Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-04-01
The
Legislature
Review of the Most Important
Work of the State Law
Makers for the
Week.

Stoughton.
Assemblyman Ingram presented
resolution rehearsing the fact that
the legislative committee should in
vestigate the subject of water power
and leave such matters for a commit
tee. to be considered at the special
session.
Assemblyman Ledvina asked that
the resolutions be laid over one day.
He wished to offer an amendment that
all bills relating to guaranty of bank
deposits, workingmen's insurance and
income tax be referred to the COM
mittees of the legislature to investi-
gate these special subjects. The res
OlutiOn went over.
ASsemblyman Frank Hammill spoke
in favor Of his resolution to limit the
session Of the legislature to 100 days.
He showed many other states limited
the length OF sessions. The legisla-
ture at past sessions enacted as high
as 100 bills a day. The resolution was
passed by a viva vOce vote, but on
the question of a roll call being rails
ed action on the resolution was put off
until Thursday.
The assembly engrossed 507S, to
establish a municipal court at Ripon.
The following bills were passed:
1864, by Bichler, providing that
highways superintendent shall hire
persons to work out delinquent high
way taxes and charge the expense
against the property; 385A, Hall, re-
Iating to the sale of liquor to Indians;
BOA. Stevens, to establish the town
OF Clearwater Lake, Oneida county.
Adjournment was then taken.
A number Of important bills were
reported in the senate today. The
committee on judiciary reported for
death the Thomas Fill, ga. making in
sanity ground for divorce, and 253S,
giving only circuit courts jurisdiction
of divorce. Among bills reported for
passage were 1918, providing no at
tachment can be made for liquor
debts. and 22SS, holding both husband
and wife liable for household debts,
but exempting wife from other debts
of husband.
Among other bills reported for pas
sage were: PATS, relating to attor-
neys' fees; 231S, to foreign corpora
tions; 1878, abolishing fees of coun-
ty judges; 292S, giving supreme court
reports to libraries; 194S, to partition
OF estates; 333S, for citations of exec
utors: sos, for freer practice of vet
Urinary surgery.
The committee on education report
ed adversely on two bills giving ST.
812 10 the high schools of the towns
of Bayfield, and Washburn.
Madison Wis, March 24.-When
the assembly clocks hands moved to
12:15 today and the members got
hungry, they voted to kill thirteen
bills and thereby aroused trouble. In
the luckless thirteen bills were meas
ures to establish normal schools at
Green Bay, Amigo, Rhinelander and
Eau Claire All bills had been recon-
mended for the ak by the committee
on education.
When the bills went under in a
aye and no" vote, D. B. Stevens
of Rhinelander arose to make pro-
test and said the pOple of his part of
the state wanted a normal school.
His appeal did no good and all the
bills failed. Earlier in the session a
substitute bill was introduced to per-
nit the normal regents to select a
site for a new school, but this also
was killed
Mr. Stevens made another speech
of interest this morning On the use
of cigarettes BY small boys The
Cady bill prohibiting cigarette smok
ing by boys under eighteen in.tead of
sixteen as is now provided, was up
for engrossment. Assemblyman Dor
ner ridiculed the bill and Mr.. Stevens
denounced him in no uncertain terms,
saying that the nations chief care
was the proper caring of its young
boys. the fathers of the men of to-
morrow"
Fire insurance on the LIoyds princi-
pie will not be carried on in Wiscon-
sin during the next two years, the
senate this morning having killed
Senator Fridd's bill permitting this
practice. The bill sought to repeal
the law prohibiting this form Of in
Surance.
AT the present time the LIoyds poll
cies are furnished surreptitiously in
Wisconsin through Chicago or eastern
underwriting agencies. These agen-
cies get the policies from England
where several LlOyds organizations
write American business at a rate ac-
cepted by British companies accept
ing United States risks. The Lloyds
principle involves the signing of a
risk by several individuals, each one
of them making himself liable for a
specified proportion of the total
Assemblyman c. H. DOrner of Mil
waukee today offered a substitute to
bill 225A, for the creation of county
civil service boards in counties having
a population of 100000. 1t provides
that a board of four shall be elected
by the county supervisors next Sep
TENDER. After next January all ap-
pOintments. promotions or transfers
OF all officers. clerks, employees or
laborers" shall be made under the
terms of the new act.
The bill permits the state civil serv-
ice commission to remove any county
commission for incompetency. in
OPPOSE COAL STRIKE.