The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-04-01

house and y county insane asylum the trUlS-
tees of the latter shall he cX-uicio super
intendents of the poor unless the county
board shall appoint separate Superinten-
dent: providing that in cities of less than
1000 the polls may lac open not earlier than
& Il. m. and close at { p. III. The following
bills ordered to third reading: To
pay a certain sum of money to Albert
kalmhach: comforting additional iuriSdic-
tion of county court of ST. CroiX county:
relating to the places of holding court: re
lating to common schools; relating to com
mon schools; to amend section 1870 under
Suhhcad beneficiary" of chapter -: relat-
ing TO fornication; relating to voluntary
a>SiSHlhthtS' 10 create Il hlulll'lpai court
for the county of Shawano. Several bills
were ordered cngroSSed: Providing com
pensatiol for officiating chapains: to re-
establish district court in the county Of
milwaukee,: relating To county courts; rclat-
ing to instruction In manual training in
public schools: relating to failure of rail
roads to make connections nt 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
panicS Three bills were killed: Relating
I" issue of corporate bonds, to appropriate
a sum Of money to Daniel LAWN; relating
to speed Of trains. Two new bills came in
one 10y senator kreutZcr. to limit and re
strict actions involving the validity of pro
cecdings hy cities to adopt the provisions Of
tn" general city charter law: the other 10y
senator Stout. to allow one railroad com
pany {" use the right Of way or tracks of
another which passes into or through vii
lAE"S and cities of the state. The Senate
then took recess until : y. m.
The afternoon session Of the Senate on
the 24th was barren of results. Not Il com
mittcc had met during the afternoon. and
when Lieut.. toy. Ston" dropped the gavel
az O'Clock there We're but nine senators in
III" chamber The committee on 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
The Senate session on the night of III" 21th
was opened with prayer hy the Rev. w. J.
Mckay Of the Methodist church. with Lieut.
GGv. Stone in the chair \ message was
received from the governor transmitting Il
letter from the secretary of the treasury
asking that the Legislature pass an act
empowering the federal government to pur-
chase sites for postofficc building in James
will and Eau Claire. The letter re
fcrrcd 10 the Judiciary committee. Another
executive message brought III Il veto of
Senator Mills bill. relating To filing
vacancy in the office of municipal judge in
Douglas county. At the request of senator
Mills the consideration Of the veto was set
for Friday morning. Senator Whitman Sc
cured the adoption of an amendment To No
1N!S, 10y Senator WcltOn. for the reorganiza.
tion of the National guard. The bill as
drawn provided an age limit of - years
for all stan and regimcntal officers when
first commissioned. This the Joint commit
tee claims was changed to II years under
the belief that that was the limit in the
regular army. The fact appearing that A.
years is the United States limit for grant
ing commissions and til" amendment was
adopted and tho bill passed. This tn"
only Senate bill passed. Thr following As
scmbly bills were conCurred in: Appropriate
ing $40 to Albert kalnIhach: comforting ad-
ditionHl jurisdiction on the county court of
st. Croix county; requiring seven months
school AZ condition of stat" aid: relating
to the bencliCiarips of insurance policies:
increasing the age of ronScnt: relating To
the amount of the bond of aSSigncrs in
voluntary assignments: creating municipal
court for Shawano county.
The antipass Eill was on the Senate cal
endar on the 18th and an cNp""tant hush
fell upon the senators as th" clerk read Ia"
title: To prohibit til" pass system and
provid" penalty f"" the violation there
Of" Senator Roehr ar"S" and. after an i'm
pi"SSiNr pause. stated that tn" conference
committee had under consideration an
amendment to the constitution prohibiting
th" use of the free pass. which ought 10
conform with the bill. The committee, he
said, had not vet reached an agreement.
