River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-05-07
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
DAILY Summary of the Work Done IL
the Senate and Assembly tn
Session at Madison

Session at Madison.
Madison. Wis, April 27-In the senate the
appointments by the governor of Harvey
Clark, of Monroe, to be member of the
state board of control. and l.. ID. Spencer,
OF Wausau, to be continued on the state
board OF health, have been confirmed.
Bis have been passed authorzng towns
to use the license money received from in
terurban railways to light the streets or
crossings over which they run; appropriat-
ing $1,000 to the agricultural experiment
station for the purpose of testing seeds and
fertilizers; amending the statutes so as TO
strike out the words: "to be drank on the
premises, in any quantity less than one
gallon, with reference to the sale of liqour
to minors. Assembly bills concurred in:
Appropriating $4,000 a contingent fund
in case of an invasion of cholera and
plague; appropriating 1895. coo for the cur
rent expenses of state institutions.
Madison, Wis, April 29.-In the senate
assembly bills have been concurred in as
follows: Legalizing conveyances by hus-
band to wife; providing that territory an
neXed TO cities operating under special
charter shall not be forced 20 accept liquor
licenses unless the people of that particu-
lar territory so vote. The object is to keep
saloons out of tract to be annexed to the
west end of Madison, which is a residence
section. Other bills concurred in include:
county; permitting mutual fire insurance
companies to become stock companies; eX-
tending state aid to the Kilbourn fair; pro-
viding for the inspection of branded or
western horses
Madison, Wis. April S0.-In the senate
bills have been introduced giving common
councils the right to condemn lands for
library sites; requiring that in case a IL
brary receives a gift of money the bond of
the treasurer shall be increased in proper
tion 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 a bill providing that a mortgage
given to a loan and building association
shall not be a prior lien until all the work
or material used in a building has been paid
for; also the following appropriation bills:
For live stock on the university farm,
$4,000; Eastern Wisconsin Fireman's asso-
citation $500; for geological survey, 5000
a year.
The woman suffrage bill was defeated by
3. vote of IS o12.
Madison. Wis, May 2-In the senate a
Joint resolution asking congress to estab-
Esh 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
aiding in building good roads; limiting
county, town. and district taxation to three
mills on the dollar; appropriatng 81 ,250 to
the family of the late Judge Charles v
Bardeen; taxing gifts and inheritances.
In the Assembly.
Madison, Wis, April 27.-The assembly
bills have been passed appropriating SIT 900
for improvements at the Wisconsin Veter-
ans home at Waupaca, and $500 to the Wis
consin State Firemen's association; appro-
priating $4,000 for the purchase of live
stock for the university experiment, sta
ton; appropriating $500 to the Eastern Wis
consin Firemen'S association; appropriate
ing $1,000 annually to the Wisconsin goelog-
ical survey.
Madison, Wis, April 29.-AThe judiciary
committee bill in the assembly increasing
the salary of the attorney general from
S., GOO to 5000 and that of his assistants
from 5000 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 30-In the assembly
yesterday the Merton joint resolution call
ing for constitutional convention to pro-
vide for election of United States senator's
by direct vote was passed by vote of 60
to q. 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 8 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
schools of agriculture. A bill has been in
troduced providing for an annual tax of
three-fifths of a 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
establishment of a state railway commits
sion. with authority to fix maximum rates.
Madison, Wis. May 1.-The assembly has
concurred in a resolution providing for an
amendment to the federal constitution re-
quiring United States senator's 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 16 years. The railroad rate commits
sion bill was killed by a vote of IS to 25.
Madison, Wis, May 2-In 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 a soldiers
monument at Shiloh.