Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15

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taxation law; to appropriate an additional
$50. 600 for the new Milwaukee normal
school: to appropriate $1,000 Tor lnstruc-
ton of the blind in preparing them TO pc
come self-supporting artisans, in connection
with the workshop for the blind now estaD-
lished in Milwaukee; to appropriate $loo,ooo
for the building of an asylum for the vlo-
lent and criminal insane at the northern
hospital at Winnebago; removes the i1mlta-
ton of $500 salary for superintendent
of institutions under the state board OF CON
troll and places the limit at $4OOO a year
carries an annual appropriation of $35,ooO
for three years for the acquisition or lana
for a state park in Sank county, In the VI
entity of Devils lake; to allow the state
clerical help and expert assistance as
deemed necessary, and to exempt such ex-
perts from the operation OF the civil service
law; to cothe the common councils or cities
with the power to regulate service ana
rates of public service corporations; pro-
vides for the establishment of legislative
reference library in the Milwaukee puolic
library.
In the Assembly.
A sensational bill came into the Assem-
bly on the 9th, making railway officials re
sponsible for murder in the second degree
in cases of avoidable accidents: The As
sembly adopted the Ingram resolution shut
ting off new business next Saturday. Mr..
Kay presented a joint resolution that Con
gress be petitiOned to enact a reciprocal
demurrage law to secure equal privileges.
Mr. Ledvina presented a Joint resolution
providing that on petition of per cent. of
the electors any law be submitted to
nonuIar vote before becoming effective A
joint resolution provided that the secretary
of state be requested to furnish the Legis
lature with the names of any and all per-
sons who are upon the regular pay rolls of
the state and who are also upon the pay
roll of any state institution, or In the legs-
lative service, or who are drawing pay i'll
more than one capacity of any kind or ma
ture in the public service. Bills introduced
were Requiring autoists to stop on meet
ing or passing teams, on country roads
only; recognizing suspects of contagious dis
eases: dam Little Wolf river; providing for
Canada thistle commissioner in each town:
for bridge over Milwaukee river In Silver
Springs road: cities of 1900 to have but
one supervisor on county board; for twenty
assistant factory inspectors instead of ten:
common councils to establish public works
departments; limiting passes to fairs, state
officers, legislators, visiting board members
and employees one each, newspapers three.
concessionares none; approprlating $4,000
more for fish hatcheres: drainage commits
sioners to be elected; state to pay counties
for costs of forfeiture; all town orders, to
notaries public to solemnize marriages:
makes meetings of livestock sanitary board
unlimited; requiring by-products of cream
cries sold to be heated to 175 Fahrenheit:
ated can be kept from school twenty-five
days during epidemic; making optional with
secretary of state to be present at payment
of Inheritance taxes and providing for pay
ment; to widows election under will when
mentally incompetent; executor and admin
istra tor may also elect; permitting catching
rough fish through ice on Lake Winnebago;
requiring statements on labels of ingred1-
ents in patent medicines; making misde-
meanor to publish medicine advertisements
of immoral character: to encourage ginseng
growing; requiring heating of street and
interurban cars at 60 Fahrenheit; to pre-
vent sale of military property by individ-
uals; charging powers of school boards;
authorizing cities to fix telephone, rates., re,
quiring tenders on street and interurban
maxine npnAltV nlghf
burglary or assault by day with deadly
weapons ten years; safeguarding municipal
tiles in building of railway spur tracks. To
create a state park board: relative to treas
urer's bonds in cities of first class, limiting
the amount of bond which treasurers shall
give to the amount of 100000; relating to
school districts iii cities OF the fourth class
and provides consolidation; relating to the
cost of building yiaducts over streets and
providing that where corporations fail to
build a viaduct as required by law, the
municipality may build the same and re,
of such viaduct The Assembly decided to
limit time for introduction Of bills to Sat
urday.
In the Assembly on the 9TH Mr.. Grasse
secretary of state to give an account of the
money expended for the state during the
past six years for legal services. Mr. Brock
hansen presented a joint resolution memor-
ializing Congress to crusade against the
child labor evil and to assess every corpora
ton employing child labor $1,000: Assembly
bids the publication of obscene advertise
ments and guarantees of absolute cure from
certain diseases. Bills introduced were:
Requiring two brakeman on every train OF
three cars; prohibiting requiring OF railroad
telegraph operators or train dispatchers to
work more than eight hours in any consecu-
tive tWenty-fouI, except in emergency ana
then for only twelve; authorizing cities TO
condemn lands beyond corporate limits, for
parks; for submission to the people on 5
per cent. of the voters of proposed charter
amendments; for transfer from general
fund to trust fund of war claims collected
by the state; requiring railroads to put In
crossings where necessary; for uniformity
in text books and creating a county board
of education of five members; taking away
protection from muskrats: prescribes hear,
ings to determine if Inheritance taxes shall
be paid; for cyclone insurance in companies.
seyenty-tive persons can incorporate II own
ing 100000; authorizing councils to CON
denim and take over public utilities when
defective; exempting from tax farm ma
chinery over year old and to value of $500;
nine can organize if owning $4,000 in prop,
erty; for more complete filing of chattel
mortgages; regulating stallion service; civ.
ing each legislator 500 blue books, they get
$50 now; prohibiting employment as tele-
graph messengers or bottle washers Of girls
under IS: for referendum of state laws;
abolishing office of county supervisor of as
sessment; to notices of primary elections
and official ballots, reducing number of pub
lications: for assistant county superintend-
ents in districts of 70 schools, such assist
ant to coach poor teachers: to form new
county out of parts. of Marinette, Forest
and Oconto to be known as Stephenson
county; providing for election in case of no
majority in balloting for the. next senator
from Wisconsin; to compel railroads to pub
lish time tables in NEWSPAPERS: organizing
county park commissions; pensioning state
militiamen; making it optional with coun-
ellis to revoke saloon licenses for ordinance
violations; making it unlawful for minors
to receive Intoxicating liquor and barring
use of evidence given by saloon keepers in
these cases from prosecution in the tesH-
mony offered.
In the Assembly on the Sth the following
new bills were introduced Revoking
grants of privileges obtained by corrupt
means: for the establishment of state
teachers agency providing that a in Prose Gu
standard shall be that of the government;
for wide tires; permitting city of Ea4 Glairs
Torrens system of land titles: authorizing
railroad rate commission to appoint inspect
ors of scales and shipments of railroads. re-
curing railroads to get permission OF rate
commission in building new lines or chang