Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-04-17

| reports or the committee is exhaustive,
| ing into minute details to point out obiec-
lions to some of the plans proposed for an
| apportionment commission and fully au-
| thorizng the policy that the committee
| thinks ought to be pursued. The Demo
| Gratis on the committee have the report un-
der consideration and will hold it for
| while The report recommends that a Joint
| committee of six assemblymen and three
senator's report a new apportionment after
were the special order in the Assembly in
| the evening and after a warm debate both
measures. one to establish q railroad com.
mission and til other 10, regulate railway
| corporations, Furnishing discrimination and
eytortion of rates was killed. The vote was
| so to 49,
Madison, Wis. April 1O.-The Soldiers
home saloon bin came back to the. Assem-
penal and charitable institutions with ma
| jority and minority reports. The majority
submitted a substitute and the minority
| made strong plea for the passage of the bill
| in it's original FORM The committee on edu-
| ration reported in favor of concurring in the
! Lenate bill for the codifying Of the school
laws and for the establishment of library
| commission. The state board of control BILL
which came over from the Senate last night
was placed on the general file it having
| and will come up for action tomorrow. The
Milwaukee tax commissioner bill, No. 154 S.
| came from the Senate. Mr.. Paulus moved
| that the rules be suspended and the bill put
upon its passage. Mr.. Dodge wanted it to
man asked to have it referred to the commit
| tee on assessment and collection of taxes.
Both were ruled out OF order for the time
| being. The motion to suspend the rules was
lost and the bill was referred to the commit
| tee on assessments and collection of taxes
MI Eaton presented copy of resolution
naSSed by the Milwaukee cmOmon council
on March against the passage of the bill
changing the present tax system. Mr. Dodge
presented the minority report of the Nil.
Waukee delegation on the bill. On motion of
Mr.. Hagemeister the rules were suspended
to concur in the Senate bill allowing the
| EStD n = mill
| tax for the benefit of the university and con-
tinuing the Ito mill tax indefinitely came up
for consideration. There was no debate on it
and it passed by a unanimous vote. 1t will
| give the university an additional appropri-
alton, of about .$240,0o0.. Tae, bill extend.
! ing the terms of court of Waukesia county
and Dodge county made necessary by the
| death of Judge Sloan, was passed under
| suspension of the rules. The wOmans suf-
| frage resolution, which was the special or
| der for this evening, was laid over until
| Friday evening to accommodate the ladies'
| The Langenkamp election contest apprO-
| priation was reduced to $500 and the bill
ordered to a third read ng. The rule re-
file in committee of the whole was sus-
| pended and the following bills were slaugh-
tered in a bunch: No. a, taxation of
apportlonments; 40 255 4, relating to high.
way, taxes; No. 800 A, concerning town
and bridges; No. 400 A concerning Of
fetal bonds; Nos. so a and 155 a. proceed
arrest; No. 514 4, concerning counsel in
criminal cases: No. PIG A relating to in
guests; NO OF A, relating to inquests; No.
531 A. concerning dependent children; No.
| 534 A, concerning town roads; No. $50 A,
concerning e1rstate treasurers; No. 6SS A,
| to judgments on foreclosures; No. $50 A,
relating to highways; No. 716 A, relating to
insurance companies; No. 309 s, CONCERN
| ing accident insurance companies; No. $50 S,
| relating to Migrants. Mr.. Lamberson's Joint
resolution for a constitutional amendment
| to do away with the state census was or
| dered to a third reading. There was good
deal Of confusion when the vote on Mr..
| Lamberson's census resolution was taken
and Mr.. Burdick moved a reconsideration
| of the vote because the question was hot
| understood. The vote was reconsidered and
| Mr.. Burdick made a speech against the pas
| sage of the bill, asserting that since ii
| would make an apportionment possible only
! once in ten years it would be very unfair to
| increasing in popula ton very rapidly. Mr..
Lamberson defended his resolution on the
work was in part duplicated by the com
| missioner Of statistics. Mr.. Burdick replied
| that the work of the mmissioner of sta
| tistics was Of no account. It was we'll rec
| ognzed. he said, that the Office was bar
| nacle the state that might well be
scraped off, and he thought if either work
was to be dispensed with it had better be his
| work. He thought that the resolution was
false economy Mr.. Yawkey spoke against
| the resolution, endorsing what Mr.. Burdick
had said and contending that a portion of
the people should not be deprived of just
| berson said that his resolution would wipe
| out $50 900 of useless expenditure, to which
Mr.. Burdick replied that he did not care
how much was wiped out so long as the bare
enumeration was left. Mr.. 1awkey moved
to re-refer the matter to. the committee on
state affairs, but the motion was lost The
Assembly then took recess until $50 p. m.
At the evening session the committee on
claims reported a substitute bill for a fire.
proof building for the State Historical So
ciety. The cost will be $1S0,000 and to ease
vided into three parts, the first 100000 to be
available in 1887. In executive session tie
Assembly committee. on assessment aid
collection of taxes disposed of two, bilHs
which have probably been the cause of more
discussion and agitation than any other meas
Hres introduced aT this session of the WIS
Assemblyman NotbOhm of Milwaukee net
| the close of the time for shutting out new
No. 1875 A, providing for the taxation of all
church property within the state. was on :
was introduced by Mr. Eaton and rs pro
Visions are the same as Mr.. NotbOhm's BILL
except that it eXempts one-fourth of IN
acre of land and church buildings to the
value of $40, 600. The committee were unani-
NOUS in the opinion that both bills be i'm
definitely postponed and SO reported. The
same committee reported the O'Neil bill for
the appointment of Il commission to codify
me tax laws of the state and report bill
at the, lev; session of the Legislature. The
c0::lmittee is empowered to report any bill
relating to exemptions they may wish Am
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committee on Insurance. banks and banking.
A substitute for Mr. Davidson's bill No. 21.s.
creating the Office of bank examiner for
the stare and requiring banks to make re-
ports, is the measure reported. The sub
stitute, by the committee empowers the
state treasurer with the consent of the gov
ernor- to- appoint tine examiner instead eff
the governor, as provided in the orig
ina bill His term of office is to be for five
years at salary Of $4,000. He is also en-
powered to- appoint deputy at a salary of
$4,000 and such other clerks as may be neees
sary All banks are to be examined an
nually and specia; examinations are to be
made at tire discretion of the examiner A
fee of $15 is to be, charged for the examina-
ton of banks having capital stock of $25,-
| 600 or less, and the fee is to vary from that
sum to 500 which is the maximum fee and
| is to be charged banks having a. capital
| stock Of $500. 900 ana over.
Madison, Wis, April lin the Assembly
| the committee ON education reported the SUI
perior normal school bill for indefinite post
| ponememt, the La Crosse bill having been re-
| ported faverably. Mr.. Sloan asked to have
! the Superior and La Crosse normal school
| bills placed together on the general file and
the motion prevailed. Then the fight began
| in earnest. Mr. Sloan put in a strong plea
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