The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-06-03
CbeIegislature
- Proceedings os the
~ Week in the 80.
State Law Mill :.

The assembly Tuesday morning adj
vanCed to engrOsSment and third read
ing the mortgage taxation bill by a
vote of As to So. 1t provides that all
mortgages be assessed and taxed; that
mortgages shall be assessed and
taxed; that the mortgage or money
lender pay the tax, and that no agree
ment II other arrangement be coun-
tenanced to operate so that the mort
gagee i'll any manner shall shift the
tax to the borrower of the money or
otherwise escape the payment of the
tax. If any such agreement or arrange
ment is entered into the mortgage is
declared null and void, and the courts
shall not allow it to be offered as evil
denCe in any action at law.
Gov. La Toilette returned to the as
4 sembly without his approval four bills,
together with messages for his action.
The bills vetoed were as follows:
Concerning the district court of Mil
waukee county, providing for addition
al fees for court reporter, allOwing'him
20 take an annual summer vacation
with full pay, and providing for pay
mont OF substitute
Providing for appeals to the circuit
court from decisions Of town boards
Of supervisors b. any interested per
son, including non-residents of a town.
Providing for the payment Of street
car fares for the sheriff and deputies
Of Milwaukee county.
Authorizing licensing and bonding
of agents for writing Of fire insurance
policies not authorized under the state
laws to operate in Wisconsin,
The senate was unable to progress
much. Fourteen bills were on the cal
endar. Nine of them were laid over
or referred to committees, two were
killed. and three were advanced to en-
grussment. One OF the bills killed was
the assembly measure to appropriate
a $4,000 toward the cost OF paving that
mart of the streets around the capitol
mark belonging to the state. The 9TH
or bill killed was that of Senator San
horn to increase the annual appropria-
ton to the state historical society.
The Stout bill for the encourage
ment of the state school of library sci
Gnc6 was dtlFcECGO. CAo WIZ OeAN0" '-4
claims committee bill relating to the
oath and bond of the commissioner OF
insurance. and providing that the state
shall Pay the premium where surety
company bond is given, and the Beach
bill to allow the raising of the dam
across Rock river in the city OF water
town. The committee on federal re-
Iations introduced a new bill to Gre
ate the office of assessor OF inner
itance taxes. He is to hold his office
bv appointment and at the pleasure
Scf the governor.
There has been a great demand for
copies of the railroad rate commission
Sill as passed by the senate, and a
resolution by Senator Munson was
adopted to have 500 more copies of the
measure printed Among the meas
ures delayed were the university ap-
propriation bill, the Johnson antl-se-
cret lobby bill, Milwaukee tree COM
mission measure, the Warner state
civil service bill, the Merton bill for
100000 appropriation to the state
board of agriculture, and the assembly
committee on railroads bill to
strengthen the anti-pass law and pro-
vide that employees of the state and OF
the railroads shall not Use their rail-
road masses except when actually en-
gagged in their employers business.