Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-22
Synopsis of the Proceedings of
the Lawmakers at
Madi on.
STATE NEWS OF IMPORTANCE
Items of General Interest Caught
from the Wires and Prepared
for Our Readers.

through the assembly by vote Of 81
to TO- after the Intellectual attempts
OF its opponents to amend or delay it.
1t provides for an appointive commits
sion of three members and gives the
commission power to institute new
rates should those of the railroads
prove unjust, and these are to remain
in force unless the courts decide them
unreasonable.
Senator Noble introduced a new
patent medicine bill, requiring the pro-
portion of alcohol to be published on
label when over 10 per cent, also the
amount of toxine or narcotic.
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Madison, Wis, April 13.-The as
sembly killed for a second time a bill
to appropriate $4,000 for a state ex-
hibit at the Portland exposition. The
assembly also killed bill to regulate
and make uniform fraternal beni-
ficiary societies. A bill requiring a
hearing before discharging members Of
the Milwaukee fire and police depart
ments was advanced, through reported
unfavorably.
Among the most important bills
passed by the assembly were: To
provide that the county Of Milwaukee
shall pay the street car fares of She1.
lift Cary and his deputies when they
are on official business; to require rail-
road companies to transport livestock
at rate Of at least ten miles an hour
after accepting the shipment; to enable
cities to have one or two aldermen
from ward; to require insurance
agents to countersign all policies is
sued through them, and to compel
mutual life insurance companies to dis
tribute their surplus funds among their
policy holders at least once every five
years. The McGillivray joint resolu-
ton providing for q constitutional
amendment to empower. the state to
aid In the construction Of good roads
was concurred in.
The senate was In q joking mood
and there was half an hour Of horse
play when the Turner frecracker bill
came up for third reading. Senator
Kreutxer proceeded to discuss his six
inch slow burning fuse proposition,
when Roehr interrupted with an
amendment providing for a six foot
handle. Hudnall. Frear, Noble and
Rogers all took hand in the play and
after some minutes thus spent and q
roll call on one of the amendments,
the senate finally advanced the bill as
amended prescribing the size of ordin-
airy crackers and prohibiting the use
and sale Of dynamite crackers.
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Madison, Wis, April 14.-Governor
LaFollettee has signed the anti-cig-
arctic bill. The measure prohibits the
sale or manufacture of cigarettes or
cigarette tobacco or paper or the CIV
Ing away of cigarette papers. The
bill goes into effect July first.
In the assembly the "hog" or line
fence bill was passed after a long de-
bate.
The assembly adopted a memorial to
congress asking that the federal gov
eminent establish one or more fish
hatcheries in this state as in several
other states touching the great lakes.
The Wisconsin congressional delega-
ton is requested to use its efforts to
that end.
Among the bills ordered to a third
reading was one introduced by Sen
ator Hatten, requiring county and dis
trict superintendent to hold one or
more conventions each year for the
benefit Of officers of school districts.
The senate concurred in the assem-
ly bills prohibiting the sale of giant
firecrackers, the bill recognizing con-
sumption as an infectious disease and
providing for quarantine, the bill Great
Ing board of forestry and fire wardens
and the bill cutting exemptions of
wages from $50 to $50 except for neces-
sites. All now go to the governor.
The bill for compulsory fire drills in
schools was killed.
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Madison, Wis, April -5.-The SEN
ate refused to order a roll call when
the wage exemption was up for
passage. Senators Stevens, Rummel
and McGillivray were opposed to re-
duction of exemption from $50 to $50
a month, as provided for in the bill,
and when the measure was reached
Senator Stevens said that, while he
did not desire to make a speech in
opposition, the senate knew how he
stood on the measure. In order that
the laboring men Of the state might
know how the senators stood, he
moved for a roll call The senate re-
fused to give its consent and passed
the bill by viva voce vote.
Senator Wipperman introduced a
bill appropriating $1,000 to the Mino-
qua fish hatchery and the Stout bill
appropriating $4,000 to the legislative
reference room was carried. The CAL
endar was put over.
Among the bills passed by the as
sembly were: To give truant officers
in Milwaukee the power of assistant
factory inspectors; to empower the
common council Of Milwaukee to au-
thOriZe any railroad counanv RI tl1u