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

] from the trust funds to the general fund
| The bill to correct errors in the assessment
| rolls was favorably reported The commit
! zee on military affairs reported for passage
/ me Dill Tor an appropriation to enlarge
| The Wisconsin Veterans home at Waupaca
! and the bill to create special fund for the
! re-eQuipment of the Wisconsin National
| guard. The committee railroads report
| ed for passage with an amendment the bill
| 10 prevent the fraudulent use of transfer
| tickets by street railway companies.
| Henry c. Payne talked to the committee
| on corporations with good results, for at
| The session OF the Senate on the 10th the
| committee reported for indefinite postpone
ment Senator Fearne's bill to compel the
| Wisconsin Telephone company to connect
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| roads on credit and to pay for them in five
! annual installments: providing for sanitary
! conditions in cigar factories and prohibiting
! manufacturers Of cigars to employ any per-
| son under Is for more than eight hours a
| day: prohibiting superior and circuit judges
| 20 draw their quarters salary until they
| subscribe an affidavit of having rendered
decisions in all cases submitted within
| ninety days; apprOpriating $4,000 to the
| Industrial school for girls; requiring manu-
tacturerS and merchants to furnish seats
| for their female employees providing a pen
| atty of so to 500 for failure to brand
| renovated butter; providing for the making
I up of the school budget in the spring in
| stead of in the fall; providing for Il com
| mittee of three appointed by the school
| BOARD to examine school accounts provid-
| ing that in all counties of less than 10000
! population all sheriff's fees in excess Of
| $4,000 shall be paid at one-half the regular
| rate. Two Assembly bills were concurred
| IN: Approprating $4,000 for the purchase
! IF a silver service and a bronze badger for
| 5he battleship Wisconsin; relating to Cass-
vile cemetery. Mr.. Mosher's memorial to
| congress requesting legislation in favor of
| American shipping was amended by Sen
1tor Hatton so as to exclude the provision
for subsidy equal to that devoted to ship
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mortal. with the amendment, was ordered
| % third reading. The following bills were
| ordered TO third reading: Relating to
lual meeting of church insurance corpora
! ions relating to certain mutual fire insur-
ance companies; relating to tax on insurance
premiums; relating to village insurance
companies The following bills were or
1ered engrOsSed: Relating to the use Of
street railway transfers; for the re-equip-
ment of Wisconsin National guard relating
% investment of trust funds; relating to
villages: relating to the duties of bank eX-
3miner: relating to punishment of Migrants
relating to transfer of moneys in trust
funds to general funds; providing for super
vision and control of Investment asSOcla
| lions. Six bills were indefinitely postponed:
Detaching certain territory from towns of
Russell and Pine River: dividing the town
Of Merrill in Lincoln county: relating TO
certain mutual fire insurance companies;
relating to correction of errors in assess
mcnt roll: relating to general elections:
relating to mutual insurance companies.
There was session of the Senate at D..
u. 10 Hltht It caIcHudE lot next week.
Assembly.
The chaplain of the week, the Rev. E. q.
Updike. opened the Assembly session OH the
night Of the 9th with prayer. Mr.. Hoehle
was granted leave of absence for the rest
IF the week Mr.. Morgan presented a
remonStrance against the passage of the bin
% create the town Of Coleman. Petitions
for 2-cent passenger rate were presented
0y Messrs NJ. Greer Humphrey ana Porter.
Mr. Evans sent to the clerks desk peti-
lion signed nv residents OF kpnOSh2. urging
The passage Of Mr.. Sneddon's BILL to prohib-
it the sale of liquor within go feet OF any
church or schOolhouSe. Under authority of
a joint resolution Mr.. Keene introduced
two bills, one to prevent fraud in the adul-
teration of faXseed and linseed oil, and the
other to divide Milwaukee into health dis
Iricts The Assembly approved the recon-
mendation of the judiciary committee for
non concurrence in the Senate amendments
% Mr.. MoOre's bill, relating to the crime of
arson. There were two Senate bills on the
calendar for a third reading. The first
was the cause of a short discussion which
was ended by the adoption of Judge Orton $
motion that the bill be rereferred to the
committee on charitable and penal institu
lions. The measure provides for the grant
ing of police powers TO employees of all
state and county institutions. Senator
Mailers bill providing a contingent fund of
$4,000 for the prevention of cholera and
other contagious diseases, was ordered to a
bird reading Mr.. VandercOok'S BILL chang
ing the time for the payment OF state taxes
0y Marathon county, was laid over Sev-
action prompted Mr.. McGrath to move
that all bills be laid over for thirty days,
but the chair refused to entertain the mo-
ton.
A lot Of petitions came into the Assembly
0n the 7th for the passage of the Humphrey
2-cent fare bill, and another batch in favor
IF the Sheldon bill prohibiting saloons
within $50 feet of Il church or school. There
were also some in favor of the bill to
amend the anti-poolselling law. A resolu-
ton was adopted permitting Mr.: Buf1lng-
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States certain land in Eau Claire; similar
resolution was passed allowing MI. Wheeler
to introduce a bill to grant the government
Jurisdiction over public building site III
Janesville Senator MaiIers bill appro-
priating $4,000 fof a fund to prevent the
spread Of cholera was cOncurred IL. MI
Oyerbecks bill to repeal the state emplOye
list two years ago was on the calendar MI.
Overlook offered an amendment to author
stenographer, which was adopted. and the
bill ordered to a third reading. MI
Vandercooks bill relating to the assess
ment and collection of taxes was laid over.
Gen. Bryant's bill arguments to the court
and jury was on the calendar for indefinite
postponement. The venerable general, who
is in extreme ill-health, attempted 70 speak
against the postponement of the 9lll, bat
was unable to stand. The Assembly laid
the bill over. Mr.. Sturdevant's bill relat-
ing to appeals to the Supreme court was or
dered to third reading. Mr. Hoehles
bill relating to the payment Of wages was
indefinitely postponed and the Assembly
TOOK q recess uIllt p III.
The evening session of the Assembly was
taken Up with reports of committees. The
judiciary committee reported for indefinite
postponement the bill providing for the
payment of damages by telegraph compan-
les for mental anguish resulting from negli-
gence Messrs. Mcleod and Vandercook
dissented. The committee also reported for
indefinite postpOnement the bill relating to
homestead exemptions, and the bill relat-
ing to assistant district attorneys. The
bin relating to the correction Of descrip
tions in c0nveyances OF real estate was
reported for non-concurrence. The commit
tee on assessment and collection of taxes
reported for passage the bill relating to the
collection of taxes by county treasurers.
The bill to exclude bicycles from the right
of way on roads reported for indef-
mite postponement. similar reeommen-
dation was made in regard to the bill pro-
viding for the organization of the town of
Westcott in Shawano county; The com
mittee reported for passage the bill relat
ing to the place of holding probate court;
also the measure relating to the vacation