Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

SENATE
The Senate was called to order on the
18th by President Pro TEN. Lyman w
Ihayer, and prayer was offered by DR..
James D. Butler, Madison's centenarian
preacher and scientist. Senator Withees
resolution granting the use of the Senate
chamber to the Wisconsin State Horticul-
tural society on the evening of February
was adopted: Senator McGillivray then
family of Judge Alfred w. Newman and
of sympathy to the state for the loss of
an eminent jurist. The resolutions were
unanimously adopted by a rising vote. On
adjourned until the 18th.
The Senate held another five-minute SEES
sion on the 18th and Senator BisseH
the OILY one who failed to respond to the
slded and DR.. j. d. Butler offered the in
vocation. The only business was the in
Producing by Senator Welton of bill re-
tatlng to the bonds of county officials.
In the Assembly on the 18th Mr.. Mosher
introduced memorial petitioning Congress
to pass laws to encourage American ship
ping Mr. Keene introduced bill to give
the State Historical society power to sell
lands, and Mr.. CRUDE introduced another
giving county judges permission to have
court notices printed in German papers in
thelr discretion. An adjournment was then
taken.
Roll call in the Senate on the Goth showed
three Observation-Disclosures Bissel, Jacobs
and Weed. Senator Stout introduced his
Dlil providing for a system Of state forests.
The bill provides that the sale of all public
lands, except the school and university
lands, is to stop from the passage of the
bill, and to be kept for forest preserves.
The forest system is to be directed by Il
superintendent, who shall receive $4,000
year and his assistant $4,000 a year. The
bill was referred to the special committee
on forestry. Senator benefits bill prOvid-
ing for the adjustment of SWamp-land
claims was referred to the Dublic-ands
committee. The bill authorizes the gov
ernor to select in lieu of relinCuishel
swamp lands a like quantity of land from
the unappropriated public lands within the
state to which no claim is asserted. The
sum OF money appropriated out of the gen.
eral fund to carry out the provisions of the
bill shall be reimbursed from the sale oe
any lands acquired through the provisions
Of the act. Senator Roehr then introduced
a bill to adjust the fees and salaries in the
register Of deeds office of Milwaukee cOul-
ty. The bill was referred to the commit
tee on interpretations. The IeIyrt Of ).
Q. Emory. who was appointed under the
laws of 1897 to collect historical material
IN cooperation with the State Historical!
society, showed that his research had re-
suited in the addition to the state archives
days. On motion of Senator McGillvraY
the Senate adjourned until $50 p. III. on the
23d.
Assem- bly,.
Two bills were introduced in the Assem-
bly, on the 18th. One was a bicycle bag
to the one on which the Legislature fought
two years ago. The second was one by
Mr.. Baldock, amending the general election
law, to make the marking of ballots more
easy. The resolution to refer the gov
errors message, introduced last week, was
debated at some length and adopted. Chai--
man Ray announced his list of committee
men, and the Assembly passed the Senate
resolution on the death of Judge Newman
by rising vote. The Assembly then ad-
journed until the 18th.
the chamber was granted to the Wisconsin
Horticultural society for a public meeting
on February 8. Mr.. Porter introduced
bill to amend the game laws and another to
reimburse John Gamer for fish nets de-
stroyed by the game warden. Mr.. Dodge
introduced one to amend the laws relating
to the taxation of insurance companies. The
Assembly then adjourned.
In the Senate on the 10Th Mr. Stone in
troduced a joint resolution recommending
the appointment of a committee Of two from
the Senate and three from the Assembly TO
whom all matters relating to forestry shall
be referred and it was adopted. Mr. Roehr
introduced a bill increasing the power of
the municipal court of Milwaukee county
and liking the salary of the judge thereof
at $4,000 instead of $4,000. Mr.. Whitehead's
bill to amend the law relating to public no
tices in county courts was referred to the
committee on Judiciary. The bill provides
that, at the discretion of the judge, such
notices may be published in a German pa
per Mr.. McGilliyray introduced bill regu-
1t requires such accountants to be ex-
amined and licensed, the university regents
~ constitute the examining board for the
first year or until such time as enough ac-
c:Untants have been examined to constitute
the board. The applicants shall pay fees
sufficient to make the board self-sustaining.
Mi. LamOreuX. on behalf of the judiciary
committee, reported favOrably on Mr. Wei
tons bill providing for the bonding of coun-
ty officers and the bill was adopted under
suspension Of the rules. Adjourned.
Quite batch of bills were introduced in
che Assembly on the goth, including one or
two important ones Mr.. iAeene introduced
a facetious resolution requiring that Il dose
of castor-oil be administered to each chair
in the chamber, which led MI Hall to
crack the only joke he was ever known to
spring. He moved to refer the resolution
to the sergeant alarms. Mr.. Thomas intro
duced an express bill, and other bills were
introduced as follows: BY Mr.. True amend
ing the laws of 1898, relating to marriages;
by Mr.. Wells, providing for the survey of
islands in Wisconsin river between Kill
boUrn City and Prairie du Chen by Mr.
Orion, relating to the adoption of children
providing that when children adopted be-
fore they are years old shall have lived
with their foster-parents five years notice
of adoption shall not be necessary