Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-04-30


no another mans face.
To be continued.
WISCONSIN legislature.
Madison, April 20.-In the senate
the ad valorem railroad taxation bill
was laid over for a day. The assembly
bill relating to waterworks and
lighting was killed. House bills
were concurred in as follows: Rays,
authorizing cities to punish persons
who engage in ARRAYS; Bartlett's, re
lating to town insurance companies
T. Johnson's, relating to authorizations
of drugs and food and Cowling's, pro-
hibiting accident and health insurance
companies from doing business with
out license. In the assembly the bill
to raise the salary of the attorney gen.
eral from $4,000 to $4,000 and readjust
the salaries of the other members of
that department came up on the cal
endar to be ordered to third reading
and engrossment The bill was laid
over. The aggregate salary of the
attorney generals department would
be increased $3.50 year if the bill
were enacted into law. The Rogers
bill relating to the bible and religious
instruction was killed. as was also the
Johnson bill regulating the employ
ment of minors.
| Madison, April 21.-The advance
ment to third reading of the barber
license bill after it had been weakened
| by number of amendments, a speech
| by Senator McGillivray in opposition
to the exemption of railroad bonds
| from taxation under the ad valorem
law, and the delay of confirmation of
the appointments of Harvey Clark to
| the board of control and l.. E. Spencer
Of Wausau as a member of the state
board of health, were the chief de-
velopments of the senate. Senator
! Hudnall, who is making the barber
| bill one of his chief cares, offered
amendments, which were adopted, re-
ducing the time of required appren-
| ticeship from three to one year, re-
ducing the fee for the first certificate
from SIS to 81, and raising the fee
| for renewal of certificates from SO
cents to 81. The Dudgeon bill re-
lating to excise and sale of liquors
was non-concurred in. 1t provided
that where suburb was annexed to
a city no liquor license could be grant
| ed in that suburb without the consent
of the people. The assembly killed
very important bill-that to abolish
contributory negligence as a defense
in damage suits. The bill came from
the judiciary chamber in the form of
a substitute which took cognizance
| of the negligence of the man injured,
being a much milder proposition than
the original bill, yet Mr.. Lang prompt
ly moved that the bill and the amend
ment be indefinitely postponed. This
action prevailed, after a debate, Sc to
80 A bill that created much discus
sion in the assembly yesterday was
that amending the law authorizing the
governor to make a settlement of war
claims against the federal govern
ment. Mr. Barker moved that action
be deferred for the time being. He
said that as he understood it the gov
eminent had been willing to pay some
SASS 900 of old war claims and that
$3.50 900 of claims were yet in doubt,
also that this bill proposed to give a
commission for the collection of this
$3.50 900 and it might be that the state
would have to pay commission to the
same man who had been receiving a
salary for getting the $45S,000. Mr..
Root. chairman of the state affairs
committee which had considered the
bill. explained that the government
had allowed as claim to the extent
lof S45S,6 77.99. He also said that the
state had not accepted the amount be-
cause of fear that if it did so some
minor claims ranging from $4,000 to
$4,000 might be sacrificed. The bill
proposed he said, to allow commits
sions for the collection of these minor
claims as follows: On the first $780,
600. Is per cent On the second S10,-
600, 10 per cent; on the next $40, 900,
5 per cent. and for all above $4,000,
l21a per cent. The states commits
sioner who had negotiated the matter
so far with the government had been
on salary and it was deemed wise by
the committee to stop the salary and
stimulate the energies of the commits
sioner with the premium of a commits
sion. Then the bill went to the claims
committee on motion of Mr.. Barker
Senator's Green's bill authorizing
: certain life insurance companies to dc
accident and health insurance was
concurred in. The house concurred in
senate amendment which requires 6
fee of 81 to be paid when judges issue
: an order permitting people to wee
within the 5-day limit after the license
has been obtained. There was intro
6uced by the state affairs COMMITTEES
a bill enlarging the powers OF tow
meetings.