Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-04-10

| injury, where the person injured has moved
to Wisconsin after the accident, to conform
with the law of the state where the accident
occurred The limitation in Wisconsin is six
years, in Illinois an& several other states
two years after mHf r the Sen
non-concur in the bill and it was ordered to
a third reading. Mr.. Putnam's bill, No. IS
S repeating the act Of 1893 which gave state
| aid TO county fairs permitting the sole o+
liquor on the grounds and re-enacIIng the old
law restricting such sale, was reported with
out. recommendation. Mr. Phalen moved it
be indefinitely postponed. Messrs. Spensley,
putnam and Baxter supported it. Mr. Burke
thought it proper to leave the matter to the
| agricultural societies. Mr. Kennedy also OPP
posed it. Mr.. Putnam called for the ayes
| and noes. The bill was refused third read
ing by vote of 7 ayes to % noes. The
| bill for the relief of eX-TrcaSurerS Baetz
and Kuehn, reported last evening for pas
| sage, on the calendar for engrossment
and third reading. Mr.. Putnam moved it be
| referred to the committee on claims, but
| this was refused by a vote of % to 4. The
| bill was ordered engrOssed by vote OF 10
10 II; Bill No. 400 s, reorganizing rhe state
| oard of control, was made the special order
| for O'Clock this evening. Mr. Austil moved
to take up the bill for the relief Of cX-Treas-
ara reading by vote OF ~ TO y: VI mo mo
| on of Mr.. Austin bill No. 154, placing me
'aking of the tax rolls in Milwaukee in the
Lands of the tax commissioner was passed
| l-lder suspension of the rules. The sale OF
l.quCr at the state fair was involved in bill
| No. 124 S, giving the State Agricultural So
ciety all the rights and privileges granted
COUNTY associations. The bill was reported
without recommendation. The. Senate, re,
| reading by a vote of 20 to 6. The Sem
ate took a recess until 7:30 p. m.
| The bills for the relief of eX-State Treasurers
! Baetz and Kuehn from payment of interest
money received deposits of state funds,
and to release eX-Treasurer McF etridge from
further payment of interest than he nad
| ready made, passed the Senate at the even
ing session. The vote was nonpartisan
| one.
The Assembly.
Madison, Wis, April 3.-Many petitions
| asking for the passage Of the Soldiers Home
| bill, No. 20S A, were received by the Assem-
| bly,, NEST of them coming from q. A. Il:
| posts. rhe clerks weekly statement showed
| that on last Friday night 326 bills were still
| in the hands of the committees out of a to-
| tai of 1923 referred and re-referred. The
| still had 9S bills on hand out of a total of
29S. Mr.. O'Neil introduced joint resolution
authorizing Mr.. Yawkey to introduce two
| bills relating to insurance companies. when
| was adopted. w. A. Jones introduced
resolution calling upon the insurance COM
missioner TO revise the insurance laws and
report at the next session of the Legislature,
| but without expense to the state. The fol-
| lowing bills were passed: No. 400 A Gre
ating new board to regulate the practice
nicipal ownership of water and lighting
| plants; No. 81 Il. making the office Of regis
| ter of deeds of Milwaukee county salared
| office; No. 101 S, appropriating 500 900 to the
| fish commissions; No. 100 S, authorizing
dam across B ack river in Clark county; Nos.
| 129 and 100 S, providing for the preserya.
| ton of fish in Beaver, Wilson and Mill
creeks; No. 1877 s. authorizing park com
missioners and common councils to create
] boulevards No. III S. relating to the inn
| paneling Of juries in state prison otfenseS;
| No 1913 S. increasing the appropriation for
marks and labels of labor unions; No 10 S:
| relating to change of venue in criminal
cases; No. 1919 S: relating to the conveyance
| of the lands of dead persons; No. 223 s, re-
| lating to the redemption of land sold for
| taxes; No. 236 5, re.ating to the appoint
93S S, amending the law relating to the Mil
waukee fire and police pension fund No 2ll
| S, abolishing the board of trustees of the
to the collection of taxes; No. 800 S, amend,
ing the general charter act. On motion of
Mr.. Hall the vote by which bill No. 80 was
| is Senator Mills bill relating to the pay
ment of county board committees. 1t was re-
| referred to the committee on town and coun-
Madison, Wis, April 4.-The friends OF
woman outrage made themselves heard
Mr.. O'Neils resolution for constitutional
| amendment Mr. Jones resolution calling
| upon the insurance commissioner to revise
the insurance laws of the state, without
| expense to the state. and make report 10
the next Legisiature wa, WAS passed Mr.;
municipal court Of Chippewa county. The
| Assembly cOncurred in Il Senate resolution
| to allow Senator SDensley to introduce a bill
| to amend the Austin steamboat law, which
! has kicked up a rumpus around the state
Senator Austfn's bill No 40S S, relating to
| the disposition of the state tax collected in
courts other than circuit courts, was con-
Cured in. 1t provides that the money so
collected shall be used to pay a portion Of
| the salary of the judges Of the courts. Mr..
| Notbohms bill No. 366 a, taking the man
| agement of the tiremen's relief fund from
| the hands of the Firemen's Relief association
| and putting it in the hands of the city of
| ficialS, was on the calendar for slaughter,
| but Mr.. Notbohm got it referred 70 the Mil
ole Sf Nv
Lee the Count county option bill, 80. ST., was
made the special order for II o'clock to-
morrow morning. Bill No. 1876 A., taxing
collateral egacies referred to the com
mittee on judiciary. The following, bills
were killed: No 165 A, relating to the re-
demption of lands sold for taxes; No. 122 A,
providing for liens on property acquired sub
| sequently to the giving of the lien; No. 127 \,
| TO consolidate the election laws; No. 223 a,
| extending the powers OF court commissioners;
| tending the powers Of court commissioners;
No. 253 a, relating to appeals from justice
town boards; No. 800 A, authorizing counties
| to purchase statutes of the state; No 81 A,
amending the law relating to assessment Of
taxes; No. 379 A, authorizing new revision
| of the statutes; No. 4S3 A, amending the
charter Of Nashotah house; No. 592 A, pro-
yiding- for special charter for villages;
collection of taxes; No. 615 A. relating to
special verdicts. The engineers bill, No
ordered to third reading. The standing
committee amended the bill so as to cut out
all boilers and engines in creameries, also
| steam threshers and all boilers of less than
slxteen-horse, power. In the, committee Of
the whole. Mr.. Marsh moved to amend it
further by adding land all other engines, >
so as to completely annul the provisions of
| the bill. The amendment was adopted by
the committee but rejected by the house
| The bill having been amended to suit the
farmers, Mr.. Johnson urged its passage, but
| Mr.. Marsh was not satisfied He did not
! want the bill at all and made long speech
against it's passage. Mr. Johnson answered
Mr.. Marsh at length, showing the merits Of
| the bill. The Assembly took a recess until
| 1870 p. m. At the evening session the COM
mittee on education reported in favor Of a
normal school for La Crosse: which means
that Superior will have to wait for one. The
| committee on railroads reported a substitute
sleeping car bill The provisions. of the
measure are that the license shall be paid.
amounting to per cent. of the gross earn
| ings of the cars proportionate to the number
of miles they run in Wisconsin as compared
| with the local length of their runs. A chat
/ tel mortgage bill was reported. 1t is a
substitute for No. 338 A, introduced by Mr..
Mahoney of Milwaukee. 1t provides that in
terest not to exceed 10 per cent. per annum
may be charged for loans on chattel mort
| gage securities and that not to exceed IA
| per cent. of the amount of the loan may be