Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-03

The Assembly under suspension OF the rules
passed the Ledvina bill relating TO the po-
lice and fire commissions in all cities ex-
cept milwaukee The Judiciary committee
reported back twenty nine bills and reSolu-
tions eleven being recommended for pas
sage. Nearly all We're of = local nature.
In the eighteen measures recommended for
indefinite postponement were two joint reso
luuonS. one memorializing Congress TO call
convention 10 take steps against polyg-
amy. ana one Tor a constitutional amend
meut making ShGriffS eligible for reelection.
Among the bills adversely reported were
those providing specific penalties for fraud
in the sale of mining stock: requiring the
true consideration be stated in convey
ances: limiting speed of street cars after
sunset eight miles an hour. and requiring
strict watch be kept against accidents; pro-
hibiting sto ing of dynamite TO the amount
of 1000 pounds within two miles of gun
powder and other explosives, and the Mar
quardt bill leaving it optional with city
councils and boards to revoke liquor licenS-
eS in case of violations At the preSyni
the law requires that licenses of violatcrS
be revoked and the supreme court so heI
recently in Il Madison case. The EStahrook
resolution for an investigation into the cost
Of state printing was adopted. The Assem-
by refused to reCedC from vote on the Aims
worth joint resolution in effect raising the
legal age of school children from to Is
years Eleven bills We're advanced 10 en-
groSSmCnt and the following Assembly bills
killed: No. Is, to fishing through ice: "a.
to automobiles; 90, to school districts; 50.
10 jury commissioners; 81. to the projection
OF nSn. - 10 Tree passes ny pNbllt ON
GERS 1873 TO fishing through the ice; 21S. to
expenses caused by mad dogs; 27G to fishing
through the ice: 293. to rates of gas conn
pauies: 81, to taxation o. dogs, exc: :! 9,
to classification of waters; $50, to the of
fee OF city superintendent OF trauSTOrtl-
ton: 1913, to sale Cf fruit 'es, etc: 3AS,
to sale Of nursery stock: GIG, to prcScrlh 4
weight of fish; 632, TO iabeiing stock food;
SD. to commission houses. \ debate a}os .,
over the Roycroft hill for the establishment
of Il binding twine plant at the state prison
at Waupun. The bill went over for 4 day.
Under suspension of the rules the Ro nr
bill authorizing the consolidation of Mar
Quette college and the milwaukee, medical
college 2S Marquette university was pass d.
The Assembly passed without dchatr No.
9JA. regulating the building ana sanItat OF
of tenement and boarding houses. lHd-r
suspension of the rules on motion of MIR.
Aldridge the Assembly also passed No SS4A
for Il system of tract induces for MilWau-
restricting the building of spur tracks;
3IfA. requiring tenders ON interurhan and
street cars; 440A. for good railroad cross
ings; 474A. regulating the building of spur
tracks: 10 permitting light companies 10
also furnish power: 56lA. for parental
boarding schools; 596A prohibiting as rail-
road telegraph operators, boys under IS
WEDNESDAY,.
The Assembly, after long debate, on the
oath killed the automobile bill by a decisive
vote. The Social Democrats won victory
by having sent to cn%roSSmrnt the Thomp-
son bill which permits the majority of the
MlIW1UkEp COulcll TO issue bonds the
majority vote of the people. The following
bills were killed: No. 1l6. to false state
mcntS; 313. to forfeitureS; 323, 10 prevent
fraud i'll drilling for ore; 81, requiring the
Keeping of records of mining operations;
100, to the representation of cities in county
boards, 412 to burglary; 49, to money
known as the war claim; 3;9. to forfeit
ures corpulent franchises; 5G4, to en-
pluyment of women and children; I9I. TO
sale of property held under agreement such
as on inStailmcnt; COS. to railroad officers:
Il 'iII1iIl f.llS
G4t, 10 publication Of obscene matter; IO4,
to public utility corporations; 100, to con
duct of poor persons in court%' ~, to Hens
upon horses for Shoeing and doctoring; $50,
to eligibility to county treasurer and his
deputy.