ana he asked that the bill be laid over. His
| motion was carried, and the hill was laid
over. with an amendment hv Senator Mills
providing that the contemplated mra Su-"
shall not repeal that section of the statutes
Of lS:'s which allows tn" railroad commits
Honcr To ride free III th" discharge of his
official duties. Senator MCtiillivraV'S Joint
resolution allowing the state /" appr"priat"
money 10 h" raised by taxation and not in
any wis" to constitute il public debt. Ia be
USCd iii tn" construction or Improvement of
public highways, was adopted. Mr.. Wander
COOK solution that bills in the hands of
committees he reported by April and sen
iournmcnt on April II were both on the cal
cndar. Senator Lamor"uX thought there
might be conflicting provisions in III" two
resolutions and asked that they he laid
over until Thursday morning. which was
done Mr.. Anderson's bill to enable church
insurance companies 10 amend their arti
cleS of 0rganizatiOn and Mr.. Dahl'S bill
relating to formation Of hail lnsur.
an"" companies We're concurrcd in. \ de.
bate was prccipitatcd when Senator Mar
tins bill increasing the appropriation for
teachers Institutes from SStHHl
came up for passage. Senator Jones object
ed TO the measure on the ground that the
appropriation had been too radically in
creased He said he thought he was yiolat-
ing precedent by working against the favor
able report of committee hut he could
not favor the bill. He moved its rcrefcrencr
to the committee on education. Senator
Baxter favored the bill. He snid he had re-.
ceved thirty letters from school supcrln-
for such Il measure senator stout stated
that Of the 5000 teachers In the common
schools OF the state 400 bad been unable
to secure normal or high school diplomas.
This fact alone. he said. proved that there
crying need for institute work. Sen.
ator Lamur"uX thought til" fund should
have been increased in tn" same proportion
in which ii originally stood. one quarter
being taken from the normal school and
three-quart"rS from tn" general stat" fund.
Senator Baxter responded that the normal
schools needed their entire appropriation
to carry on their own work senator Mar
tin said that il the bill should be rercfcrred,
II would come DICK UiiiUlilltISlN tIltlplNF'i
Senator Jones, motion for preference was
lost and the bill was laid over until the
evening, when Senator kr"utzcr offered AT
amendment changing tn" proportion of az
propriations Mr.. Dahl's TorrenS land sys-
TEN bill was r"r"f"rrcd I" he committee
state affairs senator Munson stated
that several people desired to he heard OH
the measure. Mr.. Parker bill relating 10
the sale and excise of Intoxicating liquors
WAS ordered to Il third reading. Thre" bills
were ordered cngroSSed: Regulating mutuai
bicycle insurance companies: to appr"priat"
a sum of money 10 the normal school incoln"
fund: relating to mechanics liens lh'
Senate then took recess until 80 y. III;
The evening session Of the Senate on the
osth was short Five bills were acted on
besides receiving the reports Of committees
The threatened struggle over the Increase
in the annual appropriation TO the teachers
institutes was avoided by an amendment To
the hilI offered by senator kr"utzer. SeY-
eral senators objected to Increasing the ap-
preparation entirely from III" general fund.
senator kreutzpr'S amendment reduces the
proposed appropriation from $1,000 year
10 ST.. 900. ot which $4,000 Is to be taken
from the Normal school fund. and StdHp
from the general fund. This was satisfac-
tory to everybody and when the amend
ment had been adopted the hlii was con
Cured in The bills taxing sleeping car.
cyDreSs freight line. aud railway equipment
companies respectively came In from the
Assembly with verbal amendments which
were ali agreed to. 50 these bills are now
fnaUy passed resolution 10y senator
Raxtcr was adopted permitting the joint
committee on claims To Introduce I'M
providing that all contractors VII" ar" eiF'
on contracts on public buildings shall be re
9nnfn,at 2 ~ HE w9rK nut also 10 insure
the payment Of all material. men and en-
nlovps. This resolution Is the result nf
several bills in the hands Of tn" "pmmitt"g
for tho payment Of people VIII" furnished
material for public work. but We're not paid
by the contractors.
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