Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
WISCONSIN LAW MAKERS

Madison, April Ex-senator Marsh
made an effort to give statutory di-
rections to the state board of barber
examiners, but Senator HudnaIl OBJ
jected and after a debate the amend
ment proposed by Senator Marsh was
defeated by a vote Of Is to IA.
Senator Marsh proposed in his
amendment to require the BARRIERS
board to file quarterly with the COVER
nor an itemized financial statement,
showing the receipts and expenditures
in detail, also that an annual bulletin
be published and a copy sent to each
licensed barber, and that all the
money collected by the board be
turned into the state treasury and
paid out by order the same as other
funds are paid in and drawn oft I'M
der statute. He would also exempt
country BARRIERS Senator Hudnall
opposed the amendment The vote on
the Marsh amendment was as fol-
lows:
For-Senators Barker, Bishop
Browne Hagemeister, HazeIwood
Husting, Marsh, Owen, Pearson, Ran
dolph, RummeI, Smith, Wolff,
Wright-14.
Against-Senators Bird, Brazeau,
Burns, Fairchild, Hudnan, Lockney,
Morris, Munson, Noble, Page Roehr,
StondaIl Stout, Whithead, Wilcox-15.
The resolution for an amendment
to the state constitution providing for
state aid to good road building, offered
by Senator Browne, was amended so
as 10 agree exactly with the resOlu-
ton adopted by the legislature of
1906, and as so'~amended was laid
over.
Discussion in the assembly arose
over the engrossment of one of the
confer more power upon the railroad
commission. 1t is provided in that
the commission may require the list
ing of stocks of corporations of every
description, such information to be
made public at the commissions dis
erection. Carl D. Thompson took the
door to maintain that the movement
for greater publicity demanded that
the advocates of the reform legisIa-
ton should insert in the bill a section
to make the publication OF these
stocks compulsory. Assemblymen lie
tons of the social democratic mem
Der, contending that the recommended
tons of the transportation committee
ought to carry more weight than the
suggestion has been impractical,
bill was ordered to engrossment. Sen
sion of the rules, was put upon its
concurrence. 1t carries an apprO-
Eriation of $4,000 to cover deficien-
cies for charitable, penal and reforma-
tory institutions. Assembly1nan
Cleary's fire marshall bill came up for
passage, but the anticipated oppUsi-
ton did not manifest itself The roll
call showed votes against the bill:
Messrs. Kay, Ingram, Keppel, Morris,
Luy, Potter, Mckenzie, Soycraft,
Sprague, J. S. Thomas and Ties.
A joint resolution introduced by AS
semblyman Schauer which provides
for an amendment to the constitution
to the effect that after 1912 only nat
uraliZed citizens may be allowed to
vote, was adopted with four dissenting
votes. The resolution proposes an
amendment which will strike out
from the constitutional provision on
qualifications of electors the phrase
which grants to those who have made
declarations of citizenship the right
Of suffrage. After 1912 only Citizens
may vote. Those who voted against
the resolution were Messrs Burke,
Harrass, Hughes and Kubasta.
The Elver bill relating to the
hours of labor of street railway en-
ployes, limiting them to II hours with
in u consecutive hours a day, was
passed.
Madison. April 11-By a vote of q
to the senate concurred in the as
sembly resolution to change the con-
stitution so as to increase the pay CT
members of the legislature from $500
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