The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-04-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

I
! GERS of the Pan American exposition to be
! held in Buffalo. \. Y, in 1901. calling atten-
! tion to the exposition and urging the Leg
slature to make an appropriation for
! Wisconsin exhibit. BY a rising vote the
/ Senate adopted resolution by Senator Nc.
! Gtlltvray expressing regret at the death of
! Judge Pinney and containing words Of
! praise for the high character and conspicu-
! Gus attainments Of the dead iurist.
At the session of the Senate on the 9th
! II adopted joint resolution To allow Sen
| NOR DeYoS IN introduce an appropriation
! bill. Srhator Lamoreus' resolution fixing
| April u as the date Of tihal adjournment
! was laid oytr until the next morning. Sen
etor StoutS 5 joint resolution increasing the
/ state superintendent term of office to four
years aud making the date of his election
! identical with that of Supreme court jus
tees. so he may take office on the first
! Monday in July, adopted The fol
! lowing bills were concurred in: Including
/ retail lumber dealers mutual insurance as
/ SociatfonS in the annual report OF the in
! surance commissioner; permitting reduction
! of capital stock of security savings bank
! Of La Crosse from 10000 to $4,000: appro-
/ priatlng $4,000 annually to the geological
and natural history survey of the state for
/ Two years; authorizing the Bank of Com
secE aeeEe from sSGSG% t" to rs G"Ga
! for the cancellation of town mutual insur-
/ ance company policies: regulating town in
| Surance companies; providing that all coun-
I urer the amount of state taxes charged to
| their respective counties on or before the
! III Nt AtntdN III febENtIS. Authorizing the
| city bank of Portage to reduce its capital
! stock from $1oo.o0O to 5o.Ooo. Senator
Whiteheads bill, providing that in cities
! of the third and fourth class temporary
! appointments on the police and fire force
! shall be made by the fire and police com
mission. requiring the clerk uf the commits
sion to keep on hand list of eligibier and
! stipulating that statement of cause shall
accompany notice of SUSPENSION. was
passed under suspension OF the rules Sen
| Rtor Green's bin providing far the appoint
m0nt Of fvt assistant state, veterinarians
| a - day was on the calendar for in
definite postponement. Senator Mailer is
a staunCh friend Of this bill and he rescued
| 1t from Oblivion by offering an amendment
| limiting the expenditures for services of as
Slstants to $1,000 in any one year. The bill
and amendment We're rereterred to the com
! mittee on claims. Five bills were ordered
! public accountants: relating to register of
! deeds office: relating to life insurance com
panies' relating to common schools: relat-
tain cities: relating to forgery. The Sen
| ate then adjourned until the 7th.
The famous anti-pIss resolution has at
| last been passed, providing the adoption
or the conference report by the Assembly
| was sufficient to pass the resolution in that
body rs the parllamehtariahs maintain
| ihe measure was messageH IN the Senate
| WITHOUT further action Oh the Ttt and was
! acted upon Mt once The Shiiate adopted
IN" conference report unariniousy and then
/ tpncurrru IN the substitute by Il r0ll-caiI
| vote upon which every member present
! fofnd aye. Senators KnudSon and Steh-
| hnS "pr" absent. Senator Stout presented
! q jnlnt resolution To allow Senator Munson
| 70 Introduce bill providing for the super
! VISION and control df inyestm aSSocia-
| flonS not now under statutory control Th.
| purpose of this hll is 10 correct = previous
| measure. and to Obvlate Coy ScofeId'S Oh
| lections to that hill The committee on as
! Sesslnent and collection of taxes introduced
| p bill for the taxation of freight line COM
/ Pnnles. correcting error in the previous
/ bill. Section of that bill stipulated that
| the board of assessment should ascertain
! the Falue or the entire capital stock of the
| freight-lne companies and deduct from that
| the actual value of its real estate within
! inns state, considering he remainder as tho
| actual value of capital stock Of such com
| panH The new bill provides for the deduc-
| non from the entire capital stock of the
| company the value of its real estate with
out this state The bin WAS passed under
| suspension of the rules, When the guvpr-
! nors veto Of Senator ROehrR bil authoriz
! ing the custodian of the Milwaukee, public
| museum came up for consideration Senator
Roehr said that while he thought the exc
! cutive had stepped outside his usual sphere
! IN Fet"inS this bill yet the matter was So
,,plEiial III, that ne did not feel justified In ask
! ing IT'S passage The VETO was sustained.
| Senator DeyOs expressed the same opinion
/ upon the Ruhernatorial objections Ia his
! blIi placing the office Of water registrar mn
! der control of the board IF public works
He said he thought the bill was q meritGri-
! Gus one and should be passed. but with the
/ charEe OF legislation IN favor Of certain per
! sons ringing IN his ears. he could hot ask
| the senators to vote for his bill This veto
| also was sustained. The Senate concurrpd
! unanimously in the Assembly resolution pf
| sympathy upon the death Of Mai ID C.
! Fulton. The report Of the conference COM
| mittee on the anti-rass resolution was
! adopted and the substitute resolution
! which came over from the Assembly was
| unanimously adopted, Senator Stehbins bc-
| ing absent. Senator Roehr's two bills prn-
! Niding for the government of Milwaukee, in
| sane hospital WAS reported for passage
| The rrviSers of he statutes practically log
| islated out ot existence the hoard If trIis
Df l1 In jAh A1 raI,, 1trI ,l,-
! statute making an appropriation for the
! support II its inmates. The bills WIRE
| framed to CORRECT this omission. Senator
! Munson thought they might be more than
! local in thpir nature and asked that they
! he laid over until this evening. which was
! done There was short debate on Snna
| tor LanoreuS's resolution fixing April a
! as the datr for final adjournment. Senator
! Lamoreuy offered an amendment changing
The date to AR,Til q Senator tor. Baxter said
| committee, involving appropriations
| amounting to S2.5nn. 900. His motion to
lay the resolution and amendment over ud
! til Monday evening prevailed. Senator
| Withce's bill making every village a sep
erate road district was passed Adjourn
msnt was then taken til 7:3o p. N.
! In the Senate on the night Of the Tth
| some of the principal appropriation bills
! were reported. The claims committee re
| ported for passage the Orton bill making Il
| State university and 500 to the nor
NAL schools. for current expenses, instead
OF a percentage tdA. ne hllI making dp-
| preparations Tor the current expenses Of
the state charitable ana penal institutions
| were reported fayorably by the same com
nittee. 1t appropriated ssh2,ooo fer two
years. Inc claims committee cut down the
| aPpropf'@sblohn @ n Tor 'he ,Lfeen bay fefofna-
| to!N 70 F-''''u lIoth > SLo''V'' ne HpPro-
IIialion - roiisaahfu t N lhe ni!l making
npil"p. -. "a sors ~ uHa 'hproFe-
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/ Of exrpuse Of prosecutinc persans rbarged