The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-02-06
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.

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pointments OF Judge Lyon to the stale
BOARD Of control, and Dairy and Food Com
missioner, missioner H. c. Adams We're confirmed
Senator Whitehead said that unless the
Senate acted at once on the appointments
| OF Judge Lyon and Commissioner Adams
! dheir offices would become vacant the next
/ day. Senator Whitehead then moved the
| reconsideration of the motion by which the
/ appointments were laid over, and his mo-
ton carried. This brought the appoint
ments before the Senate, and those of Judge
Lyon and Commissioner Adams were unani-
mously confirmed Senator Whitehead end
! ed the suspense, however, by moving that
Haugen and Erickson, be laid over till the
30th, and his motion carried. The primary
election law was introduced. Senator Roehr
| introduced bill providing that the prop
| efty of the Milwaukee Exposition associa-
| ton shall be exempt from all taxation. and
mat the tax assessed against the associa-
erty is to become taxable however, if it is
| used for private purposes. Senator Mills
introduced bill reducing, and regulating
! the rates to be charged by sleeping car
! companies in this state.
The session of the Senate on the Goth
| lasted just seven minutes, most of the bust
ness on hand having been disposed of at
the evening session the night before. Only
increasing the jurisdiction of Milwaukee
municipal court to an equality with the cir
cur cut court on certain cases , and increasing
year. Senator McGilivray president pro
! tenn. of the Senate presided over the SEES
sion for the first time since his election.
senator Miller presented the memorial of
Dane county board of supervisors against
the. enactment Of a primary election law
with the statement that he introduced it
| at the request of cerain OF his Democratic
| constituents. Petitions were presented
from the Vernon and Dodge county boards
| IN favor of spring shooting. There was no
| other business and adjournment was taken
| till the 3Oth.
| in bn of
the 3Oth centered in the confirmation of the
| appointments of Nils p. Haugen as second
assistant tax commissioner and Of Halford
erickson as labor commissioner and statis-
tlclan. Both appointments were confirmed
unanimously. Bills were introduced as fol-
| lows: To prevent and punish the desecra-
| tlon or the American flag; providing for the
manner OF changing names and for the reg
istry of names. The two bills on railroad
taxation prepared by the state tax commits
sion, one providing an ad valorem tax, the
other license system: two bills amending
the statutes relative to labels and trade
marks; one to prevent counterfeits; APP
propriattng $4,000 annually to the State
historical society for purchase of books
periodicals and manuscripts; providing com
pensation for the legislative visiting com
mittees, 500 each and expenses; providing
| for the establishment of county schools of
| agriculture and domestic economy; giving
| telephone companies the power of eminent
domain in acquiring right-of-way for the
| pole lines; amending the Inheritance tax
law, relative to practice in the courts and
| extending the time within which estates
| must be valued from six months to one
| year; providing for separate assessment OF
lands ard the buildings and improvements
thereon ltgalizing the acts of Walwortn
| county beard in reference to salary or
| sheriff; increasing the salaries of justices
! of Supreme court from $1,000 to $1,000 per
| year, and of circuit judges from $4,000 TO
$1,000 per year. eliminating the expense al
| lewance of $500 for the latter; requiring the
Milwaukee common council to fix the
amount of and make all appropriations and
Izfft-
| statutes relative to exemptions from taxa
ton; requiring life insurance companies
conducted on the mutual plan, or in which
| the policy holders share in theprofits or sur
! plus; limiting the cost OF obtaining new
business i'll mutual life insurance companies
to the holding of the premium. The resoluo,
tions shutting off new business February 8
were put over until the 31st.
| The Senate on the 31st toyed with the
question of fixing date for cutting off new
business this morning and finally put the
the date February was defeated 16 to s.
| Bills were introduced as follows: Amend
ing the school laws providing for special
state aid to graded schools, two state school
inspectors ETC.: increasing the appropria-
| tion to the State Dairymen's association
from $1,000 to $4,000; amending the statutes
relative to chattel mortgages; authorizing
| the fish commissioners to relinquish all
rights they may have acquired to go upon
private lands. appropriatfng $4,000 to the
normal school fund income for buildings
and repairs; providing for the reorganiza-
ton of the Wisconsin National guard; to
compel railroad companies to receive cars.
| loaded or empty, from other companies or
deliver them at any freighthouse or depot
and make track connections with other
! companies: authorizing Tue state board Of
control with the approval OF the governor
to purchase lands adjoining the Green Bay
reformatory; giving street and steam rail
road companies the right to condemn lands
that one publication Of franchise shall be
sufficient; providing an appropriation to re
imburse purchasers OF orders issued by
| county judges for care Of Keely cure pa
tients, under the law declared invalid by
| the Supreme court; taxing carferry com
panies 4 per cent. on gross receipts ell
abling town insurance companies to adopt
any name they please. but requiring the nse
| In the name of the word town.: amending
the medical law so as to require Osteopa-
thists and Christian Scientists bs;, to pass
to treat disease; amending the statutes re-
lating to municipal water and lighting
plants, making unpaid rentals a lien on
ed 80 S, So S, so S and 20 s for passage
10 S, "a S, 43 S, 81 S and 50 S with amend
ments favorably; 46 S, amending the stat
utes relative to perpetual testimony, for in
| definite postponement. The committee on
roads and bridges reported AZ for passage
The committee on state affairs reported Al
| and SO for passage.
Eleven new bills, most of them amend
Ing present statutes, were introduced at the
session of the Senate on the list, making
LoIdl VI Ifo OHeTeu III CndC DOQy at THIS SCS-
| sion. Bill No. S., changing the terms Of
| holding court in the Fifth judicial circuit,
was passed under suspension of the rules
Bills were ordered to engrOssment and third
reading, as follows: 81 S., relating to com
| missioners of weeds; Al S., relating to the
! standard of weights and measures: AZ s..
relating to damages by defective highways;
% s., relating to removal of fences 60 S.,
defining the fiscal year of the state. Bills
| were introduced as follows: Providing a
clerk for the district attorney of Milwaukee
county at salary of 5000 year; to pro-
vide for the effect Of technical conditions
or forfeiture on contracts of insurance; rela-
tive to the sale of lands by executors, adj
| ministrators and guardians; giving judges
of all courts of record the same Jurisdiction
as county judges in reference to insane per-
sons; relating to the Rock county municipal
courts; relative to the sale of real estate
Of minors and others under guardianship;
TO provide against charging to counties the
| special assessment certificates issued by
| cities in payment upon contracts; requiring
that articles Of incorporation of churches
be recorded with regiaters of deeds; extend
ing the time of closing polls in townships
| in Milwaukee county until p. IN. instead
Of at sunset The purpose is to give labor
| ing men who work In the city but live out
| side chance to vote Adjournment was
| taken to 1880 p. IN. on the 4th.