Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-06-22
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE
Session Ends.

Madison June 14-Final adjourn
ment of the legislature will occur
about next Tuesday probably, though
the period of actual legislative pro
ceedure terminated soon after
o'clock this morning. Senate and
assembly clocks had been stopped
for mere than an hour before, and
their dials accordingly showed the
hour to be only liza At the pres
ent time some 80 to 100 bills are in
ly great congestion on the last day for
the consideration of business. These
must all be duly printed, proof-read
and compared, go to the governor, re-
ceive his consideration and be then
reported back to the legislators, a
small number Of whom will remain
formally to receive messages from the
executive. The concluding scenes were
marked by mirth, music and amiabil-
ity, factional differences being forgot
ten and the members joining in sing.
ing sacred and patriotic hymns. All
through the afternoon and night bills
were corrected and sent back and
forth between the two houses for CON
Curence in corrected form. The
senate concurred in a bill introduced
by Assemblyman Braddock and passed
by the assembly providing that the
railroads doing business in this state
cannot recover from the state any
of the license fees paid unless such
fees were paid under protest. This
bill is intended to meet a possible
contingency of the railroads testing
The constitutionaltty of the license
Zee system. Senator Hattens bill to
provide state aid Tor county teacher
training schools was passed. 1t
provides for as appropriation not to
exceed $4,000 for instruction to each
OF twelve such training schools. four
more than are now provided for. BY
an amendment to the bill licensing
street and electric railways offered by
the assembly and concurred in by the
senate all companies whose gross
earnings are 100000 will hereafter
pay a license fee of per cent on
their earnings; those whose earnings
are less than $4,000, will pay but
] Il per cent. To the corporation cor.
ruption fund bill. an amendment by
the assembly was concurred in by the
senate by which court can declare
forfeited franchise held by any cor
poration which has been found guilty
OF contributing to a political fund. The
bill appropriating 100000 for the
erection of a new building for the
violent insane in connection with the
northern hospital at Oshkosh was
killed. BY refusing to concur in the
! assembly amendment, the senate
killed the insurance taxation bill in
troduced by Senator Hudnall, and pro
vidins that life insurance companies
Of other states aud countries should
pay into the state treasury as taxes
for doing business in this state . per
cent of all premium receipts col
! lected in the state. The bill provid-
ing for a reassessment OF railroad
property instead of license fees IN
case the courts should declare the
present al valorem law unconstitu-
tional was concurred in by vote Of
25 TO 3.
The Andrew bill which had been
passed by the assembly appropriating
$500 for medallion portrait Of the
late Asesmhlyman Hall to be placed
in some suitable place in the capitol
was concurred in under suspension
of the rules, only FIVE senators voting