Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-02-15
LEGISLATURE.


the Senate providing that the, capitol be
moved from Madison to Oshkosh. Rummel
introduced bill making. it possible for
to remove their representatives by ma
jorty vote. Noble wants persons, using in
furious preservatives In food, punished.
nes and bridges. North wants the barber
license law repealed. The Senate passed
the bill increasing the tax for schools to 1
per cent. of the assessed valuation Senator
Smith introduced bill which If passed will
etfeetuaily pat stop to the lodging OF
taxes t;lde: by holders eft mortgages It pro,
to evidence in court unless they have been
recorded and taxed. Memorials to the late
sented and passed Merton Introduced a
bill which provides that legacies to wives
or husbands of subscribing witnesses to the
duced: BY misunderstanding further pro
vision for state park at Dells of st. Croix.
MISUNDERSTANDING to jurors, and giving
Burns-Relating to mutual fire insurance
companies, and increasing limit of risks to
$500 Notwithstanding statutes of 1898,
so that a poor person can proceed in SUI
prene court without paying cost Rummel--
To Increase height Of Eau Claire DAM North
Amending game laws to protect fish in
OF Dodge county to fix salary of register Of
probate. Smith-To amend laws so as tc
forbid any person compelling another to
join labor organization; also fer equal
taxation by. providing that property which
mas escaped cannot be recovered by law.
Johnson,To authorize cities to grant char
coin county. Merton-Relating to county
courts; also relating to compensation Of
Jurors also amending laws relating to Wau-
keSha county court; also to authorize alter
alton Of highways.
In the Senate on the Sth Roehr introduced
Joint, resolution to move the capitol to
milwaukee,. providing the law shall be sub
United to vote of the people at the next
general election Bills introduced: BY Mr..
oemnlng, amending act establishing dis
tr1ct court in Milwaukee,; also relating to
jurors; Beach, relating to plats: also relar
ing TO temporary guardians; also limiting
time Tor commencement of actions; also, re-
lahng to weights or measures: also relating
TO condemnation of land by electric rail
ways; appropriating $1,000 to Whitewater
school; Stondahl, appropriating money to
Madison doctors for attending q man hurt
In capitol; Smith, providing for terms of
Fond du Lac county court; also amending
general ballot law; Frear, relating to ST.
Croix county court; also relating to Ma
tional guard; also relating to general char
ter; relating to railways and requiring them
to report accidents the National guard bill
PROVIDES that graduates of university shall
be eligible as second Heutenants; Noble re-
peallng all special charters of third class
cities; Rogers concerning normal schools;
appropriating S240,000 to Milwaukee anu
$4,000 to Platteyille; also relating to spe-
cial assessments; also amending law relat
ing to medical examiners; Stout, for com
mission to investigate educational adVan-
tageS of state: also, for a dam across Chip
pewa. The educational bill provides that
the president of university, the president OF
the Stevens Point normal school, and gov
ernor shall be commissioners; Stevens, max
ing appropriation to state Poultry assoca
ton of $1,000; Sanborn, amending laws re-
lating to education of the deaf and dumb
and authorizing creation of more schools:
Sanborn. appropriation of $1,000 for college
OF law; also creating new towns in Sawyer
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fish and game; Sanborn, amending laws re-
iatinS to judgments of county courts; VIII
cox, relating to chattel mortgages; Hudnal,
limiting county tax for eX-sodiers to one
half of one per cent
The Senate met on the evening of the Sth
and at once proceeded to business Presi-
North presented petitions for county option
bill. Bills introduced: By Mr. Noble to
stop spread Of contagious disease by pur-
chase of anti-toxine; Froemming, to tax
telephone companies the same other prop
erty instead of by license; Stevens, to re
! fund Deddlers' license fees paid last year;
Sanborn to promote devotion of property
to charitable purposes; North, to protect
! fish in ShebOygan county; also to provide
| for plate glass insurance companies; Will
| cox, making usual appropriation of $50
each to members of legislative visiting com
mittee; Norris, ryising game laws; also to
provide for sewer assessments; also relat-
ing to action for debt; also for recovery of
taxes: also for punishment of wife beaters
and those who abandon families of six
months Imprisonment at hard labor Beach,
relating to county courts; Wright, regulat-
ing freight rates; Rogers, relating to COM
mon councils four bills; Wylie, providing
for registering stations; also for a building
on state fair grounds; also to reclaim
swamp lands; Wright, providing against ex-
ceSsive charges when freight is hauled over
two railroads; Hatton, amending laws re-
lating to insurance investment; Beach, re-
lat1ng to sale of renovated butter: also re-
lating to impure milk and cream Wiper
man, amending laws relating to fish and
n niniT M
courts; Roehr, for publication Of supreme
court digest; Stout, several educational bills.
Including one for free entries, and to
regulate commercial colleges; Roehr, provid-
ing for valuation Of life insurance policies.
The Senate the 9th received communi-
cations in favor of the anti-cigarette BILL
education. Senators were invited to at
tie at the university W. r. Lyle, Ripon,
| sent in a plea for equal taxation. Bills in
troduced: By Mr.. Froemming, to repeal
exclusive charter of Milwaukee Gas Light
company; Hudnall, to compel rebuilding Of
remodel attorney generals Office, and raise
salaries of assistants. Sanborn, relating to
compilation of opinions of attorney generals
and appropriating 5000; Hudnall, amending
barber license law; Froemming, for q mu-
nicipal railway terminal to be paid for by
taxation; Noble, relating to sale of canned
Bird, for two municipal courts in Marinette
county; Rogers, providing for appointment
of attorneys for INDECENT parties; also the
billie prepared by Milwaukee common coun-
ell; Noble for municipal court in Gates
county; Roehr. relating to allowance of ac-
counts Of administrators; also providing for
discharge of old mortgages; also for main
tenance of museums; relating to justices Of
peace and providing three for Milwaukee;
Stout, prohibiting influencing of servants
Hudnall, creating office of pension agent at
$3.50 year; Morris, for a normal school at
La Crosse: Martin for a state board Of
veterinarians; Rogers, for organization of
insurance companies to insure state and
county buildings; Whitehead, providing that
promissory notes shall express their consid-
GRAFTON; Frear,, for a ferry at Hudson;
Stout. to transfer school for deaf to care
of board of normal schools; Wylie provid-
ing stationery for state officers; Rummel
allowing Milwaukee supervisors to manage
railway rights Of way and terminals: Burns,
relating to primary elections; Stout regu-
lating election of assessors and for equal
taxation. Capitol commission report was
laid over until Wednesday when appoint
ment of Cass Gilbert as architect will be
taken up.
III the Senate the 10th Rummel intro