Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-15

JOINT resolution memOrlalZlng Congress to
pass senator La FOllette'S hours of service
bill for railway employees. \ joint resolu-
ton was introduced by Assemblyman Web
or requesting Congress to draft and submit
bill providing that all railway, express,
telephone and telegraph business or prop
erty now being that may be hereafter
operated by or through receivers of United
States courts be condemned, appraised and
lawfully taken by virtue of the right Of
eminent domain as public property of these
In the Assembly on the 9TH the following
new bills were introduced:
Adding blue bills, butter balls. whistle
wing and margansies to list of protected
birds; requiring scalps of animals presented
for bounty be presented between Il. IN.
and p. m. and otherwise restrict
ing: regulating practice in forfeiturCs; pro-
Viding that any teacher who has taught
twenty years on first grade certificate is
entitled to 4 county SuperintcndentS GER
tihcate: ahohShlng the office OF constable in
cities OF the first, second and third class;
making annoying members of National
guard an oHenSe; to county aid in bridge
building: making payment by cities for
sary: to liability for injury on highways.
striking out the language dGhaGring hus-
band from maintaining action for injury to
wife or parent for injury to- minor child;
fixing number of public reports; for estab-
liShment of bass hatchery in southeastern
Wisconsin and Il trout hatchery wherever
advisable; requiring university to furnish
expert help when wanted in building of mu-
nicipal works. but such help not to draw
quiring samples Of sludgingS to be shown
in selling mining stock: to tax on dogs:
providing that the places III primary ballot
shall be determined by lot; permitting oc-
cupdntS of lower bCrthS In sleeping ears TO
require that upper berthS be closed if not
occupied: requiring school boards to furnish
all members CT family on land owned or
controlled; providing for life certificates for
teachers who have taught fifteen years in
public schools; extending from ten To thirty
agricultural fairs: providing for dairy and
food commissioners office giving moro aid
to institutions and increasing appropriation
from 5000 70 S10G!: requiring agents to
make sworn statements of all monies and
credits held or controlled by them: for
matches or doors i'll roofs Of ears to permit
escape i'll case of fire; providing that state
board of health can appoint local boards if
necessary; for boards of appraiser; authorM-
ing common councils to submit proposed
ordinances to Il direct vote of the people;
providing that mayor. clerk, tax commits
SiOner and assessors of milwaukee, be board
of review, but council not to fix salary of
board; increasing salaries i'll capitol labor
force Mr.. Stewart presented amend
m"nt to the resol luton extending the time
for the Introduction Of new bills to Feb
ruary II. Joint resolutions introduced IA
vored an international peace congress cX-
cluSion of coOe and Monaghan labor in
America, postal savings banks, teaching
civil government in the common schools,
making shcriffs eligible to reelection, first
and second choice in primary election, that
100 British thermal units and shall not cost
moro than 30 cents per 1000 feet
A sensational bill came into the Assem-
bly on the 9th. making railway officials re
SpOnSible for murder i'll the second degree
in eases of aVoidablc accidents. The As
ScmbIy adopted the Ingram resolution shut
ting off new business next Saturday. Mr.
Eay presented Il Joint resolution that Con
grcss hc Dptit.Omcd to enact Il reciprocal
demurrage law TO secure equal privileges.
Mr.. Lcdvina presented Joint resolution
providing that on petition or per cent. of
the electors any law can be submitted to
popular vote before becoming effective A
joint resolution provided that the secretary
of state be requested 10 furnish the LCgiS-
laturp with the names of any and all per
sons who are upon the regular pay rolls Of
the state and who are also upon the pay
roll of any state institutions. or in the legis-
lative service, or who are drawing pay in
more than one capacity Of any kind or ma
ture in the public service. Bills introduced
were: Requiring autOtStS to stop on meet
ing passing teams, on country roads
only: recognizing suspects of contagious dis
eases dam Little Wolf river; providing for
Canada thistle commissioner III each town,
for bridge over Milwaukee river in Silver
Springs road; cities of 1900 to have but
one supervisor on county board; for twenty
assistant factory inspectors instead of ten:
common councils to establish public works
departments; limiting passes to fairs, state
officers. legislators visiting board members
and employees one each. newspapers three.
cOnCeSSiOnarleS none; apprOpriating S20,O0l
more for fish hatchPries; drainage commits
for costs of forfeiture; all town orders 60
he accompanied by certificates; permitting
nOtarieS public to sOlcmnfZe marriages:
makes meetings of livestock sanitary board
unlimited; requiring by-prOduCtS of cream
cries sold to be heated to 10 FahTenheit:
providing teachers and pupils not vaccin-
ated can be kept from school twenty-five
days during epidemic: making optional with
secretary of state TO be present at payment
of inheritance taxes and providing for pay
ment; to widows election under will when
mentally incompetent; executor and admin
istrator may also elect; permitting catching
rough fish through ice OF Lake Winncbag0;
requiring statements on labels of ingrcdi-
CntS in patent medicines; making miSdc-
meanOr to publish medicine advertisements
of immoral character; to encourage ginseng
growing; requiring heating of street ana
interurban ears ut 10 Fahrenheit; to pre-
vent sale Of military property, by individ-
ualS; enlarEing powers of school boards;
authorizing cities to fix telephone rates; re-
quirng tenders on street and intCrurbau
cars: making minimum penalty for night
burglary or assault Ivy day with deadly
weapons ten years; safeguarding municipal
tiles in building of railway spur tracks. To
create state park board: relative to treas
urer's bonds in cities of first class. limiting
the amount of bond which trpasurers shall
give to the amount of SoO0.o0O; relating t"
school districts iii cities OF the fourth class
and provides consolidation: relating to the
cost of building viaducts over streets and
providing that where corporations fail to
build Il yiaduct as required by law. th2
municipality may build the same and re-
cover from the railway company the cost
OIL Sucn ElaUUct. Inc Assembly QCCluCu 20
limit time for Introduction of bills 10 sat
urday.
In the Assembly on the 18th Mr.. Graseie
introduced a resolution calling upon til"
secretary of state to give account Of the
money expended for trn state during the
past six years for legal services Mr.. Rrock-
hansen presented 4 joint resolution memoir
laliZing Congress to crusade against tho
child labor evil and to assess every corpora
ton employing child labor $1,000. Assembly,
man Bancroft introduced a bill which for
ments and guarantees of absolute cure from
certain diseases. Bills introduced We're:
Requiring two brakeman on every train of
three cars; prohibiting requiring of IN lrOad
telegraph operators or train diSpatChpTS to
work more than eight hours in any cOnsecu-
then for only twelve: authorizing cities to
condemn lands beyond corporate limits, for
parks: for submission to the people on )
per cent of the voters of proposed charter
amendments; for transfer from general
fund to trust fund of war claims collected
crossings where necessary; for uniformity
Ill text books and creating q county board
of education Of five members: taking away
protection from muSkratS: prescribeS hear
lngS to determine if inheritance taxes shall
be paid; for cyclone insurance III companies.
seventy-fve persons car incorporate if own
ing 100000; authorizing councils to CON
denim and take over public utilities when
defective; eXempting from tax farm ma
chinery over year old and to value of 5000;
for printers mutual insurance companies.
nine can organize if owning $4,000 in prop
mortgages; regulating stallion service: Civ
ing each legislator 800 blue books. they get
$50 now: prohibiting employment as tele-
graph messengers or bottle washers of girls