The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1901-03-20
, THE LEGISLATURE.


3. "a, 10, %, "a, 81, 30, 144, so, H. 81, SO,
I39, 40, 142, 80 Joint resolutions: Nos.
i ~, z. g. Assembly bliss. Nos. %, 81 10,
46, so, g. 457 96, %, IS, ST. 43, 325, s, 40,
i 90, 400, t129, $50, 8. Senator Green's bill,
drafted by Mayor Rose of Milwaukee,, pro-
shall a fix all appropriations and levy All
city taxes was killed by the Senate With
out q word of protest. The bill gave the
amounts which should be raised for park
purpeses, for the city library and for the
public schools Senator, stout's bill requir.
between the ages Of q and IL to give it at
least twelve weeks Of school each year was
on the calendar for engrossment but as SEN
| ator Stout was abse- t it was laid over.
Senator Mosher's bill, having for it's OBJ
Ject the insurng of state property by the
state itself, was killed in the Senate on
the. 18th. The Senate killed the woman's
suffrage resolution without a word of de-
| pate and by almost unanimous vote,
senator Mills being the only member to vote
against it's indefinite postponement. The
| IN; Amending the statute relative to city
sreasurers, fees to correspond with the cx-
| tension of time for payment of taxes;
| authorizing Emil Thomas to build q dam
| On Prairie river; creating the town Of
Breed, Oconto county. INK .HiIA
The bills providing for the appointment
OF women on the boards Of university and
ably by the Senate judiciary committee on
the 18th. The bills were introduced by Sem
i ators Martin and O'Neil respectively aud
4 provided for the appointment on these
boards Of at least one woman. The commit
tee on corporations reported two bills adj
s s;ersey So s. relating to rights Of for
Of mining companies. The bill providing
for the transfer Of swamp lands granted the
chasers, Charles +. Ptster and Ephraim
Mariner, was reported for passage by the
Judiciary committee. One lone bill was
tion of Lawrence university, adding six
members to It's board of directors and codi-
Tying the amendments to it's charters. The
ment Of a. Juvenile court in Milwaukee was
reported for concurrence, and the Senate
PHI on the same subject was reported for
The bill providing for the appointment
of at least one woman on the board of uni
Yersity regents was advanced to engross-
nlent and third reading in the Senate on
| the 14th by O vote of 81 to 10. The ten
who voted against the bill were Senator
Deyos, Fearne. Green, Jones, Mills, Mosher,
sdOo1 Kosh5 The My aa WG The
of the chief of police of Milwaukee to 5000
a year and also passed two bills asked for
by the milwaukee, unions, in order to better
protect union labels. The bill prohibiting
| child insurance was reported favorably,
and the bills prohibiting the sale of air
| guns to children and the. seizure Of para
|
| pestponement. The Judiciary committee re
| ported unfavorably 3S2 S., amending the
statutes fixing the legal rate of interest,
and 277 s., amending the law relative to
tax certificates Memorial to Congress,
! 4 S., urging an increase in allowance to
! Wisconsin for the education of Indian chill
dren, was passed. The following bills were
concurred in: Relating to county superin-
| tendents of poor; creating the town Of La
Toilette in Burnett county. Three bills
! slated for indefinite postponement, IS S.,
| rights
| 90 s., relative to incorporation of mining
companies. and 122 s., giving the commits
| sioners of fisheries certain powers, were
| given another chance for life by rerefer-
] ence to the judiciary committees. n Oh
The Senate on the 10Th concurred in the
Keene bill, providing for juvenile court
I intended to provide for the better care Of
neglected and dependent children and it
provides that the judges of the several
state, and county courts shall constitute Il
| Juvenile court to act upon all cases coming
under the provisions of the act The bill
prohibiting the docking Of horses 293 S.,
| was reported for passage by the committee
on state affairs. The committee ON public
health and sanitation reported favorably
100 S., providing for the purchase. OF a
tory at Green Bay. herallway committee re-
ported for concurrence 100 A, to prevent the
forging or counterfeiting Of railroad te6ets,
and reported for passage 262 s., amend
Ing the statutes rglatiye to increase 81, of
| capital SHOCK or railroad companies. Six
teen Assembly bills were concurred in.
ine ft CON COMMITTEES reported a bil fIking the
apportionment Of Assembly districts. The
th ReO committee. Senator Miller's Bill, au-
thorizlrg the governor to give professors of
senlinaEies having 100 or. more students the
title of colonel, was laid over. Adjourn
ment was to $50 p. m. on the 18th.
~ Assembly.
Assemblyman Eline in the Assembly on
the evening Of the 18th opened a fight on
mon council power to extend the time for
paying taxes on charging penalty of y
per cent. Mr.. Eline offered an amendment
ad SrfS So gs the pfna sauis 'q family My
rights ought to be settled in committee
rooms instead Of on the, Assembly floor,
and the pin was sent , back to the III commit
the rate Of interest on advance taxes in.
| Milwaukee from to A per cent. was or
defd to third r3 fSa The ne same n
| lie Improvements to. the general fund in
stead the ward funds. The. committee on
penal and charitable institutions fI Of OF the AS
I prfating 1891, 900 for the maintenance of
| the various state institutions. Assembly.
ms Soltwede presenttgSa PEseaoh slgned
| Of Milwaukee against the Osteopathy bill.
| The Assembly's session on the 18th was
almost devoid Of interest, -Four bills from
the committee on state affairs which were
on the calendar were of some Importance,
but they were all rereferred. One provid-
| ed that the doors of all public buildings
| must swing out, and made a number of
provisions relative to the construction Of
vestibules and vestibule doors. Another re-
Quires fire escapes on all buildings over
three stories in height, and the third pro-
hibits the employment Of boys under IA
years of age in saloons and bowling alleys.
The fourth requires all accidents in manu-
featuring plants to- be reported to the labor
commissioner. Judge Orton's bill, No. 236
A., relating to the examination of insane
PERSONS was laid over until Thursday: It
was, expected that there would beIa lively
lating to the state public school, but. It
was ordered to a third reading without a
word Of debate Mr., Barker's bill for
bidding the marriage Of divorced. persons
within one year after the entry Of the de.
cree Of divorce was again saved from de-
feat by a rereference. That finished the
calendar and the Assembly took a recess
until 7:30 p. m.lGg 9df lQ3 =Ilfq Dos 81
Bill No. 159 A., authorizing counties and
cities to erect ar1nories for the use of the
National guard, was ordered engrossed and
read third time by the Assembly on the
18th. The Assembly also ordered to third