Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-14
LEGISLATURE WORK |
Synopsis Of the Proceed n - Of
the Lawmakers at
Madison.
STATE NEWS OF IMPORTANCE
Items OF General Interest Caught
from the Wires and Prepared
for Our Readers.

Madison, Wis, June THE rail-
road rate commission bill has gone to
the governor, the last amendment be-
ing concurred in. The senate concurred
in a bill appropriating 100000 for a
state sanatorium for consumptives.
The governor late in the day sent
to both houses of the legislature a
communication in which he urges leg
islation to prevent railroads and other
corporations from watering" their
stock. AS the roads under the rate
commission bill will be entitled to earn
a reasonable profit on the value of
their property, it is feared that courts
will take the amount Of stocks and
bonds issued by company as fair
valuation of property upon which it is
entitled to earn reasonable return.
instead of the actual value of such
property.
Madison, Wis, June S.-The senate
has killed the assembly bill prohibiting
determinations in telephone charges in
cities of the same size The senate
concurred in the proposition to amend
the state constitution. A strict deer
hunting law was passed.
The senate passed the bill pro-
hibiting corporations from contributing
money for political purposes. This is
one of the So-called reform" measures
introduced at the suggestion Of Gov
ernor LaFollette. The penalty for vio-
lation Of the act is. fine Of from 500
to $1,000 or Imprisonment for year,
or both fine and Imprisonment.
The Sanborn bill, cutting down the
publication fee on tax list notices, was
PASSED, Senators Wright and Mctiil-
!ivray voting against passage. The
Frear bill relating to the use of money
by the corporations was passed with
cut dissenting VOTE
The bill to prohibits the use OF
passes and amending the present law,
was passed, Senators Beach. Burns,
Froemming, johnson, North, Randolph,
Smith, Stevens, Wolff and Wright vot-
ing against the bill. Senator McGil-
livray was paired for. and Senator
Hagemeister against the bill.
One of the fiercest fight of the day
in the lower house developed over the
bill to tax life insurance policies on
their surrender value. or, as Mr.. Dahl
said, on an ad volorem basis. Messrs.
M
posed the bill and Messrs. Dahl and
Ekern favored it. After a long dis
cussion the bill was killed by a vote
Of 40 to SO.
Madison, Wis, June 9.-The bache-
lors in the assembly scored a decided
though close victory over the benedicts
on the bill to add a woman member to
the state board of control. The bach
elors. almost to a man, opposed the bill.
and~it was, killed by a-vote SO to
36. There were twenty.six absentees,
nearly ali of whom are married men.
The so-called dictionary bill passed
the assembly by a. vote of So to Fl. The
compromise medical bill. providing for
the revocation Of licenses Of practi-
TONERS under certain circumstanc
was slightly amended on motion of DR..
Dinsdale and was then concurred in.
Among the important bills passed
were: To place the clerk Of the SUI
spseme court on salary Of $500 a
year instead Of allowing him to retain
the fees Of his office: to provide for an
amendment to the constitution so as to
permit the state to do It's own print
ing; to make the Milwaukee organ Of
the state administration the official
state paper; to empower the state COM
missioners of printing to award the
Milwaukee organ of the state admin
istration the printing OF the insurance
statements, the job being worth about
$4,000; to provide for the forfeiture Of
franchises for dams where construc-
ton work has not been begun within
two years after the granting of such
franchise; to provide for the erection
OF monument for former Governor
Dewey.
Madison, Wis, June 1O.-The assem-
bly, reconsidered it's vote and passed
the bill placing women on the board
of control of charitable and penal in
situations. The assembly also passed a
bill requiring railroad companies to
file with the state railroad commits
sioners list of all passes, mileage
books, ETC., and bill authorizing coun-
ty boards to spend money for immigra.
ton purposes. The senate concurred
in the bill to rebuild the capitol at
Madison on condition that Madison
put an asphalt pavement around Capt.
tol square.
The senate concurred in the anti
lobby bill urged by Governor LaFol-
lette, prohibiting lobbyists from at
tempting to influence legislators, eex-
cept by appearance before committees.
The senate also concurred in a bill
providing for the election of delegates