Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-04-26
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
A Summary Account of the Work AZ
complished During the Week by
Solons a. Madison.
In the Senate,

IN the senate.
Owing to the slight illness of Lieut.. Gov.
Conner and the absence of President Pro
TEN. Stout, Senator Hudnall was chosen to
preside over the Senate on the 18th
new bill was introduced by committee sub
hitting the question of state aid in road
building amendment TO constitution
to a vote of the people, in accordance with
the joint resolution passed in 1905 and at
this session. Senator LOckney submitted
amendments to the substitute for No. 449S
prohibiting advertising treatment of certain
Diseases but at the request of Senator
Munson, VINO spoke as newspaper pub
Usher, the substitute and amendments were
laid over until Friday. The following As
sembly bills were concurred in: No. SA,
relating to joint school districts; STA, re-
lating to the method of distributing farm
ers' institute bulletins for use in the COM
mon schools; S0A, relating to scattering
weed seeds; 2O4A, relating to powers of
boards of education in cities of the third
class; 219A, to provide for the expenditure
of surplus monies remaining from the ap-
preparation for the Shiloh monument; 1924,
relating to what shall constitute a school
month; 793A, relating to taxation for school
purposes in cities of the third and fourth
classes Senate took recess to meet with
the Assembly for joint ballot for United
States senator.
| The Senate on the 18th killed Senator
! Sanborn's bill to legaliZe certain acts of the
town of Washburn, Bayfield, county and
| Senator Smiths bill to repeal the act relat-
ROehr bill for the establishment of trade
| schools in counties containing cities of the
first class and authorizing school boards to
| take over schools already established was
passed, the bill relating to larceny
from buildings, cars, ETC., and providing Il
penalty for cheating or defrauding the buy
| er or seller of electric current gas or water
and for stealing gas electricity or water.
| Senator Froemming's mental anguish bill
was passed without dissent. The Fairchild
| bill fixing the salary of a sheriff and his
| deputies at the same figure as for the last
| term in case of failure on the part of q
county board to fix salaries at the annual
meeting, was also passed. No. 261S, relat-
supervision of minors of age of sixteen
| subc0ntractOrS against municipalities; 529S.
| relating 10 the Office of sheriff in county
containing a city of the first class; 24SA,
| rela ting to dependent neglected and delin-
of the first, second and third classes.
| In the Senate on the 10Th a note of
| acknowledgment from Mrs. Mabel David
| son-Inbusch for her wedding gift from the
Senate was read Four new bills were in
| troduced: By the committee on Judiciary,
| appropriating annually $1,000 to the Light
Horse Squadron Armory association to as
sist maintaining its building and grounds,
| providing the plans for this building be ac-
cepted by the governor and adjutant-gen-
eral and that buildings and grounds cost is
| less than $4,000 By the committee on
cities and villages relating TO injury TO tele-
phones and relating to slugs used in nickel
| slot devices and providing punishment for
violations thereof by imprisonment in the
county jail not more than one year by
fine not exceeding $500. BY the committee
on fish and game doubling the penalty in
| case of second conviction of violation of
the fish and game laws and giving one-half
| of the fine to the person furnishing the in
| formation. By the committee on judiciary,
providing that no register of probate in any
| county shall be employed or retained in the
| office of any solicitor attorney counsellor
at law practicing before such county court
revoking his appointment in case of viola
| ton of the bill On call of the roll the
| Sprague bill vacating an old cemetery at
| ElkhOrn passed over the governors
veto by vote of % to 0, making the bill a
| law by d unanimous vote of both branches
| of the Legislature. The Senate concurred
| in an Assembly joint resolution adjournfng
| the Legislature until Tuesday morning at
| 10 O'Clock. A motion by Senator ROehr
| tabling an amendment to the bill prohibit
| ing obscene medical advertising in news
papers precipitated the old controversy on
withdrew his motion. The ayes and noes
| showed 10 for the amendment to 10
| against. The debate was continued upon
an amendment offered by Senator Fair
| be obscene contrary to public morals
The amendment was defeated by vote of
Is against, for it. The substitute amend
| ment as amended was adopted and the
amended bill was ordered to engrOssment
and third reading Joint resolution No.
AGA, for a constitutional amendment in
| for examination of bills before signature
| from three days to five, was concurred in.
| Adjournment was taken to ballot jointly
| for United States senator
A large number of petitions were present
| ed in 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
| clerk hire for county district school
superintendent in districts having not less
| than fifty schools; also bill providing
| for physical education in the public school,
| ing receiving money from the state. The
| committee on state departments introduced
| for the village of Wtnneconne, WinnebagO
| county. Senator Brazeaus bill for the
| representation of Wisconsin at the Alas
ka-Yukon Pacific exposition was amended
| by limiting the appropriation to $4,000
available February l, 1908, and was or
dered engrossed and read 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 third time. The eight
| bills were as follows: Prohibiting the writ
| ing of participating and nOn-participating
| business by the same life insurance com
| pany; requiring foreign life insurance COM
panies to determine and report the respec-
| tive rights of policy holders and StOckhOld-
ers in unassigned surplus before being Ii
| censed to do business in this state; requir-
| ing life insurance companies to furnish a
copy of applications; relating to life insur
ance on the stipulated premium plan; relat-
| ing to licenses to life insurance companies.
prohibiting misrepresentation by life insur-
ance companies and providing penalty
| therefor; relating to discoutinuance 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
to discrimination by life insurance com
i! panies at the request Of senator Fairchild,
and the bill relating to contributions made
for political purposes by insurance com
panies at the request of Senator Roehr
after Il substitute amendment had been sub
mitted by Senator FaircnId. After a de-
bate upon the Irwin bill relating to the
spreading Of contagious diseases, the bill
with an amendment proposed by Senator
Marsh. was referred to the committee. on
Judiciary. DR.. Miller's measure providing
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