Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-15
IN THE LEGISLATURE.
DOINGS OF LAWMAKERS AT THE
STATE CAPITAL.
A Summary Account of the Work Ac-
complished During the Week
by Solons at Madison.
In the Senate.


the 9Th for state aid for public highways
and for making Fox river open water for
| fishing up to the Depere dam. Senator
| Whitehead introduced memorial resolutions.
A bill proposing a referendum vote in No
| yember, 1908, upon women's suffrage in
| Wisconsin, was introduced by Senator
| Stout. Senator Page introduced his bill pro-
| viding for four justices of peace in cities
of the first and second class, elected for
| two years, the receiving the highest
| vote to be known as the chief justice and
| others associate, salary 5000 with clerk
| at 5000. 1t extends jurisdiction from cases
| involving $500 to cases involving $1,000. The
system of taxing costs also is changed. Sen
| ator Rummell introduced a bill abolishing
| contributory negligence as a defense in per
sonal injury cases providing that 1t shall
not be bar to recovery of damages. He
| also introduced bill authorizing councils
! of cities of first. second, third and fourth
| classes to establish and regulate telephone
| rates. Other bills were introduced as fol-
| lows: Appropriating $4,000 to heirs of Her
! bert w ChynOweth, in settling claim; pro-
viding for building dam across Menominee
| river between Florence county and Dlck1n-
son county, Michigan, by Max Sells and as
sociates, dam not to exceed 81 feet in
height providing uniform system fshways,
and striking out restrictions; for distribu
| ton of statutes and session laws to mem
bers of county boards; prohibiting filling
| secondhand bottles and jars by others than
original owners; allowing school districts to
pay membership fee in county school board
| associations; striking out restrictions from
act authorizing state and cities to pay for
surety bonds for officials; amending act
atng municipal court at Beloit; amending
| act fol support of inmates of Wisconsin
| Veterans home to read ''Indigent' instead
of ''Destitute;" allowing land owners tc
trap musSrats; for referendum vote on peti.
ton; amending the compulsory education
| law; authorizing county boards to hire
| clerks. The nomination of DR.. David Rob
| erts, Waukesha, was referred to committee
| on agriculture. Nominations of j. =.
Emery, dairy and food commissioner; Henry
D. Smith, member of fish commissions; ri
EriU mo pl of trnl
| Laurence i. Mayer and .. Q. Sutherland.
members state board of health and vital
statistics were confirmed
| A Joint resolution was introduced in the
Senate on the 18th asking constitutional
amendment for an income tax, providing
that taxes may also be imposed on incomes,
| privileges and occupations. Senator Froem-
ming also introduced a joint resolution for
| Il constitutional amendment permitting the
establishment of state system of fire in
taxes are paid. Senator Lakewood intro
duced a bill for the establishment of an ad-
ditional home for feeble minded, epileptic
| and diotic He also introduced a bill APP
| propriating $4,000 for university extension
work, one-half to be used for agricultural
extension work. and a bill increasing state
| aid to free high school from $4,000 to
$4,000 Senator Fairehild introduced bill
district attorney. Milwaukee county, at
salary of not more than $1,000 less than
5000, and Increasing portion of taxation of
gifts and requests to be retained by coun
| ty to 90 per cent. on amounts not over 500
! 900 and 40 per cent on all additional sums.
! Senator Hudnall introduced Il measure to
| protect the rights of corporations from
| warranted competition. Senator Fairchild
introduced Insurance bills which were rec
| Smn. ended by the conference of insurance
commissioners, attorney generals and gov
| errors last summer at Chicago. A bill was
| introduced giving the state right of appeal
in criminal cases. Senator Roehr intro
| duced bill changing the common council
| of milwaukee, TO twelve aldermen elected
| at large and one from each ward The
| twelve are to serve four-year terms and
! the twenty-three. twO-year terms. Senator
| Smith introduced bill calling for a return
| to the trust fund of the state the million or
| more of dollars received from the national
| government IN payment of the war claims.
In The Senate on the Sth the following
| new bills were presented: Prohibiting re-
! consideration by boards and councils of
| bills once disalowed by those bodies; fixing
the salaries of county judges and court Off
| GERS; creating the salaries Of county judges
! and court officers; creating commission
| for the determination of Canada thistes;
| restraining villages, cities and towns from
| abusing the taxing power; announcing the
| status of normal school graduates and per-
hitting those schools to under degrees; per-
uniting cities to establish technical schools;
| establish pension funds for fire departments
| in cities of the third and fourth class; pro-
| viding for the vacation of streets and alleys
in cities of the third; providing damages
for mental anguish caused by the nOn-deliv-
| cry of telegraph messages; to facilitate the
building of municipal plants; raising the
! limit of compensation of court reporters to
| jurisdiction the county court of Wal
| worth county: limiting the hours of labor
in municipal contracts to eight hours; pro
| viding for deduction i'll the salaries of
| county judges who fail to clear their caien-
| dars within ninety days: creating a legisla-
| tive commission to investigate state insul-
! ance; appropriating $4,000 to the Wiscon-
| sin geological survey. a portion of which is
| to be used in experiments for good roads;
| providing for suspension of sentence
minors sentenced for certain offenses; pac-
| ing one Milwaukee county deputy sheriff at
| disposal of the district attorney of Milwau-
| kee county: raising the liability in cases of
death due to negligence to $4,000; provid-
! ing property shall be assessed at its salabe
value: increasing the salaries in the office
| of the state superintendent: appropriating
$4,000 for a state mining school at Platte
| vile. The most important measure to come
| in the Senate was joint constitutional
amendment resolution abolishing the state
census and providing reapportionment of
the state only after national census.
In the Senate Oh the 9th bills were in
| trOduced to abolish the state census; limit
tax of cities and villages to total of ~
per cent. of their valuation: giving each
| state officer right to appoint his chief
clerk and c5frf eSemt drom
! tice of allowing twelve men to call for
! special election on the liquor license matter
every three years. and leave to the common
council of cities the necessity for putting
! the question to a vote of the people; pro
viding the biennial stipend for the several
| state Institutions: authorizing submission
| to jury of question of comparative negll-
| gence in railway accidents; for mutual in
| surance among medicine manufacturers; APP
propriating $4,000 for all exhibit of the
! AlaskaYukon exposition, defining medical
| titles: prohibiting indecent advertising on
| part of doe ors. IN anti-Quack bill: regulat
! ing use of traction engines: for municipal
court at kenosha; repeating part of law
| which gives half of forfeiture to informants
| against railway companies; authorizing the
demand for strict juries instead of going to
| the panel; for the republication of terri
| toriai laws: appropria ting $4,000 for state
| exhibiting. Jamestown exposition; providing
! that state shall duplicate amount voted by
I counties to encourage immigration; requir
| ing railroads to furnish Sunday service on
| branch lines; providing for sanitary condl-
| lions in bakeries; changing date of PR
| mary election and platform convention; de-
filming medical titles; raising resident hunt
| ing license fee TO 50. Among the JOINT
resolutions presented was one 10 enact the
! proposed constitutional amendment for good
| roads endorsed by the people last fall An.
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