ThfrtccE new bills came into the Assem-
bly, the 10Th ard forty-four bills and one
joint resolution were reported out by COM
mittCeS. The committee Oh agriculture IN
troducyd three bills. One provides 4 pen
atty for attempting to prevent reaction il
tubcrculine tests of cattle; another requires
cattle to he tested for tuberculosis one wear
before being offered for sale and a thirG
madcS an appropriation of S1J6 to cover 1
{, felt. Six bills were introduced by the
committee on judiciary. They provide, that
district attorneys shall prosecute all baS-
sufficient; permitting justices and magiS-
trateS to put prisoners on probation; legal
lzng acts OF cities III spending money Ior
railroads and factory sites; authorizing
towns to buy lands; TO prevent delay i'll
taking dispositions; authorizing notaries to
give bonds by surety companies. bill
came in increasing the salary of the ste
nOgrapher of the civil service commission
from 1920 to $50 and increasing the appro-
priation for the commission from $4,000 to
$4,000. TIL" committee on elections has Il
new bill authorizing the division of eleven
districts hayin.~ over 600 votes and on p tt
ton of fifty electors. new bin requires
above 500 must be let by village boards.
The committee ON transportation reported
for death three bills, providing for liability
of telegraph corporations, regulating rates
of telephones in cities and guarding health
of sleeping car occupants. No. 43S, requir-
ing full crews on trains was favOrably re-
ported. The committee on judiciary report
ed eleven bills for passage and thirteen for
postponemcnt. Among those adversely re
ported was the Bancroft bill No 800, hold
ing railway officials guilty of murder in the
second degree in case of death i'll avoidabla
accidents, and No. 133A. permitting hus
band or wife to testify for or against one
another. when not objected to. The ThOmp
son joint resolution providing for the APP
pointment of Il Legislative committee to in.
ycStigate and report some system of state
ownership and regulation of the liquor
traffic was reported for indefinite postponh-
ment. Coming to Wednesdays unfinished
calendar. Mr.. Burke moved reconsideration
of No. S93A, advanced, which requires that
state factory officials collect the wages of
minors withheld by employers. The bin
was sent to the judiciary committee. Bill
No. $40 was amended and then passed. Ten
other bills of minor Importance were passed
or cOncufreu IN. i ne Martin Dill NO. IJS.
authorizing the board of control with the
consent of the governor to parole ppniten-
tiary prisoners who have served half their
terms was advanced to third reading. The
bill to stCrflize imh"ciles was referred.
FRIDAY.
The Assembly on the Goth engaged in
numerous arguments but went far in clear
ing up its back calendar and disposing OF
many of the bills scheduled for conSidera.
ton. The Thomas bill providing that all
conveyanceS of real estate shall state the
exact consideration involved was killed.
The bill to provide for the manufacture Of
binder Irvine at the state prison at Wau-
pun was ordered to engrOSsment. The As
Sembly by unanimous vote adopted reso
luton protesting against Memorial day as
the time for holding the WiScOnSin-SyracuSe
regatta. communication from Mrs Mabel
Davidson-Inbusch dated at Los Angeles.
April 10, expressing appreciation of the
wedding gift sent her by the Assembly was
read. letter was read from the state
live stock sanitary board inviting the l ON
berS to witness post-m0rtem demonstration
for tuberculosis at the university farm
April 20. Four new bills were introduced.
They provide: For an annual report by
every association receiving state aid. For
method of choosing city officers For de-
structiOn of nomination papers after a GER
tain period. The committee on elections
reported for indefinite pCstpOnement the
Roethe joint resolution providing for the
recall OF public officers. Two bills Nos. 81
and 7S3, amending the primary election
law. were adversely reported, While No. $50
on the same subject was favOrably reported.
The Elver bill No. 391. changing the law
so as to require that all chattpi mortgages
be filed with the register of deeds instead
of with town, village and city clerks. was
killed. The ROycrOft joint resolution me
mOri2liZing Congress to amend the conSttu-
ton so to prohibit peiygamy and the
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