Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-11
The
Legislature
Review of the Most Important
Work of the State Law
Makers for the
Week.

mittee on investigation be directed to
complete the investigation as far as
| it pertains to Senator Stephenson, as
soon as possible and have the investi-
cation in regard to the other candi-
dates to a time subsequent in order
| that the members of the legislature
may determine the questions involved
| by vote for or against Mr.. Stephen
son, as he is the only Republican
candidate before the legislature for
| the Office The resolution further pro-
vides that all the time necessary for
| investigating the other candidates be
allowed. The resolution went over
| until tomorrow under the rule.
| Senator Stout presented two resolu-
tons, the first granting the required
sanction of the legislature, to place
the University of Wisconsin upon the
accepted list of institutions of the
Carnegie foundation for the advance
ment of teaching; the second granting
| assent of legislature to the receipt Of
| appropriations made by the congress
of the United States for the more
complete endowments and maintain
ance of agricultural colleges.
The committee on education intro
duced a bill changing the name of the
| college of law in the university to
| the Law school, and the college of
| medicine to the Medical school,
The following bills were passed:
Owen-Amending the law creating
the county court for st. Croix county
Blaine-Providing for certification
of names of employees of the legis-
lature to the secretary of state.
Barker-Allowing boards of health
to make regulations in relation to
transporting bodies to medical
schools.
Fridd-Providing for clean milk and
dairies
A recess was taken at Has.
Soon after the assembly came to
order efforts were made to change the
journal record of yesterdays joint
convention, which anti-Stephenson
men declined to attend. Speaker
Bancroft said the record was taken by
stenogra pher and that it was correct
and no changes were made.
Several petitions were received in
Guiding about score from labor UNI
ions advocating a 100000 appropria-
ton for the extension division of the
state university.
| Assemblyman Kay's bill, 134A, was
passed after an amendment. The bill
provides that circuit court and SUI
preme court judges shall receive sal
aries only after they have made oath
that all their work is in proper state.
Pay in advance is stopped The
amendment is designed to obviate
long delays in court matters.
The assembly engrossed Hamper
bill, 24A, to increase the salary of the
clerk of the municipal court of Ra-
cine from $500 to $1,000. Before the
engrossment of the measure an
amendment to the bill was adopted
which gives the county board of Ra-
cine power to increase the salary
| hereafter.
No. 8SA, by Viebahn, to allow joint
townships, including thirty-six sec
lions, to form and organize a town
ship high school and receive state
aid.
No. 1884, by Hammill, to expedite
the methods of collecting taxes was
engrossed, as was 250A, by Ledvina,
to increase the penalty relating to
frauds by corporation officers.
Madison, Wis., March 3.-The as
sembly enjoyed a good laugh this
morning, wren an anonymous let
ter was received from hotel keeper
in the state asking the legislature to
kill the hotel bill. He says that in
stead of making laws to keep hotels
clean laws should be enacted to make
the travelling public "clean up"
The most important bill to be rec
commended by the committee this
morning is for representation of the
state at the Alaska-Y Yukon exposition
at Settle, Wash.
The committee on military affairs
recommends for passage the Chapple
bill to put four companies of naval en-
listers on much the same basis as the
Wisconsin national guard
The assembly passed joint resolu-
ton 28A to print 5000 copies of bill
1874: also the Browne resolution, 29A,
and to print extra copies of the high
way bill. Resolution 52A, to expedite
legislative business, was laid over I'm.
til Thursday.
The assembly suspended the rules
and passed a resolution to instruct
WisconSin's members in congress to
secure an appropriation to repair the
Portage levee, now in a neglected
condition. 1t is said that several
thousand acres of land are threatened
If there is any question of the owner
ship and supervision of the levee the
resolution ask sthat this be deter,
mined. The resolution wa sfavored
by Assemblyman Hughes and passed
unanimously.
The ROethe bill to abolish the medi.
cal department of the university gave
him an opportunity for trade against
the institution.
The bill was finally killed.
The assembly then passed these
bills:
STA, by Stevens-Relating to the or.
ganization of new towns.
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