Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-14
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE

Madison, March A memorial was
received from the legislature of
South Dakota asking wisconsin to
join a movement to give federal
courts jurisdiction over polygamy and
divorce. A new bill was introduced
by Senator Fridd for the committee
on state departments, extending the
Milwaukee tract index law to counties
of $4,000 or more population. This
would apply to Dane county and pro
vide tract index in the Office of the
register of deeds, such as abstracters
use in tracing titles to real estate.
The assembly adopted the Brock
hansen joint resolution. Brockhausen
memorializing congress and state leg
islatures to carry on Investigations by
the department of labor into the
problems of child labor.
Madison. March 5.-The senate
concurred in the Perry bill to forbid
the unauthorized wearing of badges
of patriotic societies. Many petit
tons in favor of good roads legisla
ton were presented.
Madison, March 5.-Senator Marsh
proposes that the decision to use
white granite or marble in the super
structure of the new capitol shall
not mean an increase Of more than
| a million dollars in the cost of the
building. When the capitol bill came
up he offered an amendment provid
ing that nothing in the bill should be
construed to increase the limit of AZ
cents per cubic foot for the cost of the
capitol as set by the legislature OF
1905, beyond the sum of 500 900 fol
each wing or of $1,000, 900 for the en-
tire structure; and this is not to in
clude the cost of any land purchased
for separate heating plant and ware
house Senator Whitehead said he
was not able to say that the amend
ment should not be adopted, but
wanted some time to investigate. With
out more discussion the bill and
amendment We're laid over for day
Senator Noble took the first steI
and then retraced it toward procur
ing an official opinion as to the tim
when the legislature should begin t
ballot for successor of Senator JOIN
/ G. Spooner. He introduced a join
resolution wherein the Legislature
calls upon the attorney general 70,
an opinion. Senator Whitehead sug
gested that there was no official mott
lfication in the legislature yet that {
vacancy exists or is to exist. and hi,
thought was that ii would be wise Il
refrain from adopting such a resolu
ton until the official notification o
the resignation has come to the leg
stature from the governor.
The bill to appropriate not NOR,
than S. 600 for use by the committees
on banks and insurance for the pur
pose of securing attendance ant
services of special counsel and ex
lpert actuary during the hearings OF
the life insurance bills came from tn,
assembly with request for concur
lrence Senator Roehr. chairman o
the committee on banks and insur
ance, urged passage. but Senator Hud
nall said he was not opposed to giyini
the committees all the assistance the
NEEDED, but that 1t appeared to hin
to be an exceedingly dangerous pre-
cedent to establish. He referred t.
the fact that the state already has al
attorney general and several assist
ants and that the committee was com
Iposed Of lawyers. He also declared
that the state paid $4,000 to maks
the investigation which resulted II
the proposed new laws. Upon thii
Ipolnt he was corrected with the in
formation that the cost to the stat,
had been $4,000. He said he be
lieved that IL the investigation ant
preparation of the bills had alread,
cost the state $4,000 It ought not Il