Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-04-26
IN THE ASSEMBLY.

part OF the administration to the appro-
prIatlOn OF S2lo,OOO for q new normal school
site and building at Milwaukee developed
1t was laid over. The Warner state civil
service bill advanced to engrossment
The administration freight rate bill finally
passed by vote of 70 to II without dis
| cussion. Favorable reports were received
on four Milwaukee bills: 557A, for pension
fund for police; 351A, for pension fund for
| firemen; 379A, authorizing erection of ice
| plants; 24SS, authorizing erection of muse
ums for cities of the first and second
classes. Seven bills relating in various
ways to personal injury were reported by
| the Judiciary committee for death, Nos.
14A, 315A, 351A, 341A, 643A, 220A and
661A Mr.. Alldridge, Social Democrat, dis
senting. No. 16SA, to define the liability
of railroad companies in cases of accidents
to employees, was reported for passage, as
| was 1873, to judgments III county courts.
| Two reports were received on 93S, strength
| ening the law and Fastening redress in
cases of bastardy. The Brockhausen bill
creating an old age pension fund was killed
| without objection. Bills passed were: 34A
| (Wehrwein), to provide for construction of
| breakwaters, etc, for lake shore protection
! by counties, towns, cts; 129A (Cleary), re-
! lating to defective ballots and providing
| for the preservation of all ballots after be-
! ing counted by the inspectors; 213A Com
mittee on railroads., for the transfer OF
| cars from one line of railroad to another
at stations where such lines connect with
| each other; 216A committee on judiciary,
relating to the exemption OF the wages or
| drunkards; AHA Donaid) relating to vii
| lage charter elections; AHA committee on
railroads. to regulate railroad corporations
| and other common carriers in this state, to
| create q board of railroad commissioners,
etc: 585A McGreggor) relating to state
graded schools; CHA OIr. Beer, relating to
| telegraph, telephone and power transmits
sion companies; 6S6A committee on ju-
/ diciary), relating to exemption from taxa
! ton; DOS Senator Stevens), preparing for
d closed season for hunting aquatic fowl,
ETC.; ass Smith, concerning cemetery as
sociations; SIS (Froemming), comforting
| upon county boards certain additional pow
ers; 327S (Wilcoxl, providing a penalty for
breaking jail; 33OS CWilcox), relating to fees
of justices; 40SS (Munson), providing for
risks to be approved by resident agents.
etc; 435S Roehr) relating to notice Of
file of real estate.
On the 10Th the Assembly concurred in
the Stout bill to prevent graft of agents,
employees, or servants and it now goes to
the governor for his approval 1t passed
the Bletcher bill, providing that members
of the fire and police forces of Milwaukee
shall have a hearing before the fire and
police commission before DISCHARGED by the
chiefs. Bletcher introduced a resolution for
the appointment of a committee to visit the
Milwaukee normal school building and re-
port its condition The resolution was
adopted. Mr.. Hagarty introduced a joint
resolution for q constitutional amendment
permitting the governor to keep a bill ten
days instead of three at present before sign
tax telegraph and telephone companies on
an ad valorem basis instead of by the
were: 59A, to appropriate more money to
the Andersonville prison commission; l23S,
to prevent the adulteration of dairy foods
462A, to certificates of primary teachers
poor in lawsuits; 422A. defining damages on
selling; 555A, prohibiting wagering;7 259 9s,
to school district officers The Swenholt
memorial to Congress for the establishment
Of fish hatcheries on the Great Lakes was
adopted without debate. Among the bills
passed were: 1S1A Com. A and C. of To
in relation to reassessment when assessment
der of the court; 63S (HudnalD, amending
an act for the organization of corporations
to create and maintain parks drives. boule-
wards, ETC.: 104S (Wylie), relating to the
raising of money for the Improvement of
town cemeteries; 1858 CMartin) relating to
the parole of prisoners; PTS Stout, relat-
tendent to prescribe course; 22SS Stout,
authorizing free public lectures on educa-
tional subjects; 242S Senator Rogers, to
provide for the appointment OF a steno2-
rapher for the office of coroner in certain
counties Among bills ordered to third
reading were the Theme bill requiring the
proportion Of gold and silver in articles Of
those metals sold to be stamped on them
and 715A, to require employers of labor
to keep register Of all accidents and
report them to the commissioner of labor.
The Stevens bill, permitting a vote OF IL
cense question at any town or municipal
election went over till Tuesday because of
indefinite postponement
The Assembly on the Goth reconsidered
the vote by which it had ordered to engrOss-
ment the Warner civil service bill, amended
to provide that present state employees shall
be compelled to pass examinations as we'll
as applications for place in the future. The
amendment was then killed and the original
bill advanced. This means if the bin be-
ployes are safely ensconsed in their posi-
tons and will have a life lease on their
jobs. Bills were reported favorably as fol-
lows: Nos. 607A, prohibiting use of soda
water bottles for poisonous matters; 425A,
prohibiting the use of wood alcohol where
dangerous; 349A, for destruction Of the
liquor seized in violations of law; 269A
forbidding use of ferrets in hunting rabbits
for two years; 145S, to consolidation and
regulation of domestic insurance companies;
AIS, to replevns; 416S, to judgments
against insurance companies. No. 266A, for
tax on insurance premiums was unfaYor-
ably reported. No. 560A, extending woman
suffrage to city. village and town matters,
was reported back without recommendation.
No. ASA, cutting down exemptions of wages
from $50 to $50 a month, now goes to the
governor the Assembly today concurrlnS
in the Senate amendments. The Assembly
also concurred in amendments TO the fol
lowing: lisa Uedwina), providing for an
appeal to circuit judge from actions or
town supervisors relative to continuing GER
tain highways; No. 200A Orvine), relating
to the notifications of pleadings; IBIS tSen-
ator HudnalD, to provide for the correction
of tax roll after delivery 10 the treasurer.
Mr.. Irvine's resolution for final adjourn
ment April %, came up and was Withdrawn
by it's author who saw that adjournment
was still affair off. Bills passed were: 4OS
HudnalD, relating to restitution on reversal
or setting aside a Judgment; 4SS (Snllth),
concerning cemetery associations, author
ling purchases; 119S (StondalD, in relation
to powers conferred on corporations; 151S
Mcrton, by requesD, relating to wills; 161S
RaaclD to appropriate $1,000 to the White
water Normal school for heating plant; 252S
Morris), providing for the location Of a
state normal oG Schoo 3ao at "a Glosse, appro
punishment for abandoning wife or child.
Five new bills came in from the judiciary
committee: Two create q first and second
municipal court in Dunn county; another
exempts embal'n ers from jury service; an
other permits judges to put civil cases III