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

| to the attachment of applications to insur
ance policies by insurance corporations; re
latlng to fees paid by teachers; authorizing
| regents of University of Wisconsin to have
| experimental work done in agriculture in
the. state; relative to the construction ano
maintaining toll bridge across Wisconsin
the improvement of inner harbors and in
aid of navigation; amending an act to fix
the size of the cranberry barrel; relating to
nluI ual insurance companies against loss by
nan, etc; relating to fees payable by IL
censed insurance companies; to provide for
the binding in cloth of the reports of the
railroad commission At 10 o'cloci, nndnr
special order, the Assembly took IN 4SA.
cutting 1 down n, to exemptions of wages that
The vote on the bill stood ayes 81 noes 10
The noes being Messrs Aldridge Rern az
Ha%hn aart Hrew Gnna EdEdge Haga
Roy, Metzler. Nelson. Perry, Pickart. POT Of
ter, Ramsey, Reynolds Roycroft Strnblo,z
Szymarek. The Warner amendment exemnt,
Ing family 1 Libraries worth a 500 and profes
On the 10th in the Assembly the commit.
tee on cities reported favorably the bin
providing for the voting of aldermen out
of the electors in ward petition for q
special election. The eight-hour bill for
city work was killed. Assembly bills passed
as follows: Relating to the Wisconsin In
dustrial School for Boys; relating to the care
of endowments for public libraries; to
amend an act to provide fees for the state
SedleE OF weights ana measures, felatlng to
excise and the sale Of Intoxicating liquors
to authorize placing of certain poles within
curb line upon the capitol square; relating to
powers of electors Of school districts; pro-
viding commissioners for Lewis and Clark
exposition, Portland, Oregon. Adjourned
until Monday.
The Lewis and Clark appropriation, passed
In the Assembly on the morning of the
18th. was moved to a reconsideration by
Assenlblyman Beedle at the evenings ses,
sion on the 18th, and made a special order Of
business for the 10th. The bill was passed
by vote Of 90 to &c. but the minority are
trying to bring enough influence to kill
the bill when it is next considered The
committee on cities reported favOrabIy on
the bill which provides that petition of %
per cent. Of the entire votes cast for the
candidates for aldermen and filed with the
city clerk shall result in the declaring of the
office vacant, and that a special election
alderman forced to relinquish his position
may stand for reelection. This committee
also reported favOrably on a bill Iegalizine
the transfers Of funds from the water to
the general fund in Milwaukee in a service
of six years, and for Assemblyman Nc
GregOrS bill relating to the powers of city
common councils The bill fixing the terms
OF assessors for one year and their election
to be annual was also favored by the same
committee. The bill which makes the board
of review consist of the mayor, clerk, tax
commissioner and assessor or assessors was
also reported favOrably upOn as was the
bill authorizing the common council of cities
having their own municipal water works
system to use the surplus of the earnings OF
such plant in the construction of school
houses and buildings