Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-03-03

Indefinite postponement The following
committee on town and county organiza-
ton: Relating to sidewalks in towns; to
provide that fees collected by the Miwau-
kee county judge be paid to the county; to
amend the law relating to clerks Of county
courts. The committee reported for In
the town Of Dewurst in Clark county Bill
No. 293 A, to appropriate to J. N. Thompson
and Lowell & Co. OF Waupun certain sum
Of money was reported for indefinite post
ponement by the committee on claims. The
judiciary committee made favorable reports
on the following: Relating to the purposes
amend the law relating TO recovery where
title is defective; to amend the law relat-
Of jurors in the .Winnebago municipal
courts to legalize the acts of the register
of deeds OF Grant county pertaining to mar
riages, births and deaths The same COM
mittee reported the following bills for in
definite reinforcement: To lessen expenses
Of trial and examinations In criminal cases;
venue in criminal cases; to protect labor
employed upon public contract or improve
ments; to provide for the compilation and
publication Of the town laws of the state;
relating to the incorporation Of the city of
Columbus; relating to one form of actions:
to provide for the compilation and publica-
ton Of the town laws of the state. Messrs
Wipperman, Billiard and Latta dissent
from the committee report req, on the last named
hibit sectarianism in public schools and de
flning the legal meaning Of the word, was
favorably reported by the committee on edu-
cation.
The principal thing done by the Assembly
on the Oath was the passage of the bill ap-
propriating $4,000 to the State Agricultural
society to pay pressing claims. There was
was on a motion to indefinitely postpone the
bill and it resulted: Ayes, SO: noes, 40,
as follows: 7Ayesn,7Ackermann; Beach, Buff
Edwards, Hall, Harvey, Hoyt, Hughes,
Hurd, Hurlbut, Jensen, Jones Cd. F., Latta,
Legried, Lewis, Marsh, Merrill, Mderriman,
krans, Shelter, Smith q. j., Stone Thomas,
Treat, Tucker, Mr.. Speaker-39 Noes
ius, Billiard, Burnham, Cashin, Clack,
CLARK. Connors, Eaton, Feige, Fogo, Frink,
Reinnoldt, Rutherford, Schellenberg,- Smith
SON. Trne We Ssfees wech whe 9
White. Wippermann, Wolff Wolfinger,
Woller, Wolter, Wylie, Yorkey-49. Absent
Taylor, Utt-11. The bill was then or
dered to engrossment and third reading.
Mr.. RosenkranS offered a joint resolution,
which was adopted, to permit Mr.. Hoyt to
introduce bin authorizing the state board
OF health to devise sewerage system for
MllWaukee county. Assemblyman Jensen,
under authority of a joint resolution, intro
duced bill relating to highways. The conf
mittee on claims reported favorably on the
bill to pay the expenses Of the legislative
visiting committee. The following bills
were passed.: No. 112 Olr. HalD, reIat-
ing to ferry across Chippewa river; No.
299 ) Senator Munson) relating to forms
for licensed insurance companies; No 80
Senator Fisher, relating to sidewalks in
towns; No. 315 A Q1r Marsh, relating to
guardians and wards. permitting guardians
to have charge OF minors and their property
when their parents are non-resdents Bills
Pepin; No; 148 (NIr. Plummerl, granting
a 1Mr StaPlesl, relating to trials in Grim
to appeals; No. 239 a OIr, Clark, relating
as), relating to laborers employed on public
contracts; No 291 A CMr. Wolff. relating
to publication of town laws; No 297 4 CMr.
300 A ChT. Hurlbu0, to amend section $500
of revised statutes; No 479 A (Mr. Rosen-
kransl. relating to legal holidays; No. 49,
tMr tr0elich), creating the town Of Dew
hurst Bill No. 416, introduced by Mr.. Tay-
lor, which provides that no insurance agent
snail be eligible to the office OF assessor,
was on the calendar for third reading, but
was sent back to the committee on state
affairs at the instance of Mr.. LANCE. After
large number of bills, all unimportant,
had been ordered engrossed, the Assembly
took up the Agricultural SocietyS appropria-
ton bill, which was the special order for
II o'clock. After, the debate the Assembly
took recess until evening.
At the night session of the Assembly on
the Gath Speaker Buckstaff announced the
appointment of MeSsrs. Pierce, McGrath,
Arson and Webster as the committee to
visit COwner college at Fox Lake to con-
slider the adyisabifity of converting the
same into Il veterans home. The following
committee reports were received: Commit
tee on cities for indefinite pOstponement,
to prohibit the leaving open of cisterns or
wells In cities or villages; to simplify civil
service systems in cities: to authorize the
city Of Milwaukee to levy tax for library
and museum purposes; the committee on
agriculture for passage, for the appoint
ment of Il state bee inspector; for the APP
pOintment OF board of state fair commits
sion6rs; to establish a state fair for North
Falls; state affairs committee for concur
renee, for Il constitutional amendment Gre
ating state board of pardons; to authorize
the governor to declare May 20, 1898, a
legal holiday; committee on town and coun-
ty organization, for indefinite postpone
ment, relating to the removal of county
seats; to change the boundary line between
Polk and st. CrOiX counties; committee on
corpora lions, for indefinite postponement,
waukee Gas Light company; to authorize
street railway companies to condemn land;
committee on charitable and penal insti-
tutions for passage for the establishment
of an intermediate refOrmatory; relating TO
the management of county aSylumS for the
care of the chronic insane; committee on
judiciary for passage, relating to circuit
court; relating to the Waukesha municipal
court; relating to the salary of the KewalI-
nee county Judge; committee on judiciary,
for indefinite pOstponement, relating to
towns relating to the powers of town
boards; to legalize the acts of the town of
Iron River IN the purchase of a water
works; relating to villages; relating to a
stay of execution; to prescribe the duaif-
cations Of judges of courts of record; to
regulate who shall be eligible to election
or appointment county judge to de-
tach the county of Polk from the Eleventh
judicial circuit and to attach it to the
Eighth.
new turn of affairs was taken in the
state agricultural matter in the Assembly
the 18th which resulted in a reconsider
alton of the vote Of the previous day and
q reference of the whole matter to the
committee state affairs. small sensa-
tion also created when it was discoy-
cred that the True bill creating the state
board of agriculture had been quietly re-
ported for passage last night. 1t came in
from the committee on agriculture but was
sent to the committee on state affairs on
motion of Mr.. True, its author. As the mat
ter now stands, those to whom the society
is indebted are quite sure of getting their
money, but the future of the society is very
much in doubt 1t may be that the state
will content itself with taking the grounds
and leasing them to the society for nomi-
nal sum, but many incline to the opinion
that the. society. will be wiped out and
board of agriculture created in its place.
The following bills Pol