River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-03-26
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.
Daily gu7nmary of the Work Done In
the senate4 and Assembly in
Session at Madison.

Madison. Wis March 17-In the senate
bills have been favorably reported provid-
ing that in any city on petition of five
per cent of the voters, there should be sub
mitted to a popular vote the question of
casting aside the school district system and
governing the schools under the general
provisions of the revised statutes govern
ing cities: providing for dam at St. Croix
falls TO generate electricity for ST. Paul
and Minneapolis; giving the dairy and food
commissioner an additional assistant and
two more inspectors for his department.
Madison, Wis, March 1S.-In the senate
indefinite leave of absence was granted to
Senators Rogers and Eaton, both of whom
are reported sick at their homes in Milwau-
kee with the grip. The senate concurred in
assembly bill No. 290 authorizing the An
tigo Island club to build dam across Peli-
can river. Two bills in relation to dam
across St Croix river to supply st. Paul and
Minneapolis with electricity were ordered
to a third reading.
Madison. Wis, March 19.-The joint reso-
luton of Senator Hatten providing for
conference on the race problem came up
In the senate Yesterday for action and Sen
ator Hatten made speech in favor of the
resolution He spoke OF the Importance of
the question and cited sayings of southern
writer's on the outlook. 1t was not pro-
posed, he said to have gathering of poll
ticians. but of economists and sociologists,
TO consider establishing training schools
for teachers in the different branches, etc.
The resolution was referred to the commit
tee on education.
Madison Wis. March 30.-The anti-ciga-
rette bill, prohibiting the sale or importa-
ton of cigarettes into the state, was re-
ported favorably for passage in the senate
yesterday by the committee on health ana
sanitation with an amendment providing
that in case of violating the law punish
ment shall be Imprisonment from 80 to 80
days.
Madison wis, March 21-In the senate
the bill to take Villas and Oneida counties
from the Sixteenth judicial circuit and at
tach them to the Tenth was killed. A bill
has been passed requiring public institu-
lions to furnish facilities for religious in
struction by pastors of all creeds.
In the Assembly.
Madison, Wis, March 17.-Bills have been
favorably reported in the assembly increas-
ing the salary of the state superintendent
to S.. 600: amending the registry law so as
not to REQUIRE the registry of electors in
cities or villages having q population of
less than 1900. The bill providing the state
fish and game warden and the state super
intepdent of public property shall be elect
ed instead of appointed by the governor
was adversely reported
committee on assessment and collection OF
taxes has recommended for concurrence
the senate bill providing for the taxation
of gifts, inheritances, requests, legacies,
devises and succession in certain cases. 1t
also recommended for passage the Timlin
bill exemtping pianos. organs, melodeons
and other musical instruments from taxa
ton. The committee on public health and
sanitation introduced q bill regulating the
practice of medicine in the state.
Madison Wis, March H.-In the assem-"
bly, bills have been passed giving county
boards power to appropriate not to exceed
$4,000 for the erection of a soldiers monu-
ment allowing territory about to be at
tached to cities to decide whether liquor
licenses shall be granted within such ter
ritory; prescribing the manner in which
dsbarment proceedings shall be carried
out; to include pianos, organs, melodeons
and other musical instruments among the
list of household goods exempt from tax
alton; making "splte" fences six feet high
a nuisance; increasing the salary of the
state superintendent of instruction to
S., 900 year; making the state tax commits
sion the state board of assessment for the
taxation of express, sleeping car, freight
and equipment companies.