The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-29
BIG BILLS ARE UP
BEFORE SOLONS
BOTH HOUSES READY TO TAKE
UP IMPORTANT ADMINiSTRA-
TON MEASURES.
CLOSE VOTE is PREDICTED
Motion to Reconsider Tax Commission
Change May Result in Reversing
the House Action on
the Bill.
Madison, June rs, 1915.

Madison, June rs, 1915.
Important administration bills are
up for a hearing in both houses of the
legislature. The assembly has the new
tax commission bill. The senate has
the new board of agriculture bill and
new conservation commission bill. In
addition that house has the new state
board Of public welfare bill on the
calendar
The tax commission bill will come
up in the assembly on motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill
was indefinitely postponed. The adj
ministration men in the assembly felt
confident of reversing the house action
on the bill. If this is done the plan
is to amend the bill and pass it.
Unanimous Consent Required.
To amend the bill when on for final
passage requires unanimous consent
or a suspension of the rules. The last
requires a two-thirds vote. The assem-
bly, leaders, however feel that they
will be able to control the situation,
whatever form it takes.
There will be a hard fight in the
senate on three administration bills
there 1t was felt that the senate will
send the agricultural and conservation
bills to third reading. 1t is admitted
that the fight on the bill providing a
state board of public welfare will be
harder than on the two other bills, but
hA aI inic
will be able to secure favorable con-
sideration for this measure.
Ask $4,000 State Aid
The senate, after considerable dis
cussion, laid over the Fairchild bill
appropriating $4,000 to the city of
ton schools.
The senate passed bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for the maintenance and
equipment of the state camp for tuber-
cular patients at Tomahawk Lake. The
senate concurred in the assembly bills
providing that school districts shall be
entitled to participate in state aid for
common schools, notwithstanding they
have failed to pay minimum wages to
teachers, as required by law, and the
Hager bill, appropriating to State In
surance Commissioner H. L. Ekern
money as a refund on an excessive
amount paid into the state treasury
as insurance license fee.
The senate committee on finance in
100000 to the state board of control
for installation of automatic sprinkler
systems in the state hospitals for the
insane at Mendoza and Oshkosh and
for state institutions, as a protection
against fire.
Boxing Appropriation Wins.
The boxing commission bill, carry
ing an appropriation of &c. 700, was or
dered engrossed by the assembly. AS
semblyman Prescott offered an amend
ment cutting the appropriation from
$1,000 to $4,000. He said the secre-
tary's salary was too much. Assembly
man Spoor stood for the appropriation
Assemblyman Hedding showed every
penny had been properly accounted
for. He said he had been giving the
commission Office room and telephone
service for a very small amount, but
could not do it any more and the addi-
tional $500 above what had been ap-
propriated before was for Office room
and other things of that kind. The as
sembly ordered the bill engrossed by
a good vote.
Wants $4,000 for Hog Cholera.
A bill appropriating $4,000 to re-
gents of the university for erection of
a building for manufacture of hog
cholera serum for free distribution to
farmers was introduced in the senate
by Senator Bosshard of La Crosse. 1t
was referred to a committee
The Van Gordon bill, creating a
state central board of education to
manage the state university, state
normal schools, Stout institute and
state mining school, was received
from the assembly, which passed it
last week and referred it to the COM
mittee on finance.
Amend Age of Consent Bill.
On motion of Senator Monk his bill
relating to the age of consent of fe-
males was amended SO as to correct
an error in the bill, making the age
of consent 16 instead of Is years The
law at present fixes the age of consent
at IA years.
Bill No. 57SS, authorizing COM
mon councils of cities and trustees OF
towns and villages to issue negotiable
mortgage certificates for improve
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