Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-01
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
Do1NGs OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
A Summary Account of the Work Ac-
complished During the Week
by Solons at Madison.
In the Senate.

In the Senate.
The report of the commissioners OF nsh-
cries was submitted to the Senate on the
10th and Senator Bishop, in submitting
petition for the passage of the bill appro-
priating 500 900 for Wisconsin monument
at Vicksburg, spread upon the journal Il
statement of appreciation. The bill asking
an appropriation for Wisconsin exhibit at
Jamestown was amended to limit the com
missionaries to three and the appropriation
to S25. 600 of which $1,000 shall be eXpenQed
for the transportati ton of company or VIE
consin National guard. the latter amend
ment being submitted by Senator Sml1 n on
behalf of Co e, the Second regiment. Fond
du Lac which has been invited by the eX-
position authorities and selected ny the
adjutant general as the crack company tba4 +b 6
name of the Fond du Lac company pe
stricken out and his amendment to the
amendment was accepted BY senator sn nrd
man be permitted to name the company.
The bill was passed by vote OF y TO D.
The committee on town ana county or. or
ganization reported on bill creating the
town of Frog Creek, Washburn county,
from the town of Mlnong, for passage
bill appropriating $4,000 an increase OF
$1,000. for stationery for the state, was
passed under suspension of the rules. Sen
ator Owen introduced bill amending the
act relating to the formation and control or
trust, annuity and safe deposit companies
by providing all of capital stock must oe
paid in before company begins business IN
stead of so per cent. charging the powers
of such corpora lions by permitting the re-
ceipt of money in deposit subject to check
and limiting real estate loans to 20 per cent.
of assets.
The Senate on the DIST concurred in the
Ledvina joint resolution. The Miller joint
resolution for memorial to the Preslden1
asking. that special session be caiaea
Immediately after March for the purpose
of revising the tariff, was concurred IN
The committee on towns and cities re
ported in for passage bills provldlng Tor Tor
the creation of the town of Shanagolden
from the town of Jacobs. Ashland coun-
ty; authorizing towns in Milwaukee coun-
ty to provide street lights on streets 81 on
which street railway lines are operated
and to create the towns of hawthorne
Slow Springs and Highland from TERRITORY
in the town of Nebagamon, Douglas county.
Senator Hudnall moved suspension OF the
rules and the immediate passage of the last
and the bill was read third time and passed
A bill repeating the Brick River dam act
mittee on Judiciary introduced phi CIV
ing any town the right. to continue TO
operate any electric lighting plant or wa
ter works by water power or to maintain
and operate any line for the TRANSMISSION
of power when any division of SAID town
shall take place by which the plant shall
be in one town and the water power by
which it is operated in another. A bill
was introduced by the committee on cleo
ton amending the primary election 'nioi iaw
officers in cities of the fourth class from the
provisions of the law and providing that
they shall be nominated by petition, .er-
hitting non partisan nominations.
Bill amending local option laws came into
Senate from committee on the 10Th A bill
to reduce interest from to per cent. on
state loans to school districts.
In the Assembly.
Petitions for and against the repeal of the
barber law. for spring shooting and regua-
ton of automobiles came into the Assembly
the Goth Final report on bills came in
to hold memorfal services for the late As
semblyman Herman Heinecke, March &,
at 7:30 o'clock. The Weherwein joint reso-
luton memoralizng Congress to establish
a uniform system of trading and inspecting
grain was adopted without opposition.
In the Assembly on the 21st it was de-
allegiance until March l. Mr. Stout wanted
consideration of the bill appropriating $25-
900 for the jamestown exposition but it was
made special order for Wednesday morning
Mr.. Roethe's bill putting quack grass in the
list of noxious weeds was killed. Six bills
were passed The Kander bill relating to
bill providing for transfer Of unclaimed
property to the Baptist state conventions:
the Bancroft bill making the National guard
conform to the regular army and two bilEs
by Mr. Carpenter, placing soldiers courses
of the Spanish war on the same basis as
those Of the Civil war Bills reported for
passage were: To pay legislative commit
tee for visiting charitable and penal insti-
tutions: providing for dedication of state
monument at Andersonville prison; that
district school boards provide suitable
globes, maps and other equipment; making
appropriation to the Butermakers' associa-
ton. Among bills re-referred were the
Bancroft and Ties bills for regulating auto
mobiles. The bill to add two new judges
to the circuit court of Milwaukee county.
which passed the Senate under suspension
of the rules Wednesday. was referred to
the committee on Judiciary. The Assembly
adopted 2 resolution providing for meetings
at o'clock hereafter.
Two bills were passed in the Assembly on
the 10Th, providing that members of county
boards where population exceeds $4,000 be
given compensation of thirty days service
and mileage.