Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03
IN TIE LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
A Summary Account of the Work Ac-
complished During the Week by
SOl0ns at Madison.
In the Senate.
TUESDAY.


a large number of petitions were present,
ed III the Senate bearing on the game laws.
the bill to reduce the hours of labor for
telegraph operators and opposing the bill
giving the Wisconsin Valley Improvement
company power to build storage reservoirs
etc, TO improve the water power of the
| upper Wisconsin river The committee on
! education introduced 4 bill providing for
clerk hlre Tor county or district school
| superintendent in districts having not less
than fifty schools also Il bill providing
for physical education in the public school,
ana al educational institutions recommends
ing receiving money from the state The
committee on state deDartmeutS introduced
! q Dill TO establish municipal court in and
1oF me NillaEe OF NlnnecOnnc, lnneDagO
county. senator BraZeau'S bill for the
representation of Wisconsin at the Alas
KAY ukon Pacific exposition was amended
available February l. 1905 and was or
dered engrosSed and read a third time.
Eight of the bills drawn by the life inSur-
/ ance investigation committee appeared on
the calendar. All were introduced by Sen
ator Roehr for the committee and We're en-
crossed and read Il third time. The eight
nlllS We're as follows: Prohibiting the writ
ing OF participating and participating
business by the same life insurance com
pany; requiring foreign life Insurance COM
panicS to determine and report the reSpec-
tive rights of policy holders and stockhOld-
erS in unassigned surplus before being Ii
cenScd to do business in this state; requir-
/ ing life insurance companies to furnish Il
| copy of application: relating to life insur-
ance on the stipulated premium plan: relat-
t ing TO licenses to life insurance companies,
prohibiting misrepresentation by life inSur-
/ ance companies and providing penalty
therefor; relating to diScOntinuanCe of bust
/ ness by life insurance companies; regulat-
/ ing life insurance companies and requiring
them to report to the commissioner of in
! Surance monies diSbursed and other conSid-
Grafton paid in opposing and promoting leg
islation. Two other insurance bills were
laid over until Thursday, the first relating
10 III ma ny IRE insurance l CON
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! the use or pubnc schools ana libraries Tor
! punlc lectures; by request reiatlhS 70 III
! Jurles to CapItol PARK; relatlhG TO commit
| ment or neglected children TO the state
! pubic school: relating TO powers OF Schooi
| district meetings.; by request relating to
! bonds issued by cities OF the hrSt class.
WEDNESDAY.
Petitions IN favor OF a law compellln@
| the granting OF one rest DAY IN seven We're
| received III me Sehate On ihe -flh from
| the IgdcfAt9h OF churcheS; representing
| lJo,Oou mGlhn"fS' ana the Wisconsin on
| Gre&atonal society, representing i2oVoO
| members. senator / IG s plll chi
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/ sirni ri,-nr and To fishino in Take PENN
! The following Senate bills were pa!sau
! without debate: Relating to the regulation
! of vessels on the chain of lakes in Wan
! paca county; relating to immoral, dishonor.
! able or unprOf9sSiOnal conduct on the part
| of physicians: relating to fishing in Lakes
! St CroiX and pepin and the Mississippi
! river. The following were cOncurred in
| Relating to monuments on plats; relating
| to district court Tor milwaukee, county, pro
! Vlding for appeal within ten days; to pro
! vide for the manner of filing proofs of pub
| licatlon OF ordinances IN cues OF the nfSl
| Class me !orGIiltI anu puiIisAttS 10 M
| anfqiiNit OF buttcttioh; telaLihS 10 erection
! 81 ANU Ll"LhS ItIatl!S 10 lne pay intnt oI
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! Tho contrIrtion IF = fush dam NJ thn sort
! Iat Of Rrsb Lake WinnehaGH county
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! In the Seuate the committee on trans
/ 10Th. one repeating the act authorizing the
| building and maintenance of dam across
| the Spruce river in Douglas county and the
! other repeating the act authorizing dams
! across the Moose and st. CroiN rivers. The
! committee on Judiciary introduced bills
| amending the statutes relating to bills of
exceptions and relating to incorporation of
religious and denominational societies, CON
| &re&atlohS' SQUADS; etc: ana also a Dill en-
! poWelln& county boards 10 IN the salary
ana hummer OF clerks OF circuit courts
! The committee on hsh ana game reported
i1'l snTnl sb6oti6.o Of f. ,nI,ati fowl Tho
n,T7,,,1f+tn5 IN citins ,JId ,.iII,,ros rannr+od =
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~ &c anu IliC h>nsllolN
! DIil Oh tHe s"lG Stoyect l or, Ion. oilcut-
renee II .il'o !TDoIttu 4oi Ilut4iIIle post
/ poEeihGlt ine 1tIl authorizing cllleS oI the
/ HFHt clttS9 70 pitQSe anu IilpIoNG ndfnoFS
/ ana issue bonus Jnefe1or an. me Dill Strlk-
Waukee GAS Light company chaftef Inc
! hummer CONT resolution Tor an amendment
! TO the constitution repeating the dept Pmlt
1 IN order 10 permit state ownership or tele-
! phone systems was Indefinitely postponed
! ana me bancroft resolution relating 10 re