Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-03-31
was held and the clerk instructed to obtain

an opinion from the attorney general.
For the first time since the beginning of
the session there was not a petition pre-
sented in the Senate on the 10Th. A Joint
resolution was adopted authorizing Senator
Whelan to introduce a bill relating to the
duties of the city attorney of Eau Claire Ola
Bills were passed as follows No. 132 S,
relating to hotels and inns, making more
stringent the provisions for punishment of
deadbeats; No. ~ s relating to eomp pen
authorizing dam across Wisconsin river
in Forest county; No. % A, amending the
statues relating to incorporation OF cities;
No. II A, providing for q dam across the
Oconto river; No. 81 A, relative to issue of
bonds by cities; No. IA A, amending and
school for dependent children; No: 213 A,
providing against adulterattOn of food and
drugs; No. 232 a, repeating portion of the
law authorizing dam across Yellow river
in Burnett county; No. 421 a, legalizing acts
Of the Elroy Cemetery association; No. 434
A, amending the excise laws, eQualiZing the
time for issue of licenses: No. AL a, re-
lating to county asylums; No. 81 A, relating
were killed as follows: No. 18l S, regulat-
ing the business of Insurance agents; No.
3oS 5, providing compensation for members
OF the state board of health: No. Ill 5, Gre
ating state board of civil service com
missi0ners. An amendment was adopted to
Mr. Taylor's bill, No. 315 A, providing for
license fees from railway companies Mr..
Hall secured an amendment in the Assembly
which would make the Green Bay road pay
several thousand dollars more per year but
the Senate amendment puts the bill back in
its original form. 1t provides for tax
of 2h per cent. of gross earnings on roads
earning $500 to $4,000 per mile; under $500
per mile So per mile and / y per cent. tax.
The Green Bay road is excepted and placed
in the latter class It's earnings are about
$500 per mile, but it is said the road has
not paid dividend for several years The
Overlook bill, No. 81 n, relating to taxa
ton Of water craft was laid over until to-
morrow.
The late afternoon session of the Senate
on the 10Th was devoted to the receipt of
committee reports.
The Senate on the Goth killed the White
head bicycle baggage bin by a vote Of II
to ID. The bin was on the calendar for in
definite pOstponement and two amendments
offered by Senators Austin and Whitehead
were voted down. There was no discussion
and vote was taken ut once. A pair was
announced by Senator Stout against Senator
Lamoreux for indefinite postponement The
question being on indefinite pOstponement
the vote resulted as follows: Ayes, Sena-
tors Austin, Conger, Deyos, Fisher, Mailer,
Mayer, McGillivray. McMunen, Mills,
Pierce, Phillips, Solliday, Stebbins. Thayer,
Whelan, Withee and Ioumanss, II; noes,
Senators Baxter, Burke, Davis, bennett,
Green, Munson, Putnam, RiOrdan, Roehr,
Welton, Whitehead, Whitman and Wood
worth, IS. Senator Austin introduced
resolution, which was adopted, calling on
the Encouragement for an opinion as to
the rights of the Legislature to recall bills
from the governor when three days have
l
No; 315 a, providing for license fees from
railroad companies, laid over at the
request Of Senator Withee. There was
little furry over the bill relating to taxa
ton of water craft, No. 81 A, on the cal
endar for engrossment and third reading
Senator Baxter offered an amendment and
moved that this and the bill be referred
back to the committee on assessment and
collection of taxes and the motion prevailed
When the substitute bill providing for the
establishment of boards of police and fire
commissioners came up for engrossment
and third reading, Senator McMullen said
he had received protests against it and
wanted opportunity to examine its proyis-
ions. At his request it was laid over. Bills
were passed as follows: No. 161 S. provid-
panies: No 234 S, relating to the Wisconsin
odd Fellows Life insurance company, en-
aiding it to reOrganiZe; No. 81 s, legaliZing
the acts of a Vernon county justice; No.
233 5, relating to recovery i'll case of de-
fective tax titles. Bill No. 307 S, provid
ing for physical education in schools, was
killed Among the bills ordered to engross-
ment and third reading was No. go S, pro-
Viding for the extension and equipment Of
the historical library building. It extends
the tax levy for this purpose from three to
seven years. 1t will realize Il total of about
100000, of which $3.50, 000 il for the build
ing and 100000 for equipment 1t author
money. The Senate adjourned to $50 p. N.
On the Both.
Assembly.
There were many important bills on the
Assembly calendar on the evening of the
odd among them Mr.. Hairs bill for the ap-
pointment of a committee TO investigate the
earnings of railway companies, and Mr. An
sons bill to regulate the practice of phar-
of LIQUOR in the vicinity of the National
Soldiers home was on the calendar for en-
grossment and third reading. A resolution
by Mr.. Woller was adopted to allow Mr.
Overlook to Introduce bill for the erection
of q pier or dock into the waters of Green
bay BY a vote OF 81 to 81 the Assembly re-
fI,cc6 70 ar hr ion fp,
the appointment Of a committee of three
to ascertain the amount OF the mill tax
80 S, to provide that banks be not required
to pay the fees of the bank examiner for
aminations, was recalled from the Senate.
Mr.. Wheeler entered a motion that the vote
by which the Assembly refused concurrence
in the bill be reconsidered.
In the Assembly OF the 23d special com
mittee and commission reports were the
first order. The special commission ap-
pointed to revise the town and village law,
consisting of Assembymen Burdick and
II. E. Brown Of Lancaster offered q report
in which it declared that the commits
sion considered it impracticable to unite
town and village corporations and itthought
they should remain distinct as at present.
A bill more distinctly defining the powers
OF both town and village corporations was
presented with the report. The special
legislative committee appointed to inveSti-
duced into the capitol as ordered by the
Legislature OF 1885, reported that it had
been discovered that the Improvement
would cost 10000, while the appropriation
was only $4,000 The bill comforting Grim
inal jurisdiction on the La Crosse county
court was passed, as were the joint resolu-
lions providing for steps TOR an Interstate
commission to secure uniform fish and
game laws Joint resolution No. , A, in
troduced by Assembyman Merriman, pro
yiding for the submission to the people
Of a constitutional amendment requiring all
voters in Wisconsin to be naturalized citi-
zens, was adopted. Bills were passed as
follows: No. 1873 A, changing territory of
towns in Taylor county; No. POS A, relating
to vital Statistics No 44S A, authorizing
a dam across Oconto river; No. $40 A, re-
lating to term of court i'll the Fifteenth
judicial circuit; No. 527 4, amending nlu-
nicipal court for Douglas county; No. SOB
A, to promote purity IN political cOnyen-
tions; No. Gil a, relating TO sewer and wa
ter systems in cities; No. 631 A, relating to
Hamilton cemetery in La Crosse county;
No. G32 A, relating to new trials in Grim
inal cases; No. IS S. relating to the police
court in Milwaukee; No. 2 S, relating to
the duties Of the attorney general; No. 43
S, relating to guardians and wards; No. Il
S, providing for collection Of special as
sesSments: No. 116 s. amending the General
election law; No. 100 S. to apportion GER
tain money; No. go S, relating to printing
of proceedings of charities and corrections;
No 264 S, relating to evidence of ordi-
OancpS etc: No $50 S. relating to Come