River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-03-21
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
summary of the Business Transacted
Daily in Both the senate
and Assembly.

Madison. Wis, March I2.-No business
Of Importance was transacted in the SEN
ate yesterday.
Madison. Wis, March I3.-The senate
yesterday with only one dissenting vote
killed the Stout amendment to the consti-
tuition permitting woman suffrage. Sen
ator Mosher's bill prohibiting the insur-
ance Of state property was tabled by vote
If l6 TO s.
Madison. Wis, March 14-In the senate
Senator Morse's bill repeating the law re-
curing state and private banks to pay
fee for the inspection made by the state
bank examiner was ordered engrossed
without debate. A remonstrance was re
,eived from the Ministers association OF
Beloit and Ripon against the passage OF
the bill allowing the state public school
at Sparta to receive infants.
Madison. Wis. March 15.-The senate or
dered engrossed the bill providing for the
appointment of one woman on the state
board of university regents by vote of
p to 10. The bill fixing the salary of the
Milwaukee chief OF police at 5000 year
was passed. The committee on education
reported for passage Senator Hatton's bill
hppropriating $500 10 the state superin-
tendent for the compilation OF a course OF
study in agriculture for the common
schools
Madison, Wis, March 16.-Bills were
passed In the senate relating to the altera-
ton Of joint school districts; relating to
free high school boards in certain dis
trictsi relating to the investment of the
funds of premium life insurance com
panies; relating to county superintendent
Of the poor. The committee On agriculture
reported for passage the bill making the
state board of agriculture the state board
of immigration. The same committee also
reported for passage Senator Fearne's bill
increasing the annual appropriation to the
State Dairymens association from 81, 700
TO 5000 year Senator McGillivray's
joint resolution petitiOuiug congress for an
addition to the per capita allowance to the
Indian schools located in Wisconsin on ae-
count Of the greater expense for clothing
and fuel over the schools located in the
southern states was adopted unanimously.
Assembly.
Madison. Wis. March Fin the assem-
bly, bills have been passed to create the
town of La Toilette IN Burnett county;
to compel cash premiums at agricultural
fairs where the society receives 40 per
cent of its premiums from the state. The
committee on state affairs reported favora'
bly, the bill appropriatin $4,000 for the
Portage levee repair.
Madison, Wis. March lS-In the assem-
bly, yesterday the Jones bill to open the
state school at Sparta to infants under
three years OF age was ordered to a third
reading. Assemblyman Hall submitted an
amendment to his railway commission bill!
which will permit the railroads to continue
commodity rate.
Madison, Wis, March l4--In the assem-,
bly, Mr. Bankers bill providing that no d.
vorced person shall marry within one year
of the granting of the decree was recon.
mtted to the judiciary committee at the
ra-
ceived for the passage OF the primary
election bill and one Tor the passage OF
the bill to erect a home for curing in
ebriates.
Madison. Wis. March I5--In the assem-
bly, a bin to declare all bankrupts who
could not pay 40 cents on the dollar guilty
of felony was killed. Fourteen petitions
against the passage of the primary cleo
ton bill and eight in favor OF it were re-
ceived
Madison. Wis. March l6--In the assem-
bly, bills have been passed exempting from
taxation the Milwaukee exposition build
ing; relating to depositing In streets of
building material; extending assessment
rolls In cities of the first class; relating to
the Wisconsin national guard. Chief Clerk
NOVEL; read a statement showing the
amount of work that has so far been done
by the lower house OF the 621 bills intro
duced in the assembly 20 have been re-
ported. 394 are now before committees and
seven have beer withdrawn. OF the total
number acted upon, So have been killed
Sc passed, 81 are pending and % have been
concurred in by the senate. Nlnety-three
senate bills have been received by the as
sembly, of which ~ have been reported
and 81 are in committee rooms The as
sembly has concurreI IN 80 senate Bills. has
killed one senate bill and seven are now
pending. Ii VIII ke seen that less than
one-half of the bills have so far been acted