The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-14
MPENSATION FOR
/ BREWERS IS ASKED
Senator ReinhoIdt OF Milwaukee
introduces Bin.
DAMAGES MAY BE COLLECTED
Measure Would Recompense Any Per
son Suffering Loss From Creation
of Any ho-License Ter
rItory.

Madison.-In the upper house ofxhe
legislature, Senator Reinholdt Of Mil
Waukee has offered q bill which pro-
vides for the compensation Of persons
injured or damaged by reasons of the
creation Of no-ltSense territory under
local option license laws or by reason
of loss or damage which may be sus-
tained under any other law Of this
state creating such territory. The bill
is introduced at the request Of the Mil
waukee Brewers association. Follow
ing are the provisions of the bill:
There Is added to statutes q new
section to read: Section 1850. 1. If
any town. village or city, or any other
political subdivision Of this state shall
hereafter vote under the provisions of
Sections 1565a to 1565m, inclusive Of
the statutes of this state, for no IL
cense. or If under said sections or the
provisions Of any other act, the sale
or manufacture for sale at wholesale
or retail Of strong, spirituous, vinous,
malt or Intoxicating liquor shall be
prohibited, any person or corporation
who by reason thereof shall be de-
prived Of any property, real, personal
or mixed or the use of any such prop
erty or the income therefrOm, or if the
value of the income thereof shall in
any manner be diminished, shall be
entitled to full compensation therefor,
and for all such damage or loss as he
may sustain by reason thereof"
1t is further provided that such per-
sOn so damaged or suffering loss may
institute a suit at law for the recovery
Of any such damage or loss in the cir
cult court Of the county where such
municipality is located.
The wOmen's suffrage bill will be
presented In the house by Assembly
man J. G.. Hanson Of Dane county. 1t
will follow closely the provision Of the
bill offered In the senate last week by
Senator SkogmO.
Following is the important provision
Of the measure, which it Is proposed
to have submitted to a vote Of the peO-
pie at the next general election, TO be
held in November 1918:
Every woman { he age of twenty
one years or upward, who shall have
resided within the state one year and
In the election district where she of
fers to vote ten days next preceding
any election, shall he deemed a quail
fed electOr at such election; and all
provisions of the constitution and
statutes relating to or restricting or
: milf hn ri oh Of of - Ia
persons shall apply alike to women"
Plumbers License Extended.
To make the state plumbing law
more equitable in operation by curing
certain defects, and to extend its APP
plication to all communities having
water and sewerage systems, are OBJ
iects of a bill introduced by Assembly
man S. A. SCHNEIDER of New GlaruS.
The bill eliminates the plumbing con-
tractors license and fee: requires fees
from jOurneymen masters only, max
ing clear that a dealer in plumbing
materials, but not engaged in install
ing plumbing is not required to have
a license; and enables any person TO
engage in the plumbing business pro-
viding he has licensed master plumb
err in charge.
The bill extends the licensing tea-
ture to the smaller communities and
provides for reducing the present rev.
enues from the initial and renewal
master and journeymen fees to an
amount sufficient to sustain the plumb
ing division without leaving an unduly
large excess.
The clause extending the law 70
many additional communities requires
that journeymen and master plumbers
operating in cities and villages having
systems of waterworks and sewerage
be licensed by the state board of
health as is now required in cities Of
5000 and more. i
No examination Will be required of
plumbers engaged in business in the
town affected, if applying for license
within sixty days of the passage and
publication of the proposed amend
ments.
Civil Service Law Stands.
There will be no changes in the Wis
consin civil service law at this session
of the legislature. Senator Bennett of
Vernon county offered q bill early In
the session. which would practically
exempt legislative employees from the
terms of the civil service act. This
measure has been reported back TO the
Sente with all references TO the civil
service law stricken out, but carrying
a DroviSi0n reducing the number OF