Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-04-26


dietary turned down twenty-siX bills OF
which only three were favorably reported.
One of those fayorahly reported was sub
Stttute for No. 59A and provided that in
case of injury to an employee if proved that
the injury was due to the negligence OF
some other employe more than to any fault
of the injured. the injured party can reCov-
er damages. The other two were No. 359A.
for wagon bridge over Wisconsin river
and No 5GoA relating to life estates. Bills
unfavorably reported were: No Is. to reg
listers in probate; 81, session laws; 60, su-
preme court reports; St, TO false pretenSes
for transportation: 100. private detectives;
100. to minor Children: fS8 humane So
cieties; 1S9, leasing lands of wards; 1872,
attorneys; 220, district attorney TO appear
for state IN divorce cases: 500, Baptist
church; sos. !, 2i>lutive committees: 3@1.
-iu",nG: $50. marriage ceremony; 39S.
drainage: 403. tax certificates; 549. town
boards: 500. clerks of court; 6l9 courts;
625. town supervisors; 653. foreclosures; Gt;;,
private detectives: $50 destruction property
by tenant. The GraSSic joint resolution pro
vtdiug for instructions in practical politics
in schools and requiring the state SuNerln-
teudrnt of public instruction 10 prepare
manual on the subject was reported for
passage by the committee on education
No. 1894, providing 4 penalty for teachers
violating contracts WAS unfavorahly report.
ed I'll" Assembly effectively killed tho
Barker long sheets" and "clcan towels
bill by refusing reconsideration to ii whom
ii came back from the Senate. The Brock
hansen joint resolution memoria]iztug Con
gross TO establish postal savings banks WAS
adopted and The Mueller bill raising the
time Of BARRIERS apprentices from enc to-
two years was advanced. Other bills ad-
vanced We're: No. 3T+A, to tntcrurhan aud
street cars; 44OA. requiring good railroad
crossings; 4T4A, requiring railway spurs to
mills. etc; 4T5A, to electric lights; 56' \, for
truant day schools 1856 permitting employ
ment of no one under IS years as railroad
telegraph operators; So. to free libraries.
BilIs killed: No. 1GOA. to annu school meet
iugS: 1874, to terms of county officers; Go.
dtScouraGiug nOn-reS!dcnts attending free
high schools; S2SA, 10 common school funds
Bill No 1l9, which wo3ld change the tim"
Of holding the annual school meetings from
July to March was non-concurrcd in. Three
bills were passed: No, 1854, for the regula-
ton of steam engines and licensing of en-
ginccrs; SPA, relating to dip nets in inland
waters: S5TA, .iNing the weight limit of
certain kinds of fish.
The Assembly on the 18th advanced the
Estuhrook bill to regulate tenement. lud%-
ing and boarding houses in cities. just be
fore adjournment the committee on state
affairs reported substitute automobile
bill. 1t is disappointing 10 autOiStS in that
it is made more stringent than the present
law. while they expected action in the con
trary direction. Four new bills came in
from the committee on dams. Thr"" pro
vide for dams at BLACK River Falls. Ocouto
river and on the Brule river and on Brul}
river in Florence county between NISton-
sin and Michigan. The fourth bin rcgu-
latcS the building of dams on naViLablc
streams. Three bills. Nos. 3JA, 40A. 0"d
4O9A. variously regulating the speed Of an.
t0mohtlnS, were reported for poStponemrnt.
i substitute bill will be prepared. Ne.
1914. providing for state board Of immi-
grafton, was reported for passage. Thro"
bills for dams in the Wisconsin river at
Prairie dU Sac, III the FlamhCau river. ana
the Little Wolf river were reported for
passage. No. 612A, authorizing cities of the
first class to condemn rights Of way, rs;ap-
liSh railway terminals and issue bonds
therefor, was reported for passage. The
committee on cities recommended the Hud-
nail bill No. 74S, authorizing cities to cs-
and the creation of corporation to main
tain parks and drives. The section giving
cities the right to condemn lands outsid"
their corporate limits has been stricken out.
