Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-04-05
Assembly.

ASSEMBLY
MADISON, Wis., March 2S-Mr Deuster pre-
scented petition from Milwaukee stationan en-
gineers asking for inspector of boilers AND for
law compelling engineers TO take out licenses
Mr.. McDOnOugh offered a lengthy preamble and
resolution adopted by the Democratic County
convention of Eau Claire in opposition % any
compromise of the treasury cases. A resolution
was introduced by Mr. Jacob to authorize Mr.
Ringle to introduce bill to authorize Marathon
County to issue bonds for county insane asyl-
UNI, and one by Mr.. Edmunds instructilg the
railroad commissioner to obtain from railway
companies accurate information to Their earn
lngS in Wisconsin, the same to be used by the
special committee to investigate the mater of
railway earnings and taxes in the state Both
were adopted. Senate bills were cOncured in
relating to charitable trusts and repeating the
Dodge legacy law The memorial to Congress-
in favor of the election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people, sent over from the
Senate for concurrence, was approved by the
House, ayes o. noes 10.
MADISON, Wis, March 29.-Mr. Hanke pre-
sented a petition to the Assembly for the bill
for a home for feeble minded, and Mr.. Tucker
for the adoption of the Woman's suffrage
measure in the Assembly this morning. reso-
luton to authorize Mr.. Heyl to introduced bill
to annex territory in the town of Madison to the
city of Madison for school purposes was adopt
ed, as was also a resolution by Mr.. Smith calling
for a statement from the state treasurer of the
amounts of trust funds loaned during the past
three years. Among the bills sent over from the
Senate was that appropriating 100000 for the
Wisconsin exhibit at the Worlds Fair 1t was
referred to the committee on state affairs. The
bills providing for the license of stationary en-
glneers were, upon motion of Mr.. Fulmer saved
from death by reference to the committee on
state affairs Several Senate resolutions were
concurred in. An Assembly bill repeating the
charter of the Milwaukee & WATERFOWL Plank
Road Company came up on its final passage,
when Mr.. Johnson asked its recommitment to
the Judiciary committee. Mr.. Austin protested
and was sustained, and the bill was then or
dered to a third reading.
MADISON Wis, March 3O.-A calendar of fifty
nine bills was wiped almost entirely clean by
the Assembly at this mornings session. The
joint resolution fixing April 20 as the day of ad-
Journment was adopted, and the Senate bill to
provide for commission to locate Wisconsin
troops at Chlckamauga was concurred in. Ac-
ton upon the co-employe question is once more
delayed. The Assembly postponed considera-
ton until Thursday evening. Among other
measures passed was the bill appropriating
81 500 to State Superintendent Wells and the bill
to raise the water in Kilbourn dam A Senate
bill was concurred in authorizing w. E. Moses
to build dam. An Assembly bill was passed
law. Bills and resolutions reported by the COM
mittee Of the whole were taken up. A resolu-
ton compelling an educational qualification for
county superintendent was ordered to third
reading, was another amending section 7, ar
ticle 49, of the constitution.
MADISON Wis, March 31.-As forecast in
these dispatches yesterday, Gov. Peck this
morning sent to the Assembly his disapproval of
the sampson bill providing for an issue of $4,000
blue books instead of 5000, the number fixed
by the legislature of two years ago. The veto
was sustained by vote Of Il t. TO- The
terms of circuit court in La Crosse County
The bill to authorize common councils to fix
the salaries of city officials was re-referred to
the judiciary committee on motion of Mr..
Austin, who questioned the constitutionality of
the bill. The bill relating to abstractors of
titles of real estate was referred to the Milwau-
kee delegation. The Assembly went into COM
and when it rose large number of bills were
recommended for indefinite postponement.