Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
IN THE SENATE.

The Senate on the 18th passed the bill re-
districting the judicial circuits of the state
adding one additional circuit and rearrang
ing the others G The fGIIGwng Senate bills
orS power to fix salary Of municipal judge
giving district court in Milwaukee jurisdc
ton Of cases arising under health ordi
nances; providing for powers Of trustees OF
home for dependent children.
The Senate on the Sth passed the follow
ing bills: Comforting on Milwaukee super
visors powers to regulate salaries of clerks
employed by district attorney; regulation
sale Of food containing chemical preserva.
tives; providing for establishment Of mu-
seums in cities. The Frear resolution for
the appointment OF q committee to lnveSti-
gate the subject Of state and governmental
Insurance passed.
On the 9th Chief Clerk Eaton of the Sen
ate submitted his report on the condition
of work before committees and the senator
from the Thirty first made harangue Oh
the sloWness OF the Senate in getting down
to work. BY mathematical calculation
he attempted, to prove that it would be
November before the work of the Senate
is finished at the rate they are now going,
and with the Assembly bills added it would
be near the first of the year before they
can get back to their homes. Thus far they
had disposed OF but one and one-half bills
kill thirteen bills day to get through by
May l. senator Rummel introduced an
other = bill in in regard to the state capitol
providing for capitol commission to CON
sist OF the governor, attorney general and
five practical persons selected by the gov
ernor who shall! appoint an architect who
has been resident of Wisconsin for at
least two years to draw plans at a cost of
not more than $4,000 for repairing the
present n s5 ode MOUSE at cost Of not more
lating to the issuing Of bonds by cities
towns and villages, authorizing cities and
towns to acquire public utilities: relating
to actions for divorce; relating to the re
turn and registration of births and deaths:
relating to jurles; relating to jurors; to es-
tablsh dlstTlct court in the county of
Milwaukee; relating to payment by coun-
ties Of witnesses and interpreters fees: re-
lating to punishment for assault and bat
and abusive language.
Senate bills We're passed by the Senate
on the 10th as follows: Amending statutes
SO that bonds can be issued on three
cial election being held, in smaller cities;
providing for a dam across Elk creek Dunn
county; making 50 age limit for jurors; es-
tablishng a ferry across Lake st. CroiX at
Hudson authorizing Stevens Point Power
company to dam Big Plover river Commit
tee recommendations were favorable for No
5S6A, for examining accounts of school
boards 53A, to sale of state lands; 229A
requiring recording of water power in state
lands; 154A, rslating to trustees Of Nil
young girls attending saloon dances: 49,
relating to appeal to judges relative to high
corning homes for dependent children; 1918,
legaliZing contract of Milwaukee school
board with G. w. McNaIly; 36SA making
more certain interest of mortgage tax law.
Adverse recommendations were received on
Nos. 495A, authorizing cities of the third
class to buy or build water works; 564A,
advertising of public bids; COLA, duties Of
tax commissioner of Milwaukee; 451A, max
ing appropriation for manufacture of Irvine
in state prison; 427A, to the care of the
poor in Milwaukee; 259A, relating to the
equaliZing of taxation; 319A, repeating the
mortgage taxation law; 5SOA, authorizing
the charging of = mills on every dollar for
recording of mortgages, first re-referrea
Adjourned until Monday.
The Senate at the evening session on the
18th passed the Roehr bill authorizing the
city of Milwaukee to erect and maintain
auditoriums by cooperating with private
associations. The Assembly bill authorizing
the printing of the report of the tubercu-
losis commission was advanced to a third
reading by the Senate, as also the
Assembly bill providing for assessments by
the state board of assessment of property
omitted in previous years. Among the thir-
teen bills ordered to engrosSment were the
McGillivray bill, empowering the state
board of control to condemn almshouseS
and the Wilcox bill, appropriating $3.50 each
to the members of the legislative visiting
committee. The bills appropriating money
for the rebuilding of the normal schools at
Milwaukee and Platteville and for the
alton of new normal at La Crosse were
re-referred to the committee on claims.