The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-05-18

the state highway aid law to provide
for construction of highways under
the county unit instead of the state
unit system and providing that the
state shall pay one-third of the cost
of such highway Improvements if
they are approved by the state con-
sulting engineer. State aid for any
one year is limited to 100000. The
bill appropriates $4,000 annually,
to pay the state expenses of admins
tering the law and the salary of the
state consulting engineer, who is to
receive $4,000 year The county
commissioners, who are to be paid
by the several counties, are each to
receive salary of 1000 a year. The
bill in the main follows the Michigan
state highway aid law.
Jitney Legislation at Madison.
The jitney has invaded the legisla-
ture. 1t came in a mysterious man
ner. A bill was introduced from the
senate committee on judiciary which
claimed to be a measure regulating
the granting of franchises by cities
and villages. 1t provided that no
franchise to use streets should be
granted by any city or village until
the franchise had been submitted to
the railroad commission. A permit
is held to be the same as a franchise.
1t was some time before members
of the railroad commission were
aware that the jitney was liable to
| be unloaded onto them One of the
commissioners in looking over the
bill one day was struck with the idea
that this meant jitneys and began to
study the bill further.
Some railroad men who were
charged with being at least godfather
to the bill denied the Impeachment,
but admitted that with a few amend
ments the bill might be able to cover
the problem of jitney regulation.
that a substitute amendment had
been prepared which covers the jit-
ney problem. The ones who are
worrying now are members of the
railroad commission, who see in the
passage of the bill if it should pass,
that their work will be doubled, at
least in annoyance, if nothing else.
Anti-Hazing Bill Passes.
Senator Henry Culbertson made an
uphill but unsuccessful fight for his
substitute bill to check hazing in edu
cational institutions receiving state
aid Senator Bosshard contended that
the bill if enacted into law would in
terfere with the work of the student
court at the university, and he consid
cred it good policy to encourage the
work of this court Senator Culbert
son insisted that the student court has
no authority. He asserted that most
of the boys at the university are in
clined to be orderly, but some of them
he said, encourage a System of an
archy." No student, under any cir.
cumstances, he said, should be permit
ted to carry on acts of violence. The
bill was advanced to engrossment.
The Ackley bill relating to indie.
pendent candidates was advanced
This measure provides that no candi
date defeated in the primary be per.
mitted to run as an independent unless
ten days before the primary he shall
file statement saying that he will be
an Independent candidate if defeated
A bill was introduced appropriating
$4,000 annually for three years to be
spent Strengthening and repairing le
wees on the Wisconsin river in Colum.
bia and Sank counties. Another bill
was introduced reducing the cost OF
oil inspection from 10 to Z cents per
barrel.
The senate committee on corpora
lions advanced the life insurance tax
bills step by referring No. 55s with
substitute to the joint finance com
mittee and recommending that No. 63s
| be indefinitely postponed.
Bill 55s proposed to change the ex
listing tax law only by removing from
the taxables the Wisconsin premium
receipts of domestic companies.
| Bill 63s, which was recommended fol
indefinite postponement, is the one
which was originally. recommended by
the Wisconsin tax commission in 1910
| II before the general income tax law
now operative in the state, was enact
ed. This bill recommended the taxa
ton of the income on that portion Of
the assets of the company which were
properly apportioned to the Wisconsin
policy holders
Ant-Tipping Up to Assembly.
| The anti-tipping question must be
decided by the assembly. After much
debate between Senator Timothy
Burke and Senator Otto Bosshard
Lieut.-Gov Dithmar ruled out of or
der the motion made by Senator
Burke for reconsideration of the vote
by which the senate passed the Boss
hard anti-tipping bill over the veto o.
Gov. E. L. Philip.
Among the measures ordered to thirt
reading was the Everett bill, permit
ting county treasurers to serve more
than two terms. The linn bill, which
gives the right to use land purchased
for other purposes for public play
grounds was amended to apply to Mil
waukee only, and sent to third read
ing.