Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-03-01

journ until Monday evening or stay here
over Saturday. motion to adjourn until
Saturday morning was lost by a vote Of Al
to As. The motion to adjourn until Monday
was then carried by a vote of so to 35.
Among petitions In the Assembly were
number from Milwaukee to prevent by re.
dence districts. number of joint resolu,
lions of respect to deceased members Of the
last Assembly were introduced as follows:
B By Mr. Rp Mr WHICH, hea ON death of r
Cady BY Mr.. Turner, on death OF ID. q.
Williams. All went over as special order
until p. M. next Thursday evening. New
committee, appropriatng $500 to the Wis
consin Firemens association. By commit
tee on finance, banks and insurance to mu'
tornadoes, etc. Also to fees payable by
licensed and insurance companies. The
committee reported in favor of Pierron, the
sitting member in the contested election
case and the report was laid over until
Tuesday. Following bill were killed: Re
lating to commitments to poor houses; max
ing spring election a legal holiday; repeal
ing inheritance tax law: relating to con-
coins birthday legal holiday. The com
mittee on railroads reported a bill that live
stock trains shall not run to exceed ten
miles an hour, and that the railroad com
pany shall feed and water the stock. A
bill also came in to allow village insurance
companies to extend their field of action.
Despite the fact that 1T did not convene
until o'clock on the night of the 9th, the
Assembly disposed of a long calendar. the
longest so far this session. One of the
most important Of the bills passed provides
that all action arising under the new rail-
road adj yalOrem taxation law shall be tried
in the circuit court Of Dane county. An
other provides for the reimbursement of the
attorney general and his assistants for
penses incurred in civil suits brought by the
state. The bill apprOpriating $4,000 a year
to the governor for contingent expenses was
passed by an overwhelming vote, but six
members went on record as opposing it,
Messrs Aldridge, Berner and Strehlow, So
cial Democrats, and Baker, Burdeau and
Ragatz. Among other bills passed was one
providing for the printing Of 1000 copies
of the report of the state tuberculosis com
mission and another providing that counties
shall pay one-half the cost Of macadamizing
highways in towns. The Hamm bill proyid-
ing that the stenographic reporter Of the
district court of Milwaukee shall receive
salary of not to exceed $4,000, and that the
Judge of the court may appoint an assistant
reporter at a salary of $40 a day not to eX
coed twenty days year, was ordered en-
crossed Another bill advanced was the
Donald measure making it a misdemeanOr
to camp on highway without the permits
sion of persons owning aDutting land. Eight
bills were Indefinitely postponed. One pro-
yided for a pension for Superannuated school
teachers In Milwaukee; another gave COM
mon councils power to provide for salaries
for mayors and aldermen, and third gave
mayors power to veto actions of school
boards The committee on education intro
duced bill empowering school boards TO
provide for the transportation Of pupils Of
rural schools