Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-12
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

journment Senator Kreutzer introduced a
bill to correct the error in the revised stat
County Hospital for the Chronic insane
were legislated out of office. Gov. Scofield
transmitted a communication from the Off
GERS of the Pan-American exposition to be
held in Buffalo, N. Y. in 1901 calling atten-
ton to the exposition and urging the Leg
islature to make an appropriation for
Senate adopted a resolution by Senator Nc
Gillivray expressing regret at the death of
Judge Pinney and containing words Of
praise for the high character and conspicu-
Gus alta inmentS of the dead jurist.
At the session of the Senate on the 9th
1t adopted q joint resolution to allow Sen
ator Devos to introduce an appropriation
bill. Senator Lamoreux's resolution fixing
April IA as the date Of final adjournment
was laid over until the next morning. Sen
ator Stouts joint resolution increasing the
state superintendent term of office to four
years and 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, was adopted. The fol
lowing bills were cOncurred in: Including
retail lumber dealers mutual insurance as
sociations in the annual report of the in
surance commissioner; permitting reduction
of capital stock of security savings bank
Of La Crosse from $4,000 to $50, 900; appro-
and natural history survey of the state for
two years; authorizing the Bank of Com
merce of Superior to reduce it's capital
for the cancellation of town mutual insur,
ance company policies; regulating town in
surance companies providing that all coun-
ty treasurers shall pay to the state treas
urer the amount of state taxes charged to
their respective counties or before the
first Monday. in February: authorizing the
City. bank of Portage to reduce it's capital
stock from 100000 to 500, 900. Senator
Whiteheads bill, providing that in cities
of the third and fourth class temporary
snail be made by the fire and police com
mission, requiring the clerk of the commits
sion to keep on hand a list of eligibles and
STIMULATING that statement of cause shall
accompany notice of suspension, was
passed under suspension Of the rules Sen
ator Green's bill providing for the appoint
ment Of five assistant state veterinarians
at So a day was on the calendar for in
definite postponement. Senator Mailer is
a staunch friend Of this bill and he rescued
it from oblivion by offering an amendment
limiting the expenditures for services of as
sistants to $4,000 in any one year The bill
and amendment were rereferred to the corn.
mittee on claims. Five bills were ordered
engrossed: TO regulate the profession of
public accountants relating to register of
panles; relating 10 common schools relat-
ing to police and fire commissions in GER
tain cities, relating to forgery. The Sen
ate then adjourned until the 9TH
The famous anti-pass resolution has at
last been passed, providing the adoption
of the conference report by the Assembly
was Sufnclent to pass the resolution in that
body, as the DarliamentarianS maintain
The measure was messaged to the Senate
without further action on the 18th and was
acted upon at once. The Senate adopted
the conference report unanimously and then
concurred IN the substitute by roll-call
vote upon which every member present
voted aye. Senator's Knudson and Steb-
D1nS were absent. Senator Stout nrasen+ad
joint resolution to allow Senator Nnnson
TO Introduce bill providing for the super
VISION and control of investment associa-
IONS lions not now under statutory control. The
purpose or this bill is to correct a previous
measure, and to obvate Gov Scofeld's oh
JectionS to that bill. The committee on as
seSsment and collection of taxes introduced
q Dill Tor the taxation of freight-line com
pallles, correcting an error in the previous
Dill Section of that bill stipulated that
me board OF assessment should ascertain
ehe Ealue or the entire capital stock of the
IfelSnt-lne companies and deduct from that
the actual value of its real estate within
TINS state, considering the remainder as the
ACTUAL value Of capital stock of such com
pany The new bill provides for the deduc-
tloh from the entire capital stock of the
co1np 9ay the value OF its real estate with
out this state. The bill was passed under
suspension of the rules. When the COVER
nor veto of Senator Roehr's bill authoriz-
ing the custodian of the Milwaukee nublic
museum came up for consideration Senator
Roehr said that while he thought the exc
cutlve had stepped outside his usual sphere
IN Eetolng this bill, yet the matter was so
TRIVIAL that he did not feel justified in ask
ing It's passage. The veto was sustained
senator DeVoS expressed the same opinion
upon the Subernatorial Objections IN his
Dill placing the office Of water registrar I'M
DER control Of the board of public works
He said he thought the bill was a meritori-
Gus one ana should be passed, but with the
charge OF legislation i'll favor of certain per-
sons ringing in his ears, he could not ask
the senators to vote for his bill. This veto
also was sustained The Senate concurred
unanimously in the Assembly resolution of
sympathy upon the death of Mai. D. c.
Fulton. The report of the conference com
mites on the hntipass resolution was
which came over from the Assembly was
unanimously adopted, Senator Stebbns be-
ing absent Senator Roehr's two bills pro-
Y1d1ng for the government of Milwaukee in
sane hospital was reported for passage.
The reyisers of the statutes practically leg
lslated out of existence the board of trus-
tees OF that institution and repealed the
statute making an appropriation for the
support of its inmates. The bills were
framed to correct this omission. Senator
Munson thought they might be more than
local in their nature and asked that they
be laid over until this evening, which was
done. There was a short debate on Sena-
tor LamoreuxS resolution fixing April IA
as the date for final adjournment Senator
Lamoreux offered an amendment changing
the date to April p. Senator Baxter said
there were still seventeen bills before his
committee, involving appropriations
amounting to $4,000. 600 His motion to
lay the resolution and amendment over
til Monday evening prevailed. Senator
Withee's bill making every village sep
arate road district was passed. Adjourn
ment was then taken till 80 p. m.
In the Senate on the night of the 7th
some of the principal appropriation bills
We're reported. The claims committee re-
ported for passage the Orion bill making
specific appropriation of $26S, 900 to the
State university and $4,000 to the nor
NAL schools, for current expenses, instead
of u percentage tax. The bill making APP
preparations for the current expenses of
the state charitable and penal institutions
were reported favorably by the same com
mittee. 1t appropriated So95, 600 for two
years. The claims committee cut down the
appropriation for the Green Bay reforma-
tory to $4,000 from $3.50. 900. The appro-
Driation is contained in the bill making
appropriations for buildings and improves
ments at several state institutions. among
them S15S,000 for the home for the feeble
minded, which was not cut. As introduced
the bill called for an appropriation Of $685.
200. AS reported by the committee the
appropriation is $211 800. The appropria-
ton Of $50, 900 for hospital for tile GRIM
inal insane is cut out, and also the apprO-
priation OF $4,000 for iron balconies and
seats at the state prison. Senator McGilli-
vray dissented from the portion Of the re-
port cutting down the appropriation for
the reformatory. The committee on chart
table and penal institutions reported for
passage the bill providing for the payment
of expense of prosecuting persons charged
with offenses committed in any charitable
penal institution of the state. 4 sim
liar bill was killed in the Assembly. Pro
tests against the Orion insurance tax bill
in ,a+