Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-09
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Daily Summary of the Work Done in
the Senate and Assembly in
Session at Madison.

Madison, Wis, April 2s.-In the senate
assembly bills have been concurred in as
follows: Legalizing conveyances by nus
band to wife; providing that territory an
nexed to cities operating under speclal
charter shall not be forced to accept liquor
licenses unless the people of that partlcu-
lar territory SO vote The object is to keep
saloons out of a tract to be annexed 10 the
west end of Madison, which is residence
section. Other bills concurred in include:
Creating the town of Goodrich, Iaylor
county; permitting mutual fire insurance
companies to become stock companies; ex-
tending state aid to the Kilbourn fair; pro-
viding Tor the inspection of branded or
western horses
Madison, Wis., April 30-In the senate
bills have been introduced giving common
councils the right to condemn lanuS Ior
library sites; requiring that in case a IL
brary receives a gift of money the BOND or
the treasurer shall be increased in proper
ton; assembly bills authorizing dams
across Long lake, Black and Apple rivers
for the purpose of generating electricity.
Madison, Wis, May 1.-The senate has
passed bill providing that a mortgage
given to a loan and building association
shall not be prior lien until all the work
or material used in building has been paid
for; also the following appropriation bills:
For live stock on the university farm,
citation, $500; for geological survey, 5000
a year
The woman suffrage bill was defeated by
G vote of Is to II.
Madison, Wis, May Pin TIE senate
Joint resolution asking congress to estab-
Iish a national grain inspection bureau, to
act under the direction of the department
of agriculture has been adopted. Bills
have been passed authorizing cities to es-
tablish coal and wood yards; appropriating
$4,000 to the Wisconsin national guard;
aiding in building good roads; limiting
county, town, and district taxation to three
mills on the dollar; appropriating 1880 to
the family of the late Judge Charles V.
Bardeen; taxing gifts and inheritances.
In the Assembly.
Madison, Wis, April 2s.-The judiciary
committee bill in the assembly increasing
the salary of the attorney general from
So coo to SIS 900 and that Of his assistants
from $500 to $500 was killed substitute
bill prohibiting the use. of gifts, coupons,
etc, was introduced making it unlawful
for any person or corporation to give with
cigars, cigarettes or tobacco any tickets,
coupons, vouchers, certificate or other
memoranda to be redeemed with gifts.
Madison Wis April 3O.-In the assembly
yesterday the Merton joint resolution call
ing for a constitutional convention to pro-
vide for election of United States senators
by direct vote was passed by a vote OF bO
to y. The bill amending the child labor law,
raising the age limit at which children can
work without permit from IA to 16 years,
and providing that no child shall work be-
tween p. m. and a. m, was passed with
out opposition. Bills have also been passed
appropriating $4,000 to the state board of
agriculture; appropriating $1,000 to w.
Schmitt of Madison boy who was injured
while an inmate of the Industrial School for
Boys at Waukesha; $4,000 for improve
ments at the state charitable and penal in
stitutions and $4,000 year to country
schools of agriculture. A bill has been in
troduced providing for an annual tax Of
three-fifths of mill in each county for the
purpose Of creating county funds for needy
union soldiers and marines and their wives,
widows and minor children.
A special message was sent to the legis-
lature by Gov. La Toilette advocating the
esta blishment of a state railway commits
sion with authority to fix maximum rates.
Madison, Wis, May 1.-The assembly has
concurred in resolution providing for an
amendment to the federal constitution re-
quiring United States senators to be elected
by popular vote. Also in bills licensing bar
bers; regulating homes for infant children,
lying-in hospitals and maternity homes; in
creasing the age limit of children who may
be employed at gainful occupations from
IA to Is years. The railroad rate commits
sion bill was killed by vote of 6S to Is.
Madison Wis, May I'm the assembly
joint resolution looking to the election of
United States senators by direct vote has
been killed. The state affairs committee
has reported for concurrence the Rogers
bill, appropriating $4,000 for soldiers
monument at Shiloh