The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-06-13
IN The LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
A Summary Account of the Work Ac.
complished During the Week by
SOlons at Madison.
In The Senate.
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On the 4th the Senate refused to concur
IN these bills: Bancroft, relating to the
block system for by common carriers
engaged in interstate commerce committee
relating to the appointment of court com
mlssioners; committee, relating TO the film.
or chattel mortgages The Senate killed the
Durley BIZ authorizing. common, councils
to license stationary engineers. The Senate
concurred in the Roycraft joint resolution
relating TO national income tax. A mo
non TO reconsider the vote by which the
ElNer sterilization bill was refused n third
reading was voted down. The Senate then
suspended the rules and concurred in nine
teen bills
WEDNESDAY.
On the 9th Senator Sanborn made an clo-
qucnt but Intellectual plea for the joint reso
luton providing for constitutional con
Nention. When the roll was called on the
question of non-concurrenCe, the motion
prevailed by vote Of 10 ayes to - noes.
The Sheridan drive bill was reported for
INDEFINITE postponement In the Senate. The
committee on claims reported for pasSa &c
the bill! appropriating Sl4, 500 for the Wis
consin industrial school fox girls at NIL
waukcc. senator Roehr's bin to provide a
public school teachers retirement fund In
Milwaukee was ordered cngrOSSed, after
the adoption of the substitute amendment
limiting the fund to gifts ana requests, ANA
the voluntary contributions by teachers
themselves while permitting the school
board To add Il sum not exceeding ! per
cent, of the total school levy to the fund
THURSDAY.
ON the 9th the appointment of Or. David
Roberts aS state veterinarian WAS taken Up
in the Senate upon the report of the COM
mittce on agriculture ana was confirmed.
The Senate refused concurrence in the AS
sCmhly amendment to the Whitehead bill
relating to terms of court in the seventh,
Eleventh. Twelfth, Fifteenth and Eight
eenth Judicial circuits aud the Assembly
will hav" to ask for conference" The con
Curreucc in the fire marshal bill was recon
Sdcrcd and II long amendment was adopted
correcting the Numbering and lettering or
the section and the bill was reCuucurred in.
The Assembly joint resolution authorizing
the state board of control to investigate the
methods of home finding societies was re
frrrcd To the committee ON Judiciary ON mo-
tiou of senator Fairchid uu the uniform
divorce law bill the roll call resulted in Il
tie vote, II to II, in the cngrussmcut of
the bill and the lieutenant governor voted
aye y debate among the lawyers took
place over the Sauhurn bill relating To gar
uiShmcut Senators Page ana Marsh at
tackled the bill and Oh call of the roll ii
was refused representative l. noes ~.
Another debate cnSucd over the bill reiat-
ing to charges 10 Jurl"S ANA AFTER a strong
speech by senator owen it was refused On
grossmcnt-aycS :, noes 22-SeuatOrs Bra
seau. Browne. Morris. Sauhoru ana White
head voting for "ngroNslnent When the
Assembly bill relating to the closed season
for aquatic fowl came up for third reading
Mr. IluStiug again submitted The spring
shooting amendment. which had been voted
GOWN ItlhaltulN. ne ron itIl NuhNNt 4
for and II against the amendment ana the
lieutenant governor voted with those ia the
negative.
FRIDAY.
ON the 7th the Senate concurrod In the
EstabroOk bill providing for county park
commission in counties of 1jOwr ana
passed the amending act providing for an
additional county judge In counties Of AT
least 10000 III regard to appointments, etc,
The Senate took the first step looking
toward adjournment 10y adopting Senator
Wright's joint resolution shutting off the
Introduction of new bills from committees
or otherwise after June 10. Five new bills
were introduced. \ bill from the judiciary
committee provides that any child, male or
female, under the age of IS who shall be
convicted Of a criminal oifense may be sen
fenced to the Industrial schools until the
age of y. in che discretion of the judge,
rather than to state prison. An amendment
proposed by Senator Bird changed the reso-
luton from statement that the state
should own its water powers to statement
that it should control them. The amend,
ment was adopted but the resolution failed
of passage on division by vote OF TO D.
Under suspension of the rules the Senate
passed the bills 1t had ordered to engross-
meut among them the owen bill for the
creation of 4 state waterways commission
to consist of one commissioner at 5000 Il
year. to he appointed by the governor for a
term of three years
SATURDAY,
Ten senators were present at the session
of III" Senate and senator Brazeau was
chosen to preside in the absence of the
lieutenant governor Two new bills were
introduced one recurring railroad com
panias to furnish adequate telephone con.
ncction with its Offices buildings and
grounds which will compel companies to
put I'm both telephones where there are two
companies.
Senator Bird introduced joint resolution
relating to the watcrpowerS of the state
The Senate refused to rcCede from its posi-
tiou ON the hill to regulate the partition
and distribution of estates and appointed
Senators Sanhoru. owen ana llUdnall a.
members of conference committee.