Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-07-05

mittee's substitute. By a vote Of IS to 70
the Assembly committee bill was sustained,
Speaker Ekern's proposition being turned
down The biz was then passed IS Tho senate
amendment to 107A fixing eight hours
as the length of the day for railroad teleg-
raphers. oo.,
The Assembly on the evening of the 26th
adopted a resolution providing for submit
ting to the people the question OF creating
a State printing department. The bill au-
thorizing trust companies to receive money
on time deposits was defeated
THURSDAY.
On the 9th the Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance company was ON the spit
ago the Legislature passed a law to
go into effect in 1908 which would increase
the taxes of that company from about SiSo-
900 year to about $1,5OO.OOO year. Inc
Senate has passed bill which would re-
duce the company's taxes to about $o45,OOo
a year The Assembly committee on taxa
the taxes of the company at the present
figure The Assembly repudiated the. recon;
mendation of the committee on taxation ana
the Assembly to pass bill No. COCA, relat-
ing 10 the establishment of teachers EN-
pigment bureau, oyer the g ;1S rr Ve!e
veto to 9O4A was sustained by q, vote OF Is
to g. This measure legalizes the acts OF
cities in ?ssstng the 6T he ssn OF amend
ment to No. 596A, relating to railroad tele-
graph operators was concurred IN ,-4,,
repealed the mental anguish" law which
made telegraph and telephone companies
liable for delayed messages; BY a DOte Oh
two years for a mining school at at, Plates,
Vile was passed. The Senate Dill III the
interest Of uniform divorce legislation was
killed, as was the measure provlolng TOT
the taxation of mortgages by an annual
registration of three mills on a dollar Inc
Assembly voted to recede from its amend memo
ment to the Farchild bill apprioprl nhant
which permitted the selection of site out
side of Milwaukee. The Ingram Dill per,
hitting the Northwestern Mutual Lite IN
Surance company to pay taxes Oh lAe pieS
ent basis was passed.
On the 29th the Assembly by a vote OF
II to- sustained the veto OF the go'ermioil
to the Campbell bill relating to the serial
issuance of bonds and payments BY
unanimous vote the governor was sus-
tanned in his veto to bill No. 624A, relating
to the providing for meeting OF the su-
intendent districts. With one blow thirty
two bills, most of them from the senate,
were killed. The Pearson bill No, AS, to
compel road taxes to be paid in money was
killed. The Assembly concurred In the
Senate amendment by vote OF 20 to D to
bill No 710A, exempting from taxation the
Hcationa1 institutions. Ekern resolution No.
57A providing for an amendment to the
constitution for the incorporation OF the
civil service law as a part of the constitu-
tion was killed by a large vote. Joint reso-
lution No. 12A by Mr.. Stewart relating to
taxation was indefinitely postponed as was
No ooA by MI Georgi. The Assembly, by
vote of 81 to As. refused to kill the Led
vina resolution to submit laws to the voters
upon petition. ,a.,-
killed the proposition to create board
consisting Of the governor and other Off
GERS to Settle alleged unpaid state license
roi1 nnEilS Il "a
project also went down to defeat: An in
come tax bill was recommended by the
commttse on ta5a0n mae Hase1Wooa
in small high schools, was unanimously
concurrsd in, as was the capitol bill in
the co9 n afen WIFE
haAf salary justices Of the supreme court
2ftfE e8 bin was also cone
Cured in, along with the measure to APP
propriate $4,000 to the Light Horse Squad
SATURDAY.
After the strenuous session Of each
House of the Legislature Friday, which
lasted until after midnight, the members
appeared in subdued mood on the 10Th,
and in a lackadaisical manner attended to
few measures before adJourning for
weeks recess. The sergeant at arms or
each House have been told to notify mem
bers that they must report at Madison
again on July to clean UP the business
of the session on penalty of being sent for
under a call of the House and brought to
the capital under arrest The Assembly
concurred in an attempt to bill No, 337A,
relating to official ballots as general elec-
lions. A report of the committee on con-
ference to No. 666A, relating to the cree
ton of poles and the stringing of wires
over lands without consent Of the owner,
was concurred in. Senate amendment to
No. 726A prohibiting district attorney
from being retained by common carrier,
was adopted. An amendment to No 452S,
by Senator Haselwood relating to the prac-
tice of medicine was concurred in. The
bill was then killed Speaker Ekern said
there were bills pending which would re
quire a roll call The Assembly adjourned
Jul