Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-05

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The Senate or the 30th passed a new
which viii! give opportunity for another
ight over the much-contested question 1t
was drawn by Senator Whitehead to take
he place of tie Senate railroad committees
,rigina! bill which had been amended by
he Assembly, and was endorsed by the
leaders before it was introduced. Senator
Whitehead introduced the bill and ex-
planned its features The only additional
provision, lie said, was the first, which went
back to Tie fountain head Of the trouble
md prohibited the giving of passes or
franks to political candidates. Section 3
ae explained, provided that the. offer of
such privileges to candidates should be
deemed bribery of an officer, punishable
by Imprisonment in state prison for from
one to five years or by fine of from 5000
railroad commissioner and his deputy shall
ride free in the discharge of their official
duties was inserted, he, said. to make the
bill constitutional, as there is a like pro
vision in the constitution. The substitute
was unanimously adopted without further
debate. Two new Senate bills came in.
The first was framed by the joint commit
tee on claims, and provides that all con
tracts hereafter let for the erection of
state buildings shall contain a provision by
the contractor for the payment of all claims
for labor and material and that no such
contract shall be let unless the contractor
gives sufficient bond approved by the
state. Senator Whelan introduced bill
appropriating $500 for Il medal for Prof.
Babcock the inventor of the Babcock milk
test ne lOllOWlHS DlllS were passed: Pro
hlbitlng life Insurance companies from issu-
Ing any 2ew policies when their actual
value Is not of a net yaIue equal 20 the net
value of its policies, thar inssiring the
five persons who shall have received appli-
cation for insurance Oh 500 bicycles to form
a mutual insurance corporation; to re-estab-
llsh district court in the county of Mil
Waukee to take the place of the Milwau-
kee police court. appeal to be taken from
this court to the municipal court; authoriz-
maintenance
tigo river; appropriating $4,000 to the nor
mai school fund for repairs and heating
apparatus; authorizing Il dam across Apple
river; authorizing dam across Elk creek;
providing that when any person who has
t tan We AID from ar any municipal corpora
owner the value of such relief shall he.
deemed legal claim against such person
ator Whelan's bill extending aDpronriation
of manual training to twenty schools in
stead of ten and increasing the aooropra-
Of Senators Whitman, Riordan and
Kreutzer saved it from an early grave
MI MI VA, tnndercoqks resolution providing that
all dis in the hands of the committees
must be reported by April 1 was amended
by Senator Roehr making the date March
81. He did this because, in conference
with Spea ker Ray he had learned that if
would be impossible for the Assembly con-
mittee to report by that date. The amend
the Assembly for further amendment by
them Senator Lamoreux's resolution for
an adjournment on April IA was laid over
for one week. The following bills we're
ordered to Il third reading: Authorizing the
MenaSha WoOdenware company to maintain
bridge across branch of the Fox river
relating to damages on highways: relating
to free libraries; appropriatine sum of
money to various persons: defining the
boundaries of the town of Dunbar; author
izing l.. NJ Washburn ct al to maintain
a pier in the waters of Sturgeon bay. Only
four bills were killed. Relating to sale
OF patent medicines; regulating the use of
.nr hnpfh c. rOI,+
mentS of public bridges: relating to carry
ing of livestock by railroads. The Senate
then took recess until 7:3o 2. IN.
The evening session of the Senate on fhe
3Oth was the longest session but one the
Senate has yet held. The report of the
joint conference committee on the anti
received, but no action was taken, as the
Assembly, in the opinion OF the chair, must
act first; The True marriage license bill
was received in a message from the Assem-
bly, and referred to the judiciary commit
tee. The committee on military affairs re-
ported for passage Senator Whitehead's
bill providing for the control and instruction
of the National guard. The bill fixes the
time for the annual encampment at eight
instead of seven days, in order that the
troops shall not be transported to and from
Camp Douglas on Sunday. The joint com
mittee Oh Ssh and game reported for pas
sage by Senator Green, relating to the pow
ers of the fish commission Senator Mills
naval militia bill reported by the
committee on state affairs for indefinite
sons bill aboiishing the office of state treas
ury agent and substituting a clerk to do
the work in the treasury department. The
committee on corporations reported for pas
sage Senator Whitehead's bill supplying an
omission in the statutes relating to fire and
police commissioners in cities of the third
and fourth class The bill relating to the
salaries of registers of deeds in Milwaukee
county was also reported for passage.
The Senate on the 31st concurred in Mr..
Rays joint. resolution for the appointment
people Of the state in Wisconsin exhibit
at the Paris exposition. Senator Whit
mans lien bill has become famous by num-
erous postponements. When it came up for
passage this morning Senator Lamoreux
gave very clear exposition of its provis
ions. The law as it now stands, he said, is
Winslow of the Supreme court hold that
when Il man sells piece of land, gives Il
deed for it and takes a mortgage in return
may be made for improvements upon the
land, by the purchaser: but if the only
certificate of exchange is land contract
vender. There is, however, difference Of
opinion on the bench. The bill aims to de-
fine the law exactly by providing that the
lien upon improvements made by the vendee
shall not affect the interest Of the owner
except by special contract. The bill was
passed. Another important bill which went
through was one introduced by Senator
Mills providing a penalty of $40 to 500 for
failure of employers to make time checks
and other promiSSOry paper payable at some
designated bank or office in the county i'll
which the work was performed, or at the
general office of the employer if within the
state. Other bills were passed as follows
For the maintenance of a dam across Elk
creek; to pay $140 to Zacharas and c. S.
Simonson of Waushara county to reimburse
Them for money enormously paid to the
state for swamp lands; appropriating to
Michael Gleason S13O7 16 for materials for
and labor on the lighting and power plant
of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys:
authorizing Menasha Woodenware COM
pany to maintain a bridge over a branch
of the Fox river: authorizing N S. and l..
NJ. Washburn to maintain a pier in the wa
tiers of Sturgeon bay legaizing the action
of cities in adopting the general city char
ter in whole or in part to provide for the
wider circulation Of books of free libraries
by county travelling libraries; to appropriate
to c.. II. Baxter, w. G. Wheeler and Z. II.
Cashin $500 each for expenses incurred as
n legislative visiting committee Two bills,
both by Mr. Orion, were ordered to third
reading. One of them provided for an an
nual appropriation of $685. 900 for the state
university. instead of a percentage of the
tax levy the other verbal amendment of
the soldiers relief fund statute. Senator
Whitehead's bill providing for an appropri-
alton of $1,000 for the removal of the treas
ures of the State Historical society to the
new building was ordered engrossed. The
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