Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-11
Madison, July 10.

Madison, July 10.
The assembly, at its morning ses-
sion yesterday, ploughed through the
larger portion of a heavy calendar,
disposing of a number of rather unim-
portant matters.
The Milwaukee meat market bill
went through after some objection
was raised to it by Assemblyman In
gram. Messrs. Hebron, Georgi, Els
tabrook and Burke argued for the bill
which gives to cities Of the first class
the right to license meat markets.
The contention was that sanitary
conditions could only be brought to a
better stage by vesting in the coun-
Gil the power to revoke licenses, as
mere regulative and inspective power
was futile.
Mr.. Ingram attempted to force an
amendment which eliminated the IL
cense feature from the bill, but his
argument being that the power to
grant licenses threatened to establish
monopoly of the meat business.
According to a senate bill concurred
in by the assembly, the salaries of
assessors in cities of the first class
are fixed at 1900 a year.
Senator Fairchild's bill to prohibit
corporations or stock companies from
acting as agents or solicitors for life
insurance companies was concurred
in by the assembly also.
The substitute for the SanbOrn bill
to restrain persons interested in GER
tain enterprises from holding county,
town or village offices was concurred
in. The substitute reads: mo per-
son shall be eligible to any town, viii
| lage, or city office who directly or in
directly has any pecuniary interest In
any contract for furnishing heat, light,
water, power or other public service
to or for such town, village, or city
or the inhabitants thereof, or who is
a stakeholder in any corporation
which has any such contract" The
office is vacated if the incumbent be-
comes thus disqualified.
The Sanborn bill to raise the speed
| limit for trains was concurred in
after strenuous objection by Assem-
blyman Hughes who was in favor of
retaining the old siX-mile an hour law
in villages 50 that this section might
be used as a club to compel railroad
corporations to put in lagstatiOns
and guards The new Jaw raises the
limit to twelve miles an hour and the
main contention was that the old law
t., n1Nc
be much wiser to put law on the
statute books which can be enforced.
The law relating to damages for in
juries against a railroad corporation
for having failed to comply with stat
utory requirements is also to be
changed according to the Whitehead
bill concurred in by the assembly.
The old fine for violation was from
$50 to $500; the new law establishes
minimum of $40 and a maximum of
81 900, with a provision that no more
than $4,000 can be collected in ar
Irears in forfeitures.
Resolutions of Coincidence.
Resolutions of coincidence for Hon.
Duncan McGregor on account of the
death of his son by drowning, were
adopted unanimously by the assembly
and spread upon the minutes. The
resolutions were drawn by Messrs.
Ainsworth, Sprague, Cleary, Esta-
brook and Roethe, committee, and
read as follows:
Whereas, during the recent recess
of the legislature our colleague, the
Honorable Duncan McGregor, has
been sadly bereaved in the death Of
his only son under most distressing
circumstances, and,
Whereas, the members of this as
|sembly, realizing the heavy sorrow
that has come upon our fellow mem
ber deeply sympathize with him and
his grief-stricken family, therefore,
be it,
Resolved, by the assembly that the
members of this body extend our con-
dolences and express our heartfelt
sympathy to him and his grief
stricken family; and be it further
Resolved, that a suitably engrossed
copy of these resolutions be sent to
Mr. McGregor by the members of this
assembly"