Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-08
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
A Summary Account of tne Work Ac-
complished During the Week
by Solons at Madison.
In the Senate.

ing $120, 900 for the construction of a North
west Bookstack Wing for the state library.
Returning to the state historical library
$11 ,OO699 returned to treasury from appro
priations of 1895, 1897 and 1899, building
commission having expired by limitation
before amount was expended, same to be
used for painting and decorating state his
torical library building. Creating town of
Frog Creek out of town of Minong, Wash
burn county. Creating town of Shana gold
en- out of town of Jacobs, Ashland county.
Providing bond of register Of deeds, Mil
Waukee county, shall be $4,000, and re-
quiring advertisement before sale of bonds
by drainage districts Requiring interurban
railways to provide a suitable depot in all
cities and villages, incorporated or unincor-
porated, of $50 inhabitants under penalty
of not less than $50 or more than 500
Providing for reciprocal demurrage by ship
ferred stock right to vote where not stipu-
lated in articles of Incorporation Exempt
ing property, mutual benefit, literary so
cleties, etc, from taxation to amount of
$500. Doing away with advertising mort
gage foreclosures, requiring personal notice
on the mortgages or taking. Of notice on
prior to sale; amending law regarding dis
charge and partition of estates, making
order of county judge prima facie evidence;
adding two members to boards of review;
providing secretary of state may designate
someone to sign treasury warrants; creating
waterway commission, making salary com
bail and stay proceedings after sentence in
criminal actions pending appeal or writ of
error to supreme court. Making tax COM
mission supervise issue, stocks and bonds of
all corporations in Wisconsin. Requiring
semi monthly pay days, labor to- be paid up
to ten days of each pay day under penalty
OF 81 per day. For commission system of
government for cities. Increasing salary
register probate, Outagamie county, to
$1,000. The rules prepared for joint action
and conquered in by the Assembly were for
mally adopted.
The committee on military affairs report
ed to the Senate Mr.. Birds bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for a Nicksburg monument
with recommendation for passage and it
was referred to committee on claims, The
following bills were introduced Providing
for taxation of mortgages and assessment
of credits untaxed mortgages to have no
standing in court; providing that convicts
previously convicted of felony, those not
having served half the time and life pris-
oners, shall be ineligible to parole; for q
joint clerk and stenographer for Wisconsin
free employment office and state factory in
SpectOr; bills amending the game laws, for
bidding shooting of aquatic fowl one hour
after sunset one hour before sunrise;
adding Waushara and Waupaca counties to
restoring spring shooting of aquatic fowl
for fifteen days in April, limiting bag to
fifteen ducks and doubling the minimum
fine and removing the protection on white
bass; local option measure on lines of
Thayer bill. providing that remOnstrance
may keep saloons out of residence districts;
Tor q second munlClpdl court III ONEIDA
county; providing that the act for the
SesSment and taxation of street railway
companies and light, heat and power com
panies operated in connection with street
railways shall not apply until the road has
been constructed and operated.
The most important of the ten bills intro
duced in the Senate on February l was Sen
ator Fairchilds measure providing for It
second county judge in Milwaukee county
to relieve Judge Carpenter. The judges
are to be known as senior and junior coun-
ly. Senator Wright introduced bill
amending the act of 1905 for the construc-
tion OF dam across the Flamheau river
in Iron county. Senator Froemming would
have board of examiners for the retail
meat markets of Milwaukee. The Dunn
coupon ballot bill, changed slightly from
Bird. Senator Ruinmel put in a bill strik-
ing out of the Milwaukee Gas Light com
panys franchise the words land exclu-
sive''' and another providing for muni-
cipal slaughter house. Bills were intro
duced changing the dock line on Lake Mo
mona; Madison; amending the articles of
amending the act for the incorporation OF
cemetery associations: and increasing the
counties where they are required to fur
nish abstracts of title. bill changing the
compensation of county judges of Outa
game and Rock counties to Il purely salary
Sembly.
In the Senate the 9TH the following
new DllS were received: PROVIDING that
ANY person who while hunting game, shah
negligently kill another person shall be
deemed guilty of manslaughter in the
fourth degree" Requesting a bill of i'm
portance to printers cutting the compensa-
ton for advertising tax sales from 30 cents
for each description in lists not exceeding
thousand to . cents, with the provision
that in case no printer shall publish said
list the county clerk shall post the list in
three public places in the county and one
in his office. which shall have the same eff
feet by publication by advertising Max
ing the filing of an affidavit by q contractor
for county. city. town or village to the
effect he had no monopoly and had entered
expressly or implicitly into no agreement to
stife competition, nor into any combination.
as necessary precedent for the collection
of his pay. TO cut the bag of sportsmen
woodcock to ten; from twenty-five partridge
or pheasant to ten; from thirty wild geese
game to twenty. and the number to be
taken out of the state from fifty to twenty.
To change the time of holding annual
to the first Monday in March and for sub
districts from first Monday in June to first
Monday in March. The La Toilette joint
resolution passed last night by the Assem-
bly, was received by the Senate and laid
over. Senator Smith introduced bills per-
uniting use of set lines in certain lakes OF
Green Lake county; for a register of pro-
bate in Fond du Lac county at a salary of
not less than $1,000; permitting importation
Of Of cattle for feeding purposes without Ger,
purposes not to exceed 5000 year.
In the Assembly.
II the Assembly on the 30th memorial
from the common council of Milwaukee was
presented asking for q constitutional con
vention for revision of state constitution.
Mr. Grassie presented joint resolution for
constitutional amendment increasing the
salary of the attorney general to $4,000 a
year. also providing that he serve for ten
years and be authorized to appoint two as
sistants at $1,000 a year each Bills intro
duced in the Assembly We're: Authorizing
counties to reimburse persons bitten by
mad dogs. no person to get over 500; re-
pealing law relating to fishing in Lake Su-
perior; requiring two years practice instead
of one before taking examinations; requfr-
ing railroads to improve grade crossings as
towns do: authorizing money left over from
Shiloh monument to be expended in publish
ing book on monument and battle; for re-
call Of county and village officers and cleo
ton of successors; requiring district attor
ney to appear for state in all divorce pro-
ceedings: exempting union men and pickets
from law prohibiting discouragement OF
of prOhibiTinu killing of