Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-05-08
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tricts with the surrounding country;
prohibiting junk and second hand
dealers to buy anything but rags and
waste paper from persons under Is
years of age; providing for collection
for relief of poor who afterWard be-
come possessed of property; adding
forty acres to the state military re-
serve; appropriating $4,000 for i'm
provement of veterans home at Wau-
paca; for simplifying state book-keep-
ing permitting counties to extend aid
to memorial day celebrations; requir-
ing voting in legislative caucuses for
elections of United States senator by
roll call; permitting loans from trust
funds to general fund; loaning city of
RhineIander $4,000 for the reorgani-
zation of the Wisconsin Central rail
road company; requiring legislative
lobbyists to register; for reorganiza-
ton Of national guard; forbidding the
running on country roads Of steam en-
gines weighing over seven tons; for
supervision of investment associa-
tons; for licensing intelligence offices
at $40; creating a state tax commits
sion; for establishment of two county
training schools for teachers; for bet
ter registration of births and mar
riages; permitting localities TIC
issue bonds for telephones;
permitting fire and police pen
sion funds for Milwaukee; pro-
hibiting all public officials from using
railroad passes or accepting privileges
from corporations for an exhibit at
the Paris exposition; prohibiting
spring shooting; abolishing the state
land office in two years; appropriating
$151,000 to the university and $895,000
to the charitable and penal institu-
tons; for preservation of fish and
game; increasing life insurance taxes
over a quarter Million permitting in
ter-county reformatories; to regulate
employment of minors; taxing ton
mage 3 cents ton; for
regulating caucuses; for a state board
of immigration; requiring 10 of
liquor license money to go to kinder
gartens; taxing inheritances, for
an exhibit at the pan-American exposi-
ton in Buffalo and permitting towns
to vote road improvements. |
Among the measures of Importance
already killed were those absolutely
forbidding the sale of cigarettes;
granting woman suffrage on liquor IL
cense questions; for a bounty of one
cent on sparrows and eggs; for board
Of health supervision of Waterworks
and sewage plants; for preventing
tight lacing; prohibiting saloons with
in one mile Of soldiers homes; for az
appellate court; limiting speed of
trains in cities and villages to IS
miles an hour; taking away rights of
wheeImen on country roads; prOhib-
iting saloons within $50 feet of church
es or school houses; for protection
against lien robbery; for licensing en-
gineers and fremen; prohibiting col
lection of street car fares unless seats
were furnished passengers various
2-cent railroad fare measures; cutting
down toll for grinding grain; to pro-
hibit new trials on reversal in supreme
court unless costs of trial were paid
up; for county houses of correction;
providing that when husband and wife
udU USCu SGpdIdlOu lOF d year duO
had agreed to division of property d.
vOrce should be in accordance; for |
licensing plumbers and BARRIERS; for |
a bounty on beet sugar; for new ex-
ecutive residence at $4,000; for uni
form text books; to extend Sheridan
drive to Milwaukee; for equal distri-
button among counties of state patron
age; for inspection of gas meters;
taxing railroad companies $350,000 ad-'
ditiOnal; taxing daily newspapers; re-
curing railroads to carry bicycles
free; allowing twenty days pool sell
ing on races; prohibiting trading
stamps; requiring poison to be kept In
triangular bottles; for taxing logs
where cut; for a Milwaukee belt line
depot site; regulating sale of patent
medicines; for inspection of gas me-
tiers; to keep upper berths of sleeping
cars up unless occupied; regulating
public accountants; for railroad COM
missioners and for regulating rail- !