Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

| one lOf passage anu TWO TO De enSr0SSed.
President Thayer was in the chair.
resolution, drawn by Senator Whitehead,
was adopted, permitting Senator ROehr to
! Introduce two bills to correct errors in
j the revised statutes relating to the Mil
waukee county hospital for the insane. Mr..
Barlow's bill, appropriating $1,000 III two
annual payments to the Wisconsin Fire
mems association, was concurred in Sen
ator Roehr's bill, authorizing towns TO buy
roadmaking machinery, was ordered en-
crossed Senator Riordan's BILL authoriz-
ing the commissioners of public lands to
! loan trust funds to the city of Rhinelander,
was on the calendar for engrossment, but
request of Senator Baxter was referred
to the joint committee on claims. mes
sage from the Assembly brought word OF
the defeat in that body, Of the bill authoriz-
ing the common councils of all cities of the
third and fourth class to change the bound
aries of wards. On motion Of Senator Wit
hee the Senate adjourned
| Eighteen petitions were laid on the clerks
! desk in the Senate on the 18th, most of them
| protesting against the donation of three
acres of Milwaukee park lands for a station
! for the proposed belt line. Senator BisselI
! introduced his bill to prevent the spread of
| San Jose scale. The bill carries appro-
priation of $500 annually. When the As
| semhly message came over announcing that
! the House had refused concurrence in the
| Senate amendment to Mr.. More's arson bill,
! Senator Roehr explained that the amend
ment simply a strengthening out of the
| somewhat obscure wording of the bill. 1t is
a measure to fix a penalty for arson, and
Senator ROehr thought it ought to have
mittee of conference and the chair appoint
ed Senators Roehr, Weed and Harris to
act for the Senate The following bills
were passed: Changing the name of the
state library commission to the free library
commission to avoid confusion with the
, State Historical library; two bill lis amending
| the Douglas county municipal court act;
! placing the appointment of the water regis
| trar in the power of the board of public
works; including personal as well as real
| property III assessment of back taxes; re
| curing university students to take course
! in psychology and pedagogy, equivalent to
that required of applicants for life certifi-
Gates, before their diplomas are counter
| signed by the state superintendent. Mr..
Barlow's bill! appropriating $1,000 to the
Cured in. Two Assembly bills were or
dered to q third reading, one by Mr.. Nc
Grath amending the state reformatory
statue; the other Mr.. Hurbut's bill APP
propriating money TO Julius Derthick. Mr..
Soltwedels bill authorizing appointment Of
board of trustees of the home for de-
: day morning. The following bills were or
dered engroSsed: Relating manufacture
+ of cigars: relating to appointment of deputy
j county clerk; providing for examination of
school board accounts. The bill to make
the Evening Wisconsin the state paper was
! reported by the committee on state affairs
| without recommendation.
| The evening session of the Senate on the
! 9TH lasted but ten minutes and nothing
| done but TO receive committee reports. The
| judiciary committee brought in Senator Nc
Giilivray's joint resolution relating to the
| drainage of swamp lands in Monroe county
| with the recommendation that it be sent
! to the joint committee on claims.
! IN the Senate on the Sth the Eaton State
! fair bill which had been returned by the
governor for a correction in phraseolo@y
was amended by Senator Eaton and passed
under suspension Of rules. The bin as
! originally framed was worded as to give
/ the use of all the county fair grounds to the
state board of agriculture. and the amend
ment limits the grant to the State fair
grounds. Senator LamoreuN's three corpor-
alton bills We're on the calendar for passage
| but were laId over. The following bills
,5ere passed: For the organization and
maintenance of parks. drives and bOule-
! wards: requiring the custodian of the Nil
waukee public museum to give bonds and
authorizing him to appoint 4 secretary: re
| leasing the governor from acting on the
board of normal regents: including personal
as wen as real property IN assessment of
back taxes; providing that when one corpOr-
| alton shall hold stock in another such
4 stock shall. at all meetings If the stock
| by the president of the former; providing
! that when county Judge shall hold court
! in any county other tnan that for which he
was elected he shall receive the sum of
50 per day and his actual expenses: pro.
viding that juror shall not be disqualified
| because he Is taxpayer III the city inter
eSted in the action. Two Assembly bills
were concurred in: Amending the state re
formatory statute; appropriating $2625 to
julius Derthick for services in Co. f. The
following bills were ordered 10 a third read
ing: Amending statute relating TO bids for
state stationery. dDDFOpflatlng $4,000
purchase of stationery for the state: appro-
priating $1,000 to the governors contingent
fund: appropriating not more than $4,000 fer
oVerhauling the plumbing in the capitOI
-Four bills were ordered engroSsed Relat-
ing to incorporation of villages: appropriate
ing $4,000 instead Of $4,000 to the main
tenance of teachers institutes; providing a
penalty for violation Of the statute regulat-
ing the practice Of veterinary surgery; pro-
hibitng the circulation of obscene liter
allure. Indefinite postponement was the
fate Of Senator Mills bill determining the
number of hours in a wol king day and Of
q bill by Senator Welton for the relief Of
the National Accident society of New York
The bill to make the Evening Wisconsin che
official state paper was defeated by vote
of IS to u. The Senate then took Il recess
until 7:30 p. m.
At the evening session of the Senate on
the Sth the committee on education intro
duced a bill drawn in accordance with the
suggestions ii the governors message and
appropriates 100000 for the completion and
equipment of the State Historical Library
building Joint resolution written by
Senator Roehr was adopted giving Senator
Devos permission to introduce d bill to
correct an error in the revised statutes re
lating to the election of supervisors in Mil
waukee county. large number of bills
were reported back from committees.
IN the Senate on the 9th Senator Stout in
troduced joint resolution to allow Senator
Munson TO introduce bill. There was only
one petition-in favor of the Humphrey bill
Senators bennett and kreutzer were the
only abSenteeS The following bills were
passed: Providing FOR Il qualified inspector
| of public schools for the deaf: authorizing
counties OF 100000 more to elect town
clerks assessors and treasurers for two
years instead of one: prohibiting superior
judge of Douglas county to draw his quar-
ters salary until he gives affidavit of hay
ing rendered decisions in all cases submit
ted to him within ninety days; to expedite
hearing in demurrer in civil actions re-
lating to school boards and common high
schools; to amend the act creating a mu
nicipal court for Ashland county; in refer
ence to warehouse receipts: providing for
separate assessment of lands and the build
ings thereon; to properly construe the
statute relating to serving Of summons;
authorizing cities of the third class acting
under special charter to levy special school
tax relating to issue for street improve
ments; providing for the sale Of pure milk
and cream and fixing Il fine of $50 to $f09
for violation; empowering common council
of cities of second. third and fourth classes
having no police court to regulate fees of
officers performing police service. Senator
McGilliyray offered his brother lawmakers
all the bouquets they could wear this morn
ing when they passed his state patronage
bill by 4 vote Of Is to 10. There was q
long debate preceding any action on the bill
and Senator Baxter offered amendment
excepting all teachers in the educational in
situations Of the state from its provisions.