Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-03-29

ng bills were ordered engrossed: T e anM-
ng nonresident individuals and &C d6sns HThl,
% appropriate a certain sum O. naS3ieT to
enlarge Wisconsin Veterans honsnc 49, ~
ng to free high schools; to noey+saue +be az
5 iciency f of the hs state ero commission
Relating to masters and emnioyer 9tiom an.
3o Dol ~ ol snarter commission; relat
1nSs to opT.o' ~on OF slaughter and packing
;ournme .AeFe Was a fight upon final adj
~ ~ tiiiAs at. Senator LamoreuX introduced
YIN resolution fixing April IA as
de date of the last session. He
gave the Sentinel scoring for
announcing this morning that he con-
templated continuing the session until May
TO- He said he thought there was no doubt
that all business could be finished up by the
middle of April. Senator Baxter said there
were many bills before the Senate which
they were bound to pass and he objected to
fixing a date for adjournment which might
preclude due consideration of these meas
ures. Senator Whitehead thought it was
mistake to arbitrarily fix the time OF au,
iorrnment. Senator DeyOS said he had
canvassed the matter and he was sure nCth-
ing would prevent an early adjournment.
He moved, however, that the resolution
be laid over until Tuesday morning. which
was the sense of the Senate. An Assembly
resolution requiring ali bills to be reported
from the committees by April /, was also
laid over.
The evening session of the Senate on the
23d was devoted to committee reports. but
the monotony was relieved by speech from
ex-senator j. r. McMullen of Clinton who
was in the Senate two years ago. He
spoke on the request OF Senator Roenf
Mr.. McMullen urged the senators TO not
allow the newspapers to sway them, ana
not to adjourn in a hurry. The committee
on claims reported five bills for indefinite
postponement and nine for passage, among
them the bill by the committee on educa-
ton, providing for an engineering building
and for an extension of the dairy building
mil no
appropriation at $146,000 Bills reported for
passage: Providing for the re-equipment of
the Wisconsin National guard; approprlat-
ing $4,000 for transportation expenses OF the
fish commission; appropriating $4,000 for
teachers Institutes, approprlatlng $lO,Ooo
to the normal school fund; approprlatlng
$4,000 for a report on manual training ana
agriculture in the common schools; provld,
ing for adjusting the state swamp lana
claims against the United States; adding
$4,000 TO the annual appropriation OF the
State Historical society. Measures 10 De
killed: Appropriating $500 to Daniel La
vim; increasing the salary of the chief clerk
in the bank examiners othce; proFlding Ior
five assistant state veterinary surgeons;
The bill to raise the age of consent to IL
years was favorably reported.
There were five aDsentees at the session
of the Senate on the 18th Senator NC
Gilliyray's joint resolution providing for the
DRAINAGE of 1000 acres of land along the
LeElonweir river was indefinitely postponed
Mr.. Overbeck's resolution relating TO the
transferring of the title to property OF the
State Historical society to the state or WIS
cousin was adopted and Senator's kreutzer
and Whitman were appointed to act on
the committee provided for III the resolu-
ton. The following bills were passed: Au-
thoriZing municipalities to issue bonds Tor
the purchase and maintenance or telephone
lines: authorizing city superintendent OF
schools to issue certificates TO teacnefS Oh
special branches; amending the statutes re-
lating to mutual building and loan assocla-
tions; requiring manufacturers to provide
seats for women employees; to create ana
establish superior court in and for Doug
las county: authorizing the governor, secre-
tary of state and state treasurer to appoint
an expert accountant at so day ana an
assistant at So day to examine the sys-
TEN of bookkeeping in state offices. with Il
view to simplifying the same; appropratlng
$4,000 for the acquisition by the state OF
the lands in the st. Croix River rallev,
for an interstate park; providing that In
any county which maintains both a poor
house and q county insane asylum the truS-
tees of the latter shall be eX-ofiicio super
intendents of the poor unless the county
board shall appoint separate Superlnten-
dent; providing that in cities of less than
5000 the polls may be open not earlier than
a. m. and close at p. M. The following
bills were ordered to a third reading: To
pay a certain sum of money to Albert
Kalmbach: comforting additional jurisdic-
ton of county court of st. CrOiX county;
relating to the places of holding court: re-
latng to common schools: relating to COM
mon schools: to amend section 1855 under
subhead "Beneficiary'' of chapter So relat-
ing to foundations: relating to voluntary
assignments; to create municipal court
for the county of Shawano Several bills
were ordered engrossed: Providing com
pensation for officiating chaplains; to re-
establish district court in the county of
Milwaukee; relating to county courts: relat-
ing to instruction in manual training in
public schools: relating to failure of rail
roads to make connections at junction
points; to increase the appropriation to
commissioners of fisheries; appropriating
certain sums of money to regents of State
university; relating to foreign railroad COM
panies. Three bills were killed: Relating
to Issue Of corporate bonds; to appropriate
q sum of money to Daniel LAWN; relating
to speed Of trains. Two new bills came in
strict actions Involving the validity of pro-
ceedingS by cities to adopt the provisions of
Senator Stout, to allow one railroad com
pany to use the right of way or tracks of
another which passes into or through vii
lagos and cities of the state. The Senate
then took a recess until D. m.
The afternoon session of the Senate ON
the Oath was barren of results. Not com
mittee had met during the afternoon, and
when Lieut.. Gov. Stone dropped the gavel
at O'Clock there were but nine senator's in
the chamber. The committee enrolled
bills. and the committee on bills on the
third reading reported, and on motion Of
Senator Green the Senate adjourned till
Monday evening at $50 O'Clock.
Assembly.
the Assembly session on the evening of the
Goth by the Rev. A. B. Storms. There We're
no petitions or remonstrances resolu-
tion was adopted, to permit Mr.. Thomas 10
introduce a bill to authorize A. ]. McGill-
very to build a dam across the Chippewa
river at Jims Falls in Chippewa county.
A message received from Gov. SEQ
field announcing that ten bills originating
in the Assembly had been signed and de
posted in the office of the secretary of
state. The first measure on the calendar
was Mr.. Halls joint resolution for a con.
stitutiOnal amendment to allow the use of
voting machines. The resolution was
passed. The vote was II to 5 in favor of
the passage of the bill to appropriate $1,000
for an interstate park at the Dalles of the
ST. Croix. The only other appropriation
bill on the, calendar was to appropriate
$4,000 for the erection of monument at
the grave of Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin S
first governor. The bill was passed unani-
mously On motion of Mr.. Rusk the bill
relating to the maintenance of schools IN
cities was TereferTed to the committee on
education. The Assembly refused concur
renee in the bill, providing that Migrants
shall not be sentenced to pOOrhouSeS.
The Assembly on the 21st passed Senator
Roehr's bill providing for the leorganiza-
stion Of the board of normal school regents,
which will now become a law as soon as