Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-04-03

moved to lay the bill upon the table, but his
a and ds vote o Of n @
was amended to make it apply to the Wau-
| paca well as the Milwaukee home. The
6 e eouny No. No 81 4
| thorizing cities to pay for property de.
| stroyed to prevent the spread OF contagious
diseases; No. 1874 A, authorizing cities to pay
a salary to the mayor; No. 165 a, authoriZ
ing villages to improve streets; No. 1872 A,
requiring registers Of deeds to report mort
cages on file to the assessors for taxation.
The Assembly took a recess until 7:30 D.
The. payment Of road taxes was fertile
evening when the bill requiring the road
taxes to be paid in money came up a
special order: However, the evenings work
amounted to little, as a motion to re-refer the
bill to the judiciary committee was car
rled. The following bills were passed: No
2S4 A, authorizing the contiscation of butter
highways and bridges; No. Alb A, to estab-
lish ferry across the Mississippi river;
rich & Funda to refund a license; No. 3se A,
to create the town of Holway; No. 4S1 A,
providing that people Of every race and
color shall be entitled to the equal enjoy,
ment Of places Of amusement, ETC., and
imposing fine of from $50 to $500 for max
ing any discrimination; No. SAT A, relating
to leYy1ng and collecting taxes; No. 563 a,
placing restrictions on the distribution OF
stationery purchased by the state; No. SIT
A, limiting taxation in counties to 3 per
cent. on the assessed valuation; No. 700 A,
making an appropriation to pay the expenses
of the Russian thistle commission
Madison, Wis March 2S.-The Assembly
began on a calendar longer than the moral
law and sufficient for the rest of the week
unless extra sessions are held. letter
of Dodge was very i'll with pneumonia and
would have to have indefinite leave of alb
Sence A lot of remonstrances against MI.
Halls railroad commission bills We're pre-
scented. The committee railroads re-
ported Mr.. Halls bills for indefinite post
ponement. The committee, on education re-
teachers institute. Bill No. 176 A, MI Not
bohm's bill to repeal the Ludwig law relat-
ing to dependent children, came up for pas
sage. The original bill simply repealed the
old law, but substitute has taken its place,
which provides that where the county pays
the whole cost of maintaining the child it
shall continue to have control of it after 1t
is placed in a charitable institution. Mr..
Burke moved to lay the bill upon the table.
Clark the bill was referred to the committee
on judiciary. There was little furry over
Mr.. Cox's bill, No: 12S A, requiring teachers
in common schools to be at least IS years
of age. 1t finally laid on the table by
vote of Al to %. The following bills were
passed: No. SO A: relating to the exemp-
the $500" road to charge only 3 cents per
mile for passenger rates; No. 151 A relating
to awards for damages on higaw Jay No; do6
Allen; No. $50 A, increasing the salaries In
the Milwaukee register Of probate office; NO.
2 relating to too beneficiary u ass1 90
aid to be given INDECENT soldiers; No. 392 A,
providing for a medical commission to exam
inc insane people; No 800 A, amending the
charter of the Wisconsin River Improve
ment company; No. 1853 a. authorizing
dam across Black river in Clark county; NO.
800 A. for the auditing Of accounts of mem
bers of state boards; No. Alb A, legalizing
acts of town officers; No. 610 a, amending
the general city act relating TO street rail-
way companies in lieu of property tax;
No. Ala a, relating to state school indebted
ness in Oneida county; Mr.. Hanke moved
the reconsideration Of the vote by which Mr..
NOtbohm's bill to repeal the Ludwig law
was re-referred to the judiciary committee,
which kicked up little rumpus. Mr.. Not
bohm advocated his bill. Mr.. Burke OBJ
iected to any more business being piled upon
the judiciary committee, and Mr.. Billiard
said that the judiciary committee had
similar Dill under consideration and It could
report both at once. The motion to recon
slider was adopted F. e. Clark opposed the
bill because he said 1t had no provision for
the care Of children under years OF age.
The bill was passed by vote of IS ayes to
26 noes. Mr.. Billiard was excused from
voting. The fight over Mr.. Treats bill, No.
OF the National Soldiers home in Milwaukee,
was renewed in the Assembly this morning,
fought over and won by the saloon people.
again and gave the Democrats chance for
some amusing filibustering. Mr.. LANCE
asked leave Of absence until next Wednesday
evening and asked as a matter of courtesy
that No. 800 S be made the special order for
the evening. He was so anxious to be heard
pend the rules and put it on its passage at
the present time. That motion was ruled
out of order. Mr.. Ray moved to make it the
special order for this evening Mr.. Lange
could not be present, he going at noon,
but the Assembly was onto his game and
insisted upon making it the special order for
this evening. The committee of the whole
killed a grist of bills. At the evening SEES
sion George Mahoney's bills to prohibit com
The ProchnOw anti-listing bill and its string
Of amendments was advanced to engross-
ment and third reading. No speeches We're
made either for or against the measure. The
vote was II to D. Mr.. Lamberson introduced
his joint resolution to do away with the
certain part of Cambridge avenue a boule-
sard eRd fhs S 4 RGo'SnE xaut fss
Treats bill, specifying the Kelley cure,
was killed and the original measure was or
dered to third reading. The following bills
we're indefinitely postponed: No. 422 A, e1-
empting Wide-gauge Sleighs from taxation;
No, 452 A, providing that persons employed
IN logging e eamps be paid monthly and in
court for Green county; No 1873 A, constitute
ing the Eighteenth judicial circuit; No. 212
No 49, A, fixing lees for publishing legal
notices; No. sol A, authorizing the governor
to appoint three commissioners to have
over the dams used for booming and flooding
purposes; No. 500 A, creating a municipal
court for 2r Douglas county The Legislature
that is the present intention. The confer
ence Of the joint committee to fix a time
for final adjournment resulted in the Se!ec
ton Of this date. The members of the AS
Sembly committee reported back resolution
fixing April IS for adjournment at this even
lng's session and it was adopted under sus-
pension Of the rules by unanimous vote.
Madison, Wis, March 29.-Mr. Hanke's
resolution limiting the time Of speeches to
five minutes except by unanimous consent
was taken up. Mr.. Hall suggested an amend
ment making the consent of majority of
the members sufficient to extend the time
which was adopted The resolution was
then adopted. Mr.. Bacon introduced bill
relating to the issuance Of municipal bonds
and asked the suspension of the rules to put
the bill on its passage. For the benefit of
Mr. Hall, who questioned his ruling last
night, Speaker Burrows read a number Of
authorities showing that motion to sus-
pend the rules is not debatable. Mr. Hall
insisted that whatever the rules might be
elsewhere, such motion was debatable un-
der the rules of this house. The rules were
suspended and Mr.. Bacon's bill was passed
The county option bill, No. 377 A. for
which thousands of petitions were sent in
was reported by the committee on assess
ment and collection of taxes for indefinite
postponement The report was unanimous
The committee also reported against the bill
increasing the rate of interest on fay oertiG.