Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-03-27

organizing the Fifteenth and Sixteenth judi
cial circuits; No. COS A, authorizing cities of
the second class to issue bonds; No. COS A,
permitting towns to acquire titles TO toll
roads The follo ", Senate bills were con.
and appropriating funds to the normal
schools; No. 343 S, to purchase flags for
schools No. 4O7 S, fixing the salary of the
state superintendent at $4,000; No. Ala s.
making an appropriation to pay legislative
employees Mr.: Christian offered joint
resolution for the appointment of commit
! tee of five, three from the Assembly and two
from the Senate, to agree upon and tx a
| date for the adjournment of the Legisla ture.
! 1t was laid over On motion of Mr.. Burdick.
| Bill No 80 S, relating to the compensation
of committees of county boards, which was
| laid the table last night was taken from
the table and re-referred to the committee
| on judiciary. The following bills were killed
in the committee Of the whole: No. A A,
| creating the town Of Waupee; No. "A A. con
! corning the exemption of homesteadS; No.
236 A. relating to the sale of Intoxicating
liquors., No. POI A, relating to highway
safe Of Intoxicating liquors; No. 434 A, con-
corning snow on public highways; No. 449 A,
relating to assessment of merchandise; No.
creek; No. 667 A, annexing territory to Hud-
! son City. Mr. Burdick introduced bill to
amend the laws of 1893 in relation to Of
| fcers of cities Of the second, third and fourth
| classes. A recess was then taken to 80 p. III.
At the evening session bill No. 557 A, to limit
the rate of taxation in cities, was reported
! for passage by the committee on assessment
and collection of taxes The same commit
tee reported Mr.. Hambright's bill, No 66G
! A, for passage with an amendment. The
measure provides for the payment Of a IL
cense fee by street car companies. This
| license fee is to be calculated upon the gross
receipts of the companies as follows: One
~er cent. on the first $25000O of its gross
| receipts; l13 per cent upon the gross re-
ceipts over $2500O0 and not exceeding $780,
! 600, and per cent. on all amounts over
! $50O00O. The committee on federal relations
reported for Indefinite potsponement Jciat
| resolution No 80 A, memorialiZing Congress
for the annexation of Canada to the United
States. The same committee also reported
unfavorably upon joint resolution ~ A,
! asking Congress to convene constitutional
| convention. The resolution also commended
! several constitutional amendments, among
them the eleetion Of United States senators
! by popular vote and free coinage of silver.
| No. 271 S. abOlishinG the board Of trustees
| of the Wisconsin Veterans home was report
| ed for concurrence by the state affairs com
mittee No. COP A, authorizing the forma-
! ton of insurance companies to insure
against thunder, lightning and hail. was
surance, banks and banking.
Madison, Wis; March 22..The flood of pc
titions in the Assembly this morning was
to. Mr.. Halls railroad bills. Mr.. Christians
! joint. resolution to appoint a committee to
! passed. Mr.. Wipperman offered a resolution
! shutting off the Introduction Of bills except
! by the unanimous consent of both houses.
Mr.. Besse offered a bill for dam on Chip
pewa river and Mr.. Uecke introduced an
other for a dam on Wolf river. The COM
mittee on judiciary reported a substitute
! for Mr.. StillmanS VeStibule street car bill,
together with Il long report stating that the
committee had considered it wise to disre-
! gard the instruction of the House to make
| the time for vestibuling the cars one year.
The vestibule substitute gives the compa
MES two years and the report stated that to
! have compelled the YeStlbuiing OF the cars
in one year would have worked a great
hardship on the companies. The substitute
strikes out that part of the original bill
hiph pDIrn ri Or N
! relieve companies from the provisions of
the law. The Milwaukee delegation report.
ed the various matters s acted o upon at last
was meSSaged over from the Senate, was
put upon its passage under suspension of the
! rules on motion of Mr.. Hoyt. 1t amends the
CURED in, but later theOyOte was reconsid-
cred and the bill referred to the judiciary
| committee. There was little skirmish over
! the bill to exempt wide-gauge sleighs from
| taxation, but it was finally passed. At
tempts to pass similar bills have been made
several times in the past: Assembly bills
were passed as follows: No. 205 A. relating
! to church corporations and insurance com.
panies; No. 226 A. establishing board Of
| immigration; No. $50 a. providing for the
| incorporation of societies to find homes for
abandoned children; No. $50 A, authorizing
the Butternut Water Power company to con-
in in as follows No SO S, relating to special
corporations; No. GA S, authorizing a wagon
bridge across the Fox river in Marquette
| county; No. % S, relating to attorneys and
| bonds; No. 100 S, to provide for dover in
the absence of teStamentary provision; No.
| 113 S. relating to city councils ana village
bonds; No. 123 S, requiring witnesses of wills
to sign in each others presence; No. go S,
compelling trustees of chronic insane asy-
IumS to serve without pay; No. $50 s. pro-
viding for correction of errors in charges
for care of the insane; No. 34S S. making
| payments to the Wisconsin Veterans home
monthly instead of quarterly. Bill No. 591
/ A relating to the management of roads over
which there have been several lively dis
cussions, was made the special order for
Wednesday evening at o'clock Assembly
| bills were Killed as follows: No 10 A,
providing for joint county warehouses, for
| which there is 4 substitute; No go A, for
uniform text books; No. 237 A, amending the
| tax laws; No. 303 A, establishing a munich
pal court for Neenah and Menasha; No. 544
A. amending the charter of the La Crosse
Manufacturing company; No. $50 A, prohibit
ing saloons within 500 feet of schOO4houses;
No $50, establishing a municipal court in
Vernon county; No 576 A, authorizing
counties to aid il the purchase Of fair
grounds; No. 655 A, detachng the Fourth
ward from Sturgeon Bay and adding it to
the town; No. $50 A, concerning poison for
dogs and wild animals; joint resolution No.
IS a, favOring Il convention to amend the
constitution of the United States; joint
resolution No. So favoring the annexation
of Canada. The Assembly adjourned until
Monday evening.