Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-08

authorlzing paying district school superin-
insmranesoc as6 to agents of unauthorized
| anon ice. companies, permits more insur-
a ailtt, put without state protection 800
| same summons oH
In the Assembly on the Cd the committee
on state affairs presented a resolution to
sinna1 ne question of holding consttu
was deferred on it. Three new hills cane
in, one appropriating $500 to NJ G. Rohan
FOR expenses 4 IN contesting the election of
! 2. l.. Pierron, Republican, to the Assem-
| bly,. The other bills related to boards of,
review and terms of certain city officers
large number of bills were reported from
committees. The committee on public.
health and sanitation reported favorably
the anti-cigarette bill, and with the bill
sent to the clerks desk great bundle of
petitions which had come in for the meas
ure Other bills fayorably reported were:
| No. 502 including hold-over senators in
! those making party platforms under primary
| election law; 532, providing that delegates
to national conventions be elected same as
Judges of supreme court: 631, appropriate
ing $3.50 to Z. l.. Pierron for contested cleo
t Gtd expenses; 2SS, authorizing majority of
streets; 2s7, 249 and $50 I providng p eT
ties for selling impure honey syrups milk,
etc; SGT, appropriating $500 to firemen's
Wisconsin Archaeological association: ~,
town drains; 615, fixing size of cranberry
! barrel; n, giving physicians % cents a mile.
to travel to examine insane. The following
bills were killed: Relative to support OF
| plaintiff after final judgment in action of
| divorce: relating to agents of insurance
! companies relating to property exempt from
execution; relating to divorce from the
| bonds of matrlmony; relating to the fees,
for publishing legal notices; to provide for
| attorneys fees in justice court in suits by
laborers, ETC.; relating to the garnishee of
wages of any workman, ETC.; relating to.
costs of prosecution in actions for drunken
ness; relating to county courts; relating to
plaintiffs i'll action in justice court relat-
| ing to proof and recording of instruments
affecting title to land; relating to improve
mentS of homestead lands; to provide for
appointment of counsel for INDECENT defend
ants in criminal cases. When it came to
the engrCssment Of bills previously favor
ably reported debate arose over 456 A,
providing that no assessor shall also act as
a fire insurance agent. Mr. Coffiand didn't
like the discrimination and thought inSur-
ance agents as honest as other citizens. Mr.
Crowley explained that an insurance agent
could raise ones assessment if refused his
insurance. Mr.. Carpenter thought it a dan
gerous precedent to establish and for same
reasons backsmiths and others could be
vote of II to %. No. 70, providing that
in suits brought by laborers for wages
der $50 that So attorney fees be, assessed
against employers was overwhelmingly
killed, as were all the others. The Assem-
bly, passed the following bills: 49, extend
ing term Of labor commissioners from two
tax for soldiers relief; 242, creating town
Of Wheeler in OcOntO county; 245 for stand
ard fire insurance polcy; 1885, requiring erec-
ton of telltales.
The Assembly committee on railroads on
the Sd recommended for passage the 2-cent
passenger fare bill. The committee OH
mended for passage the appropriations for
the several state Institutions and also for
the appropriation Of 100000 for an asylum
for the criminal insane in connection with
the Oshkosh asylum. These recommends
ton bills went to the committee claims
The committee on agriculture recommended
| Ebo q no inCr of rrfo
and to make the state aid for county fairs
uniform and definite. The state affairs com
mittee recommended the appropriation OF
SO, 900 for the Lewis and Clarke exhibition
1t was decided that hereafter the Assembly
will meet every other Saturday. The anti
cigarette bill went through the Assembly
and will be sent over to the Senate and the
bill redistricting the state into judicial cir
cults passed the Assembly by a vote of so,
Cured in the following Senate bills: Relar-
ing to compensation of counsel for INDECENT
defendants; relating to service by publica-
lion; legalizing boundaries of certain towns.
Among bills ordered to third reading was,
one providing that delegates to national
conventions be elected the same as supreme
Judges are. Adjourned till Saturday morn
ing
In the Assembly on the 4th the 2-cent
railway fare bill was passed to third read
ing. The recommendation of the majority
Of the committee on judiciary for the in
definite postponement Of the. George E.
Scott BILL relating to satisfaction of mort
cages, was turned down and the minority
report for an amendment was also turned
down. Then the original bill was passed
The bill provides that if any mortgage, his
assignee or the personal representative of
either, after satisfaction of the mortgage,
shall, for the space of seven days after be-
ng requested, refuse or neglect to discharge
the same or to execute and acknowledge u
certificate of discharge, or to record ali as
signments transferring such mortgage to
such assignee or personal representative, he
shall be liable to the mOrtgagor his hears
Or assigns, in the sum of 500 damages, and
also for actual damages occasioned by such
action. The Senate bill allowing married
women to begin suit in their own name,
was concurred in. The following bills were
killed: Relating to satisfaction of mort
cages; prohibiting contract labor in prison;
relating to sentences to Green Bay reforma
superintendent.
In the Assembly on the night of the 9Th
The Superior grain inspection bill was
passed. The committee on judiciary report
ed favoraby on the passage of bill grant
ing exemptions in punishment proceedings,
the effect of which will be to make garnish-
ment of salaries of married men over and
above $50 a month possible. Other bills;
passed were Mr.. Smokers bill permitting
the building of a free wagon bridge across
the Wisconsin river between Iowa and Sank
counties; Mr.. Thomas bill allowing mutual
fire insurance companies to insure detached
dwellings, in towns and villages; Mr.. Tar
rell'S bill relating to the sale of intoxicating
liquors to minors, intoxicated persons CT
| near hospitals; II. Johnson's bill relating to-
The assessment OF property omitted IN pre-
vious years: Mr.. Thomas bill granting
power to inhabitants of school districts to-
vote tax to compensate treasurer, and Mr..
Thayers bill to create the town of Grow
in Gates county. The committee on edu-
cation recommended the passage Of a bill
relating to the election of officers in high
school districts and also relating to care OF
andowmentS for public libraries The COM
mittee on state affairs recommended concur
renee in a bill regarding the granting of
liquor licenses
Naval Officer Deserts.
The first officer of the United States