardner, of Platteyillc;
and Ira A. Hill, of Sparta, to be members
of the Board of Normal School Regents.
The appointments were confirmed. a
communication was read to the LegiSla-
ture saying that Col, and Mrs. William +.
Villas would give reception to the public
next week Thursday.
MADISON, Feb. Ex-senator Kempf in
troduced a bill providing for admission to
the state bar without examination when
the applicant has studied law for five
years. Other bills were introduced: Sena-
tor Falconer, providing that ballots shall
be placed in custody of the county Judges
after beng counted, unless the coun-
ty Judge was candidate for re-
Ashland County from the Fifteenth Judi
cial Circuit and attaching ito the Eleventh;
and another forming the Sixteenth Judicial
Circuit of Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas
counties. The bill to abolish the two
charitable boards came up and was re-
ferred to the committee on claims. The
Assembly bill allowing the drainage com
mittee OF Dane County to bond the land
benefited by draining was concurred in UNI
der suspension Of the rules. The Assembly
joint resolution requesting Wisconsin
members of Congress to oppose the bill
now pending granting the Minnesota Lum-
Der Company the privilege of occupying
sloughs in the Mississippi River between
Winona and the Chippewa River was also
concurred in. Senator Kingston. by re-
quest, has introduced another w orld's Fair
bill. the appropriation being $4,000. A
hot n "A nrOtpSt
from country newspaper men is one to de-
crease the amount paid by the state to pa
pers publishing the session laws from 500
to 500.