Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-06-07

of schools; 664A CMr. Henry, relating to
choice and change Of text books; 674A (Mr
Crowley, relating to school board and COM
mon and high schools in cities of the first
class; 6S3A 1Mr. McGregorl, fixing the COM
pensation of county or district superinten-
dents of schools; GOA committee Oh state
affairs), relating to improvements and re-
pairs upon the capitol building: 1874 (com-
m1ttee on judiciary, relating to the judges
of the second judicial circuit Of the state
of wisconsin,; 1854 committee on judicl-
ary)' relating to salaries of the judges Of
the circuit courts. Mr.. DahTs bill, No
4o4A, TO determine the license fees to be
pald oy HE insurance companies doing bust
ness ,ls,S IN the state, was then taken up. The
pill was nnally sent to engrOSsment by
viva voce vote after a motion to kill 1t had
Ialled by a vote of Al to IS The resolution
reiaLve to the jamestown exposition was
adopted. The committee on railroads intro
duced new bill to require the railroad
companies to file with the railroad commits
s1oner an lists of tickets, passes and mileage
rates since January 1, 1905, and those in
force at that time. The purpose of the bill
it is said, is to ascertain who are enioving
favOrS from the companies.
The resolution to submit the question Of
holding a constitutional convention to the
people at the next general election was
passed by the Assembly on the I'd. The
first measure taken up was the Crowley
bill to permit Milwaukee to apply it's sur
plus Waterworks earnings to building
schools. Mr. Crowley made an argument
for it and the bill was amended so as to
direct surplus earnings into the general
fund and then advanced. No. 724A, to pro-
vide for the taxation Of telegraph and
phone companies on the ad valorem basis,
was passed without debate by a vote of 81
to IA. Bills passed concurred in by the
Assembly were: 1854, to provide for ascer-
tanning the amount Of available water power
In this state; TIA, relating to charge to
jury and exceptions thereto, Judges to give
copies to attorneys; 774A, relating to as
sessments and tax leves made by state
la
hunting of prairie chickens and quail; TIA,
to provide for the erection of residences for
the superintendent of state institutions I'M
DER management Of the board OF control;
lisa, relating to grand jurles; S9S, relating
to Illegal voting and fraudulent registration;
26lS, to provide for the registry of electors
cases; 1898, making appropriations for the
support of the university; 461S, relative to
constructing and ma, maintaining bridge g
attendance of Indian children upon certain
schools; SOS, amending an act creating a
warehouse commission for the state of Wis
printing plant was adopted by, the Assem-,
bly,. The Ainsworth bill to make state aid
to t9,, fairs definite and uniform na went over
the Milwaukee Free Press the official state
paper came up, Mr. Donald moved its in
definite postponement. Mr.. Donald's mo,
% to Al. The bill was sent to engrossment
by vote of 81 to 81. The Assembly killed
the bill establishing a shade tree commits
sion for Milwaukee. 1t also killed the bill
Urinary surgeons, and advanced to engross-
ment the bill to appropriate $1,000 for
health park for consumptives at TomahaWk:
A big feature of the afternoon session of
the Assembly on the Cd was the fight on the
bill to increase the salaries of circuit judges
from $44O0 to $4,000. The bill was ordered
proposition to indefinitely postpone had lost
by a vote of IS to 3S. The Assembly took
PUP the next days calendar and disposed Of
all the bills and resolutions on it. Eight
joint resolutions of minor Importance and
seventeen bills were indefinitely postponed.
The bill to. provide for the publication OF
the laws of cities was ordered engrossed
All the rest Of the calendar was laid over
until Monday The Assembly met Oh the
Sd to adjourn.
On the Sd both houses appointed delega
lions to the funeral Of former Assemblyman
A. r. Hall of Knapp. A bill was passed to
prevent conflict between terms Of county
judges appointed TO fill vacancies, and those
regularly elected.
The governor on the 9Th sent two vetoes
to the Assembly, one being in disapproval
of the Szymarek bill to divide the city Of
Milwaukee into constable and justice of the
peace districts and the other in disapproyal
of the Bletcher bill to provide for the ex-
animation of insurance companies at state
expense. On motion of Mr.. Andrew the
Assembly refused to concur in the Senate
joint resolution providing for a special leg
isative committee to Investigate the neces-
sity for the creation of numerous state com
missions and boards now in existence and
report to the next Legislature. The AS
semby passed several important bills. One
appropriates $780, 900 for the maintenance
of the state charitable and penal institu-
lions during the coming two years; another
provides for reorganizing the state tax COM
mission and a third transfers much of the
authority of the state treasurer to the sec
rotary of state and the state board Of de-
posits. The bill prescribing the duties of
county supervisors of assessments, dividing
the counties into classes according to the
value of the taxable property in each and
fixing the number of days the supervisors of
counties in the different classes shall put
in each year, was referred to a conference
committee