The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-06-08

| lowing bills: by Senator Bennett, re-
lat1ng to registration of births; by
senator Everett, as to qualifications
of city engineers in cities of the sec
ond and third classes.
On motion of Senator Ackley the
committee bill providing that all
street railway company taxes shall go
to the counties, towns, villages and
cities in which the property is To-
Gated, instead of part of it to the
state, was laid over.
The Bichler bill changing the open
| season for partridges to November
was ordered engrossed.
To Hear Jitney Bills.
| The biggest hearing this week will
be that on jitney bills. before the
joint senate and assembly commit
| tees. 1t will be in the room of the
senate committee on corporations.
All jitney bills will be taken up in a
| bunch, to make further hearings I'M
necessary. Three are senate bills
and one assembly.
Another hearing to attract atten-
| ton is that on the Everett bill for a
raise in passenger rates on railroads
in the state to 21a cents. This bill, in
troduced early in the session, has
been held in the committee. At one
time it was said that railroads would
have the bill withdrawn, but this
move, if intended, was reconsidered,
and the bill will come up for a hear
ing before the assembly committee
on transportation
The bill relating to the state den
tai board and matters connected with
| it, which caused a stir when it came
up for a hearing on the senate side,
| is scheduled for another hearing be-
fore the assembly committee ON pub
| lie welfare.
Phillip Vetoes Boulevard Bill.
Gov. Philip vetoed bill relating
to use of park boulevards for traffic
The governors message read, in part,
as follows:
Il return you herewith bill No.
1914 without my approval. Boule-
wards and parkways are constructed
at a large cost for beautifying cities
and no general authority should be
given to appropriate them for traffic
purposes.
If it is desired to use some par
ticular boulevard or street to i'm
prove car lines the law should be spe-
cific.''
The Arnold home rule resolution,
amending the constitution to grant
home rule to cities, was noncon-
Cured in by the assembly, 40 to 81.
Nonpartisan Elections Killed.
The bill which provided for nom
partisan elections so far as county
officers were concerned was indefin-
| itely postponed in the assembly. AS
semblyman Donnelly made an at
tempt to secure favorable considera-
ton for the bill, urging that there
was no necessity for partisanship in
the election of county officers, whose
duties were purely administrative
The bill was opposed by socialists.
The Tews bill relating to commit
ments of dependent and delinquent
children was indefinitely postponed
by the assembly.
The senate passed the bill creating
central board of administration for
the control Of the county almshouse
and other county institutions in Mil
Waukee county The senate con-
Cured in the Donnelly bill, provid-
ing that premiums received by cities
on bonds sold shall be used in paying
the principal of the debt 1t also
concurred in the linn bill, validating
bond issued by the city Of Milwaukee
for purchase of land for city mar
ket.
Vote for Salary Raise.
The Berninger bill, authorizing the
board Of supervisors of Milwaukee
county to increase the compensation
of it's members from $500 to $1,000
year, was concurred in. The He'd
ding bill, providing that corporations
constructing vaults and mausoleums
for the care of human bodies shall
provide the permanent maintenance
of such repositories was concurred
in. A bill prohibiting persons 10
whom the sale of Intoxicating liquors
| is forbidden from entering saloons
also was concurred in.
The Hambrecht bill, authorizing
common councils, with approval of
the voters, to make appropriations to
aid in commercial and industrial de-
ve1opment of their cities, was con-
Cured in.
The Camper bill. prohibiting the
killing of game birds from automo-
| biles, and the Kleinsteiber bill, pro-
viding that the open season for hunt
| ing deer and birds shall never begin
on Sunday, were concurred in by the
senate.
| Public Welfare Board Bill Passed.
| The assembly without debate
passed the bill recommended by the
legislative investigating committee
| by which, if the measure becomes a
law, will be created a Wisconsin
! board of public welfare to take over
| the duties of the board of control,
board of health, dairy and food COM
mission, and the state treasury
agents department. The Johnson
bill consolidating the state fire mar
shal's department with the insurance
department, passed, 63 to 1. Both
go to the senate.
Burned by Confirmation Candle.