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

lion petition. s. D. Carpenters old print.
ng memorial came IN. On motion Of LeRo,
.or new business until February IA. Bulls
Introduced: BY Lenroot, doing away with
.ontributory negligence in personal injury
vases; Winch, increasing school bonds;
prehn to create town Of Erickson in Mara
hon county; Norcross, appropriating $3.50
Ind 10 per cent. Of premiums to Southern
20 recovery Of damages that benefit rela
ives; also, for publication Of school books;
llso, providing for recovery of interest In
somo, Lincoln county; McKenzie, to secure
,ne days rest for employees; Westfahl, au-
'horizing Milwaukee to levy taxes for gen
tral purposes; Thomas, relating to invest
nents by domestic life insurance companies,
Leroy, to create bureau of inspection Of pub
ic offices: Strehlow, relating to street car
tares in Milwaukee; Dahl to amend license
avs: Evans for liens on horses for shoeing;
Oinsdale, empowering medical examiners to
supervise morals of doctors; Warner pro-
Tiding fees for sealer of weights and meas
Tres; Nelson, providing that number of
sarnishees can be embraced In same sum
mons; Bohran enabling highways to enter
ldjoiiningD towns; Gilman. relating to tax on
credits; Beedle, creating state liquor com.
mission; Meyer, legalizing Greenbush Gene
cry association: Everett, forbidding pollu-
ion Of streams; Coffland, apprropriatng
Oshkosh; Gordon, for penalty for not keep,
ng books open for inspection; Cleary, to
make term OF county court uniform with
hat Of circuit court; Strehlow, authorizing
Milwaukee to- estimate on an ice plant; Han
lifn, regulating departure of trains in
:erurban lines; also, creating town of Frank
In; Oneida county; Crowley, authorizing
Milwaukee to appropriate surplus of water
earnings to building school houses; also,
,or tshways in inland waters. The report
If the committee on capitol and grounds
was received. approving the report Of the
capitol commission and engaging Cass Gill
bert as architect and a Joint resolution TO
hat purpose was introduced and laid over.
In the Assembly on the evening of the Sth
Ramsey introduced a joint resolution to
amend the constitutions so that city and
county governments can be merged. Brock
hansen had one to pension aged persons on
Powell, for sale Of land in Green Lake
county; farrell, to license embalmers; Nc
Gregor for free text books; Bletcher, for
AVIATION of street railroads and electric light
plants; Brockhausen, prohibiting contract
convict labor; also, against Sunday barber.
ng; Tier for taxation of mortgages; Aims,
schools; Cleary, to tax bachelors So a year;
Burdeau, for levy of special highway taxes;
Dahl, appropriating $4,000 for hygenic.
abratory; Dahl, appropriating $4,000 for
school for blind artisans j. Scott appro-.
oriating $4,000 to Portage levee commits
sion; Leroy regulating terms Of trustees
IF county asylums: StrehloW, for disinfec-
lion of books in public libraries.
Assemblyman Thayer offered prayer in
the Assembly on the 10th. Bills introduced:
Donald, relating to village charter elections;
books; Dinsdale to registration of physi-
clans and for revocation of licenses; Baker,
relating to construction of electric lines of
all kinds; Leroy, for publication of list of
press of Wisconsin; Curtis, relating to dam
ages by defective highways; Strehlow, re-
atng to disinfection of street cars, also pro-
hibting of wood alcohol where danger
Dus; Norcross, repeating Inheritance tax in
certain cases; Bell, to fix fees of circuit
court clerks outside of Milwaukee,; Crowley,
relating to damages on defective highways;
n salary nj
trct superintendent of schools, also to
change of text books, also relating to value
Of property totally DESTROYED by fire: Dahl,
70 determine manner and method of pay
ment of life insurance company fees: Cur
It's, relating to mortgages and securities
taken by building and loan associations;
Braddock, requiring erection of telltaleS to
safeguard railroad employees, also require
automatic couplers and grabirons on freight
ears, also for continuous airbrakes on loco
motives with drivewheel brakes, also pro-
hibting the use of more than one engine
except in distress cases, also requiring use
of block system.
The report of the legislature visiting COM
mittee was submitted by the governor. The
Joint resolution to do away with child labor
Ii the Legislature came in for some debate.
Mr. Leroy moved the indefinite postpone
ment of the resolution, because Mr. Thayer
had just introduced resolution covering
the grievance complained of. This was
mission came up Mr.. Fridd wanted it laid
over till Wednesday, Mr.. Dahl till Thursday.
Mr.. Ekern wanted immediate action the
only question, he said, being if the Legis-
ature would support the capitol commits
sion and engage Cass Gilbert as achitect
Mr.. Dahl would go slowly and let the men,
bers think it over Mr.. Norcross agreed
with Mr. Dahl. The choice of an architect.
was highly important and now was the
time to take time. 1t was finally laid over
till Thursday.
Bills passed: The bill authorizing the
Mount Horeb school board to borrow money
Cor the purchase Of high school building
was passed, as was that for a municipal
court for Dunn county, the bill for increas-
Ing the number Of reports to be issued by
trustees of asylums and the bill increasing
the force in the office of secretary of state
for the taking Of the census.
Returning to the order of introduction of
bills: Warner, relating to reports by insur-
ance corporations; committee railroads, for
a railroad rate commissions; Crowley, for
investigation of origin of fires; Bletcher re-
lating to appointments by commissioner of
insurance also to regulate salaries of of
fcers and employees, also relating to oath
and bond of insurance commissioner Adj
ournment was taken till p. m. Monday.