Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-19
THE LEGISLATURE.
Senate.
7 UESDAX.

On the Stl the senate conquered IN the
Assembly amendment 10 the Roehr bill pro-
Viding for Il charter convention i'll the city
Of Milwaukee and the oil went to cngrosS
ment. The Roehr joint resolution for an
amendment to the constitution for a special
IorIn OF county government i'll certain Cuuu-
lies, permitting the consolidation of the NIL
WauNe" city and county governments was
indefinitely postponed and the same tate.
was meted out to the Smith resolution re
latlng 10 the election Of United States sen
atuTS. Ray :. Reid OF La crosse. nOmi-
mated by the governor for the position OF
commissioner of waterways for the term
ending July l, 1910. was confirmed, - to ..
ana 10y the same vote the Senate confirmed
the appointment of {. l.. BucIl of Madison
as Il member of the civil 5 Eicc comnliS-
sion for the term ending June y, 1913.
Ih> Senate passed insurance bin No, 62JA,
10y Nh Ingram. relating TO license fees to
be pad 10y the life insurance companies
The vote was ~ TO Q. by vote OF II ~
i it killed the Potter bill, No. 6S+A, pro
Niding for 4 minimum standard OF mortality
and the limitation IF the rate of Insurance
TO be assessed and providing conditions for
the issue OF policies of life insurance and
for the value thereof. 1t also killed No.
6SoA, by Mr.. Potter, relating 10 the form
OF policies OF life insurance companies. The
Senate passed No. 6S6A, limiting the
premium which may he charged by life in
surance companies. This was passed by q
vote of ii to IL Number 6SGA, limiting the
expense to be incurred or paid by life i'll
surance companies after the year 1907. was
PASSED. The vote On this was II 10 L.
Without opposition 6eSA was passed. This
limits the salary or compensation which
may be paid officers and employees of any
insurance company.
WEDNESDAY,
On the 10th the Senate passed the >.
cent fare hIIl The bill passed the Senate
after the warmyst debate of the session by
a vote of Is to H. The vote was rs fol-
Burns. FrulmminE, uaScIwood, uustiug,
N1TnEnn kAuInlnh ti
Rummpl, Smith. Wolff. Nay-Scuaturs
Barker Bird, Fairchild. Frdd, Lockury,
Martin, Sauborn, Stondall, Stout. WIIcox,
Whitehead. The law is to apply to all
roads whose gross earnings are 5000 III. ic
per annum. \ motion WAS made to r'crn-
Slider the hill. which was lost The hill r.
funding to the Mutual Life Insurance com
pauy of New York and to the metropolitan
Late Insurance. company, the excess OF L.
ccnSC fees paid the state. amounting to
$lS.S13.0S for the Mutual Life and Sll.Sl&.
So for the metropolitan. caused Il general
debate. The ayes and noes were called ON
the iuStin% amendment striking out the
l. each. and the presidents name WIS
called Quick as flash came the response,
1.-The chair votes aye Mn; and I'll, the MStroRoli,
passed II 10 0, and the title amended by
striking out the name of the metropolitan
Lif" Insurance company. BY decisive
vote the Senate again refused to rcsuSci-
tate the hill TO repeal the mental anguish
law.
THURSDAY.
On he nth the Senate cuncurred in the
Assembly hill providing for the form of tn
ballot to I've used in submitting the couSti-
tutoual amendment determined uIou at
this session. The lieutenant governor
named Senators Burns and Fridd as NOM
herS of the lumber Investigating committee"
and the Senate formally selected them Us
such members. The Senate sustained the
governors veto of bill No 1olGA, having
PASSED Il substitute measure in bill No.
CLOS. The stock and bond bill, No. COS.
was passed. GOV. Davidson has signed the
BIZ appropriHtinE 100000 for the NiCkS-
burg monument
FRIDAY.
On the l., after Il stormy session. the
Senate finally put the finishing touches to
the Tuner 2-c"Ht passenger fare bill. The
act now goes to Gov. Davidson for his up-
proval. The act affects all roads whose
gross receipts equal or exceed $1,000 per
mile per annum joint resolution was
adopted by both houses closing business at
/ O'Clock Friday except the sending and re
ceiving messages between the houses ana
the governor. The governor must be al
lowed three days to sign or veto bills. Adj
tournment sine die will probably be taken
Tuesday or "Wednesday. Gov. Davidson
signed the bill to appropriate $4,000 for
the building of Il Irvine factory i'll connec-
ton with the state prison at Waupun. lie
also signed the Prattcvillc mining school
bill carrying an appropriation of $4,000,
and the telegraphcrs cight-hOur bill