Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-06

the door of the House, was being violated
! to the annoyance Of the members. The
/ the sergeant-at-armS to see that it was en-
forced. The committee on interpretations re-
ported the Milwaukee Gas Light company
| bill for indefinite postponement Mr.. Jeske
moved to have it re-referred to the Mil
waukee delegation. Mr.. Williams opposed
the motion and he was seconded by Mr..
! Paulus, who said the Milwaukee delegation
did not want it. Mr.. Jeske wanted the ayes
and noes, but could not get a sufficient NUM-
| Der to favor it, and the me ton to re-refer it
was lost. The following bills we're passed:
! No. IS A, providing for the compilation Of
copies; No 113 A, providing that taxes shall
4 not be collected in a room where liquor is
bate in Winnebago county; No. 194 A, appro-
/ priatfng $1,000 to Lizzie Seymour in settle
ment of claim against the state; No. 1913
A, to amend section 331S of the revised stat
! utes relating to liens; No. 266 A, to prevent
unjust discrimination by insurance com
propriaton to pay the expenses Of the legs
latiye visiting committee; No 342 A, relating
| tions; No. 403 A, authorizing the state super
intendent to print and circulate papers read
! at teachers Institutes; No. 404 A, reducing
! the capital of the Bank of River Falls from
| $50, 600 to $50, 900. Senate bill No SO, amend
lows Mutual Insurance association, was con-
CURED in. joint resolution to stop the sale
of til, the old Assembly chairs at 81 each was
| over the insurance commissioners bill for
] more help, and Mr. Ray asked to have it
| passed under suspension of the rules, but
the Assembly refused to suspend the rules.
| Senate bill No. 267 creating a municipal
! court In ManitOwoc county, was concurred
| In under suspension of the rules An at
tempt was made to reconsider the vote on
| the joint resolution to stop the sale of old
ongwinded debate Which che resulted oi IN al re
| fusal on the part of the Assembly to recon-
slider the vote. The committee went into
committee of the whole, and after it
| arose recess was taken to 7:30 p. m.
| At the evening session Of the Assembly the
reported the following bills for indefinite
| postponement: Creating the county Of Rusk
| from parts Of the counties of Chippewa, Saw
! yer and Price; providing for tishways in all
dams on rivers and streams in the state;
! granting county boards power to make the
! register of deeds Office salaried one; pro-
| vidiGg for the election of chairman Of the
! board OF supervisors and granting him the
| veto power. The same committee reported
! for passage the bill to prohibit insurance
| over 2500 inhabitants. The committee on
| printing reported for passage with an amend
ment bill No. SO A, providing for increasing
the number of publications of the Blue book
The two other Blue book mea sures were
reported for indefinite postponement The
committee on insurance, banks and banking
reported for passage with one amendment
the bill to regulate mutual beneficiary and
ira ernal societies providing insurance on
the assessment plan. The committee on
public lands reported for concurrence Sena-
tor Bakers IN authorizing school districts
to be credited with interest moneys in excess
of per cent charged them by the preceding
administration. The state affairs committee
the measure increasing the penalty for horse
stealing. The committee reported for con
currence the bill to regulate moneys in coun-
~ and city repositories The committee on
judiciary reported unfavorably upon the bill
providing for sheriffs' fees. The same com
mittee reported for passage the bill making
valid bonds issued by cities for the purpose
Of constructing waterworks or electric light
stitutonal limit of indebtedness of such
| municipal city" The bill authorizing the
city of Milwaukee to extend the time for the
payment Of taxes until July /, and also the
measure providing for the manner of receiv-
ing bids for public improvements ordered by
back by the committee on cities and re-
| referred to the Milwaukee delegation. The
committee on agriculture reported for pas
sage the bill to regulate the sale of CONNER
clal Fertilizers. The committee on claims re-
ported for passage, with an amendment, the
bill for the establishment of board Of i'm,
migration to encourage immigration to I'M
settled parts of the state. A resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Burdick to the effect that in
view ef the great amount of work before
the Legislature 1t was the sense of the As,
sembly that session be held Saturday of
this week, and hereafter on alternate S4uur-
days, at least, was Overwhelmingly voted
down.
Madison. Wis March IA very large
number of petitions came into the Assem-
bly, relating TO most of the matters before |
the Legislature. There were many in favor
Kimball's joint resolution for permission
to introduce bin to provide the capitol with
an electric light plant was taken up, and
Mr.. Kimball made a speech In favor of
changing the system of lighting. Mr.. Hall
sent up an amendment to include the uni
resolution then adopted. Mr.. Halls
resolution for the appointment of a com
mlttee to Investigate , the earnings Of the
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad companies
was taken up up, Mr. L a IN moved to
order for next Thursday morning, and gave
notice that he would object to it ON the
ground that it was new business. Mr. Hall
moved that it be made the special order for
Tuesday morning and the amendment was
adopted. Mr. Hall asked that the ques-
ton of his right to introduce the resolution
be settled at this time, but Mr.. Lamberson
said ne wanted time to look up authorities
on the question. Mr.. Hall wanted the chair
to decide whether it was in order, but the
speaker declined to give an offhand decis-
ion on the point; The resolution was then
made the special order for Tuesday at II
o'clock The committee on claims report
ed unanimously In favor of the bill to es-
tablish home tod for Or the feeble-minded It
SEEKER. with permission of the Senate and
Assembly, introduced bill to amend the
law giving municipalities authority to pur-
chase tolI-roads. The following bills were
passed. No. II A, providing for the dis
solution of village corporations; No: f2f A.
for removing insane people; No $50 A.
approprriatfng $1,000 to buy seed grain for
on logs; No 215 A, relating to register of
probate in Racine county, giving him au-
thority to administer oaths; No. 21S A. regu-
lating the exhibition of wild animals on
public streets; No. 24o A, providing for the
appointment of justices and constableS to
fir vacancies; No. 216 A, providing, that in
surance appraisers shall be residents of the
state; No. 26S A, legaliZing the acts OF the
county board of Florence in creating new
township; No 278 A. authorizing the COM
missioner of insurance to make com
plete annual report No. 2s7 A, creating the
seventeenth lumber inspection district; No.
294 A. authorizing counties to purchase the
annotated statutes from the state; No. 313
A, relating to mileage of jurors in county
courts; No. S74 A, appropriating $4,000 to the
Stare Dairymen's association; No. 3S4 A,
making an appropriation to purchase court
reports for Price county; No. Ais A, re-
ating to building and loan associations;
No 81 S, relating to trespaSS, on public
lands, providing that trespassers may be
prosecuted in any county of the state; No.
| AS S, changing the time of holding court in
| the Tenth judicial district; No 1863 S, APP
propriating $4,000 for the governors contin-
| gent fund; No. III S, providing for the
! uniform taxation Of steamboats,. After a
discussion of the dairymen's bill, which
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