Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-25
IN THE ASSEMBLY.

In the Assembly ON the 10Th some half
dozen bills came in and Speaker Ekcru an
vision; Mcssrs. c. +. Stout of Taylor coun-
~, Nj. j. Cleary of Lafayette county. Bcrkc
of Brown county, J. L. Peterson of Polk
county and L. I. Elver of Dane county.
The Senate joint resolutions were con
CURED in, one providing for record book for
the committee on claims and one for the
appointment of Il committee on apportion-
ment. Bills introduced were: BY Mr.. Dur
ley, for repeating the mortgage taxation
laws of 1905; by Mr.. Durley, providing that
if railroad employee is injured through the
contributory negligence of another it does
not prevent the injured from recovering;
by Mr. Ties. repeating the mortgage taxa
ton law and re-euaCtng the old law which
provided for the taxation of all credits; by
Mr.. Tics, adding Imprisonment clause for
autoistS who do not stop on motion of
horSemen, for second offcnSe fine ana six
months in Jail are provided; by Mr.. IIar-
ring. making legal school district bonds is
sued by districts organized under the town
ship system: by Mr. kaudcr, amending sub
contractor lien law. requiring thirty days
notice instead of sixty; by Mr.. Roycroft.
for establishment of binding Irvine plant
at state prison; by Mr.. ROyCroft. providing
that towns shall bear expense of equalizing
valuation of joint school districts instead
of districts alone as ut present. The Assem-
bly, adjourned until o'clock when the
speaker announced his committees.
At the night session Of the Assembly
Speaker Ekern announced his committees
and thus completed the organization of the
lower branch of the Legislature.
The Assembly on the 10Th received eleven
bills. including one to do away with party
restrictions ut primary elections ana one
for q 10 cents fare on roads earning $1,000
a mile. The first debate was over the
Grassir joint rcsol'.,ion for the distribution
of copies of bills. Assembly appointmCn
We're announced.
18th 20 bills were iutroduced and the com
mittec on claims reported favorably ON the
bill to make an emergency appropriation for
the benefit of the Legislative reference de
partmCnt. The original appropriation of
$14.I00 was cut by the committee to 5000
Bills introduced were: increasing pay for
district school officers attending conven-
lions from. 81 to So per day; making 50
per cent individual liability for stockhold-
ers in corporations: making towns and not
districts pay cost of equaliZing property of
joint school districts; protecting deer III
Richland, Crawford, vernon and Grant
counties: making railroad officers response
bic for accidents Liable for manSaughter;
for passenger fare Of cents ON roads
earning $500 Il mile; to regulate automO-
bileS reducing speed in cities from twelve
to six miles aud III the country from twenty
five to seventeen miles an hour; holding an
autOiSt guilty of manSlaughtcr in first de-
gree if he kills Il person; regulating fishing
with set lines; authorizing town insurance
companies to insure contents of churches and
ScbOOlhOnScS: appTOpriatinG $50 to Badger
Flremen $ ASSOCIATION; cNemptlng matt
sprouts sold for feeding from taxation; per
hitting boards of education to subscribe
for any educational journal they please;
permitting county clerks to retain 80 per
cent. of inheritance taxes collected; for an
eight hour labor day: allowing meetings 10
talk trade disputes to be held anywhere;
permits picllcting and provides no action
can be taken against unions for acts by
members; authorizing Judges instead Of
jury commissioners to call grand jurics in
certain cases; protecting Lake Little Buttcs
de5 MOrtes from fishing through ice; confer
powers row held by clerks of courts on
registers of probate; reduce number of viii
IaGc trustees from six to four; prevent
scattering of weed seed; enabling act for
municipal courts in cities; authorizing coun
ellis to remove ashes - expense of city or
property owners; for further protection of
quay; prohibiting students from voting or
so citing votes unless residents of places
where attending school.