Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-07
In the Assembly.
MONDAY.

On the 9th the Assembly sent to the
governor the kubasta bill which provides
age who shall wilfully represent that he is
of age for the purpose of asking or receiv-
Ing any strong spirituouS or malt liquors
from any keeper of any saloon, shop or
place of any name whatsoever tor the sale
of strong, spirituous or malt liquors except
in cases authorized by law. shall he pun
iShcd by Il fine of not less than 81 nor more
than fifteen dollars. or by Imprisonment in
the county Jail not to exceed ten days or
by such fine and imprisonment The As
Sembly advanced on the calendar the bill
stty. This will cut out ten or twelve of the
Madison booze" cmnoriumS which have
been patrOniZCd chiefly by students. The
bill goes into effect June 30, 1905 A de-
bate was had on the committees substitute
for the bancroft bill to prevent non-res-
dents at the university from voting in Nadi-
son. Mr.. Durley moved indefinite post
uonement of the bill. but the motion was
defeated and the bill passed.
TUESDAY.
On the 2Sth the Assembly killed the
Clausen county option bill without debate
or discussion. The measure was one provid-
ing that whenever 10 per cent of the voters
of cny county present Il petition for a vote
on the question of licensing saloons the
vote shall be taken. The first bill on the,
calendar led to Il debate. When the Turner
bill to restrict tie hunting of rabbits with
ferretS came up with Senate amendment
to simply permit a person to hunt III this
way on his own land, Mr.. Ties wanted the
Senate amendment killed. The Ties motion
prevailed and the Senate amendment was.
non-concurred in. The keppel bill to make
syrup of glucose mixture and molasses to
correspond with the national pure food
laws were advanced. The Assembly con,
CURED in the bill introduced by the Senate,
committee prohibiting the state veterinarian
from being interested in any proprietary
medicines.
WEDNESDAY.
On the Doth seven new bills were intro
1uppU in the Assembly prpyiIpg
n dam in the Chippewa river in RuSk
county and another authorizes county
boards to levy Il = mill tax for county aid
in road building instead of a mill The
other five new bills came from the commit
tee on taxation. A bill urged by the banks
provides that buildings occupied by banks
be exempt from assessment to the extent
of one-fOurth of the capital stock of the
bank The committee on dairy and food
reported favOrably on bill No 93S, prohib-
iting adulteration and misbrandlng of foods
drugs, etc, and the committee on cities re-
ported favoraby on the bill providing for
a salary of 5000 year for Milwaukee nj
dermen. The committee on transportation
reported for indefinite pOStpOnemcnt the
memorial to Congress relating to reciprO-
cal demurrage. favorable report was
given on the bill requiring that the price
and tenure be placed upon every railroad
ticket. The committee on finance, banks
and insurance reported for pOstponement
the joint resolution looking to state inSur-
ance and the resolution to have n legiSla-
tive committee investigate the various in
Surance systems of the world and report
to the next Legislature some system OF
state insurance. The bill authorizing the
formation of printers mutual insurance
corporations was adversely reported. The
committee on Judiciary reported in with
out recommendation joint resolution SSA,
to limit the length of legislative sessions,
troduced q joint resolution relating to the.
naturalization of trusts.