Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-25
The
Legislature
Review of the Most important
Work of the State, Law
Makers for the
Week.

Madison, Wis, March 16.--The as
sembly committee on charitable and
penal institutions today introduced a
new bill compelling the incorporation
of societies that send out agents to
find homes for homeless children.
The Morris bill against barbering on
Sunday was sent to the committee on
judiciary, as legal question is in
volVed
The use of the assembly chamber
was granted to Thomas H. Clark to
give an address on county option on
the evening of March %.
Assemblyman Roethe introduced a
Joint resolution today to extend a vote
of confidence and thanks to the Wis
consin delegation in the house of rep
resentatives. The resolution was laid
over under the rules.
The assembly this morning advanc.
ed and then passed bill 222A. by Gull
bertson. to detach territory from the
town of Roosevelt Taylor county and
create the town of Taft.
Hull bill, 3S5A, relating to the sale
of intoxicating liquor to Indians was
advanced.
White bill, STA, compelling appli-
cants for liquor licenses to apply fif-
teen days before granting it, and the
publication of it in daily papers, was
engrossed.
When bill 178, by Senator Fairchild.
to establish a Juvenile court in Mil
waukee county, was reached Assembly
man Farrell asked that it be nOn-con-
Cured in. Assemblyman Ledvina ex-
planned that the judges of Milwaukee
had asked for inconvenience.
The people Of Milwaukee don't
know what they want" said Assem-
blyman Reynolds. He thought it was
a good bill The bill was then killed.
The assembly then passed:
33A, by Hull, to repeal the law
which provides that wide-tire wagons
be on the non-taxable list.
1854, by Bichler, which provides
that if a person fails to work out his
highway tax, a person may be hired
to do it and the amount of tax placed
against the property.
1924, by Urkhart, granting permits
sion to build a bridge across the
south fork of the Flambeau river, in
Price county, into the town of Eisen-
stein
3O4A. by Bancroft, to permit the
transportation of troops on Sunday.
609A and 698A, by Frank Smith,
providing a method of admission and
the risks that may be assumed by for
eign live stock companies.
1918, by Senator Owen, comforting
additional power on the county court
of St. Croix county in the person OF
ar official reporter.
The assembly then adjourned until
Wednesday at 10 o'clock.
A Joint resolution was introduced
in the senate today by the committee
on federal relations asking congress
to create a permanent non-partisan
expert tariff commission.
The chief clerks report of the stat
us of the business showed that 400
bills had been referred to the standing
committee of the senate, that 70 had
been reported out and that 429 re-
manned in the hands of committees.
The largest number by far has gone
to the judiciary committee, 127. OF
these SO have been reported out.
The assembly amendment to the
joint resolution pertaining to the in
vestigatiOn was concurred in, extend
ing the time to April 10.
The joint resolution adopted two
years ago increasing the salary Of
members of the legislature from $500
to $1,000, which was recently adopted
by the assembly, was concurred in,
Senators Whitehead and Wright voting
no. The proposed amendment now
goes to the people.
The Gaylord bill giving cities of the
first class permission to engage in the
plumbing trade was on the calendar
for passage, but after a prolonged de-
bate was killed