Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-29

| the committee on education chiefly to
| correct defects in laws relating to
school Districts. One permits two days
instead of one for superintendent
| conventions.
Bills passed were:
AS (Blaine), for laying roads to
school houses; AIS (Husting), for
county travelling libraries; 112S (San-
| BORN, authorizing railroads to issue
stocks for any lawful purpose; 216S
(Krumrey). for assessments for street
| improvements; $685. (Donald), per-
| hitting aid to state graded schools;
| 3O1S Iyons), requiring checks for
| 25 per cent of bid for city improve
ments; 393S Pearson), adding
smooth wires to legal fences; 216S
(Krumrey) for assessment for street
improvements; 2S8S (Donald), permit
ting aid to state graded schools;
1854 (HammiD, simplifying re-
| assessment of taxes; ASA (Es-
tabrook), permitting acquisition of
wood lots; ASA (Hambrecht), to
claims in county courts; 539A mel
SOM to division of towns; 650A (Ku-
basta), to Lincoln county court; 821A
Bray, to Winnebago municipal court.
Among bills adversely reported
were the Gaylord bill for state board
Of public works. The Fairchild bill
| for a commission to investigate indus
| trial insurance and workingmen's COM
pensation was favorably reported.
Madison, Wis, April 23-In the as
sembly this morning the committee
on education introduced a new bill
that each city superintendent shall at
tend annually one convention held by
the state superintendent for the pur-
pose of consulting on educational mat
ters.
The assembly judiciary committee
recommended for death the bill to
summon jurors by mail.
The assembly concurred in a senate
amendment to Viebahn in a bill, 211A,
relating to property exempt from tax
alton.
A slight amendment by the senate
to the Hambrecht bill, 658A, was con-
Cured in by the assembly. This
measureoutlines the legal process re-
lating to postponement of execution
sales.
BY a vote of 33 to as the assembly
refused to indefinitely postpone the
Hughes bill making quack grass a
noXious weed. The measure was then
| ordered engrossed. Bechler, Hughes,
Johnson, Kull and Daub spoke for the
bill and Mains against it,
The assembly killed Berner bill, 92A
to compel the support of poor rela-
tives.
1t ordered engrossed the Ballard
bill, 365A, making it official malfea-
sance for any officer who shall exact
for service required by law a greater
fee than prescribed in the statute
The punishment shall not exceed one
year in Jail.
It engrossed the Frank Smith bill
to appropriate $4,000 to build walks
and boathouse at the executive resi-
dence grounds.
1t advanced the Disch bill to allow
a town to expend $50 for burying the
wife or widow of any honorably dis
charged soldier.
Assemblyman Roethe made a motion
that a committee of three be appoint
ed to draft resolutions relating to the
death of former Gov Solomon. It
passed, and the speaker appointed
Roethe, Ingram and Phillips.
Adjournment until Tuesday at 10
| o'clock was then taken.
Eight new bills came into the SEN
| ate this morning. Among them were:
By committee on banks and insur-
| ance, for separate accounts Of partici-
| pating and participating insur-
ance; for annual reports by insurance
| companies.
By committee on transportation, re-
| curing locomotive power brakes on all
| trains; striking out provision limiting
| to $4,000 the appropriation for carry
| ing out the public utilities act; giving
| rate commission power to order
| changes in crossings, bridges and foul
| ing points; requiring parties benefited
by spur tracks to pay condemnation
proceedings.
By committee on privileges and
| elections, authorizing election boards
| not to make returns on minor scat
| tering votes.
By committee on capitol, designat-
ing employees in new heating plant at
| capitol, etc. This last bill increases
tho of ho ole Of thn
Office Of superintendent of public prop
erty from $1,4O0 to $1,000, for four
| elevator operators instead of three,
| and for seven janitors instead of fif-
teen.
To take care of the heat, light and
power equipment in the capitol there
shall be a chief engineer at salary
| OF $4,000, an assistant and electrician
at $1,000 and two assistant engineers
| at $1,000 each.
For the care and operation of the
new heating plant there shall be one
| operating engineer at $4,000; three
| engineers at 81 200 each; three fire
men at 5000 EACH one steam filter
| at 5000 and two helpers at 1920 each.
| These employees are not under civil
service protection but under jurisdic-
ton of capital commission and super
intendent of public property
Two bills were killed by the senate,
| GAS Donald), to inheritance tax ap-
| praisers (duplicate), and 1928 (San-
| born), to condemnation by street rail-
way companies.
Bills passed were: