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

Ing and to prevent competition o1
convicts with free labor in the state
is the purpose of a bill introduced in
the assembly by Mr.. Roycraft Of
Chippewa county It provides fol
the establishment Of binding Irvine
plant at the state prison to cost 500,
900. 1t will give employment tc
about seventy convicts. The bill pro
vides that for period at least the
Irvine made shall be sold direct to
farmers at price fixed by the board
of control. Other bills introduced
were: BY Mr.. Durley. providing that
if railroad employee is injured
through the contributary negligence
of another it does not prevent the in
jured from recovering. 1t is the bill
which was defeated two years ago.
By Mr.. Ties, repeating the mortgage
taxation law and reenacting the old
law which provided for the taxation
of all credits, also adding an in
prisonment clause for autoists who do
not stop on motion of horsemen. BY
Mr.. Kander. amending the subcon-
tractor lien law. requiring 80 days.
notice instead of 60. Speaker Ekern
announced the following committee
ON revision: G. F. Stout of Taylor
county. M. J. Cleary, La Fayette,
Burke, Brown, ]. P. Peterson, Polk.
and E. T. Elver, Dane.
In the senate Senator Stondall was
granted indefinite leave of absence.
He has gone to Texas on advice Of his
physicians. Senator Browne presented
a bill to define the liability of a
railroad company in relation to
damages sustained by its employees.
1t provides that railroad companies
shall be responsible for damages sus-
tanned by employee or servant while
in the line of his duty as such; proof
of defect In equipment from which
accident happened shall be presump-
tive evidence of the knowledge of
the defect on the part of the com
pany.
Both houses held brief sessions
at night. the assembly receiving a
bunch of bills and hearing the an
Inouncement of the committees as
made up by Speaker Extern. The
senate did nothing of Importance.
Among the bills introduced in the as
sembly were the following: BY Mr..
Bancroft, limiting the purchase of
text books by school board to the use
of INDECENT pupils; to appropriate
$1,000 for dedication of the Wiscon.
sin monument at Andersonville
Georgia. This monument, erected al
a cost of $4,000 is nearly completed
by Mr.. Perry, increasing the pay oil
Jurors in justice courts from so cents
to 80 day.
! Speaker Ekern announced the house
committees. The most important
craftsmanship are held thus: Judiciary
by Ingram; state affairs, Turner;
cities, Estabrook; banks and Insur
ance, G. e. Scott; transportation
Leroy; manufactures, Bell taxation
Sprague; towns and counties, Fal
vey; militia, Perry; health, Irvine;
elections, Roycraft; federal relations
John Scott; roads, Norcross; agri.
culture, Wehrwein; lumber, Carpen.
ter; dairy, Mckenzie; education,
McGregor; claims, Ainsworth; penal
institutions, J. o. Thomas; game,
Everett; capitol. A. S. Baker; appor-
tionment. Nye.
Madison, Jan. 16.--Every citizen Of
Wisconsin who desires to keep in
absolutely close touch with the
function of law-making may perhaps
have the opportunity. A movement
to that end is gaining Roadway among
the sclons. In the assembly a reso-
luton offered by Mr.. Grassie, provid-
ing that all bills and journals OF the
houses be mailed daily to any cities
of the state who may pay $40 to sec
rotary of state was generally sp-
proved though Mr.. Norcross thought
IS enough. The matter is pending.
Among the bills introduced were
these: BY Mr.. Sorenson, removing the
referendum to the law for the isle
of bonds by municipalities for the
purchase of electric lighting and
works; by Mr. Turner, requiring
makers OF abstracts of title to give
bond OF not more than s25, 900, accord
ing to size of their community, ia
guarantee correctness OF their work;
by Mr. Hughes, for limit of 2 and
a half cents a mile passenger rate on
railroads earning more than $1,000
per mile per year; by Mr.. Roethe, two
bills to authorize towns to purchase
T, toll bridges TO Muscoda and Blue
River; by Mr.. Ainsworth, to take
from school electors the power to
determine whether their school shall
be taught by man or woman
teacher; by Mr.. Perry, to increase the
annual appropriation for the state
free library commission to s14,500;
Iby Mr.. Estabrook, increasing the an
nual appropriation for farmers I'm.
stitutes from $4,000 to $4,000 and
| by Mr. IqrQnfah OMAN ayonp1t..s