Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-05-01
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Summary of the business Transa cite q
Daily in Both the Senate
and Assembly

Madison, Wis, April 23-In the senate
ollls nave been passed providing for the
| establishment Of two county schools for in
Structlon in agriculture and domestic sci
ence; providing for the preservation of the
| public health; relating to certificates as
evidence; authorizing the state board of
control to determine the boundary lines
| OF the state land at Chippewa Falls; to
! prevent the adulteration of meat products:
to license and tax bonding and insurance
companies.
Madison, Wis, April z4-In the senate
yesterday the Lenroot franchise bill was
| killed. Bills have been passed relating to
the burial Of honorably discharged SOL
diers, sailors and marines; authorizing
counties and cities to erect armories for the
use of the national guard; authorizing
common councils to grant permission to
private individuals to construct and main
tain approaches to business buildings.
Madison, Wis, April 25.-In the senate
bills have been passed authorizing the
state board of control to purchase $50 acres
OF land contiguous to the reformatory at
Green Bay; providing for a state board of
commissioners for the st. Louis fair and
appropriat ting $25, 900 therefor; relating to
the apportionment of interest on state
funds; relating to the duties of the state
bank examiners; prohibiting any person or
corporation from contributing more than
500 to any campaign fund
Madison, Wis, April 26.-Fina1 adjourn
ment of the Legislature will in all probable
! ity be taken May II. This is the date fixed
upon by the republican members of the
: senate at a caucus and it now looks a
! though all business can be closed up by
! that time. The bill requiring BARRIERS to
pass examination and be licensed passed
! by the assembly, was advanced to third
| reading.
| Madison, Wis, April N-In the senate
bills have been passed apprOpria ting 81, 25G
Wisconsin
/ ciety and the Wisconsin Dairymen's asso-
! citation; relating to the appointment Of dep
! uty county superintendent Of schools; re-
| latng to Wisconsin soldiers in the cam
| paign of the siege of Vicksburg; relating to
notice of garnishment in justice courts; ap-
propriating $3.50 to the Wisconsin Firemen's
association; providing for the main tenance
of the families of officers a the state pris-
on; relating to state aid ar agricultural So
cieties; authorizing the governor to loan
flags to the Grant Monument associa ton;
| relating to justices of the peace and con-
| stables; providing for the licensing of
| dogs; prohibiting the marriage of divorced
| persons within one year after the filing of
! the decree of divorce; appropriating sum
! Of money to the Stevens Point Fair asso-
citation; relating to the exemption of
! homesteads; providing that promssory
notes given for patent right privileges shall
! so state; relating to judgment against
| garnishees.
Assembly.
Madison, Wis. April 23.-The assembly
has passed bills relating to savings fund
bank deposit books; appropriating money
| to northern Wisconsin state fair; relating
to annexation Of territory to cities; relat-
ing to providing for vaccinations to apprO-
pirate a sum to the Eastern Wisconsin
F'iremen's association to provide for coll
lection of butter and cheese statistics; re-
latfng to report of dairy and food commits
sion.
yesterday killed the bill drawn by the state
tax commission and which purposed in
creasing the railway taxes $500 GOO by rails
ing the license fee Of roads from four to
51a per cent. The new primary bill will be
reported to-day and will apply to county,
city and legislative offices, together with
state central committees.
Gov. La Toilette has vetoed the bill. de-
! signed to give street railway employees po-
lice powers.
Madison, Wis, April 25-In the assembly
bills have been passed to provide appoint
ment of clerk by county superintendent OF
schools; relating to fees Of corporations;
relating to tax on gifts, inheritance ETC.;
relating to the commission of taxation.
Madison, Wis, April 26-The assembly
yesterday adopted the substitute to the
Hagemeister election bill by vote of At to
"A. The bill embraces al municipal offices,
county offices and members of the legis-
lature within the provisions Of the primary
| election principle. The bill Will so back 10
the senate, where it will be noncorcurred
in and the measure referred to a conference
committee. The osteopathic compromise
bill was passed without dissenting vote.
AS it goes to the senate the bill allows
the osteopaths to practice.
Madison, Wis, April 27.-Bills have been
passed in the assembly relating to the prac-
tice of medicine; relating to licensing Of
peddlers; relating to compulsory education
relating to examination of teachers; plac-
ing flags over voting places; relating to OBJ
scene books, papers, etc; relating to edu-
cation; to constitute the Platteville Fair
| association; relating to free high schools:
relating to board of regents of university.
Return to Work
ST. Paul, Mimi. April 26.-An Osh-
kosh (Wis.) special to the Dispatch
says: All the union bricklavers and
stone masons, whose strike for an
advance in wages has caused a gem
eral suspension of building opera
tions, Thursday returned to work
pending a settlement, contractors
having agreed to meet them at night
to adjust differences. Work on a six
story bank building, two churches, a
stove factory building, the Womans
club house and many residences has
been tied up.
Newspaper Office Wrecked.
Knoxville, Tenn, april ga spe-
cial to the Sentinel from Athens says
the Office of the McN1inn Citizen, of
that place, was raided at night, pre-
suitably by anti-temperance people.
! The editor, Walter Franklin, during
the recent temperance fight in Ath-
ems published strong editorials and
news items in behalf of temperance.
! The presses were overturned and
more or less dissembled, the type was,
sea ttered and some dumped into
stream of water in front of his build
ing.
PortIand's Exposition
Portland, Ore, April 26.-The Off
eiaI name of the exposition to be held
in Portland in 1905, as decided upon
by the Oregon and Washington COM
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