Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-08
The
Legislature
Review of the Most Important
Work of the State Law
Makers for the
Week.

tee reports in the senate today were ::
Roads and bridges, for passage, .251S,
Tor bridge over the Flambeau riv-
er; judiciary, for posrponement joint
resolution, EOS, Gaylord, striking out
word male" in qualifications for vot-
ers; for passage, 56S allowing prose-
cutlon to appeal in case state loses
IN criminal action (this point was
pressed by District Attorney MCCOY
ern of Milwaukee in the supreme
court and lost on divided court) ;
1888, giving wife right of support
from husband when living apart with
out instituting divorce proceedings;
347A, changing time for removal of
fences to between May Is and Sept.
Is; 1918 (Sanborn), for uniform di-
vorce law. On this bill Senators San
born and Brazeau dissent. The COM
mlttee struck out the provision for an
attorney to represent the state, which
provision Sanborn and Brazeau favor
ed.
The committee on taxation reported
faVorably on 1894, to the collection of
highway taxes.
Among bills advanced were the
Browne bill abolishing fees of county
judges and fixing a salary on a basis
of $50 for each 1000 population, ETC.;
prohibiting advertising of treatment
OF venereal and sexual diseases; 554A
(Barnett), requiring physicians to re-
port contagious diseases.
The calendar was put through prac-
tically unchanged
Bills passed were:
1878 (Brown), fixing salaries of
county judges, under suspension;
141S (Browne), 1868 (Whitehead),
270S (Whitehead), 1888 (Brazeau),
all relating to drainage districts;
144S (Stout), comforting woman suf-
frage; 203S Uyons), to county can
Vass; 287S Oonald), to assessment
insurance corporations; 384S Don-
add. to sale of unsanitary milk; AIS
(Husting). to amend the acts incorpo-
rating Wayland university; 454S
(BroWne), to exemption from execu-
tons; 1898 (Lehr), to municipal
court for Outagamie county; 5OOS
committee on judiciary, to district
attorneys, assistants in counties con-
tanning lefty of the first class; STA
(SteVensI to the Or. nization of new
towns; 1t3A (HulD, to limitation of
time within which aid or subscription
voted tea any railroad company shall
be earned.
The assembly committee on state
affairs recommended the bill making
Llncoln's birthday legal holiday.
The banks and insurance commit
tee reported for passage the bill to
permit agents of surety bond compa-
MES to form an association to regu-
late rates. A similar association is
maintained by the fire underwriters.
Henry E. ROethe of Grant county of
fered a resolution to hold no legisla-
tive session On Good Friday He
made a speech on the resolution. saw
ing that on the day commemorative
the worlds greatest tragedy the mem
hers should cease work with thou
sands of churchgoers. Mr.. Roethe's
speech was received with applause.
The resolution was adopted
Mr. Ingram offered a resolution de-
ferring action on all bills relating to
dams and waterways until the time
of the special session next January.
The resolution passed and goes to the
senate.
Mr.. Hambrecht's bill making
changes in the organization of the
university board of regents was IN
for engrossment, but the bill was
put over to Thursday.
Another bill by Mr.. Hambrecht
that relating to school buildings also
was put over to Thursday at the re-
quest of Mr. Hambrecht, who is occu-
pied at present asa member of the
investigating committee,
Madison, Wis, March 31-In the as
sembly the committee on state deDart
msnts recommended for death the
bills to abolish the board of immigra
ton and the civil service commission.
There was a scrap over the Kimball
bill, 122A, to have the insurance COM
missioner collect the fire marshaPs
tax. Mr.. Whittet thought that no state
department should live off a tax on
the insurance companies. Assembly
man Cleary made a strong speech for
the fire marShaI'S office He was the