The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-17

In session. This sum pays the salaries
of employees. When the full number
of employees needed have been select
ed there will be SO. Pages head the
list with %, followed by - stenograph-
ers, typiSts, night laborers and one
or more clerks, bookkeepers, index
clerks, mailing clerks, journal clerks,
document room custodians, postmaster
and proofreaderS.
On figures collected by the state civil
service commission last year the daily
salary cost of legislative employees in
Iowa was $56462; Oregon, $3.50. 10
Minnesota, S71S.59; Illinois, 1891. AT
California, S99S.50; PENNSYLVANIA. ST.
172; Maryland, 81 ,365.S5; New York,
$1,651, and Missouri, S1,63S.
There is one constitutional amend
ment that is sure of introduction at the
session of the legislature. This amend
ment would change the state conStitu-
ton so as to allow q sheriff TO serve
more than one term conSecutively
When the constitution was adopted in
1913 such powers were imposed with
the sheriff that it was believed by the
trainers of the constitution that ii
would be inadvisable to allow a sheriff
to serve term of more than two years
without another official holding the po-
Sition. Thus it has been impossible for
sheriff to succeed himself in office,
even though his services might be sat
isfactory. The same is not true with
other county offices. The last session
of the legislature passed a constitu-
hOnal amendment to change the basic
law in this regard. Before the queS-
ton can be submitted to vote of the
people it must pass the legislature.
For this reason the amendment will
again be presented. If adopted, it will
be submitted to a vote of the people at
the November election in 1913.
Every member of the legislature has
been given a jackknife and fountain
pen. These are among the necessary
perquisiteS the state of Wisconsin
gives to the members of the legislature
in addition to the legislative salaries
ADtolbNo llilSs ulItlSI IL iSSOIutlOu WHICH,
has been adopted by each house, each
member will be furnished 500 sheets of
letterheads bearing his address and
500 envelopes. The state furnishes the
paper, pens and ink, but refuses to fur
nish the stamps. The member must
buy his stamps out of his legislative
salary of $500
Governor Philips request for a
change in the method of assessment of
property through the abolition of the
town assessors and the creation of
county assessors under the super
vision of the state tax commits
sion was the subject of varied opin-
ion in the legislature. While the
state tax commission has for some
time advocated a Capitalization of as
SesSing and taxing authorities, the an
nouncement of the governor that he
held similar views came almost as a
complete surprise.
The members who represent cities
seem rather inclined toward the pro-
posed change Many of the men who
represent the rural communities of the
state are of an opposite opinion. They
view it as a taking away of the home
rule authority of a town.
Speaker Whittet announced his com
mittee appointments. The men who
will act as chairmen of the important
committees are:
Finance E'Unrntt nd rio Otto :
state affairs, Camper; insurance and
bank, Chapple; excise and fees, Enge-
bretsOn; education, SCHNEIDER; public
welfare, Whiteside; elections, Carpen-
ter; commerce and manufacturing,
Vincent; labor, Dixon; transportation.
Webster; taxation, Edwards; fish and
game, Hart; agriculture, Grell; NUM-
cipalities, Chinook; printing, Pieper.
The senate committee on commit,
tees announced the following appoint
ments for that house:
Corporations Bray, chairman !:
Muhlberger, Schultz, Skogmo, Wilkin-
son, Witter, Zumach.
Education and public weIfare-Per-
ry, chairman; Albers, Barwig, Kuckuk,
Potts, Pullen Staudenmayer.
Finance-Whitman, chairman; An.
derson. Baxter, Clark, Rollman.
Judiciary-Bennett, chairman; Ben
frey, Huber Jennings, Rageuse, Will
cox.
State affairS-StevenS, chairman !;
Arnold Cunningham, Everett, Hanson,
Reinhodlt, Rothe.
Legislative prOcedure-Burke, chair
man; Bennett, Bra~, Perry, Stevens
Whitman.
Contingent eXpenditureS--Evere
chairman; Albers, Huber Muhlberger,
Potts.
Committee on committees-Perry,
Albers, Burke.
Conservation = Hanson, Everett,
Reinholdt, Stevens, Wilkinson.
Highway - Cunningham, Baxter,
Clark, Kuckuk, Staudenmayer.
New Terminals Planned.
Naturalization will be taken by
the common council soon for the
establishing of new street car termi