Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-08

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/ have corresponding powers to railroad com
| mission; protecting prairie chickens in Iowa
| and Lafayette counties; requiring blowers
/ on emery wheels; providing pension of $3.50
| 4 year for blind persons over 81: recurring
| all railroads to use block system: continu-
| ing present appropriation of $4,000 for
| state National guard; making regulation of
! National guard conform to United States
army: authorizing drainage commissioners
| to purchase machinery: permitting enlarge
| ment of dip nets for inland waters from q
! TO IL feet: revising system of issuing nor
! NAL school certificates; prohibiting sale To
! or use of cigarettes by persons under Is
! years: requiring chief clerks of legislative
! houses TO notify all persons who wish to he
| heard on bills, but no bill to be held up
oyer seven days; authorizing trustees of
/ milwaukee, asylum to use surplus funds for
| improvements instead of turning them over
to the county treasurer: for repeal of law
| authorizing building of macadamized roads;
providing for fine of so to $500 for per-
! sons selling rotten eggs, half of fine to so
TO informant: adding quack grass to list of
| noXiouS weeds: increasing appropriation to
| State Historical society from $1,000 to 5000.
| one-half to go for trial orchards; regulating
| sale of stock in domestic interpretations;
| taking away limit of court commissioners in
counties of 5000 population: taking away
| circle from the top official ballot.
| An the Assembly on the 31st joint ESQ
| luton was presented TO submit the question
! of holding constitutional convention 10
the people. The use of the Assembly cham
! Der was granted for February ! to ST.
| expedition Mir Roathe presented a pet
| ton for repeal of the law which requires
! towns to pay for pupils attending free
! schools elsewhere. Bills introduced are:
| Permitting taking of rough fish from Rock
| river i'll Dodge county. Giving councils
! larger powers with reference TO franchises
! for of streets and alleys Establishing
! a college of medicine with Il twO-year course
| ut University of Wisconsin. Requiring
! franchises for construction of telephone
| lines. Requiring stairwayS in public build
/ iugS to be is inches wide for every hundred
/ persons that can be seated and pasSag"
! ways seven feet high. Extending privilege
/ now accorded army nurses TO those serving
/ in Cuban and philippine wars. Making re-
! lief now accorded soldiers and sailors ap
| ply to those serving in Cuban and Philip
! pine wars. Taking the monopoly from the
! Milwaukee, Gas Co Appropriatn@ Sl5.op0
! for the correspondence school 1T University
! of Wisconsin. ENemptln% members of labor
! organizations whole on strike from the law
| relating to injury of the business and re-
! straint of will. Providing that in MiIwau-
/ kee county only circuit or county jud-cS
| shall issue Injunction in actions in which
| the municipality is Il party to thcS' proceed
! ingS and that no injunction shall he ISSUED
i'll such proceedings without notice to tn"
municipality. Reducing speed for autos
from II To miles an hour in cities and
from ~ to - miles in the country and
uth"rwtS" regulating automobiles EStah
fishing WatcrtoWn Intcrcounty Fair asso.
citation on same basis as others. Making
provision for commitment of delinquent chi
drcT by !ieutenantS of police ANA probation
officers pending trials i'll Juvenile court. In
creasng appropriation to Wisconsin Poultry
association from $500 to SOD Appruprat.
ing $500 to State Fremcn's association
Authorizing courts To allow diSpoSitiOn OF
estates of infants in cases of fdiocy. etc
maximum tine Of $40 or sixty DAYS IN inil 70.
| deception or refusal to pay. Ahoshng tut
ton fcrS in college of law of University Of
! Wisconsin. Regulating fishing through ice
on Fox river. Authorizing either party t.
Il suit To take exception to judges charg"
TO jury. Providing fine of $50 to 5000 foy
3 fli
license for fishing on Lake SUPERIOR Crga,-
ping township of Glover in bayfield, county
lncrGasin& bounty on wolf cubs from 81 Ia
81. Providing that school trcaSurerS cannon
ID" elected more than twice in succession.
Striking word "eXcluSiVC' from franchise
.of Milwaukee Gas company Authorizing
'Elkhoru to sell Il cemetery. Relating to III,
| comforting of farther powers to common
council in cities of the first class: authurig
ing the council to declare certain streets
boulavardS: to fix uniform water rates by
| vote of thrrc-fourths of the mcmbcrS-elact
OF the common council; to change the
method of making the tax roll and confer
ring that power upon the tax commissioner
aud treasurer. 70 require all board and of
4iccrs to report the date of expiration o.
amy guaranty OF work at last 90 days before
! the date Of expiration. Authorizes the
council TO prescribe forms of pay rolls: to
establish public docks and regulate the
| same. TO issue bonds for do ne dredging.
dOCll-@ and purchasing of public docks ana
also provides that the president of the
council shall he elected viva v0cc and tho
oIc-half for building bridges costing $40 ~
or more. TO fishing through the ice in But
! falo county. Reducing fine for violatton o.
/ hunting licenses from so to 50. For Cstab-
| lishment of trade schools
New bills introduced i'll the Assembly Feb.
ruary I are as follows: Requiring granting
factories. Approprfatng $500 year for
two years to state memorial hail at Madi-
son. Requiring same qualification for coun-
~ SuD@rintendents as for high school prir-
cipals. Previous experience in teaching
not necessary. For employment on publ.
highways of Jail 'cOnvictS who are first o.
/ Tenders. Providing for filing and renewal
| of chatteI mortgages. To security for the
costs in court cases Regulating garnish-
candidates, practically an anti-treating bill.
Adding plate glass Insurance to list fOr
| which agents must take out licenses. For
free text books for children i'll cities of the
first and second class Publishers to give
| bonds OF $1,000 to $4,000. Increasing ap-
propriat on to state agricultural experiment.
cOnSln stone be used in the building of the
new capitol That i'll case of vacancy in
| tho office of mayor the president of council
becomes mayor and vacancy made by prCSi-
dents promotion to be filled by mayor.
Doing away with nomination papers fOr
primary elections. Providing for attorneys
! liens Raising appropriation for free high
schools from 5000 to 10000. For cOmpcIi-
Sation Of guardians ad litrm. That police
men and tircmen cannot he removed with
out hearing. Appropriatng $500 to state
firemCnS association TO fees for Justices
Of peace. Providing that not over rs hours
week of work shall be REQUIRED of en-
plOypS in factories making explosives. Pro
viding that if assessment for building Of
! breakwaters is not large enough county or
town may pay balance. That all evidence
of Indebtedness shall be exhibited to ana
stamped by assessors Providing for stem
Ographer in factory inspectors office in Nj
waukec. Prohibiting the employment of
children under IA years as musicians in
thcaters crcuSes and public places. That
I loans may be mad" to school districts for
- years The committee on elections re
ported it found in the contested Ties-Lud.
low election case that Ties received 1922
votes and Ludlow 1901. Ludlow withdrew
from contest and committee and report
giving seat to Ties was adopted Several
changes in committees were announced.
Mr. Norcross resigned as q member of the
committee on judiciary and was succeeded
by Mr.. Hebron. MI Schauer resigned
from the committee bills on third read
ing and was succeeded hy Mr. Schauer.
Mr. SOrenson resigned from the COMMITTEE,
on state fair and was succeeded by Mr..
NOrcrosS Mr.. Hebron resigned from com
mittec on elections ana succeeded by
Mr. SorenSOn. railroad ownership reSo-
luton was offered in the Assembly Ivy Mr..
Thompson of milwaukee,. Mr. BrockhauScn
introduced joint resolution m"morializ NJ
Congress in regard to the election of fed
eral judges by the people.