Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-29

and maintenance Of a dam across the Big
Plover river in Portage county. Bills killed
ton of village officers by direct vote of the
people; No. 80, changing time Of opening
polls at primaries; No. 100, requiring vac
cination in paper mills and lumber camps
No 2O6, providing that two-thirds of a
Jury in civil actions may determine verdict;
No. 221, relating to the state board OF
the election of assessor; No. 343, relating
to the organization and government or cities
under the general laws, ETC.; No. 423, relat.
ing to the disinfection of street railway and
electric railway cars; No. 475, relative to
statutory forms Of cOnyeyances OF land.
etc.; No. 49, to amend village charters and
providing for the election Of trustees; No,
4SO authorizing cities and villages to ae-
quire lighting, water and heating plants, and
repeating certain chapters; No. 1872, relat-
ing to the offices Of engineer, assistant en-
laws of 1903; No. 623- relating to collection
of taxes ard legaliz1ng payment Of money
hereunder by counties to printers; No. 66O,
increasing salaries of state officers and EN-
plOyeS in state superin tendent'S office; No.
6S2, to prevent the overlooking of vehicles
drawn by horses or mules.
The mood Of the Assembly is to conclude
the legislative work earlier this year, and
to effect this Mr.. Irvine on the 22d intro
duced a resolution cutting off all business
April "a, except reports Of engrossing COM
mittees messages from the Senate and COY
ernor, etc; az and providing for final adjourn
ment April 2S. There was no opposition co
the resolution, and it will be acted on at
Fridays session. Mr.. Norcross presented
a joint resolution for the return of the
flag of the Perote guards Of Alabama, taken
by Wisconsin troops at Island No. 10 The
resolution went over. The bill to prevent
the public exhibition Of snakes and human
and other monstroSities was on the cal
endar for passage, but was turned down by
a vote Of ~ to ~. Among bills favOrably
reported were the Henry Johnson bill, No.
Alb, prohibiting lobbyists from working in
nf T. no
them to appear before committees; others
reported for passage were Nos. 1914, appro,
priating to Attorney General l.. NJ. Sturde>
want $S9.9o paid out by him for clerk hire;
330A, for increasing the school boards Of
cities; 26SS, appropriating $1,000 to E. f.
Safer, state electrician, for injuries sus>
returning to the Manhattan Insurance com
pany $500 illegally collected from it in 1902.
Four bills affecting the office of superin-
tendfnt Of Se ne Pr9Zding a for s abolish
reported for death. The judiciary commit
tee also reported a big batch for postpone
ment: Nos. 141, for licensing auctioneers;
297 (Brockhausen), requiring service of no
tice of injunctions in case of labor dis.
putes; $50, to distribution of supreme court
reports 463, requiring persons injured on
highways to submit to examination by ply,
sfcians appointed by town; 595, to damages
on highways; $50, to evidence for dam
ages; 603, for a state court commissioner at
salary Of of $1,000; 621 to trials in civil &C
Bills passed were: No ALA, to provide for
the registration and return of births and
deaths; No. ASA, relating to payment ana
costs by county on change of venue; Nc.
156A, relating to sheriffS fees; No. 2O4A,
requiring persons plating lands, etc, to sub
nit proposed plats to the common council;
No. 25SA to provide for the collection OF
vital statistics in certain places; No 334A,
to provide a plan for history for Wis
consin's part in the Civil war: No. 373A,
to legalize the incorporation of the Green
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lating to accepting donations and legacies
for the care of cemetery in towns, villages
and cities; No los, relating to village
boards; No 1898, (Senator Wilcox relative
to compensating legislative visiting commit
tees appointed to visit charitable or penal
institutions. Bills killed were: No. 149A.
Warner, to define duties of the attorney
general concerning combinations, monopo-
lies, etc; No. 546A (Pierron), relating to
vacancies in office of county judge: No:
GOA (Bletcher, respecting the duties OF
county clerk in certain counties; No. 6S1A
Warner), relating to payment of costs In
proceedings for the partition of real estate
and declaring what may be recovered as
COSTS
The Assembly on the Odd advanced to
third reading the Thayer local district op-
ton bill by vote of 40 to 43, without dis
cussion. Mr.. Page called for an explana-
ton of a bill introduced and recommended
by the judiciary committee providing that
defendants in criminal cases shall have but
one on appeal to the supreme court Chairman
urged him to call on the attorney general
for an explanation of the bill Action on
the measure was deferred at Mr.. Pages re
quest; Assemblyman John Scott intro,
duced a joint resolution directing the COM
mittee on ways and means to formulate and
report a bill for designating what DISPOSE
ton shall be made of the war claim funds
of the state. Mr.. Scott wanted immediate
action, but the Assembly voted no, and it
went to the committee on finance, banks and
insurance. The Judiciary committee intro
a nd Hin fnr Of
fee Of commissioner of deeds Bills favor
ably reported to the Assembly were: APP
propriating $500 each to 2. L. Pierron and
NJ. G.. Bohan for contested election ex-
penses 125, to the protection of fish and
game 222S, 300 23S and 467, safeguarding
purity Of milk, vinegar and use BabcOck
test; 49,, for accounting of licenses due from
railroads; 466, to privileges Of witnesses; 800,
to judgments in estates; 556 for q dock
line on Monona bay; .379S, permitting coun>
ty boards to appropriate money for encOur-
aging immigration; 254, for a ferry over
Lake ST. CroiX. Senator Norths bill to pro-
vide for the organization of mutual plate
glass insurance companies was concurred in.
The Henry Johnson bill changing the tax
tonnage law so as to provide for the taxa
ton of steam vessels. where owners reside,
was ordered engrossed without opposition.
1t is expected to greatly increase the state
revenue in this direction. In the past four
years Wisconsin has received from taxes
from this law but $54667S, while Michigan
has received at the same time $2SS, 656. SO.
in Winnebago county; 10, to grading fran
chises 365, enabling town and cities to en-
ter territory of adjacent towns and acquire
land for highways; COS to notices before
action brought; No. 7O7, permitting but one
writ Of error in criminal cases, went over
till Tuesday. Bills adversely reported were:
No. 30, to roads and for road supervisors;
3d. for county aid in repairing bridges; 1856.
to organization of trust companies 6O7, to
trust and annuity companies and for their
regulation; 700, to granting Of dam prlvil-
eyes; 1856, to organization of cities; $50, to
issue of bonds; 3O1, 1856 and 400, for cheap
err text books No. $40, the Social Demo.
cratic bill providing that bakery employees
obliged to work an average of not over ten
hours day week, was adversely reported,
Mr.. Brockhausen dissenting from the re-
port. Nc. 656, creating a new office, that
of public examiner, to ascertain if fines
collected are turned into the school fund
and for making other Investigations, was
favorably reported to the Assembly. The
committee on education reported against
Joint resolution No. 81 for a constitutional
amendment providing for a division of the
school fund in proportion to the number
of children. Something unique in the way
Of legislation is proposed in a new bill in
troduced by the Assembly judicial commit
tee 1t provides for the appointment by
the governor of commissioners outside the
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