Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-04-25
WISCONSIN LEGISLA1 lJRE.
Daily Summary of the Work Done In
the Senate and Assembly ia
Session at Madison.

of resolutions providing for final adjourn.
ment on May 2. A bill was passed allow.
ing all public officers to give surety COM
pany bonds and providing that supervisors
may pay for them. Assembly bills were
concurred in a S follows: Providing that III
distribution Of assets of a corporation pre-
ferred stock shall have no advantage over
common, unless expressly provided; codl~
flying laws respecting care of dependent
children in Milwaukee; declaring spite
fences over six feet high a public nuisance;
authorizing cities CT the third class to IS
sue bonds for school purposes. Inc assem-
bly, bill providing that the property OF a VIE
shall be jointly liable with that OF her nus
band for debts contracted for provisions
and other necessaries was ordered to
third reading.
i Madison, Wis, April 16.-In the senate
bills have been passed as follows: To pre-
vent the docking of horses in Wisconsin, but
not to prevent the importation Oh uocheo
animals; validating franchises heretofore
granted authorizing the secretary OF the
state board of control to inspect county
institutions; assembly bills were concurreo
in: allowing state treasurer to give a
surety company bond at state expense;
regulating revocation Of license 10 atlor-
neys; increasing pay Of drainage commls-
sioners from $3.50 to three dollars per day'
allowing cities to borrow money TOR pupllc
improvements; providing for evidence OF
sale of property under chattel mortgage.
extending law for education OF the zeal
by towns and villages; providing Tor per-
manent record and numbering OF SchooI
districts.
Madison, Wis, April 17-The senate COM
mittee on privileges and elections mas re-
ported for passage Senator y NeA plll
| providing for female suffrage. 1t also Ia
vorably reported on Senator Roehr Dill
! providing that mayors of cities snail ap-
point election inspectors from lists OF names
| furnished by the different political com
! mittees. 1t reported for concurrence AS
semblyman BARRIERS bill providing that no
liquor or beer shall be taken into an cleo
ton booth until the votes are counted ana
/ returns certified.
Madison Wis April 1S-Bills have been
introduced in the senate providing that the
state treasurer shall act as treasurer loI
| the university, and that all accounts shal!
be audited and paid the same as those OF
other departments Of the state govern.
ment; appropriating 81 $50 to the widow OF
! Judge Charles v Bardeen for quarter
! salary and funeral expenses of the deceased
/ 1urist: making abstractors liable Tor daIA-
| ages arising from their mistakes; speech!
! ing the kind of securities that trustees ShdIl
| invest in. Bills have been passed validating
contracts of foreign corporations, mace De
fore officially entering the state; regulating
| fees in county courts. Assembly bills max
ing the fee of county judge Two uolidIS
for granting a permit for an lmmeolate
marriage; authorizing the formation OIL d
mutual insurance company Tor county ass :
lums and poorhouses; requiring ne"spd-
ners in first and second class cities to nave
a bona fide circulation of ten per cent. OF
the registered voters before they can piu
for official advertising. resolution was
| adopted requesting congress TO call d coz
stitutional convention to provide 1or the
election of United States senators by dlrecI
vote.
Madison. Wis April 21.-In the senate
hills have been passed appropriating S5,OoU
a year for county schools OF agriculture
appropriating $1,000 for repairs ana I'M
movements at the state institutions; limit
ing the weight of traction engines ana tnell
1ned to y IONS: approprating $4,000 for a
ord;ors, ,,ann..-~~.,4-a-LGh ilnh.estah lish-
ing a state board of veterinary examiners
authorizing commissioners of fisheries tc
remit damage for trespass in Bayfield,. AS
semblv bills concurred in: Appropriating
$3.50 900 for the normal school fund income
giving school boards in cities of the thlro
class authority to erect school buildings
giving the Eau Claire & Northeastern rail
road the right of way across the GROUNDS
of the Home for the Feeble Minded in CHIP
, pewa county.
In the Assembly.
Madison, Wis, April 16.-The assembly
, Judiciary committee has introduced oil
: a
yorce has been granted to marry within q
wear from the time the decree granting such
divorce has been entered. 1t also prompts
the marriage of nonresidents who come
from other states, having such restrictive
law for the purpose OF eVadlng sucn law
and forbds prescribed persons from going
to other states for the purpose of evadlng
the law Marriages entered into in contra
vention of this law are declared Invalid A
bill has been passed providing for an an
nual tax of 100000 for the maintenance
of the state normal schools. The bill MAX
ing Lincon's birthday legal holiday was
killed by vote of s. to 81
Madison, Wis, April 17.-The assembly
, committee on state affairs has decided that
500 900 is sufficient for an adequate exhibit
ton of Wisconsin's resources and industries
at the ST. Louis worlds fair
Madison, Wis, April 1S-In the assembly
bills have been introduced providing that nc
child under IA years of age shall be en-
ployed in any gainful occupation except
during the school vacation. Children be-
tween the ages of IA and Is cannot be en-
ployed unless they have written permit
, from the state commissioner of labor fac
tory inspector or judge of the municipal
county or juvenile court providing for the
creation of a reViser of the statutes. The
appointee is to receive a salary of 5000 q
, year; empowering the state tax commission
to eQualize assessments on. leaf tobacco
when complaint is made by any interested
party; providing for an appropriation OF
SIS 900 for a state exhibit at the St. Louis
worlds fair.
Madison, Wis, April 2l.-The assembly
has passed bills appropriating $995,Gt0 fol
the main tenance of the state charitable
penal and reformatory institutions for the
ensuing two years; allowing the city OF
Milwaukee to apply the surplus of its rev
enue from its water works system to the
construction of a municipal lighting plant
giving the city Of Milwaukee an extension
of time until May l, 1906 for improving the
grant of land along the shore of Lake Mich
igan for public park and boulevard pur-
poses; allowing veterans who served in
, Wisconsin regiments and who have since
lost their residence in the state to be adj
mitted to the veterans home at Waupaca
= appropriating $500 to John H. kemper for
expenses incurred in cOntestng he seat in
the assembly to which AsSemblyman Ra-
kow was later elected; appropriating 81, COX
annually to the Wisconsin Agricultural
Experimental association for testing new
varieties of seeds and plants and conduct