Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-27

Madison, Wis, May 20.-A new bill
was received in the assembly this
morning to regulate surety companies.
Senate amendments to the Ledvina
bill to give a district attorney 5000
and not to exceed $1,000 as a con-
tingent fund were concurred in
When the Stout resolution to ap-
point the governor and two members
of the legislature and four citizens
from the state at large on a commit
tee to investigate the plans for en-
larging the capitol park was reached,
Mr.. Roethe asked that the resolution
be killed. On a roll call the Stout
resolution was slaughtered by a vote
of SO to So
The Randolph resolution to adjourn
the legislature sine die June 5 was
laid over for one week at the sug-
gestion of Speaker Bancroft and on
motion of Mr.. Ingram.
There was a long scrap over the
bill to require the labelling of all
mixed paints. Messrs. Reynolds and
Ingram spoke for the bill, and Messrs.
Bray and Hughes against it. 1t was
pointed out that this would not affect
mail order houses shipping into the
state in original packages to custom
ers. The bill was killed by vote of
Al to 81.
By vote of SO to the assembly
passed the Fairchild bill, 1855, which
practically places all trust companies
under the banking law, taxing them
as banks are taxed today, with certain
minor limitations.
After practically completing it's cal
endar without any incident of note,
the senate INDUCED in debate on the
Fridd bill, IT'S, authorizing county
boards in counties of $4,000 popula-
ton or over to establish a depart
ment of abstracting. On roll call the
bill was passed by vote of II to TO-.
One new bill was introduced by the
committee on state affairs, that all
expenses of state employees and all
compensations to them shall be paid
out of the state treasury.
Bills passed or concurred in were:
27A (Viebahn), apportioning money
to free high schools on new basis;
671A (HoyD, requiring investigation
of suspicious disease cases; 853A
Transportation requiring meters
for public utilities be put in without
cost; 856A Transportation making
signature of one commissioner or Of
secretary sufficient in notices by rail
road commission.
Senator Bodenstab succeeded in put
ting through his bill to repeal the law
permitting more than one trial in
ejectment cases, after long debate.
Madison, Wis, May 21.-Assembly-
man Mortensen presented a resolu-
ton referring to the fact that lobby
lists are getting rather bold and call
ing upon the speaker and sergeant-at-
arms to enforce the law.
Mr.. Bancroft said the resolution
was out of order; that he would en-
force the rule if anyone would call
attention to any Objectionable per-
sons.
The committee on education recon-
mended for passage the Viebahn res
olution for a special investigation to
report to the next session on the
question of high school inspection.
By vote of 81 to 1 the assembly
engrossed and passed 114S, providing
that only a bank Or trust company
can accept deposits.
The committee on cities reported
for passage 481S, for commission
form of government in cities of the
second. third and fourth classes.
1t also favorably recommended
SO5A, empowering county boards to
subdivide territory and annex such to
cities.
The annexat:on bill for Milwaukee