Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-03-08
IN The LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
A Summary Account of he Work Ac-
complished During the Week
by Solons at Madison.
In the Senate.

Senator Pearson presented in the Senate
on the 9th petitions from Columbia county
in favor of his bill requiring the payment
of road tax in cash. from Prairie du Sac,
for the passage of the bill authorizing the
building. of a dam across the Wisconsin riV-
er; by the druggists of Baraboo against the
Bancroft bill, 363A;, by the county board
of Sank county for the Prairie du Sac dam
bill and by the Wisconsin legislative board
of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers
for the passage of the Durley BIZ; 59A,
lating to the liability of the road com
panies for injury to thei" enn!nyes
killing of diseased cattle. was reported out
by the committee on revision. The Senate
advanced the bills creating the town OF
Shanagolden, Ashland county, and author
tzing town boards to maintain street lights
in counties possessing a city or the hrSt
class on streets where street cars are oper-
ated: were advanced TO cngrossment ana
third reading
Tho Senate in the evening session on the
9th received communication from the ma
tiOnal board of trade praying Tor Ieglsia-
ton by all the states so as 10 make the
pure food and drug laws uniform and IN
conformity with the federal laws on these
from the committee on judiciary, providing
for the adjustment of the fee system or
remuner4ting county judges ana plaGIrng
them on regularly stipulated salaries. IEe
committee on villages and cities reported IN
favor of passage the bills providing that in
the administration of the fire and police
pension funds in Milwaukee retirement or
discharge after service of twenty-five years
shall not disqualify for participation in the
funds. and that additional beneticiarles Shall
be recognized The Senate advanced the
hill of Senator Page. to empower towns In
milwaukee, county TO maintain lights along
improved streets wherein street cars opef-
ate
The Senate on the 2Sth refused to act i'm
mediately on bill increasing the estimated
cost Of the new capitol by between $6oooO0
and $1,OOO,O0O. which sum the claims com
mittee reported would be needed if a bill is
passed providing that heat, light water ana
power shall be supplied to the new capitol
from without the capitol grounds and that
the plans for the new capitol shall so pro-
vide, the committee being empowered to
acquire q site for such power plant by pur-
chase or condemnation. 1t also provides
that marble or granite or both shall be used
in the exterior construction of the capitol
and its accessories The committee on re-
vision reported new bills by Senator Roehr
authorizing counties having population OF
100. 600 over to establish and maintain
free public libraries under the management
of a board of nine members, and by SEN
ator BraZeaU detachng Adams county from
the Seventh judicial circuit adams. Port
age. Waupaca, Waushara and Wood and
attaching it to the Eighteenth circuit (FOnd
du Lac. Green Lake, Columbia and Mar
quette counties). The Senate cOncurred III
Assembly bills relating to the municipal
court of Dane county, relating to the num-
herring of sections of the statutes and the
EstabrOok measures making all laws and
acts effective July l.
the 2Sth the committee on agriculture
ported favorably the bill TO prohibit the
state veterinarian from using his official
position to advance his own private bust
ness ventures. The Owen BILL the purpose
of which is TO relieve Secretary of State
Frear from the necessity of appointing
practically all of his subordinateS by the
civil service merit system was reported In
favor of passage, with an amendment pro
yiding that the, extension of exemption shall
20 to the chief clerk of each department or
board, and the chief clerk and one addi-
tiOnal confidential clerk in the department
of the secretary of state. The committee
on military affairs, by request of Senator
Smith. introduced a bill 80 appropriate
$1,000 for the nurPos'e, Of sending t one Wis,
exposition &c" the purpose of representing
the state at the military display. Gov.
municatiOn from an oil convention in To
peka. Kan. this year. Another executive
communication transmitted an invitation tC
Wisconsin to make an exhibit to be held at
Sacramento. Cal. next September in con
nection with the national irrigation con
greSS.
resolution presented by Senator Brown was
adopted formally by the Senate on the 1st
giving the assent of the Legislature of Wis
COnStn to the Adams act. extending aid to
the agricultural experiment station. The
Milwaukee fire and police department pen
sion bills and the bill amending the act in,
cooperating the congregation of Emmanuel
Of Milwaukee were ordered to CngroSSment
and third reading The Perry bill relating
to the unauthorized wearing of G. A. r.
badges passed by the Assembly was or
dered to a third reading and Senator Hud-
nails bill repeating the act authorizing the
construction of a dam across Brulc river BY
Alvin y. Ulrich and associates was passed.
In the Assembly.
Two bills were passed in the Assembly on
the 10Th. providing that members of county
boards where population exceeds 10000 be
given compensation of thirty days service
and mileage.
In the Assembly on the 9th Assembly.
man Perry introduced measure TO locate
the capitol at Oshkosh The Assembly
sic resolution calling on the secretary of
state to furnish the Assembly the amounts
for special legal services for the state in
Guiding the salary of the attorney general
and also all sums still outstanding for such
bills. Mr.. Bancroft precipitated debate on
19A which originally carried an appropria-
ton of $1,000 to meet the expenses of the
dedication of the monument to be erected
at Andersonyille prison. On motion of Mr..
Estabrook the bill was referred to the com
mittee on claims. No. ia, requiring eight
apportionment of the school fund, was
passed. Other bills passed We're; 1854
(Olen)-!ncreasing bounty for shade trees
along highways from 212 to cents each.
364A misunderstanding persons suspect
ed of contagious diseases from attending
public meetings. Mr. Turner, chairman Of
the committee on state affairs, introduced u
new committee bill looking to the reduction
of the size of the blue book to 500 pages,
were suspended and the bill passed with
out opposition. When No BOSS (SanbOrn1,
appropriating SO 1000 for the jamestown ex,
position, came up as special order, Mr.. Nye,
Superior, presented an amendment proyid-
ing that $4,000 of the sum be devoted to-
paving the expenses of transportation and
maintenance there of the car Grassland.
owned by the Northern Wisconsin Farmers
association. The bill went over for another
day.
The Assembly on the 28th killed the $50
600 appropriation for the jamestown expo
sition. The vote was Il to 80; those voting
no were Ainsworth, Bicher: Burke. Carpen-
ter. CIausen, Curtiss. Elver. Estabrook,
Gregor. Mckenzie, Nye. Pickart G. E.
Scott Simon Smith and Stout. Among bills
favorably reported We're: To authorize the
federal government to use Camp Douglas
and the Milwaukee fire and police pension
bills The Senate judiciary committee in
troduced bill abo'ishing fees for county
judges and fixing sliding scale of salaries
according TO population Of the county, 500
for the first 1000 of population. $50 for each
succeeding $4,000 of population, and SIS for
each other 1000 OF population, no judge 10
receive however more than the circuit judge
in the circuit Of which his county is a part
ASSemhlym2n ROethe presented a joint reS0-
luton relative to connecting the state capt.
tol with the state university by bouleyardS
The resolution suggests a boulevard similar
10 'Cnter Den Linden" in Berlin, Germany.
Bis reported for passage We're: 2oZA, 1or
a stenographer for the free employ ment OF
fee Al Milwaukee: 116A. appropriating $751;
500 for the state fair; liza. making an ap-
preparation for tn" intPrcOunty fair at
Spring Green, also the bill placing the wa
time of payment for state aid to fairs;
2l6A. requiring railroads to make safe cross
UgS The committee on transportation re-
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