Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-01-24

interests of the state should get a
grip on it we may be unable to
shake it off for twenty years | am
opposed to making the bureau out
of all proportion to the assembly
or the governor. The department
seems to have Incorporated into it.
|self some features that are not good,
but | will not discuss them now. l
would keep this library what it
should be, purely reference library"
This bureau was started only two or
three years ago and the annual APP
preparation for it now is $4,000. 1t
lis now behind $1,000 and seeks a
yearly appropriation of s14,500 here
after. 1t has grown from one man
to about 25 persons at the present
time, four being lawyers, and one of
its proposed functions is to draft
bills for introduction in the two
houses. Mr. Bancroft withdrew his
opposition after learning that only
$1,000 to cover the deficit was
wanted and the bill was passed.
Among the bills introduced were
these: BY Mr. Ingram, increasing pay
for district school officers attending
conventions from So to SO day; also
making a so per cent individual liza
bility for stockholders in corpora
tions by Mr.. Bancroft, protecting
deer in Richland, Crawford Vernon
and Grant counties; also making
railway officers responsible for ac~
cidents liable for manslaughter;
also for passenger fare of cents
on roads earning $500 a mile;
also to regulate automobiles. reduc-
ing speed in cities from IL to 8
miles and in the country from 20 to
IL miles an hour; also holding an
autoist guilty of manslaughter in the
first degree If he kills person;
also prohibiting students from voting
or soliciting votes unless residents of
places where attending school; by
J. p. Peterson. authorizing town in
surance companies to insure contents
of churches and school houses; by
Mr.. Potter, exempting malt sprouts
sold for feeding from taxation; by
Mr.. ]. o. Thomas, permitting county
clerks to retain so per cent of inheri-
lance taxes collected; by Mr.. Bener,
for an eight-hour labor day on all
public works of every possible de-
scription and affecting contractors
and snbcontractors; by Mr.. Brock
hansen. allowing meetings to talk
trade disputes to be held anywhere,
permitting picketing and providing no
action can be taken against unions
for acts of Its members; by Mr..
Estabrook. general enabling act
for municipal courts in cities; by Mr..
u, f, Baker, for the further protection.
|of quail.
In the senate Senator Owen In
troduced bin relating to fishing with
nets In the Mississippi river. Under
the present law the state fish and
game warden had held the lagoonss
lard sloughs a part of the river, but
an opinion of the attorney general
holding they were not such part.
has invalidated licenses granted and
on the ground OF emergency the bilf
was referred to the committee on
fish and game. other bills intro
duced were: by Senator Barker, to-
maintain sanitary conditions In
hotels; by Senator Rummell, to conr-
pei employers to pay employees at
least twice per month and provid-
ing penalty of 81 per day for fall
ure to so pay, after notice with
costs; by Senator Rummell, to-
abolish contributory negligence as a
bar to the recovery of damages but
they may be shown to reduce the
damages; by Senator Hudnall, reat-
ing to the powers of councils for the
inspection and regulation of station
airy steam engines and boilers and
licensing stationary engineers. Both
houses adjourned till January %.