Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-10
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
4 Summary Account of the Work Ac-
complished During the Week by
Solons at Madison.
In the Senate.
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MONDA1.
The Milwaukee municipal ice house bill
was given another chance, when action on
a recommendation for Inconvenience was
postponed In the Senate on the 29th The
Weber BIZ providing additional safeguards
for the protection Of workmen employed in
dangerous occupations was concurred in.
Among the bills advanced to third reading
were Rochr's bill providing for more ass. st
ants for the county clerk of Milwaukee,
ROehr's Milwaukee Speedway bill, Marsh
bill prohibiting reconsideration of claim :
once diSallowed by county boards, common
Go!hcIlS or town or village boards, ana
Eairchilds bill relating to increase of the
bond of the treasurer of Milwaukee county.
Nine bills were killed including that Of
Senator Roehr to amend the act Incorporate
ing the MilWa"Ec2 Cas- Light company, with
an exclusive rIarter and also Senator
FrOcmm!ngs authorizing Milwaukee to IS
sue bonds for harbor dredging and improve
mont Two spring shooting bills We're on
the calendar for killing, but were laid over.
TUESDAY.
Tho Senate on April 80 passed a cOnstitu-
tioual amendment resolution which provides
that present circuit courts district lines
shall be abolished and that the state shall
be divided into four circuit court districts
with from three to four judges 10 a circuit
There were only two dissenting votes
against the resolution, those of Senators
lIagemeister and Wolff
The bill appropriating $4,000 for Wis
consin exhibit at the Alaska-Iukon Paclhc
exposition passed the Senate by unani-
nous vote on April 80
Senator WilcoXs amendment to the Miller
bill providing for the control of smallpox in
school districts was voted down. Senator
Marsh moved then that the bill be recon
CURED in. On roll call this was lost 8
for to Il against, The bill was then Or
dercd to q third reading, after having
blocked the full sessions of the Senate by
the opposition 1t aroused.
WEDNESDAY,
In the Senate on May / the committee on
state affairs reported the Wisconsin river
high cane s b 500 in places
Of less than 5000 population and $1,000 in
places of 5000 and over for indefinite post
ponement. The bill cutting the number Of
village trustees to four was non-concurred
in. The Gothenburg liquor bill was killed.
Assembly resolution protesting against
sports or Memorial day was concurred in.
THURSDAY.
Resolutions adopted by the Kenosha coun-
ty board and by the town of NorWalk
against the Sheridan drive bill were pre-
scented to the Senate on May =.
The LOckney bill making it the duty of
registers of deeds to preserve the rolls Of
grand army posts, amended to provide that
the bond of the register in counties contain
ing a city of the first-cass be $4,000 was
advanced by the Senate.
The Durley bill for the licensing Of sta
tionary engineers was reported from the
judiciary committee for Inconvenience.
FRIDAY.
Eight Senate bills on the calendar for in
definite pOstponement, were killed in a
bunch in the Senate on May and the AS
semby bill authorizing cities of the first
class to establish fuel depots was non-con-
Cured in.
The Senate cOncurred in the bill relating
to the issuance and the payment of bonds,
requiring Il sinking fund to be increased an
nually and In the bill repeating the act au-
thorizing the building of a dam upon Clam
river in Burnett county.
The committee on agriculture reported
the bill prohibiting the issuance of passes
at agricultural fairs for indefinite postpone
mPnt
The Senate adopted resolution intro
duced by Senator Sanborn authorizing the
chief clerk to receive committee reports up
to o'clock p. IN. of any legislative day.