Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-08
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
DoINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
A Summary Account Of tie Work Ae-
complished During the Week
by Solons at Madison.
In the Senate.

building of a dam across the Wisconsin nv
err; by the druggists of Baraboo against the
Bancroft bill. 363A; by the county board
of Sank county for the Prairie du Sac dam
bill and by the Wisconsin legislative board
of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers
for. the passage of the Durley bill, 59A.
and against the Bancroft bill, 12A, re-
lating to the Inability of the road com
panies for injury to thei: emnioyes.
new bill changing the law relating to the
killing of diseased cattle, was reported out
by the committee on revision. The Senate
advanced the bills creating the town of
Shanagolden, Ashland county, and author
izing town boards to maintain street lights
in counties possessing city of the first
class streets where street cars are oper-
ated were advanced to engrOssment and
third reading.
The Senate in the evening session On the
9th received q communication from the ma
tiOnal board of trade praying for legisla-
| ton by all the states SO as to make the
conformity with the federal laws on these
| subjects. new bill came into the Senate
from the committee on judiciary, providing
for the adjustment of the fee system OF
| remunerating county judges and placing
| them On regularly stipulated salaries ISfe
committee on villages and cities reported in in
the administration of the fire and police
pension funds in Milwaukee retirement or
| shall not diSQualify for participation in the
| funds and that additional benefciar1es shall
! be recognized. The Senate advanced the
| bill of Senator Page. to empower towns i'll
| Milwaukee county to maintain lights along
| improved streets whereon street ears opeE-
ate.
The Senate on the 2Sth refused to act i'm
| medlateiy on q bill increasing the estimated
cost of the new capitol by between $6O0OOO
! and S1,000,O0O which sum the claims com
mittee reported would be needed if bill is
! passed providing that heat, light. water and
power shall be supplied to the new capitol
from without the capitol grounds and that
| the plans for the new capitol shall so pro-
vide, the committee being empowered to
acquire Il site for such power plant by pur-
| chase or condemnation. 1t also provides
that marble or granite or both shall be used
| in the exterior construction of the capitol
| and its accessories The committee on re
vision reported new bills by Senator Roehr
authorizing counties having population of
| 10000 or over to establish and maintain
| free public libraries under the ma nagement
| of n board of nine members, and by Sen
| ator Brazeau detaching Adams county from
! the Seventh judicial circuit adams, Port
! age. Waupaca, WauShara and Wood and
attaching it to the Eighteenth circuit Nond
quette countless. The Senate concurred IN
| Assembly bills relating to the municipal
court of Dane county, relating to the mum
bering of sections of the statutes and the
| Estabrook measures making all laws and
| acts effective July l.
| In the Senate at the evening session on
| the 2Sth the committee agriculture re-
ported favorably the bill to prohibit the
state veterinarian from using his official
position to advance his own private bust
ness ventures. The Owen bill. the purpose
| of which is to relieve Secretary of State
Frear from the necessity of appointing
practically all of his subordinates by the
| civil service merit system was reported in
favor Of passage. with an amendment pro-
viding that the extension of exemption shall
go to the chief clerk of each department or
board. and the chief clerk and one addi-
tional confidential clerk in the department.
of the secretary of state. The committee
on military affairs, by. request of Senator
Smith introduced a bill TO appropriate
$1,000 for the purpose OF sending one Wis
| consin company of militia to the jamestown
| pXnOSftiOO
the state at the military display Gov
Davidson transmitted to the Senate com
municaton from an oil convention in To-
Communication transmitted an invitation to
wisconsin to ma make an exhibit to be held at
| nection with the national irrigation con
gfess
Under suspension of the rules joint
adopted formally by the Senate on the LIST
giving the assent of the Legislature of Wis
consin to the Adams act, extending aid to-
the agricultural experiment station. The
| Milwaukee fire and police department PEN
sion bills and the bill amending the act IN
cooperating the congregation of Immanueli
of Milwaukee were ordered to engrOSsmentl
and third reading. The Perry bill relating
to the unauthorized wearing Of G: A. R.
dered to a third reading and Senator Hud-.
nails bill repeating the act authorizing the
construction of dam across Brule river by
Alvin A. Ulrch and associates was passed.
sion on the 4th by the Senate was 4 tech
nical amendment to the primary law for
the registration of electors. Among the.
measures laid over were the Barker wide
sheet hotel regulatio bill. and the bill to
forbid the state veterinarian from using
his official position to advance his private
| interests. A memorial was received from
| the Legislature of South Dakota asking.
Wisconsin to join a movement to give the
| federal courts jurisdiction over pOlygamy
and divorce. new bill was introduced by
| Senator Fridd for the committee ON state
| departments. extending the Milwaukee tract
index law to counties of 10000 or more
! population
The Senate on the 9Th concurred in Mr.
Perry's bill amending the act forbdding
the unauthorized wearing of badges by
| including the Spanish American war vet,
Grams among the protected orders
| When the capitol bill came up i'll the Sen
ate at the evening session on the 9TH an
| amendment was offered providing that moth
| ing in the bill should be construed to in
! crease the limit of 40 cents a cubic foot for
Legislature of 1905. beyond the sum of
100000 for each wing or of $1O00,OOO for
the entire structure. and this not to in
! separate heating plant and warehouse The
bill and amendment went over day The,
| bill to appropriate not more than $1,000 for
! use by the committees on banks and in
| Surance came from the Assembly with re
| quest for concurrence. 1t was agreed that
the bill would lie, over for a day. Senator
| Roehr, through the committee on revision
! introduced 4 new bill rela ting to the Offense
of taking uSurious interest. The bill amends
! the present law as to reach loan sharks
! who get around the present law by charg-
/ ing only the maximum rate allowed, IA per
cent, and charged additional sums com
missions On motion of Senator Brazeau.
! bill No. sos. to create the town of Shana
| golden. Ashland county. was passed under
suspension of the rules. The committed
on state affairs reported the Devils Lake.
park bill in favor of passage and the joint
| resolution for the Improvement of the up
per Mississippi for non-concurrence
In the Assembly.
In the Assembly on the 9th Assembly
| man Perry introduced a measure TO locate
| the capitol at Oshkosh. The Assembly
| adopted without dissenting vote the Gras-
| sic resolution calling on the secretary of
| state to furnish the Assembly the amounts
| paid out by the state in the past ten years
for special regal services for the state in
Guiding the salary of the attorney general
/ and also all sums still outstanding for such
| bills. Mr.. Bancroft precjpitated debate
ia, which originally carried an appropria-
| ton of $1,000 to meet the expenses of the
dedication Of the monument to be erected
| at Andersonville prison. On motion OF Mr..
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