Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-02-10
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
AT MADISON
As Reported by Our Correspon=


AS Reported by Our Correspon=
dent.
MADISON, Feb, THE legislature
was in session nearly five days last
week and did much business. Bills
for new laws. or changes in existing
statutes, came in with rush, and
when the two houses assembled at
o'clock last night, from the over
Sunday vacation, many more bills
were presented. All new measures
must be in by next Friday, which
early date for shutting off bills
indicates that the farmers in the
legislature want to get home this
spring in time for planting. A strong
effort will be made for adjournment
by April first. The probability of an
extra session of congress, and the
desire of his friends that Senator
elect La Toilette shall take his seat
on March 4th, will have tendency
to hurry up legislation, especially
that relating to the governors special
measures.
Early last week came the report of
the capitol commission, and with it
handsome pictures in the newspapers
of the design selected. AS already
foreShadOwed in this correspondence,
The Cass Gilbert plan, for a building
n
recommended Thus far little COM
ment has been heard by members on
this subject. There is to be no rush
about the building. There will be
opposition to some of the phases of the
plans favored. The building of a
structure with so many and costly
architectural frillS is condemned, and
many think that the material used,
especially the granite, should be from
Wisconsin. A number of people are
dissatisfied that the plans OF Wisconsin
preference.
Among the proceedings of the two
houses, of general Importance, were
the following:
Senator Wilcox introduced bill
which is of greatest interest to every
| dealer in mining and oil stock, and is
| in the nature OF prohibitiye
| measure preventing the sale IN this
state of much of the stock that is now
disposed of. The bill provides that
no shares of any mining or oil corpora
| tiOn of this or any state shall be offered
| for sale in this state until such
corporation has filed in the office of
the secretary of state a prospectus of
it's company, showing in detail upon
what the stock is based, where the
property is located, and, in fact, a
complete report of the corporation or
company. The fee for filing with the
secretary is S25. A penalty of 500 is
imposed for attempting to dispose of
stock until the law is complied with.
| Senator Hudnall introduced the
Superior grain situation, calling for
the establishment of a Superior in
spection. The bill in all essentials
was copy of the one introduced two
years ago in both the assembly and
senate over which there occurred one
Of the hottest fights in legislative
history.
Senator North presented a bill
which proposes to centralize all tele-
phone service by providing that con-
Meeting lines shall be run into all
central offices or telephone exchanges
so that patrons of one line can use the
lines of different company reaching
the same city, town or village.
Among the important bills presented
was the state board of agriculture
budget, calling for appropriations of
100000 to improve and erect buildings
upon the fair grounds.
Other bills introduced were: By
Nelson, Florence, Forest and Lang
lade, providing for semiannual
payments of taxes on real property,
the first payment to be made February
%, and the second July 81; by Nelson,
to repeal the law creating the
municipal court for the Forest county:
by Ragatz, of Sank, to extend the
closed season for quail from 1905 80
1910; by Crowley, of Milwaukee, fixing
the punishment of persons contribute
ing to the delinquency of children at a
fine not to exceed 81, 900 or imprison-
ment in Jail year, or both; by
Strehlow, of Milwaukee, increasing
the number of state assistant factory
inspectors from six to fourteen; by
Berner, of Milwaukee, providing that
women employed in manufactures,
mechanical and mercantile establish
ments and laundries. shall not be
allowed TO work more than eight hours
day: by Senator Wilcox relating to
bastardy: Rummel, prohibiting the
sale of state land in the future, but
providing for twentv-year leases for
the same; Morris. relating to highways: