Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-04-14
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

| now fixed at that sum, out lne CleIR Hlu
also taken fees and extras reported at from
! $500 to $1,000 per annum, while 1T was be-
| iieved the salary was adequate for the serv-
| ices required Bills were passed as follows:
| TO increase the efficiency of the free library
| commission; to provide for board OF police
| and fire commissioners; relating to nigh
| ways and bridges; relating to hshways in
| dams; relating to payment of street inn
! provement bordering on public parks; relat-
| Ing to payment for sewers to provide for
! increased number of railroad maps; relat-
! ing to extension Of sewers; relating to col
lection of fees due agricultural societies.
The Wylie anti-pool-selling bill went
through the Senate on the Sth and there
was no attempt made to defeat it's passage,
printed. Senator Burkes motion to re
consider the vote by which the bill was
concurred in Qaid over from last Satur-
days SESSION. was the last thing taken mp
! in the Senate. The only dissenting vote
that of Senator Whelan. Senator burke
| did not vote. The committee on state az
fairs reported favorably a substitute for
Victor Berger's labor bill, No. 1S9 s. Mr..
| Halls anti-pasS resolution came in from
| the Assembly and after being read at
length was referred to the judiciary COM
! mittee. Senator Stout's joint resolution for
a constitutional amendment making an Inn
portant change in the office Of superin-
amended. " 1t provides that the psuperin-
! tendent shall be elected in the same man
ner and at the same time as justices of
the Supreme court, which is at the spring
| election; his term is made two years, TO
begin the first Monday in July, his qualifi-
cations, powers. duties and compensation
to be prescribed by law. Mr.. Mss bill,
! No 33S a, providing for a commission to
prepare Il plan for protecting the forest
q to 4-the noes being Senators Lamoreux,
| Mayer Wheelan and Youmans. DR.. Cla-
sons medical bill. No. 30 A, to regulate
| the practice of medicine and surgery, was
| advanced to ENDORSEMENT and third reading.
| Mr.. Sweeting's bill, No. 242 A, authorizing
the dairy and food commissioner to appoint
II wa
| from So to So per day, and it was then or
dered to engrossment and third reading,
| No. 169 S, ITO prevent corrupt practices
| in elections. limit expenses of candidates."
| etc, was the special order. The bill passed
ators Austin. Burke, McMuIIen, Pierce.
| Phillips, Solliday, Whitman and Youmans.
Senator Withee, under permission of
| joint resolution, introduced Il bill reQuir
| ing the regents OF the university to report
| to the Legislature. Senator Timme ten
| ficer as a member of the Senate and briefly
| thanked the president and senators for
courtesieS extended
At the meeting OF the Senate on the night
Of the Sth Mr.. Withee offered a resolution,
| which was adopted reciting that the Uni
versity School of Music had offered to give
complimentary recital to the Legislature.
and asking that it be given on the evening
of the 14th in the Senate chamber. Mr..
| Mailer moved reconsideration of the vote
| by which 397 A, relating to the construction
of sewers, in which Oconto parties are in
| tereSted, was concurred i'll, and had the mo-
ton laid over.
A joint resolution by Senator Whitman
was adopted by the Senate on the 9th di
| recting the joint committee on claims to
have printed and laid on each members
desk by next Wednesday q list of all APP
preparation bills before the Legislature,
with statement of the purpose Of each.
Senator Withee moved that the vote by
which bill No. 100 s, Senator Davis purity
in-election bill was passed be reconsidered
and that the motion lie over 1t was so
ordered. The committee Oh agriculture
reported the Assembly bill providing for a
state board of agriculture without recon-
mendation. joint resolution by Senator
Austin was adopted to permit Senator Nc
Gillivray to introduce a new antitrust bill
| to take the place of the one vetoed by Gov.
Scofield. Senator Roehr moved reconsid-
Grafton of the vote by which the Senate
cOncurred in joint resolution No As A, per
hitting Assemblyman Clason to introduce
over. 1t was 50 ordered Joint resolution
No. II S. appropriating $500 as a battle
ship fund to celebrate the launching of the
battleshlp WISCONSIN was adopted. The
following bills were passed: No. rs S,
providing for the enforcement of the fish
and game laws by the appointment of war
the printing Of reports Of the university
| regents No. 242 4, providing for the APP
food commission at SD per day to inspect
| factories and creameries vote was 10 to
100. Dr.. Clason's medical bill, No. 235 A,
| providing for Il state board of medical ex-
| aminers, which has been the subject of
| considerable discussion and led to the brib-
| cry investigation, was concurred in without
| No. $40 S. creating the town of Cavour in
| Forest county, which has been laid over
| several times, was again laid over until the
| 18th, owing to the absence of Senator Nc
| Mullen, who is i'll, and who opposed the
bill in its present form He sent in an
| amendment. Senator Bakers bill, No. "a
| S, amending the laws relating to the prac-
| tice of pharmacy. killed without dis
cussien. Other bills indefinitely postponed
| -Orn n -
cure law; No. 10 s, providing for the re-
vision Of the statutes relating to taxation:
No 50 5; relating to the commitment. of
| the law establishing state board of immi-
grafton; No. 147 S. providing for the pay
| panies; No. 211 S, for the prevention of
| blindness; No. 212 s, Senator Whitman's bill
| to prevent corrupt practices in elections;
! Henry Ferge.. assignee to Thomas r. Bent
ley, The bill relating to the employment
considerably amended by the COMMITTEES,
| up for engrossment and third reading was
laid over Senator Dement'S bill, No. 80
| works plants through license fees, was or
| dered to engrossment and third reading by
a vote Of - to 10 after a tangle of amend
| amended the bill provides for payment of
! license fees by persons or companies own
| ing waterworks plants as follows: Where
| per year, 21a per cent; $4,000 to 500, 900,
3 per cent. 5000 to $50, 900, per cent !;
| $4,000 to $4,000, 5 per cent; over $40, 900,
per cent After having the bill laid over,
| Senator Mills called up his measure, No.
| 134 S, providing for the inspection of steam
boilers, recommended by the committee on
claims for indefinite postponement Mr..
Mills urged the merit of the bill and said
| 1t had been modified so that it covered only
| boilers which the insurance companies
| would not take risks on. He understood
! the main objection to the bill was by the
claims committee because it provided for
! three inspectors at $1,000 per year and ex-
penses. He believed the fees would pay
this expense. The Senate refused to xiii
| the bill and advanced it to engrossment
| and third reading.
| The Senate was in session fifteen minutes
| on the night of the 9th and adjourned till
$50 o'clock on the 18th. Assembly bill
| No. 1863 A was cOncurred in under SusDen-
sion Of the rules. 1t provides appropria-
| ton of $500 for the purchase of beet sugar
seed to be distributed by the agricultural
experiment station of the university to
farmers whose names are furnished by
| members Of the Legislature.
| Assembly.
The Assembly was il session for just an
| hour on the night of the 18th. In that time
| eleven bills and one joint resolution were