The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-04-06

the corporations committee bill, au-
thorizing the valuation of bonds and
securities by the amortization
method.
Repeal Accident Report Law.
Among the bills ordered to third
ure repeating the law requiring aeci-
dents to persons to be reported to
state board of health.
The bills killed were: By Kellogg,
reducing length of service by which
firemen are eligible to pension from
twenty-five years to twenty years,
and the Weissleder bill relating to
lien of judgments.
The Arnold bill, giving garage
keepers liens on automobiles for un-
paid storage charges was re-referred
to the committee on judiciary. Sena-
tor Arnold introduced substitute
bill for this measure, which would
give the garage owner a lien on
car which was either in his posses
sion or out of his possession.
The Skogmo bill authorizing fra
ternal insurance societies to insure
minors under 16 years of age and
adults over so years of age on rates
and adequate reserve was laid over.
Boxing Wins First Round.
The motion to reconsider the vote
by which the Stemper bill was passed
by the assembly was refused, thirty
five to fifty-one. The motion was
made a special order. Assemblyman
Budlong, after saying he believed the
members wanted no more talk, moved
a previous question. This carried and
the vote on the main question of re-
consideration was taken Five pairs
were fled
. The julius Hanson bill, wiping out
the boxing commission, which was on
the assembly calendar for indefinite
postponement, was killed after hot
debate over boxing, by a vote of sixty
four to twenty-five.
The motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill creating a dry zone
about the soldiers home in Milwaukee,
was refused, thirty-fve to forty-four.
The vote on the Hambrecht bill, rails
ing tuition of nonresident students at
the university, which was ordered en-
crossed, will be reconsidered. A mo-
ton to that effect was made by Assem-
blyman Killa
The Heden anti-treating bill, which
was on the calendar for indefinite post
ponement, was re-referred to the state
affairs committee by the assembly.
The senate committee on education
and public welfare reported to the
senate the Hanson bill repeating the
law providing for the state campaign
pamphlet for primary and general cleo
ton, the committee returning the bill
without recommendation and leaving it
in the same condition it was when it
was re-referred to the committee The
committee originally recommended
that the bill be passed.
Proceeding in the assembly under
the Hansen resolution summoning
Charles Manegold, Jr., of Milwaukee,
to appear to answer questions regard
ing a letter he had written to members,
came to sudden and laughable close,
without Mr.. Manegold answering any
questions. This was the first time in
years, in at any time, that such a pro-
ceeding was instituted, whereby citi-
zens of the state were summoned to
appear at the bar of the house
$255,OOO Fair Fund Favored.
Without dissenting vote the assem-
bly, passed the Bradley bill repeating
the $255,0G0 appropriation passed by
the 1913 legislature, to be used for
various purposes at the state fair The
measure now goes to the senate
The repeal of the appropriation is
said to be the first step toward a new
legislative program toward the state
fair, developed by the administration.
WaIdron Bill Killed.
The Nelson bill, 244a, taking from
the railroad commission authority to
regulate utilities in certain municipal
ties, was finally killed, and the Valid
ron bill, 345a, relating to certified pub
lie accountants, on the calendar for
engrossment, was Indefinitely post
poned.
Action on the Gruenewald bill forbid
ding women to work at night was post
poned to the next calendar, and the
Minkley bill regulating the repapering,
recalcimining and repainting rooms
was re-referred to the. committee on
public welfare.
Action on the bill to make the Even
ing Wisconsin the official state paper
was deferred until Friday, when the
matter will come up as a special order
of business.
The house killed a resolution me-
morializing congress to take and ex-
ercise exclusive jurisdiction over the
propa cation and protection of food
fish and over the fishing industry of
the great lakes
Assemblyman G. B. Ballard of Ap-
pleton prepared joint resolution
providing for a recess of the legisla-
ture from May l to Jan. s. The pur-
pose of the resolution is to enable
the farmer members to return home
to run their farms during crop bear
ing season.
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