River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-05
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Daily Summary of the Work Done In
the senate and Assembly in
Session at Madison.

Madison, Wis, Feb 25-The senate has
killed Senator North's bill making insanity
of five years standing ground for divorce,
and has passed the bill fixing the terms of
circuit judges at six years in accordance
with the constitutional provision author
izing the fixing of terms by law A joint
resolution for an amendment to the con-
stitution increasing the number of SUI
preme court justices from five to seven has
been concurred in and it will now go before
the people at the next general election.
Madison, Wis, Feb 26.-The senate com
mittee on assessment and collection of
taxes has reported in favor of the passage
of the bill to tax gifts, inheritances, be-
quests, Iegacies and devises. The bill de-
taching territory from the town of Grants
burg, Burnett county, and creating the
town of Anderson, was CONQUERED in
Madison. Wis, Feb 27-The senate has
concurred in the bill relating to second
grade certificates, by giving county super
intendents authority to remove limitation
when the teacher has taught successfully
for six months. The following bills have
been passed: Exempting from taxation
tools of mechanic, one watch, an organ
sewing machine, bees, poultry and other
personal property; exempting from garn-
ishment property in the hands of railroad
as a common carrier; exempting public
parks from taxation. Bills have been re-
ported favorably to allow counties to ap-
propriate not to exceed $4,000 for the cree
ton of soldiers monuments; to appoint a
custodian for the soldiers memorial hail.
to admit army nurses to the privileges of
the soldiers home at Waupaca.
Madison, Wis, Feb. 2S-In the senate a
bill has been introduced granting the United
States Jurisdiction over the post office site
in Wausau. The following bills have been
passed: Authorizing the attorney general
to institute suits to determine the title
to school land sections in Indian reserva-
tons; authorizing the city of Eau Claire
to build a dam across the Chippewa river,
to create lake for pleasure purposes. The
bill allowing county boards to make APP
preparations for soldiers monuments, with
out submitting the appropriation to a vote
of the people has been ordered engroSsed,
and an assembly bill to extend the privi-
leges of the Waupaca home to army nurses
las been ordered to third reading.
In the Assembly.
Madison, Wis. Feb. 25.-The assembly
committee on agriculture has favorably re-
ported three bills. One appropriates $40, 600
for the purpose of purchasing live stock
for the university experiment farm; sec
ono provides that western or range horses
shall not be imported into this state unless
accompanied by a bill of health issued by a
reputable veterinary surgeon at the last
point of loading before the horses cross the
state line; and the third appropriates 81 600
annually to the Wisconsin agricultural eX-
pertinent association for securing and
testing new varieties OF seeds and plants.
Madison, Wis, Feb. 2e.-The assembly has
adopted the judiciary substitute introduced
by Mr. Dudgeon, increasing the period of
preliminary study of applicants for admis-
sion to the bar from two to three years. A
resolution introduced by ASSemblyman
, Cady. of Wood county, was adopted, in
creasing the number of members of the
committee on dairy and food from nine to
ten.
Madison, Wis, Feb. 27.-The assembly
has passed bills authorizing police magis-
trates to perform marriage ceremonies;
prohibiting the use of public highways for
camping purposes-the gypsy" bill requir-
ing every person, partnership, corporation,
association or society conducting an acct
dent or health insurance business on the
mutual plan, in this state, to have license
from the state commissioner of insurance.
Bills have been reported favorably provid-
ing for an annual accounting of policy
holders of life insurance companies, issu-
ing policies under the provisions of which
the holders thereof are entitled to share
in the profits or surplus; to grant immunity
from punishment in cases of bribery to per-
sons becoming witnesses for the prosecu-
ton; authorizing counties and towns to pay
bounty for killing rattlesnakes; providing
for the punishment of any public official ac-
cepting bride. The bill to exempt beet
sugar factories in the state from taxation
for a period of five years was killed
Madison, Wis, Feb. 2S.-In the assembly
bills have been favorably reported, pro-
viding an appropriation and maintenance
of hygenic laboratory for the state board
of health at the university; authorizing
n hOUn-
ties for rattlesnakes; granting immunity
from punishment for persons turning
states evidence in prosecutions of bribery
or attemnte6 bribery.