No T0A, to the same purpose, was reported
for pOStpOnement. No. 322A, for expert aid
in municipal works, was adversely reported.
GOV. Davidson reported that he had signed
fourteen more bills, having mostly to do
with the creation Of new towns and small
personal appropriations. Other bills sent
to engrossment We're: No. 40SA, authoriH-
ing police and fire commissions in cities of
second and third class to appoint chiefs,
etc; No. 5GSA, providing a penalty for mis-
cities, villages and towns to aid in the pay
mrnt of expenses on Memorial day ohsery-
anccs; No. 1924, authorizing cities of the
first class to appoint public lighting com
mission: No. SjSA, to fishing in outlying
water; No. S64A, changing the fiscal yea
to correspond with the calendar year; No.
SS5A, relative to agricultural fairs Thrc"
bills were killed, being No. S9A, relating
to child labor; No ABA, for the amend
ment of city charters by direct vote, and
No 6537A. to city sewerage plants. Bills
to issuing Of bonds by towns, villages or
cities; No. TIA, to the suspension of son
fences of minors; No 5SiA, authorizing the
village of Gillett to acquire land outside Of
the border for sewerage purposes; No.
6+GA, authorizing the appointment of clerks
of Juvenile courts; No las, to pension
funds for fire departments in cities of the
first class; No. 24S, to pensions for the
police department in cities Of first class;
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In the Assembly on the 18th Mr.. ESta-
brook introduced a resolution for an inyes-
tigatiOn aiming to reduce the cost of the
state printing. Two bills providing for
damages from mad dogs were reported for
death, also two bills, Nos. 593 and 595, pro
vidiug penalties for fraudulent nursery
agents. No. 3O9S, providing for trustees for
county farms, asylums, etc, was favorabIy
reported, also No. 309S, for better sanitary
conditions in bakeries. The committee on
dairy and food recommended for postpone
ment No 632A, relating to fraudulent label
ing of stock foods and No. S12A, requiring
licenses of persons doing a commission
business, while No 372A, regulating the
manufacture Of dairy by-products was Or
nance banks and insurance introduced Il
bill defining the words 'asscssment' and
organization The Grassic joint rcSolu-
sion providing for instruction in practical
politics and requiring the superintendent of
public instruction to prepare Il manual on
the subject killed The committee on
Yukon exposition bill with an amendment
cutting the amount to $4,000 to be avail
able next February. The committee on
banks and insurance reported nine insur-
ance bills for passage and one with an
amendment. They relate to these subjects:
Prohibiting writing of participating and
participating insurance by same com
pany, requiring foreign companies to de-
termine and report the respective rights OF
policy holders and stock holders i'll unas-
signed surplus before being given Il license
in Wisconsin, relating to discrimination by
life insurance companies; prohibiting mis-
representations and providing penalty
therefor; relating to life insurance on the
application to be furnished; regulating life
insurance companies and requiring them to
report monies diSDurSCd and other consider
alton paid in opposing and promoting legiS-
latiOn requiring all contributions made for
political purposes to be reported to commits
siOner; relating to licenses for life nSUr-
ancC companies; relating to disCOntinUanrc
of business by life Insurance companies.
The Sprague bill for the vacation Of an ola
cemetery at ElkhOrn was passed over the
governors veto by Il vote of 81 to y.
Memorial bill No. IA, introduced by John
Scott, was COncurrcd in after the adoption
of an amendment offered by Senator lIaSei-
wood striking out q reference to the Chi
cago drainage canal. Bills sent to engroSS-
mcnt were: No. 42A, authorizing teaching
of one foreign language in public schools;
59A, relating to liability Of railroads for in
jurieS; 1904, requiring certain large schools
to have two departments to share in state
aid; 1904, prescribing form of deed by
which persons can reserve a life estate. 1t
aims to secure to old people the possession
of -yFE1G