Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-04-19
IN THE ASSEMBLY.

In the Assembly OH the 18th the commit
tee substitute for the administratio S
freight rate commission bill was passed by
a vote of 81 to 10. The committee OH mill
tary affairs introduced a new resolution re-
lating to county aid for old soldiers and
favorable reports were received OF rhc AS
sembly bill to safeguard canned goods ana
76S, to the collection Of taxes and 1S1A, to
the reassessment of taxes when the assess
ment is set aside by the courts. The Irvine
joint resolution for final adjournment April
% came up, but motion of it's author
was laid over till April 30, without debate
The Senate amendments to 575A, to cleo
ton of judges, and GOA, to fees payable
by licensed insurance companies, We're con
CURED in. The bill requiring employers to
give notice of discharge to employees o.
whom notice TO quit is required was passed.
51OA, providing for the taxation Of rail-
roads, elevators and docks locally was
passed. Other bills passed were ISA. Hu-
Der, relating to ishways in dams, booms,
etc, in Dane and Jefferson counties; 10A
Com. on r. R., to provide for the estab-
age charges; AGA (Norcross), relating to Of
fetal bonds of county officers; INA iNor-
CROSSE, relating to the surety of official
bonds, etc; 295A CWestfahD, to provide for
selection Of juries in cases of disagreement
in certain cases in cities of the first class;
31OA (COm. on A. & c. Of ID to provide
for the taxation of trust annuity and guar
anty companies; 1884 (Com. ON JUDI. pro
viding for distribution Of the supreme court
reports, etc; ASIA Com. on Mfg), rela-
tive to employers giving employees notice
in of their discharge; 494A Uerdee,,
in regard to the liability Of Geographic cor
poratiOns
The Assembly on the 10Th again killed
the bill to make all appropriation for the
Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland,
Ore. The Judiciary committee reported Il
big batch of bills for death. as follows:
Nos. 21S, relating to land titles; pa, to
who shall issue SubpOenaS; 261A, to invest
ment of trust funds; 271A, limiting time for
beginning actions against public officers;
311A, to pleadings; 354A, to charges to
juries; 491A, to justice courts; 63OA, to
Jail in criminal actions; GAIA, to naturaliza-
ton Of voters; GOA, to guardians and
tice and constable districts; 467A, to titles
to lands; 45S, to expenses in insanity cases,
also bill prohibiting destruction of ginseng.
Joint resolution No. 13A, for constitutional
amendment to permit less than a full jury
to return verdicts in certain cases, was
also unfavorably reported by this commit
unfavorably No. 2IS, to payment Of claims
on diseased cattle killed, and AIS, to
livestock sanitary board. No. 1O4A, author
izing minor cities to either purchase or
build light or WaterWordS was favOrably
reported. The following bills were passed:
No. 6SSA, requiring moving Of live stock
and feeding every twenty-four hours; 582A
committee on state affairs), relating to the
improvement of the streets about the
capitol square; COLA committee on cities,
to provide for the furnishing of street car
tickets or transportation to sheriffs, etc,
in certain cases; 633A page, relative to
for in elections in certain counties;
69SA committee on finance, banks and in
surance), relating to the liabilities of mem
bers in city and village mutual life insur-
ance companies, etc; GOA committee on
state affairs), to cOrrent an error and ap-
propriate certain moneys to E. D. Rine-
hard, county treasurer, Shawano county;
701A committee on lumber and mining), re-
lating to increasing the height of a dam
on Black river; 2S8 committee on corpora
tions), to enable all cities to have one or
aldermen lc6S
| (Wright), prohibiting fishing in any man
ner on Little Bass lake, Villas county, for
a period of five years: 1884 (Henry), TO
recompense Albert Klinke, Marquette coun-
| ty, for Improvements made by him by mis-
take upon state lands; 391A CThiene) rela-
| tive to fire insurance contracts and pre-
venting determinations in premiums there
on; 5S1A committee education), relat
ing to school boards; 696A committee on
| surplus in mutual life insurance com.
panies; joint resolution No 14S CMcGil
liyray), providing for amendment to con>
stitution relating to internal improvements
for good re DIS: 317S Roehr), relating to
| the regulation Of banks. The committee on
| privileges and elections introduced a bill
fourth class where no nomination papers
are filed no primary need be held and where
no nominations are held there shall be no
place, for that office uo on the ticket IKE The
ing for the adjustment Of police courts in
| cities of the third class and extending to
! them section 920-6l, statutes OF 1888, which
now applies to cities Of the fourth class.
| Bills ordered to third reading were: 4SS
| Smith, concerning cemetery associations
| 149S (Merton), amending an act CONCERNING
| civil, criminal and appellate jurisdiction
| upon the county court Of Waukesha county
etc; 364S N1erton), to prohibit presence of
young girls at dances held in saloons, etc
The Assembly session enlivened on
| the 18th by fight between the farmers OF
the Assembly and the lawyers, in which
Mr.. Carpenter, although lauding the farm
| ers effusively, protested that they were
| legislating against their own interests i'll
providing for a new form of legal fence.