The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-08-03
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| ally. senator Burke moved the re-
/ lection of the amendment. In order
to come up to the requirements of the
war department under the new plans
| for reorganization, the senator said,
| it was necessary that the appropria-
ton stand. 1t was shown that the
present appropriations was s158, 1000
annually and $4,000 had been ex-
pended annually in the last biennial
period
The amendment was rejected and
the bill passed in its original form
with only Ackley, Bennett and Potts,
opposed.
There were but three bills on the
senate calendar, one appropriating
| $4,000 annually to the dairy and
| food commission and one appropriat-
| ing $4,000 annually for the industrial
commission and one appropriating
| $4,000 for the civil service COM
mission. Senator Ackley introduced
substitutes for each. He tried to cut
that of the dairy and food commits
sion to 100000, industrial commits
sion to $4,000, and the civil service
commission to SIS, 900 The amend
ments were rejected.
There were several sharp tits be-
tween Senators Ackley and Bichler
and Others.
Library Appropriation Is Cut.
The bill appropriated $16,028 to
the trustees of the state library for
maintenance and books during the
next two years was cut $1,000 by the
adoption of an amendment offered by
Speaker Whittet and passed.
The assembly also passed bill
appropriating $4,000 to be used in
connection with like appropriation
made by congress to reimburse Wis
consin stock owners for expenses in
Cured in holding stock in quarantine
at Chicago. The assembly also pass
ed bill appropriating $4,000 annu-
ally to the Wisconsin Potato Grow
town boards to borrow money for
construction of public highways; a
bill appropriating $163.74 to satisfy
claims growing out of slaughter of
tubercular cattle, and a bill creating
committee to settle the swamp
land claims of the state against the
federal government.
Institution Appropriation Cut.
The assembly cut the appropria-
tion carried in the finance committee
bill for the support of the state char
liable and penal institutions for the
next two years by $398,479 and then
passed the bill.
The total appropriation carried by
the bill as it passed the assembly is
$2,273,129. This is the exact sum
spent by the state on these institu-
lions during the last two years The
vote by which the cut was made was
SO to 81, and that by which the bill
was passed was SO to 20. After the
bill passed it was Immediately or
dered messaged toathe senate where
it will probably be acted on early
next week
Concur in Highway Bill.
The senate sent to third reading
and then under suspension of the
rules concurred in the Woodward
highway bill, which carries an appro-
priation of 100000 for state aid to
highways
Senator Monk offered an amend
ment raising the appropriation to
100000. The amendment was
rejected, to 4. Senator Whitman
offered an amendment raising the
amount appropriated for administra-
ton from $4,000 to $4,000, TAX
ing 1T from the appropriation for
state aid. This was adopted. The
bill, as amended, was sent to third
reading and then concurred in. 21 to
l, Senator Bennett being the only one
to vote nay.
'Te senate passed the bill 64OA,
relating to discontinuance of alleys.
and concurred in the bill, 791A, relat-
ing to the power of towns and vii
lagos to borrow money.
The senate laid over bill 73OA I'M
til next Wednesday. This bill gives
the banks the option in regard to
taxation. Senators Bennett and
Ackley objected to laying the bill
over The vote was Is to s.
The senate put a quietus on the
plan to make new county out of
Outagamie and Shawano counties. 1t
was nonconcurred in, IA to 8. A mo-
ton to reconsider, made by Senator
Culbertson, was refused
Mill Tax Repeal Killed.
The Ellingson bill, repeating the
mill tax for the university and nor
NAL schools, was killed in the senate
10 to 6. Senator Perry said that
since the passage of the central board
of education bill, which would prob
ably be signed by the governor, the
handling of the money for these in
stitutions would be in different hands.
Therefore his objection to the mill
tax was removed. Most of the adj
ministration men felt the same way.
A substitute amendment offered by
Senator Bennett to the Skogmo state
council bill provides for a continu-
ance of the board of public affairs
and appointment of the members of
the board, except ex-officio members,
by the governor Immediately after
the passage of the bill These mem
bers must be confirmed by the senate.
Glidden Pas Mystery.